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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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8.3

Julianna Barwick

Healing Is A Miracle

Fourth album from the Louisiana-born, Brooklyn-based singer whose ambient music is built around multiple loops and layers of her voice

Added: 15/07/2020
8.3

Jessie Ware

What's Your Pleasure?

Fourth album from the English R&B pop star working with producers Benji B, James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco), Midland, Joseph Mount (Metronomy), Matthew Tavares

Added: 29/06/2020
8.3

Run The Jewels

RTJ4

Fourth studio album from the two hip hop heavyweights Killer Mike and El-P featuring guest appearances from 2 Chainz, Zack de la Rocha, DJ Premier, Josh Homme, Greg Nice, Mavis Staples, and Pharrell Williams

Added: 05/06/2020
8.3

Blake Mills

Mutable Set

Fourth solo album from the Californian producer, musician and song writer who has worked with Fiona Apple, Perfume Genius, Conor Oberst, Jesca Hoop

Added: 08/05/2020
8.3

The Soft Pink Truth

Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?

Fourth release from Drew Daniel who is one-half of Baltimore experimental electronica duo Matmos featuring contrubutions from Angel Deradoorian, Jana Hunter and Colin Self

Added: 04/05/2020
8.3

Beatrice Dillon

Workaround

Debut full-length release from the London-based electronic producer

Added: 12/02/2020
8.3

Blood Incantation

Hidden History of the Human Race

Second album from the Denver, Colorado death metal band

Added: 27/11/2019
8.3

Floating Points

Crush

Third album from the London-based producer and composer Sam Shepherd

Added: 21/10/2019
8.3

Thom Yorke

ANIMA

Third solo album from the Radiohead frontman produced by longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich

Added: 28/06/2019
8.3

Denzel Curry

ZUU

Fourth album from the South Florida rapper working with a number of producers including Charlie Heat FNZ Ronny J Rugah Rahj and Tay Keith

Added: 04/06/2019
8.3

Nilüfer Yanya

Miss Universe

Debut album of indie pop from the 23-year old British-Turkish singer-songwriter

Added: 22/03/2019
8.3

CHAI

Punk

Second album of alt-punk from the quartet based in Nagoya, Japan

Added: 15/03/2019
8.3

Jeff Tweedy

Warm

Second full-length solo release from the alt country artist and Wilco front man produced and recorded entirely at Chicago’s now legendary studio, The Loft (with help from some of his usual collaborators – Spencer Tweedy, Glenn Kotche and Tom Schick)

Added: 03/12/2018
8.3

Tirzah

Devotion

Debut full-length album from the British alternative R&B artist working with her longtime collaborator with Mica Levi

Added: 10/08/2018
8.3

The Internet

Hive Mind

Fourth album of hip hop soul from the LA-based Odd Future outfit, led by Syd and Matt Martians

Added: 24/07/2018
8.3

Pusha T

Daytona

Third solo album from the former member of the rap duo The Clipse produced by Kanye West

Added: 25/05/2018
8.3

Jon Hopkins

Singularity

Fifth studio album of ambient techno from the English composer, follow up to 2013's Mercury-nominated Immunity

Added: 10/05/2018
8.3

cupcakKe

Ephorize

Third studio album from the Chicago rapper Elizabeth Eden Harris

Added: 09/01/2018
8.3

Ibeyi

Ash

Second album of downtempo experimental r&b from French-Cuban duo Lisa-Kaindé & Naomi Diaz

Added: 04/10/2017
8.3

Zola Jesus

Okovi

Fifth album of experimental electropop from Phoenix-born Nika Roza Danilova

Added: 06/09/2017
8.3

Brand New

Science Fiction

Fifth album of art punk/alt.rock from the NY outfit and first in eight years produced by Mike Sapone (Sorority Noise, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Public Enemy)

Added: 23/08/2017
8.3

Big Thief

Capacity

Second album from the indie rock quartet fronted by singer-songwriter Adrianne Lenker

Added: 09/06/2017
8.3

Girlpool

Powerplant

Second album from the LA lo-fi teenage punk rock duo Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad

Added: 12/05/2017
8.3

Julie Byrne

Not Even Happiness

Second album from the New York-based singer-songwriter

Added: 06/02/2017
8.3

Weyes Blood

Front Row Seat To Earth

Third album of indie folk from singer-songwriter Natalie Mering

Added: 19/10/2016
8.3

Jenny Hval

Blood Bitch

Sixth studio album from Norwegian singer-songwriter and novelist co-produced by Lasse Marhaug

Added: 04/10/2016
8.3

Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam

I Had A Dream That You Were Mine

Debut release from the collaboration between Leithauser, former frontman of The Walkman, and Rostam, former Vampire Weekend member

Added: 23/09/2016
8.3

Schoolboy Q

Blank Face LP

Fourth studio album from the LA-based hip-hop artist, featuring guest spots from Kanye West, Anderson .Paak, SZA and more

Added: 14/07/2016
8.3

Whitney

Light Upon the Lake

Debut album from former Smith Westerns members guitarist Max Kakacek and singer/drummer Julien Ehrlich

Added: 06/06/2016
8.3

Kevin Morby

Singing Saw

Third solo album of indie rock from the former Woods bassist and The Babies frontman

Added: 15/04/2016

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