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4 April 2026

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Arlo ParksAmbiguous Desire

"Her most vividly realised and affecting body of work to date" (9/10 - DOY). "Arlo Parks approaches euphoria and vulnerability with a soothing ambivalence" (8/10 - The Skinny)

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Sunn O)))Sunn O)))

"An immersive, strangely euphoric listening experience recorded in the wilds of Washington" (8/10 - The Guardian). "The album is a magnificently heavy double of downtuned, epic riffing" (9/10 - Uncut)

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ThundercatDistracted

"Thundercat invites listeners into a space where confusion, beauty, and pain coexist, reminding us that even in a fractured world, there is still room to feel, create, and live fully" (8.5/10 - Northern Transmissions)

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UnderscoresU

"A tour-de-force of production chops that cements April Harper Grey as a key auteur in the future of the genre" (10/10 - NME). "Hits all the beats of a classic pop record" (8.3/10 - Paste)

James BlakeTrying Times

"A record that couldn’t be more consistently him" (9/10 - DIY). "Amid the stylistic shifts of Blake’s seventh record come samples of Dusty Springfield and Dizzee Rascal" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Trembling Bells and Bonnie Prince BillyThe Marble Downs

"Strengthened by communal tendencies, meeting bombs in Iran and executions in Minneapolis not with clenched fists of protest, but with hugs" (8/10 - PopMaters).

GorillazThe Mountain

"The album’s posthumous contributors remind us that music can keep ghosts alive" (10/10 - The Independent). "Powerful reflections on mortality from Damon Albarn and Co" (8/10 - Hot Press)

MobyFuture Quiet

"Moby has created a 14-track state of therapy for his own mind but kindly offered it to the world. It is the offering of one of the genius producers of our time" (8/10 - CLash)

Charli XCXWuthering Heights

"This brilliantly moody soundtrack confirms Charli XCX as a star who makes better art when she’s not trying to deliver a hit" (10/10 - The Irish Times). "At times gorgeous" (8/10 - Clash)

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6.8

The Hold Steady

Heaven Is Whenever

The supposedly 'less anthemic' 5th album from the Brooklyn alt.rockers

Added: 26/04/2010
6.8

The Go! Team

The Scene Between

Fourth album of indie dance/hip-hop from the Brighton's Ian Parton, this time written and produced without his five bandmates

Added: 23/03/2015
6.8

The Dodos

Individ

Sixth album from the San Francisco psych folk duo Logan Kroeber and Meric Long

Added: 23/01/2015
6.8

The Cure

4:13 Dream

Album number 13 from the indefagitable Robert Smith and his enduring band

Added: 30/10/2008
6.8

The Chieftains

Voice of Ages

The celebrated Irish traditional group with an array of guests on their 50th anniversary outing, including Bon Iver, Carolina Chocolate Drops, the Decembrists and the Low Anthem

Added: 22/04/2012
6.8

The Apples in Stereo

Travellers in Space and Time

Indie rock and pop on the 7th album from the band led by Elephant 6 label co-founder Robert Schneider

Added: 29/04/2010
6.8

The Amazing

Ambulance

Fourth album from the Swedish psych-rock / psych-folk five-piece featuring former members of Granada and Dungen

Added: 23/07/2016
6.8

Suzanne Vega

Tales From The Realm Of The Queen Of Pentacles

Eighth studio album, and first for seven years to feature new material, from the Californian singer-songwriter

Added: 04/02/2014
6.8

Speech Debelle

Freedom Of Speech

Second hip hop album from South London rapper whose debut won the Mercury Prize

Added: 03/02/2012
6.8

Ryan Adams And The Cardinals

Cardinology

Latest batch of alt country / rock from the singer-songwriter and his backing band, who have now parted company

Added: 05/11/2008
6.8

Röyksopp

Junior

Norwegian eclectic dance duo plus assorted Scandinavian collaborators, with their third studio album

Added: 20/03/2009
6.8

Rachel Zeffira

The Deserters

Canadian classically-trained soprano and multi-instrumentalist, who was one half of Cat’s Eyes with Horrors frontman Faris Badwan, with a debut album of baroque pop

Added: 10/12/2012
6.8

Princess Nokia

Everything Is Beautiful / Everything Sucks

Simultaneous release for two albums from the New York rapper Destiny Frasqueri

Added: 02/03/2020
6.8

Papercuts

Life Among the Savages

Album no. 6 from the San Francisco indie pop group led by Jason Robert Quever

Added: 08/05/2014
6.8

Paolo Nutini

Sunny Side Up

Pop / soul on the second album from the Scottish singer-songwriter

Added: 29/05/2009
6.8

Oscar

Cut and Paste

Debut album of indie pop from the Londoner

Added: 18/05/2016
6.8

Omni

Multi-task

Second album of indie post-punk from the Atlanta, GA trio

Added: 22/09/2017
6.8

Omni

Networker

Third album of indie post-punk from the Atlanta, Georgia trio

Added: 01/11/2019
6.8

Obits

Beds & Bugs

The Brooklyn-based band led by guitarist and vocalist Rick Froberg wqith their 3rd album of garage punk

Added: 10/09/2013
6.8

Mykki Blanco

Broken Hearts and Beauty Sleep

Mini album from the Orange County-born rapper, performance artist, poet and activist produced by FaltyDL

Added: 18/06/2021
6.8

Mourn

Ha, Ha, He.

Second album from the Catalonian punk band fronted by Carla Pérez Vas

Added: 03/06/2016
6.8

Minor Victories

Minor Victories

A collaborative project featuring members of Mogwai, Slowdive, and Editors

Added: 01/06/2016
6.8

Mike Wexler

Dispossession

Second album from the Brooklyn singer-songwriter who blends folk, jazz, psychedelia, synths and more

Added: 25/03/2012
6.8

Micachu & The Shapes

Chopped & Screwed

Second album of experimental leftfield pop from Mica Levi recorded live with The London Sinfonietta

Added: 25/03/2011
6.8

Metallica

Hardwired...To Self-Destruct

Tenth studio record from the metal stalwarts, a double album

Added: 17/11/2016
6.8

Merchandise

After The End

Self-recorded third LP from the Floridian three piece, mixed with the help of Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, These New Puritans, Grizzly Bear)

Added: 21/08/2014
6.8

Matthew E. White & Lonnie Holley

Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection

Collaboration between Virgia-based producer and founder of Spacebomb Records Matthew E. White and the Alabama experimental musician Holley

Added: 09/04/2021
6.8

Manic Street Preachers

Resistance Is Futile

Album number thirteen from the Welsh indie rock band produced by Dave Eringa (Idlewild, Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey)

Added: 05/04/2018
6.8

Madness

Can't Touch Us Now

Eleventh studio album from the London 2 tone pioneers

Added: 27/10/2016
6.8

Lucius

Second Nature

Fourth album from the Brooklyn indie-pop five piece fronted by Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig

Added: 08/04/2022

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"We're blossoming," she sings of a new romance, but she could easily be talking about herself and her artistic trajectory, having pulled off a daring makeover with such style. Print edition only Record Collector

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