Garageland Volume 1 features Musos’ Guide favourites The Klares, have-a-go heroes Dissension Rising and The Sour Seeds offshoots, The New 52. It's taken over 17 years but Garageland have finally announced details of their much awaited compilation album out on Garage Records on May 26th.

Since 2000 Garageland has been helping a generation of bands (including Ham Sandwich, Delorentos, Ryan Sheridan, The Script, Kodaline, Fight Like Apes, Royseven, The Immediate and literally thousands of others you haven't heard of) forge their own trail through the formative stages of the careers. Some have gone on to huge things, some haven't.

"Rather than focus on the past, with this record we're looking at what's around now and the next generation of artists who are coming up and we are genuinely excited about." Dermot Lambert, Garageland Director.

Featured on the album are Roisin El Cherif, Rob Corcoran, The Klares, Niamh Crowther, Swordfist, Pills For My Nerves, Animal Gangs, Dissension Rising, Fuzz Gigolo, Inhaler, Key, The New 52, Lavelle, Shag Haired Villains, Conor Walsh and The YaYa Vuze.

Hercules & Love Affair debut a pulsing and propulsive official music video for 'Controller' – out now via mr intl / Big Beat Records.  The track features The Horrors’ Faris Badwan on vocals, fusing starker post-punk stylings with Hercules & Love Affair leader Andy Butler’s disco-house heritage.  The video features direction from London artist Rei Nadal. Nadal has previously directed music videos for Primal Scream, Reptile Youth and Vaults, as well as fashion films for SHOWstudio (including “Girl,” which she codirected with Nick Knight).

 “I've had some really humbling and special moments of intersection with fashion in my career,” Butler explains. “From writing music for established entities like Chanel, an institution whose visionary leader has such an enormous legacy, to being fortunate enough to have a legendary enfant terrible like Bernhard Willhelm direct the styling and costumery for "Do You Feel the Same?”

“But, it has been similarly rewarding working with individuals like Rei who are 'experiencing lift off’ – asserting their developing yet powerful voices or visions. I cannot wait to see how things develop for this burgeoning talent.” 'Controller' is the first single off Hercules & Love Affair’s long-awaited fourth studio album, slated for a July release by mr intl / Big Beat Records.

 Hercules & Love Affair headline Village Underground on May 26th amidst a summer of European festival dates.

30th April La Discotech, Manchester

13th May Paradiso, Amsterdam

14th May La Nuits Botanique, Brussels

17th May Queer Festival, Heidelberg

18th May Schwuz, Berlin

19th May Tomavistas Festival, Madrid

26th May Village Underground, London

27th May Birmingham Pride

7th July  Tauron Nowamuzyka Festival, Poland

11th July Obonjan, Croatia

15th July melt!, Germany

11th August Houghton festival, UK

9th September Festival No.6, Wales