diff --git a/shanty-data/src/musicbrainz.rs b/shanty-data/src/musicbrainz.rs
index e8b174b..1b7d12f 100644
--- a/shanty-data/src/musicbrainz.rs
+++ b/shanty-data/src/musicbrainz.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Instant;
+
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 use tokio::time::Duration;
 
 use crate::error::{DataError, DataResult};
@@ -12,11 +17,21 @@ use crate::types::{
 const BASE_URL: &str = "https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2";
 const USER_AGENT: &str = "Shanty/0.1.0 (shanty-music-app)";
 const RATE_LIMIT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(1100); // slightly over 1s to be safe
+/// How long cached responses stay valid (1 hour).
+const RESPONSE_CACHE_TTL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(3600);
 
-/// MusicBrainz API client with rate limiting.
+/// A cached HTTP response with a timestamp for expiry.
+struct CachedResponse {
+    body: String,
+    fetched_at: Instant,
+}
+
+/// MusicBrainz API client with rate limiting and in-memory response caching.
 pub struct MusicBrainzFetcher {
     client: reqwest::Client,
     limiter: RateLimiter,
+    /// In-memory cache: URL -> raw JSON response body. Entries expire after RESPONSE_CACHE_TTL.
+    response_cache: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<String, CachedResponse>>>,
 }
 
 impl MusicBrainzFetcher {
@@ -30,7 +45,11 @@ impl MusicBrainzFetcher {
             .user_agent(USER_AGENT)
             .timeout(Duration::from_secs(30))
             .build()?;
-        Ok(Self { client, limiter })
+        Ok(Self {
+            client,
+            limiter,
+            response_cache: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
+        })
     }
 
     /// Get a clone of the rate limiter for sharing with other MB clients.
@@ -39,6 +58,30 @@ impl MusicBrainzFetcher {
     }
 
     async fn get_json<T: serde::de::DeserializeOwned>(&self, url: &str) -> DataResult<T> {
+        // Check in-memory cache first
+        {
+            let mut cache = self.response_cache.lock().await;
+            if let Some(entry) = cache.get(url) {
+                if entry.fetched_at.elapsed() < RESPONSE_CACHE_TTL {
+                    tracing::debug!(url = url, "MusicBrainz cache hit");
+                    return Ok(serde_json::from_str(&entry.body)?);
+                } else {
+                    // Expired — remove it
+                    cache.remove(url);
+                }
+            }
+            // Also purge any other expired entries opportunistically (limit to avoid holding lock too long)
+            let expired: Vec<String> = cache
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|(_, v)| v.fetched_at.elapsed() >= RESPONSE_CACHE_TTL)
+                .map(|(k, _)| k.clone())
+                .take(50)
+                .collect();
+            for k in expired {
+                cache.remove(&k);
+            }
+        }
+
         self.limiter.wait().await;
         tracing::debug!(url = url, "MusicBrainz request");
         let resp = self.client.get(url).send().await?;
@@ -49,7 +92,21 @@ impl MusicBrainzFetcher {
                 "MusicBrainz API error {status}: {body}"
             )));
         }
-        Ok(resp.json().await?)
+        let body = resp.text().await?;
+
+        // Store in cache
+        {
+            let mut cache = self.response_cache.lock().await;
+            cache.insert(
+                url.to_string(),
+                CachedResponse {
+                    body: body.clone(),
+                    fetched_at: Instant::now(),
+                },
+            );
+        }
+
+        Ok(serde_json::from_str(&body)?)
     }
 
     /// Look up an artist directly by MBID. Returns (name, disambiguation).
@@ -310,6 +367,11 @@ impl MetadataFetcher for MusicBrainzFetcher {
             })
             .collect())
     }
+
+    async fn resolve_release_from_group(&self, release_group_mbid: &str) -> DataResult<String> {
+        // Delegate to the inherent method
+        MusicBrainzFetcher::resolve_release_from_group(self, release_group_mbid).await
+    }
 }
 
 /// Extract the primary artist from MusicBrainz artist credits.
diff --git a/shanty-data/src/traits.rs b/shanty-data/src/traits.rs
index eb9c433..8e2b34a 100644
--- a/shanty-data/src/traits.rs
+++ b/shanty-data/src/traits.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ pub trait MetadataFetcher: Send + Sync {
         &self,
         artist_mbid: &str,
     ) -> impl Future<Output = DataResult<Vec<ReleaseGroupEntry>>> + Send;
+
+    /// Resolve a release-group MBID to a concrete release MBID (first release in the group).
+    fn resolve_release_from_group(
+        &self,
+        release_group_mbid: &str,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = DataResult<String>> + Send;
 }
 
 /// Fetches artist image URLs from an external source.
diff --git a/shanty-tag b/shanty-tag
index e5b3fc3..884b2e8 160000
--- a/shanty-tag
+++ b/shanty-tag
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e5b3fc3fe33c16954bd5c478ea27b6cac9c66665
+Subproject commit 884b2e8d52236522789a3b0c69182d6cc3088a78
diff --git a/shanty-watch b/shanty-watch
index 85e2467..aef4708 160000
--- a/shanty-watch
+++ b/shanty-watch
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 85e24671a33dc86989bbf9db3135d172e31fa3e7
+Subproject commit aef470843937f115f7d87fdaf705f8a7cd72c910
diff --git a/shanty-web b/shanty-web
index 621355e..75f3b4f 160000
--- a/shanty-web
+++ b/shanty-web
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 621355e35295c0593fb68d6708040bba5909a2dc
+Subproject commit 75f3b4f7045af8435d7cc35ecccfc61b2adcd5a7