Staff picks

Explore what The Residents have been listening to and reading of late…

  • I'm Nat(asha). I like to be surrounded by good people & good sounds, so I’m winning here. Slowly unmaturing with age.

    Hi there!
    Nat
  • I'm Dan, shopfloor manager at Resident. Obscure music is my forte. Occasional DJ and avid traveller of the globe.

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    Dan
  • Saxophone-playing, collage-creating pun enthusiast

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    Georgie
  • Word wrangler. If I'm not up the Downs, I'm probably frantically scribbling in a notebook.

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    Jon
  • Little excites me as much as a new power tool; enabling me to create works of real genius. Also, Surfer Rosa is unequalled. 

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    Jules
  • Hey, Hanna here, whilst you’re spending your time reading this I might just be at a gig or wandering around the Downs!

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    Hanna
  • I’ve spent the vast majority of my adult life in record shops, and I don’t see that changing any time soon.

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    Rupert
  • I’m Juliet, I help keep the office running smoothly. I'm also one third of the mailorder team and starter of two small microwave fires.

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    Juliet
  • Work. Gig. Match. Film. Repeat.

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    Derry
  • I’m Des, you’ll have heard my laugh at some point in Brighton and have definitely seen me at a show.

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    Des
  • Hi! I’m Ian and I’ve been part of the counter crew for a while now. I’m a big fan of Sonic Youth & hats.

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    Ian
  • When not posing with records in the shop, I'm a guitarist in local punk band Harker who digs books, art, food & football

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    Louis
  • I'm Jack - I can usually be found on the shopfloor, keeping the sleeves in order or recommending some of my favourites.

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    Jack
  • Heyy! I'm Mali (aka Mrs Worldwide). When I'm not being a 365-day party girl, I'm down with the Radio 6 dads.

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    Mali
  • I'm Matt, not Jon. Jon is the small one who does books and has a beard, I'm the big one who does books and has a beard. 

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    Matt
  • Hi... I'm Nuala

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    Nuala
  • Hi I’m Austin! Mailorder worshipper, serial packer, and aux hogger of the office

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    Austin
  • Hi I’m Ewan. You might have seen me rushing about at instores. When I’m not doing that, I’m at the cinema, or finding horrible remixes for DJ sets.

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    Ewan
  • Frenetic mailorder team member, part time urban shepherd. 

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    Jacky
  • Hi! I'm Patrick, or Paddy. When not between the racks here, I can be found up at Uni studying, prowling the Lanes for clothes, or in the pub with my pals. 

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    Patrick
  • Hi I’m Phoebe! You’ve probably seen my name before because I answer all your emails, but now you can see my face too! Isn’t technology just magic.

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    Phoebe
  • I’m Resident’s Northern correspondent, soaking up the Manchester music scene and scribing our mailouts from afar – a pen pal, if you will.

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    Ferg
  • I’m Will, oh look! Another guy at Resident with a beard and a hat, who’d have thought it.

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    Will
  • I'm a music loving retired banker, now living the dream as Resident’s part-time bookkeeper. 

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    Kevin
  • I do a bit of everything. Sort signed books, spreadsheets and web dev. Currently listening to Big Thief, probably.

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    James
  • Booking and running events is the name of my game and when I'm not doing that, you’ll likely find me playing in a band. 

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    Georgia
Albums of the Year 2025

CMAT - Euro-Country

During the first of September’s double-instore performances (both of which sold out in approximately 10 seconds), CMAT declared that, at Resident, we’d always treated her like an international pop icon, even when she wasn’t one. Now, with album number 3, a viral social media dance sensation (created by Brighton local Sam Morris and dubbed the “Woke Macarena”), a stellar debut performance on Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage, and a second Mercury Prize nomination, she’s recognised as the undeniable breakout star we always knew she was destined to be. 

Books of the Year 2025

Keith Cameron - 168 Songs Of Hatred And Failure: A History Of Manic Street Preachers

Capturing the intense musical thrust and dauntingly well-read lyricism of the Blackwood crew’s back catalogue was bound to be a herculean task but like a conductor drawing out exceptional performances from their orchestra, Mojo mag’s Keith Cameron expertly corrals James Dean and Nicky Wire into divulging the back stories, inspirations, and remarkably ego-free, intra-personal details behind these carefully selected entries.

Reissues of the Year 2025

Orbital - Orbital (The Brown Album) (2025 Reissue)

Pipping the Criminal Justice Act to the post by a year, Orbital 2 (known colloquially as the Brown
Album) dared to offer one last hedonistic night out before the police came to shut it all down,
basking in the trance-inducing repetition that blurs those early hours into the halcyon glow of the
rising sun.

Compilations of the Year 2025

Paul Weller Presents: That Sweet Sweet Music

The Modfather, a long-time soul fan and record collector, teamed up with the mighty ACE records,
to produce something truly wonderful. Sweet Sweet Music encompasses many styles of soul music
with Weller saying that “soul soundtracked my early life” and that is evident in his selections.

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