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8 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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7.2

Kanye West

Jesus Is King

Ninth studio album from the rapper features guest appearances from Clipse, Ty Dolla Sign, Kenny G, Fred Hammond, Ant Clemons, and Sunday Service

Added: 29/10/2019
7.2

Sturgill Simpson

Sound & Fury

Album number four for American country singer-songwriter co-produced by Simpson himself and Grammy nominee John Hill (Cage The Elephant, Portugal.The Man, Bleachers) to accompany the Netflix anime film of the same name

Added: 01/10/2019
7.2

Tove Lo

Sunshine Kitty

Fourth studio album from the Stockholm-born electropop singer Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson includes a collaboration with Kylie Minogue

Added: 24/09/2019
7.2

!!!

Wallop

Eighth studio album from the New York dance-punk outfit

Added: 07/09/2019
7.2

Bat For Lashes

Lost Girls

Fifth album from baroque pop singer-songwriter Natasha Khan influenced by 1980s music and cinema

Added: 06/09/2019
7.2

Bleached

Don't You Think You've Had Enough

Third album of garage rock from Los Angeles-based band led by twins Jessica and Jennifer Calvin

Added: 16/07/2019
7.2

Mark Ronson

Late Night Feelings

Fifth studio album from the much sought after producer and musician features Miley Cirus, Lykke Li, Angel Olsen and more

Added: 28/06/2019
7.2

Amyl & The Sniffers

Amyl & The Sniffers

Debut full-length album from the Australian garage punk band produced by Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, MIA, The Fall)

Added: 24/05/2019
7.2

Olden Yolk

Living Theatre

Second full-length album of psychedelic folk-rock from Shane Butler and Caity Shaffer

Added: 20/05/2019
7.2

Kedr Livanskiy

Your Need

Second album from the Russian musician, DJ and producer Yana Kedrina co-producer with Flaty

Added: 09/05/2019
7.2

Local Natives

Violet Street

Fourth album from the Silver Lake indie rock group fronted by Taylor Rice

Added: 03/05/2019
7.2

Rozi Plain

What a Boost

Fourth full-length release from the London-based singer-songwriter who's also a member of This Is the Kit

Added: 11/04/2019
7.2

Billie Eilish

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Debut album from the 17-year-old LA-born pop star working produced by her brother Finneas O’Connell

Added: 29/03/2019
7.2

Stephen Malkmus

Groove Denied

Latest studio album of American rock from the former Pavement frontman, the first to not feature The Jicks

Added: 16/03/2019
7.2

Meat Puppets

Dusty Notes

Album number 15 from the Phoenix-based alt-rock stalwarts

Added: 11/03/2019
7.2

Spielbergs

This Is Not The End

Debut album of indie punk from the Norwegian trio produced by Tord Øverland Knudsen of The Wombats and Team Me's Marius Drogsås Hagen

Added: 04/02/2019
7.2

Boy Harsher

Careful

Second album of dark synth-pop from the Massachusetts duo Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller

Added: 04/02/2019
7.2

Pavo Pavo

Mystery Hour

Second album from the classically-trained Brooklyn-based indie pop quintet

Added: 02/02/2019
7.2

Steve Gunn

The Unseen Inbetween

Latest release from the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and former member of Kurt Vile's backing band The Violators

Added: 25/01/2019
7.2

Lil Peep

Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2

Posthumous release of second full-length studio album by New York rapper completed with the help of his mother, Liza Womack, and producer Smokeasac

Added: 09/11/2018
7.2

St. Vincent

MassEducation

Acoustic version of the 2017 album Masseduction featuring just Annie Clark on vocals and Thomas Bartlett on piano

Added: 16/10/2018
7.2

Madeline Kenney

Perfect Shapes

Second full-length release by Pacific Northwestern indie singer-songwriter produced by Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner

Added: 08/10/2018
7.2

Marissa Nadler

For My Crimes

Album number eight from the Boston indie folk singer-songwriter with contributions from Dum Dum Girls' Kristin Kontrol, Angel Olsen, and Sharon Van Etten

Added: 05/10/2018
7.2

The Goon Sax

We're Not Talking

Second album from Brisbane three-piece produced by Architecture In Helsinki's James Cecil and Cameron Bird

Added: 18/09/2018
7.2

Szun Waves

New Hymn To Freedom

Second collaboration between electronic producer Luke Abbott, Portico Quartet saxophonist Jack Wyllie and Triosk/PVT percussionist Laurence Pike

Added: 05/09/2018
7.2

Dorian Concept

The Nature Of Imitation

Second album from the Austrian electronic composer Flying Lotus associate Oliver Thomas Johnson

Added: 07/08/2018
7.2

Leon Bridges

Good Thing

Second studio album of gospel/soulful r&b from the American singer-songwriter

Added: 08/05/2018
7.2

Belly

Dove

Third album from the Newport, Rhode Island alt-rock band comes twenty three years after reforming in 2016

Added: 08/05/2018
7.2

Makeness

Loud Patterns

Debut full-length from the Scottish electronic producer Kyle Molleson who's also a member of London-based art-pop quartet Glad Hand

Added: 10/04/2018
7.2

Albert Hammond Jr

Francis Trouble

Fourth album from the NY singer-songwriter and Strokes guitarist

Added: 14/03/2018

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