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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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9.1

Yves Tumor

Safe In The Hands Of Love

Third album from the Tennessee-born, Turin-based experimental electronic producer

Added: 07/09/2018
9.1

Chance The Rapper

Coloring Book

Third official mix-tape from the label-averse Chicago rapper, featuring guest appearances from Kanye West, Justin Bieber and others

Added: 17/05/2016
9.1

Radiohead

A Moon Shaped Pool

Ninth studio album from the alt rock stalwarts, again produced by Nigel Godrich and released suddenly

Added: 11/05/2016
9.1

Disclosure

Settle

Surrey brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence with their debut collection of old-school garage and house inspired dance music

Added: 04/06/2013
9.1

My Bloody Valentine

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The influential Irish shoegaze band with one of the most anticipated comeback albums of the past two decades, released via their website and also put out by them on YouTube

Added: 06/02/2013
9.1

Grizzly Bear

Shields

The Brooklyn experimental indie rock quartet follow up 2009's widely-acclaimed Veckatimest with album No.4

Added: 17/09/2012
9.1

Beach House

Bloom

Follow up to the highly-rated Teen Dream album from the Baltimore dream pop duo

Added: 14/05/2012
9.1

M83

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

Sixth album from Frenchman Anthony Gonzalez, with more of his particular brand of electronic shoegaze

Added: 17/10/2011
9.1

Girls

Album

Debut release of bluesy psych-rock and 60s pop from the Californian duo

Added: 25/09/2009
9.0

Geese

Getting Killed

Fourth full-length album from the Brooklyn indie rock quintet was produced with Kenny Beats

Added: 26/09/2025
9.0

Dijon

Baby

Second album from the German-born Baltimore-based singer, songwriter and producer

Added: 18/08/2025
9.0

Sudan Archives

Natural Brown Prom Queen

Second full length album from the Cincinati-born violinist and singer Brittney Parks

Added: 12/09/2022
9.0

Beyoncé

Renaissance

Seventh solo album, and first for six years, from the R'n'B / pop superstar is the first "act" of a three-act project

Added: 01/08/2022
9.0

Big Thief

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Fifth album from the indie rock quartet fronted by singer-songwriter Adrianne Lenker is a double and was recorded in four separate studios

Added: 11/02/2022
9.0

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, The London Symphony Orchestra

Promises

Third album from the London-based producer and composer Sam Shepherd is a collaboration with American saxophonist and the LSO

Added: 26/03/2021
9.0

The Weather Station

Ignorance

Fifth studio album of indie folk from the Canadian outfit led by actress and musician Tamara Lindeman

Added: 05/02/2021
9.0

Bob Dylan

Rough and Rowdy Ways

The 39th album and first release of original songs since Tempest in 2012 from the legendary singer-songwriter

Added: 18/06/2020
9.0

Perfume Genius

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately

Fifth album from Seattle-based indie pop solo artist Mike Hadreas produced by Blake Mills (Laura Marling, Jesca Hoop, Fiona Apple)

Added: 18/05/2020
9.0

Big Thief

Two Hands

Fourth album and second of 2019 from the indie rock quartet fronted by singer-songwriter Adrianne Lenker and recorded live

Added: 11/10/2019
9.0

King Krule

The OOZ

Second album under the King Krule moniker from Archy Marshall, the indie trip-hop singer-songwriter

Added: 13/10/2017
9.0

Mount Eerie

A Crow Looked at Me

Eighth studio album from Phil Elverum, released eight months after the passing of his wife, Geneviève Castrée

Added: 24/03/2017
9.0

A Tribe Called Quest

We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service

Sixth and final album (and first since 1998) from the Queens, NY hip-hop pioneers featuring guest appearances from André 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Jack White, Elton John, Kanye West and Anderson Paak

Added: 17/11/2016
9.0

Bon Iver

22, A Million

Third album from the American indie/folk band fronted by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon

Added: 30/09/2016
9.0

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

Skeleton Tree

Sixteenth studio album from the highly influential alternative rock band self-produced by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

Added: 14/09/2016
9.0

Frank Ocean

Blonde

Second studio album from the New Orleans-born R&B singer features guest vocals from Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Jonny Greenwood, André 3000 and James Blake

Added: 25/08/2016
9.0

Anohni

Hopelessness

Debut solo album of soulful electronica from the former singer of Antony and the Johnsons, produced by Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke

Added: 05/05/2016
9.0

Kanye West

The Life Of Pablo

Album number seven from the biggest name in rap with contributions from Earl Sweatshirt, Chance the Rapper, Tyler, the Creator and A$AP Rocky

Added: 15/02/2016
9.0

Deafheaven

New Bermuda

Third album of shoegazing black metal from the San Fransisco outfit, the follow-up to 2013's Sunbather

Added: 01/10/2015
9.0

Run The Jewels

Run The Jewels 2

Second studio album from the two hip hop heavyweights Killer Mike and El-P

Added: 29/10/2014
9.0

Burial

Rival Dealer

Latest ep from producer William Bevan, dealing in his trademark atmospheric dub-edged techno, garage and dark house

Added: 13/12/2013

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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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