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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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8.8

PJ Harvey

Let England Shake

The veteran alt.rock songstress enhances the folk rock roots she laid down on 2009's White Chalk with bigger arrangements

Added: 15/02/2011
8.8

Destroyer

Kaputt

Ninth album from Dan Bejar under his Destroyer alias, covering everything from electronica to acid-jazz

Added: 24/01/2011
8.8

No Age

Everything In Between

LA guitar-and-drums duo Randy Randall and Dean Allen Spunt with a 3rd album of lo-fi indie rock

Added: 28/09/2010
8.8

Flying Lotus

Cosmogramma

Second album of experimental hip hop, jazzy electronica and trip hop collages from LA-based producer and musician FlyLo

Added: 07/05/2010
8.8

Raekwon

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II

Much-delayed fourth solo hip hop outing for the Wu-Tang Clan rapper, the sequel to 95's Part 1

Added: 17/09/2009
8.7

Wednesday

Bleeds

Sixth album from the North Carolina indie rock band produced by Alex Farrar

Added: 19/09/2025
8.7

Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band

New Threats From the Soul

Second full-length album from the Jeffersonville, Indiana Americana musician Ryan Davis

Added: 25/07/2025
8.7

billy woods

GOLLIWOG

Latest full-length release from the New York-based rapper featuring contributions from El-P, ELUCID, Shabaka Hutchings, Jeff Markey, Messiah Musik, Kenny Segal, The Alchemist and more

Added: 12/05/2025
8.7

MJ Lenderman

Manning Fireworks

Fourth solo album from the North Carolina-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist and member of Wednesday

Added: 06/09/2024
8.7

L’Rain

I Killed your Dog

Third album from the Brooklyn based multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek

Added: 12/10/2023
8.7

Anohni

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross

Second solo album of soulful electronica and first in seven years from the former singer of Antony and the Johnsons

Added: 10/07/2023
8.7

Amaarae

Fountain Baby

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

Added: 12/06/2023
8.7

Caroline Polachek

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You

Second album from the former Chairlift singer featuring guest appearances from Dido and Grimes

Added: 14/02/2023
8.7

SZA

SOS

Second album of r&b pop from the Solána Imani Rowe with guest appearances from Phoebe Bridgers, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Travis Scott, and Don Toliver

Added: 09/12/2022
8.7

Beth Orton

Weather Alive

Album number seven and first in six years from the Norwich-based electronic folk singer-songwriter

Added: 26/09/2022
8.7

Phoebe Bridgers

Punisher

Second album from the LA indie rock singer-songwriter featuring contributions from Conor Oberst, Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Blake Mills, Jenny Lee Lindberg and Nick Zinner

Added: 22/06/2020
8.7

Waxahatchee

Saint Cloud

Fifth full-length release from the New York City-via-Alabama indie singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield produced by Brad Cook

Added: 27/03/2020
8.7

Low

Double Negative

Twelfth studio album from the indie rock trio from Duluth, Minnesota

Added: 14/09/2018
8.7

Snail Mail

Lush

Debut album of lo-fi indie rock from the Maryland-based trio led by Lindsey Jordan

Added: 08/06/2018
8.7

Saba

Care For Me

Second album from the Chicago rapper and record producer featuring Chance the Rapper, Kaina, and theMIND

Added: 12/04/2018
8.7

Cardi B

Invasion of Privacy

Debut album from the New York hip hop artist includes guest appearances from Migos, Chance the Rapper, Kehlania and SZA

Added: 10/04/2018
8.7

Kacey Musgraves

Golden Hour

Seventh studio album from the Texas country singer, co-written and produced with Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk

Added: 02/04/2018
8.7

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Rest

Fifth studio album of indie pop from the London-born actor, her first since 2011 double album Stage Whisper

Added: 17/11/2017
8.7

Fever Ray

Plunge

Second studio album from Swedish electronic pop musician Karin Dreijer of The Knife, her first release in eight years

Added: 30/10/2017
8.7

The War On Drugs

A Deeper Understanding

Fourth studio album of psychedelic indie rock from the Philadelphia band fronted by Adam Granduciel

Added: 25/08/2017
8.7

Vince Staples

Big Fish Theory

Second full-length album from the Long Beach, California rapper with guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Damon Albarn, A$AP Rocky, Rick Ross and Justin Vernon

Added: 23/06/2017
8.7

Fleet Foxes

Crack-Up

Third album from the Seattle indie folk group, their first after a five year hiatus

Added: 15/06/2017
8.7

Solange

Seat at the Table

Third studio album from the neo soul, r&b singer, featuring collaborations with Lil Wayne, Q-Tip, Kelly Rowland and more

Added: 05/10/2016
8.7

Nicolas Jaar

Sirens

Second album of experimental house from the Chilean-American composer

Added: 29/09/2016
8.7

Oneohtrix Point Never

Garden Of Delete

Album number eight and second for Warp from the Massachusetts-born experimental electronica producer Daniel Lopatin

Added: 09/11/2015

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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

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