All Clouds Aren’t Electric

This AOTY edition companion release accompanies All Clouds Bring Not Rain by Memorials, number 30 in Rough Trade's Albums of the Year 2026.

Memorials follow up their stunning, critically acclaimed second album All Clouds Bring Not Rain with a companion album, All Clouds Aren’t Electric, an acoustic(-ish) reimagining of those songs alongside a brand new one, ‘Until You Are In Tune’. It is All Clouds reflected through a cracked looking glass picked up in a field. In a field in France, in fact. The duo embarked on a series of literal field recordings, taking a single microphone and tape machine out into the countryside, under bridges and through tunnels, to sing their songs to the wind. With their new interpretations of existing songs, Memorials are following a rich path laid down by the likes of Neil Young, Yo La Tengo and Cat Power, all known for reworking and re-recording their own material in striking new ways.