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5 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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6.3

Prins Thomas

Prins Thomas

The Norwegian producer and remixer with his first solo album of electronic dance music

Added: 14/04/2010
6.3

Wooden Shjips

Vol 2

Second compilation of rare singles and vintage covers from the San Francisco garage psychedelia specialists

Added: 07/04/2010
6.3

Lawrence Arabia

Chant Darling

Second album of retro pop from New Zealand singer-songwriter James Milne

Added: 22/03/2010
6.3

The Album Leaf

A Chorus Of Storytellers

Album of post-rock from San Diego band led by guitarist Jimmy LaValle

Added: 04/02/2010
6.3

Soulsavers

Broken

Dark, downbeat electronica and rock from the British production and remix maestros on their second album, with Mark Lanegan in attendance

Added: 06/11/2009
6.3

Kurt Vile

Childish Prodigy

Solo effort of home-recorded underground rock from the guitarist with Philadelphia indie-rockers The War on Drugs

Added: 08/10/2009
6.3

Rain Machine

Rain Machine

TV on the Radio guitarist/singer Kyp Malone's solo indie rock project

Added: 21/09/2009
6.3

Richard Swift

The Atlantic Ocean

Lo-fi experimental indie pop on the fourth release from the American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

Added: 08/05/2009
6.3

Depeche Mode

Sounds Of The Universe

12th release from the electro-pop veterans

Added: 23/04/2009
6.3

The Whitest Boy Alive

Rules

Stripped down indie rock from ex-Kings of Convenience guitarist Erlend Øye and his band

Added: 01/04/2009
6.2

The Antlers

Blight

Seventh album from the Brooklyn-based ambient indie rock band led by Peter Silberman

Added: 24/10/2025
6.2

The Dare

What's Wrong With New York?

First full-length release from the LA electroclash musician Harrison Patrick Smith under The Dare moniker (formerly known as Turtlenecked)

Added: 09/09/2024
6.2

Peggy Gou

I Hear You

Debut full-length album from the Berlin-based DJ and electronic producer featuring guest appearances from Villano Antillano and Lenny Kravitz

Added: 07/06/2024
6.2

Girl In Red

I'M Doing It Again Baby!

Second full-length album from the Norwegian indie pop artist Marie Ulven working with producer Matias Tellez

Added: 16/04/2024
6.2

Ride

Interplay

Seventh studio album by Oxford alt.rock / shoegaze quartet produced with Richie Kennedy

Added: 05/04/2024
6.2

Miley Cyrus

Endless Summer Vacation

Eighth studio album from the pop singer-songwriter working with several producers including Kid Harpoon, Tyler Johnson, Greg Kurstin, and Mike Will Made It

Added: 14/03/2023
6.2

Gracie Abrams

Good Riddance

Debut full-length release from the Los Angeles singer-songwriter and daughter of director JJ Abrams produced by The National's Aaron Dessner

Added: 28/02/2023
6.2

Sam Smith

Gloria

Fourth studio album from the London-born singer-songwriter featuring guest appearances from Koffee, Kim Petras, Jessie Reyez and Ed Sheeran

Added: 27/01/2023
6.2

Christine and the Queens

Redcar les adorables toiles

Third full-length album of electropop from Nantes-born artist Héloïse Letissier

Added: 26/11/2022
6.2

Interpol

The Other Side of Make-Believe

Seventh album from the New York indie rock band produced by Flood and Alan Moulder

Added: 19/07/2022
6.2

Viagra Boys

Cave World

Third album from the Stockholm post-punk band and first since the death of co-founder Benjamin Vallé in 2021

Added: 12/07/2022
6.2

Swedish House Mafia

Paradise Again

Debut studio album from the Swedish house supergroup includes guest appearances from ASAP Rocky, Sting, Ty Dolla Sign and the Weeknd

Added: 15/04/2022
6.2

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Unlimited Love

Twelfth studio album from the veteran Californian alt.rock band produced by Rick Rubin and with guitarist John Frusciante since 2006's Stadium Arcadium

Added: 01/04/2022
6.2

Mø

Motordrome

Third album from the Danish singer songwriter Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted Andersen working with a number of producers including Ariel Rechtshaid, Ronni Vindahl,Jam City, Lotus IV and Stint

Added: 02/02/2022
6.2

Diana Ross

Thank You

First new album since 2006 from the legendary singer produced with Jack Antonoff (Taylor Swift, Lorde, St. Vincent, Lana Del Rey)

Added: 09/11/2021
6.2

Prince

Welcome 2 America

Latest posthumous album from the legendary artist who died in 2016 was recorded in 2010 with the New Power Generation features eleven originals

Added: 04/08/2021
6.2

Bleachers

Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night

Third album from producer Jack Antonoff's New York-based indie pop project featuring guest appearances from Lana Del Rey and Bruce Springsteen

Added: 30/07/2021
6.2

Wavves

Hideaway

Seventh studio album from the San Diego surf-rock four-piece led by Nathan Williams

Added: 19/07/2021
6.2

London Grammar

Californian Soil

Third album from the Nottingham dream pop trio working with producers Charlie Andrew George FitzGerald Steve Mac

Added: 16/04/2021
6.2

Pale Waves

Who Am I?

Second album from the Mancunian indie pop four-piece recorded primarily in Los Angeles with producer Rich Costey [Muse, Sigur Rós, Foo Fighters]

Added: 18/02/2021

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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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