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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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7.7

Bully

SUGAREGG

Third album of alt grunge rock from the Alicia Bognanno led Nashville-based four-piece produced by John Congleton (The War on Drugs, The Walkmen, St Vincent)

Added: 24/08/2020
7.7

Kathleen Edwards

Total Freedom

Fifth album of alt country from the Ottawa, Ontario singer-songwiter co-produced by Jim Bryson and Ian Fitchuk

Added: 17/08/2020
7.7

Land Of Talk

Indistinct Conversations

Fourth album of anthemic indie rock from the Montreal trio led by Elizabeth Powell

Added: 03/08/2020
7.7

Chloe x Halle

Ungodly Hour

Second full-length album from the R&B sisters featuring guest appearances from Swae Lee and Mike Will Made-It

Added: 02/07/2020
7.7

Jehnny Beth

To Love Is To Live

Debut solo album from the Savages front woman working with producer Flood (U2, PJ Harvey), Nine Inch Nails’ Atticus Ross, the xx’s Romy Madley Croft and her longtime partner Johnny Hostile

Added: 16/06/2020
7.7

Sonic Boom

All Things Being Equal

First album since 1989's Spectrum from Spacemen 3's Peter Kember

Added: 09/06/2020
7.7

Owen Pallett

Island

Fifth full-length and fist in six years from the Canadian violinist recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London

Added: 02/06/2020
7.7

Charli XCX

how i'm feeling now

Fourth studio album from the English electro popstar produced by A.G. Cook and BJ Burton

Added: 19/05/2020
7.7

Buscabulla

Regresa

Debut full-length album from the Puerto Rican experimental pop duo Raquel Berríos and Luis Alfredo Del Valle

Added: 12/05/2020
7.7

Kehlani

It Was Good Until It Wasn't

Second album from Oakland R&B singer Kehlani Ashley Parrish includes guest appearances from Jhene Aiko, James Blake, Tony Lanez

Added: 11/05/2020
7.7

Rina Sawayama

SAWAYAMA

Debut album from the Japanese-born, London-based R&B artist and model

Added: 20/04/2020
7.7

Sorry

925

Debut full-length album from the London-based indie pop group led by Asha Lorenz and Louis O’Bryen

Added: 06/04/2020
7.7

Nine Inch Nails

Ghosts V: Together

Surprise release from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s cult industrial rock band with Ghosts VI: Locusts also released at the same time

Added: 01/04/2020
7.7

Maria McKee

La Vita Nuova

First full-length solo album since 2007 from the Lone Justice singer features a 19-piece orchestra

Added: 14/03/2020
7.7

Stephen Malkmus

Traditional Techniques

Latest studio album, and third in three years, from the former Pavement frontman

Added: 06/03/2020
7.7

Ratboys

Printer’s Devil

Third album from the Chicago indie band led by Julia Steiner and David Sagan

Added: 02/03/2020
7.7

King Krule

Man Alive!

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

Added: 20/02/2020
7.7

Katie Gately

Loom

Second full-length album from the LA-based experimental artist who's done remix work for Bjork and Zola Jesus

Added: 14/02/2020
7.7

Frances Quinlan

Likewise

Debut solo album from the Hop Along singer recorded with her bandmate Joe Reinhart

Added: 05/02/2020
7.7

Kiwi Jr.

Football Money

Debut album from the Canadian indie rock band produced by Aaron Goldstein and mixed by Holy Fuck's Graham Walsh

Added: 21/01/2020
7.7

Swans

Leaving Meaning.

Fifteenth studio album from Michael Gira's New York experimental rock band

Added: 13/11/2019
7.7

Sudan Archives

Athena

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

Added: 07/11/2019
7.7

Anna Meredith

Fibs

Second full length release from the London-based composer and electronic musician who is a former composer-in-residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Added: 05/11/2019
7.7

DIIV

Deceiver

Third album of guitar-driven dream pop and shoegaze from the Brooklyn quartet produced by Sonny Diperri (My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails) and frontman Zachary Cole Smith

Added: 08/10/2019
7.7

The Highwomen

The Highwomen

Debut album from the country supergroup featuring Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris, and Amanda Shires and produced by Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton)

Added: 18/09/2019
7.7

MUNA

Saves The World

Second album from the Los Angeles-based electronic pop trio

Added: 07/09/2019
7.7

Shannon Lay

August

Third album from the Los Angeles singer-songwriter produced with Ty Segall

Added: 27/08/2019
7.7

Jesca Hoop

Stonechild

Fifth full-length album from the California-based jazz-folk singer-songwriter produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Eels, Sparklehorse)

Added: 09/07/2019
7.7

Priests

The Seduction Of Kansas

Second album from the DC punk band fronted by Katie Alice Greer and produced by John Congleton

Added: 08/04/2019
7.7

Matthew Herbert Big Band

The State Between US

The latest release from the British electronic experimental producer features over a thousand musicians from across the EU looking at what it means to be British

Added: 02/04/2019

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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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