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Sprints  All That Is Over

On All That Is Over, the band feels confident in their sound. With their new guitarist on board, SPRINTS delves into the horrors of modern life Northern Transmissions

Robert Plant  Saving Grace

Saving Grace is a richly rewarding work — a masterclass in how tradition can be honoured while still sounding fresh and vital XS Noize

Neko Case  Neon Grey Midnight Green

The New Pornographers vocalist’s ninth solo album honors friends who have passed away on songs that are often steeped in imagery from the natural world Paste Magazine

Jeff Tweedy  Twilight Override

The Wilco frontman’s latest solo album is a mammoth, 30-song venture full of family and friends. Its expansiveness is provocative, with ideas of mortality, selfhood, the unbearable confusion of the modern world, and the fervent desire to live well in it abound Paste Magazine

Doja Cat  Vie

Zappy synths, slapping bass and playful vocals make Doja’s latest album a groove-a-thon that refuses to quit NME

Geese  Getting Killed

Getting Killed blazes a new kind of trail for a new kind of time. As Cameron Winter sings on the final verse of the towering closer: “I have no idea where I'm going. Here I come” Sputnik Music (staff)

Ed Sheeran  Play

Sheeran doesn’t abandon his core—earnest lyrics, acoustic roots, pop instincts—but he throws open the window to let other sounds in Spectrum Culture

Sprints  All That Is Over

Sprints completely bury any notion of a sophomore slump by delivering one of the year’s most exciting and atmospherically rich albums Spectrum Culture

Olivia Dean  The Art of Loving

Full of grace and elegance, it is ultimately a shame that The Art Of Loving is over so soon The Arts Desk

Mariah Carey  Here For It All

On the more subtle tracks, you really get to see how totally she and her collaborators understand the place of that voice The Arts Desk

Mariah Carey  Here For It All

The album sees the singer drawing on music’s past but stuck in her own Slant Magazine

Mariah Carey  Here For It All

On her long-awaited 16th studio album, the superstar mostly stays in her pocket and proves her voice is still intact Rolling Stone

Mariah Carey  Here For It All

The diva’s 16th studio album is thoughtfully constructed and surprisingly candid about the present condition of her voice. It’s a no-makeup sound for a persona devoted to glamour Pitchfork

Mariah Carey  Here For It All

The elusive chanteuse returns with her first album in seven years, and even if her voice is no longer what it used to be, she’s still committed to the craft that she’s had so much influence over NME

Mariah Carey  Here For It All

Here for It All doesn’t exactly shake things up, but it’s a pretty, polished affair all the same, Carey sitting comfortably on top of her sonic throne and uninterested in relinquishing it any time soon The Independent