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5 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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7.8

Lotic

Power

Debut full-length album from the Houston-born Berlin-based electronic producer J'Kerian Morgan

Added: 16/07/2018
7.8

RP Boo

I'll Tell You What

Third studio album and first featuring nothing but original material from Kavain Space, the Chicago-based electronic DJ and producer

Added: 09/07/2018
7.8

Teyana Taylor

K.T.S.E.

Second studio album from the Harlem-based r&b artist, stands for Keep That Same Energy and is produced by Kanye West

Added: 27/06/2018
7.8

Gruff Rhys

Babelsberg

Fifth solo album from the Super Furry Animals frontman, featuring the 72-piece National Orchestra of Wales

Added: 23/06/2018
7.8

Virginia Wing

Ecstatic Arrow

Third album from the Mancunian experimental pop group, recorded at a friend's house in Switzerland

Added: 19/06/2018
7.8

Uniform & The Body

Mental Wounds Not Healing

A collaborative album from the Rhode Island extreme metal and New York industrial duos

Added: 14/06/2018
7.8

Oneohtrix Point Never

Age Of

Album number nine from the Massachusetts-born experimental electronica producer Daniel Lopatin featuring James Blake, who produced and mixed the album, ANOHNI, Prurient, Kelsey Lu and Eli Keszler

Added: 02/06/2018
7.8

Gas

Rausch

Sixth studio album of ambient techno from German electronic composer Wolfgang Voigt

Added: 18/05/2018
7.8

The Body

I Have Fought Against It But I Can't Any Longer

Album number seven of sludge metal from the Rhode Island-based duo Chip King and Lee Buford

Added: 15/05/2018
7.8

Grouper

Grid Of Points

Album number eleven of ambient soundscape songs from California-born artist Liz Harris

Added: 30/04/2018
7.8

Half Waif

Lavender

Third solo album of dreamy synth-pop from Nandi Rose Plunkett, former member of indie rock outfit Pinegrove

Added: 25/04/2018
7.8

Frankie Cosmos

Vessel

Third studio album of low-key indie pop from the New York City-born singer-songwriter Greta Kline

Added: 29/03/2018
7.8

Meshell Ndegeocello

Ventriloquism

Album number twelve from the US rapper and bassist features covers of 80s and 90s R&B and nu-soul tracks

Added: 16/03/2018
7.8

Camp Cope

How To Socialise & Make Friends

Second album from the Melbourne alt.rock trio

Added: 07/03/2018
7.8

Superorganism

Superorganism

Debut album from the London indie pop collective

Added: 02/03/2018
7.8

Loma

Loma

Debut collaboration between Shearwater's mastermind Jonathan Meiburg and Emily Cross and Dan Duszynski of Cross Record

Added: 22/02/2018
7.8

Efrim Manuel Menuck

Pissing Stars

Second solo album of noise rock anthems from Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Silver Mt. Zion member

Added: 08/02/2018
7.8

Nils Frahm

All Melody

Ninth studio album from the ambient electronic composer from Hamburg, Germany

Added: 24/01/2018
7.8

The Body & Full of Hell

Ascending A Mountain Of Heavy Light

Second collaboration between noise-metal bands The Body and Full of Hell

Added: 16/11/2017
7.8

Colleen

A Flame My Love, A Frequency

Seventh studio album from Cécile Schott, the experimental, ambient composer from Montargis, France

Added: 27/10/2017
7.8

Ben Frost

The Centre Cannot Hold

Latest album of minimalist electronic compositions from the Melbourne-born composer

Added: 29/09/2017
7.8

Alex Cameron

Forced Witness

Second album from the Sydney singer-songwriter in character as his offensive 80s popstar alter ego, featuring guest vocals by Angel Olson

Added: 09/09/2017
7.8

Haim

Something To Tell You

Second studio album from the LA pop rock trio Este, Danielle and Alana Haim

Added: 07/07/2017
7.8

James Elkington

Wintres Woma

Debut full-length solo album from the Chicago-based British-born Zincs frontman and guitarist

Added: 06/07/2017
7.8

Umfang

Symbolic Use Of Light

First full-length release from the Kansas-born, New York-based techno DJ Emma Olson

Added: 17/06/2017
7.8

Amber Coffman

City of No Reply

First solo record from the now LA-based singer and former Dirty Projectors member, produced by former bandmate Dave Longstreth

Added: 14/06/2017
7.8

J Hus

Common Sense

Debut full-length album from the London rapper featuring production from long-time collaborator JAE5 and guest appearances from Mo Stack, MIST, Tiggs da Author and Burna Boy

Added: 19/05/2017
7.8

Do Make Say Think

Stubborn Persistent Illusions

Seventh record from the Toronto post-rock collective

Added: 17/05/2017
7.8

Forest Swords

Compassion

Second album from Liverpool experimental electronic artist Matthew Barnes

Added: 06/05/2017
7.8

Charly Bliss

Guppy

Debut full-length album from the Brooklyn power pop four-piece

Added: 21/04/2017

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