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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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5.9

Eleventh Dream Day

Riot Now

Album number 11 from the Chicago alt-rock veterans

Added: 11/03/2011
5.9

Magnetic Man

Magnetic Man

Debut album from dubstep producers and DJs Skream, Benga and Artwork

Added: 16/11/2010
5.9

Underworld

Barking

Collaborations abound on the first album in three years from techno / electronic duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith

Added: 21/09/2010
5.9

Kathryn Calder

Are You My Mother?

First solo album from the member of Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers gets a delayed UK release

Added: 11/08/2010
5.9

UNKLE

Where Did The Night Fall

Fourth album of trip-hop, electronica, beats, samples and guest spots from influential London producer James Lavelle

Added: 10/05/2010
5.9

Efterklang

Magic Chairs

First release on 4AD for the longstanding Danish specialists in adventurous orchestral pop and post-rock/folk

Added: 26/02/2010
5.9

Muse

The Resistance

British prog rockers with their much-anticipated fifth album, three years after Black Holes and Revelations

Added: 16/09/2009
5.9

Clark

Totems Flare

British electronic whizzkid and experimental producer with his 5th album of techno beats, samples and esoteric melody

Added: 20/07/2009
5.9

Little Boots

Hands

British electro pop artist Victoria Hesketh's debut album

Added: 18/06/2009
5.9

The Killers

Day And Age

Third album from the platinum-selling rock band

Added: 10/01/2009
5.8

Wisp

If Not Winnter

Debut album from the San Francisco shoegaze artist Natalie R. Lu working with multiple producers including Stint, Aldn, Julian Emken, Photographic Memory, Kraus, Grayskies and Elliott Kozel

Added: 01/08/2025
5.8

Childish Gambino

Bando Stone & the New World

Fifth studio album and final under his stage name Childish Gambino from Donald Glover featuring guest appearances from Amaarae, Chlöe, Flo Milli, Fousheé, Khruangbin and Legend

Added: 24/07/2024
5.8

Zayn

Room Under The Stairs

Fourth solo album from former One Direction singer Zayn Malik working with various producers including Dave Cobb, Gian Stone and James Ghaleb

Added: 22/05/2024
5.8

Whitney

Spark

Fourth album from former Smith Westerns members Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich is produced by John Congleton and Brad Cook

Added: 19/09/2022
5.8

Machine Gun Kelly

Mainstream Sellout

Sixth album from the Texas-born pop-punk rapper produced by Travis Barker and featuring guest appearances from Landon Barker, Bring Me The Horizon, Lil Wayne, Willow and Young Thug

Added: 02/04/2022
5.8

DMX

Exodus

Posthumous release of the eighth album from the rapper includes guest appearances from Benny The Butcher, Bono, Conway The Machine and Jay-Z

Added: 01/06/2021
5.8

Nick Jonas

Spaceman

Fourth solo album from the American Pop/R&B singer produced by Greg Kurstin (Beck, Paul McCartney, Foo Fighters)

Added: 16/03/2021
5.8

Weezer

OK Human

Fourteenth studio album from the LA pop-rock band produced by Jake Sinclair (Panic! at the Disco, Sia, Fall Out Boy)

Added: 01/02/2021
5.8

Erasure

The Neon

Eighteenth studio record from Andy Bell and Vince Clarke was self-produced and recorded in Atlanta

Added: 21/08/2020
5.8

Washed Out

Purple Noon

Fourth album of ambient synth-driven indie pop from Georgia-based producer Ernest Greene

Added: 10/08/2020
5.8

Khruangbin

Mordechai

Third album from the Texan trio influenced by Middle Eastern and Mediterranean music produced by Steve Christensen

Added: 26/06/2020
5.8

Moby

All Acceptable Objects

Seventeenth studio album from the American electronic musician featuring contributions from Apollo Jane, Linton Kwesi Johnson and D.H. Peligro (Dead Kennedys)

Added: 21/05/2020
5.8

Roger and Brian Eno

Mixing Colours

Debut collaboration between ambient music pioneering brothers recorded over a 15 year period

Added: 20/03/2020
5.8

The Menzingers

Hello Exile

Sixth album from the Scranton, Pennsylvania punk band produced by Will Yip (Circa Survive, La Dispute, Title Fight)

Added: 10/10/2019
5.8

Clark

Kiri Variations

Latest album from English electronic musician Chris Clark

Added: 31/07/2019
5.8

Avicii

TIM

Posthumous third studio album from the Swedish pop/house DJ with all profits going towards the Tim Bergling Foundation

Added: 12/06/2019
5.8

Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith

The Peyote Dance

The first of a planned trilogy of albums inspired by French poets from the New York and Berlin-based experimental collective featuring Patti Smith

Added: 04/06/2019
5.8

Yann Tiersen

All

Tenth studio album from the French multi-instrumentalist and songwriter

Added: 21/02/2019
5.8

James Blake

Assume Form

Fourth album from the London-born singer-songwriter and electronic producer working with Dominic Maker and Metro Boomin

Added: 22/01/2019
5.8

Mumford & Sons

Delta

Fourth full-length studio release from the London alt-folk quartet produced by Paul Epworth

Added: 19/11/2018

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