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6 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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6.6

Låpsley

Long Way Home

Electronica-centred debut album from Merseyside singer-songwriter Holly Lapsley Fletcher

Added: 11/03/2016
6.6

Poliça

United Crushers

Third album from the Minneapolis indie synthpop band led by Ryan Olson and Channy Leaneagh

Added: 08/03/2016
6.6

Sophie

Product

Debut full-length from the London-based electronic producer Samuel Long who has worked with Charli XCX, Le1f and Madonna

Added: 02/12/2015
6.6

Nicole Dollanganger

Natural Born Losers

Debut studio album from the Canadian singer-songwriter, the first release Grimes' new Eerie Organization label

Added: 05/10/2015
6.6

Disclosure

Caracal

Second album of garage and house inspired dance music from the Surrey brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence

Added: 25/09/2015
6.6

Destruction Unit

Negative Feedback Resistor

Third album from the Arizona-based metal, punk, and space rock act fronted by Jay Reatard collaborator Ryan Roussreau

Added: 23/09/2015
6.6

Lee Bannon

Pattern Of Excel

Second album of jungle, drum & bass and dubstep from the experimental Sacramento-born producer

Added: 07/07/2015
6.6

Heather Woods Broderick

Glider

Second solo album from the indie folk musician and former member of Efterklang, Horse Feathers and Loch Lomond

Added: 06/07/2015
6.6

Heartless Bastards

Restless Ones

Fifth album of garage rock from the Cincinati, Ohio quartet

Added: 11/06/2015
6.6

Jason Derulo

Everything Is 4

Fourth studio album from the Miami-born dance-pop / R&B singer-songwriter and dancer

Added: 10/06/2015
6.6

Surfer Blood

1000 Palms

Third album from the Florida surf rock group, their first without guitarist Thomas Fekete, who left the band earlier this year for medical reasons

Added: 11/05/2015
6.6

Toro Y Moi

What For?

Fourth release from the South Carolina-born onetime chillwave pioneer Chaz Bundick sees him exploring psych rock

Added: 07/04/2015
6.6

The Mountain Goats

Beat The Champ

Album number fifteen from the lo-fi indie folk band led by John Darnielle is a concept album about wrestling

Added: 06/04/2015
6.6

Will Butler

Policy

Debut solo release from the Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist

Added: 06/03/2015
6.6

Moon Duo

Shadow Of The Sun

Fourth album of ambient psychedelic rock from Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada

Added: 04/03/2015
6.6

Purity Ring

Another Eternity

Second LP from the Canadian synthpop duo comprising vocalist Megan James and producer Corin Roddick

Added: 02/03/2015
6.6

José González

Vestiges & Claws

The Swedish singer-songwriter's first album in nearly eight years consists solely of original material, a first

Added: 18/02/2015
6.6

Belle And Sebastian

Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance

Ninth LP from the renowned Glaswegian indie pop group led by Stuart Murdoch and produced by Ben H Allen (Animal Collective, Bombay Bicycle Club, Deerhunter)

Added: 21/01/2015
6.6

Death Grips

Fashion Week

Surprise instrumental release from the Scramento, California extreme noise-rap trio who announced their demise in 2014

Added: 13/01/2015
6.6

She & Him

Classics

An album of covers from the indie pop duo Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward recorded live with a 20-piece orchestra

Added: 03/12/2014
6.6

Les Sins

Michael

Toro y Moi's Chaz Bundick branches out with the first release of a largely instrumental dance music side project

Added: 12/11/2014
6.6

The Black Angels

Clear Lake Forest

EP follow-up to 2013's Indigo Meadow from the psychedelic Austin five-piece, originally released on Record Store Day

Added: 25/07/2014
6.6

Martyn

The Air Between Words

Third solo album from Dutch-born, Washington DC-based producer Martijn Deykers with contributions from contributions from Four Tet and Inga Copeland

Added: 16/06/2014
6.6

TEEN

The Way And Colour

Second album from the Brooklyn alt.rock band fronted by Kristina "Teeny" Lieberson former keyboard player with Here We Go Magic and produced by Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom

Added: 21/04/2014
6.6

Xiu Xiu

Angel Guts: Red Classroom

Third album in less than a year, and 9th overall, from the California art rock and avant garde electronica band led by Jamie Stewart

Added: 05/02/2014
6.6

Alcest

Shelter

Fourth album from the band led by Frenchman Stéphane Paut (aka Neige), moving towards shoegaze and away from black metal

Added: 21/01/2014
6.6

Anna Calvi

One Breath

Second album of atmospheric indie rock from London-based singer produced by John Congleton (The Polyphonic Spree, The Walkmen, Modest Mouse)

Added: 20/11/2013
6.6

Son Lux

Lanterns

New York based producer Ryan Lott with his third album of post-rock and alternative hip-hop, his first with Joyful Noise Recordings

Added: 29/10/2013
6.6

Mark Lanegan

Imitations

The alt.rock singer-songwriter and guitarist and former Screaming Trees frontman opts for an album of easy listening covers for his latest outing, his first on Vagrant Records

Added: 19/09/2013
6.6

Surf City

We Knew It Was Not Going to Be Like This

Second full-length release from the New Zealand laid-back space rock and psych pop band

Added: 15/08/2013

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Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

One of those albums that evokes a tangible mood; in this case, somewhere adjacent to the sun coming up after a rollercoaster of a night out. As such, it's frequently wonderful. Print edition only Uncut

Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

"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

Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

Any fear, dissociation or sorrow Parks describes is repeatedly shaken off in the communion of the dancefloor The Independent

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