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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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9.0

Darkside

Psychic

Minimal producer Nicolas Jaar and jazz guitarist Dave Harrington with a first full-length outing following up their 2011 EP and their recent reworking of Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

Added: 07/10/2013
9.0

Tame Impala

Lonerism

Self-produced follow-up to the highly-rated debut Innerspeaker from the Australian psych-rock band

Added: 08/10/2012
9.0

Swans

The Seer

Second album since reforming in 2010 from the post rock New York outfit fronted by Michael Gira

Added: 27/08/2012
9.0

Fiona Apple

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

Fourth studio album of baroque pop from the New York-born Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter

Added: 18/06/2012
9.0

St. Vincent

Strange Mercy

Third album of experimental indie pop from the multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter Annie Clark

Added: 13/09/2011
9.0

James Blake

James Blake

Hotly-anticipated debut album from the London post-dubstep producer and singer-songwriter

Added: 09/02/2011
9.0

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Before Today

Latest album of lo-fi idiosyncratic pop from Los Angeles-born singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Ariel Rosenberg

Added: 07/06/2010
9.0

Beach House

Teen Dream

Third album of atmospheric multi-textured dream pop from the Baltimore duo

Added: 26/01/2010
9.0

Fuck Buttons

Tarot Sport

Techno, drone, shoegaze and much else besides on the second album from the UK experimental duo that made an enormous impact in 2009

Added: 23/10/2009
9.0

The Flaming Lips

Embryonic

The return of Wayne Coyne's alt.rock and psychedelia outfit with a double album, their first for 3 years

Added: 13/10/2009
9.0

Grizzly Bear

Veckatimest

Acoustic experimental indie rock Brooklyn outfit with their third full-lenth album

Added: 26/05/2009
8.9

billy woods / Kenny Segal

Maps

Collaboration between the New York -based rapper and LA-based producer and DJ

Added: 05/05/2023
8.9

Angel Olsen

All Mirrors

Fourth full-length studio release from American singer-songwriter produced by Grammy Award-winning John Congleton (St Vincent, Swans)

Added: 04/10/2019
8.9

Beach House

7

Seventh studio album from the Baltimore dream pop duo produced by Spacemen 3's Peter Kember

Added: 11/05/2018
8.9

Miguel

Wildheart

Third album from the California R&B singer-songwriter and producer

Added: 01/07/2015
8.9

Deafheaven

Sunbather

Second album from the San Francisco post-metal band who combine elements of black metal, shoegaze and post-rock

Added: 12/06/2013
8.9

Animal Collective

Fall Be Kind

EP and quick follow-up to the acclaimed Merriweather Post Pavillion from the New York-based experimental indie band

Added: 25/11/2008
8.8

Amaarae

Black Star

Third full-length release from the New York, based Ghanaian R&B / Afro-fusion singer Ama Serwah Genfi

Added: 11/08/2025
8.8

Bad Bunny

Debí Tirar Más Fotos

Latest full-length release from Puerto Rican rapper featuring guest appearances from Chuwi, Omar Courtz, Dei V, & Los Pleneros de la Cresta and RaiNao.

Added: 14/01/2025
8.8

Jessica Pratt

Here In The Pitch

Fourth album from the San Francisco freak-folk singer-songwriter produced with Al Carlson

Added: 02/05/2024
8.8

Waxahatchee

Tigers Blood

Sixth full-length release from the New York City-via-Alabama indie singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield produced by Brad Cook and featuring MJ Lenderman on guitar

Added: 22/03/2024
8.8

Mannequin Pussy

I Got Heaven

Fourth album and from the Philadelphia punk band produced by John Congleton (Franz Ferdinand, The War on Drugs, St. Vincent)

Added: 01/03/2024
8.8

Noname

Sundial

Second full-length album from the LA-Based, Chicago-born rapper / poet Fatimah Warner features guest appearances from Eryn Allen Kane, Jay Electronica, Common and Billy Woods,

Added: 11/08/2023
8.8

Wednesday

Rat Saw God

Third album from the North Carolina indie rock band produced by Alex Farrar and recorded in a week

Added: 07/04/2023
8.8

Special Interest

Endure

Third full-length album from the New Orleans electronic punk band featuring a guest appearance from Mykki Blanco

Added: 04/11/2022
8.8

Alvvays

Blue Rev

Third album of jangly indie-pop from the Toronto band produced by Shawn Everett (The War on Drugs, The Killers, Julian Casablancas)

Added: 07/10/2022
8.8

Adrianne Lenker

instrumentals

One of two simultaneous releases from the American singer-songwriter and Big Thief lead vocalist recorded in a cabin in the mountains of Western Massachusetts

Added: 23/10/2020
8.8

Adrianne Lenker

songs

One of two simultaneous releases from the American singer-songwriter and Big Thief lead vocalist recorded in a cabin in the mountains of Western Massachusetts

Added: 23/10/2020
8.8

Neil Young

Homegrown

The latest release from the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter previously unreleased album from 1975 that was cancelled in favour of Tonight's the Night

Added: 24/06/2020
8.8

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

Ghosteen

Seventheenth studio album from the alternative rock band self-produced by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis is the final part of a trilogy of albums following Push the Sky Away (2013) and Skeleton Tree (2016)

Added: 09/10/2019

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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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