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6 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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7.3

My Idea

Cry Mfer

Debut full-length release from the New York-based experimental indie pop duo Lily Konigsberg and Nate Amos

Added: 26/04/2022
7.3

Camila Cabello

Familia

Third solo album from the Cuban-born pop singer and former Fifth Harmony member features guest appearances from Maria Becerra, Ed Sheeran, WILLOW and Yotuel

Added: 13/04/2022
7.3

Denzel Curry

Melt My Eyez See Your Future

Fifth album from the South Florida rapper working with a number of producers including FnZ, Thundercat, JPEGMafia, and Kenny Beats

Added: 28/03/2022
7.3

Band Of Horses

Things Are Great

Sixth album from the North Carolina indie rock / Americana band led by Ben Bridwell

Added: 08/03/2022
7.3

Burial

Antidawn EP

The latest in a long line of EPs from the South London electronic producer William Bevan

Added: 11/01/2022
7.3

Damon Albarn

The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows

Second solo album from the Blur and Gorillaz front man was originally planned as an orchestral project for Lyon's Fête des Lumieres

Added: 24/12/2021
7.3

Tori Amos

Ocean To Ocean

Album number sixteen from the American singer-songwriter recorded in Cornwall during lockdown

Added: 03/12/2021
7.3

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Raise The Roof

Second collaboration, 14 years after 2007's Raising Sand, from the former Led Zeppelin frontman and the country singer produced by T-Bone Burnett

Added: 19/11/2021
7.3

Deerhoof

Actually, You Can

Album number eighteen from the experimental San Francisco indie rock quartet

Added: 27/10/2021
7.3

PinkPantheress

To Hell With It

Debut album from the London singer, songwriter and record producer

Added: 15/10/2021
7.3

Poppy

Flux

Fourth full-length album from the Boston-born singer and YouTube personality Moriah Rose Pereira produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Best Coast, M83, Deafheaven)

Added: 29/09/2021
7.3

Chubby and the Gang

The Mutt’s Nuts

Second album from the London-based punk rock five-piece produced by Fucked Up drummer Jonah Falco

Added: 03/09/2021
7.3

Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth

Utopian Ashes

Collaboration between Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and the Savages' Jehnny Beth with contributions from Johnny Hostile and Primal Scream's Martin Duffy, Andrew Innes, and Darrin Mooney

Added: 22/07/2021
7.3

Vince Staples

Vince Staples

Fourth full-length album from the Long Beach, California rapper

Added: 09/07/2021
7.3

Hiatus Kaiyote

Mood Valiant

Third album from the Grammy nominated Australian neo-soul outfit led by Nai Palm featuring a guest appearance from Arthur Verocai

Added: 28/06/2021
7.3

Modest Mouse

The Golden Casket

Seventh album from Isaac Brock's alt rockers working with producers Dave Sardy and Jacknife Lee

Added: 26/06/2021
7.3

Garbage

No Gods No Masters

Seventh album from the American-Scottish alt rockers produced by the band alongside longtime technician/engineer Billy Bush (The Naked and Famous, Neon Trees, Muse)

Added: 14/06/2021
7.3

Dinosaur Jr

Sweep It Into Space

Twelfth album from the Massachusetts alt/indie rock stalwarts produced by Kurt Vile

Added: 23/04/2021
7.3

Chad VanGaalen

World's Most Stressed Out Gardener

Ninth album of spacey indie rock from the Calgary, Alberta multi-instrumentalist, producer, animator and director

Added: 19/03/2021
7.3

Jeff Tweedy

Love Is The King

Fourth solo album from the Wilco singer produced with Tom Schick and featureing his sons Spencer and Sammy

Added: 26/10/2020
7.3

Declan McKenna

Zeros

Second album from English singer-songwriter who won the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition in 2015 produced by Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Little Big Town,Carrie Underwood)

Added: 09/09/2020
7.3

Kamaal Williams

Wu Hen

Second album from the London-based jazz artist features guest appearances from Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Lauren Faith

Added: 23/07/2020
7.3

No Age

Goons Be Gone

Sixth album from LA lo-fi noise rock duo Randy Randall and Dean Allen Spunt

Added: 08/06/2020
7.3

Lady Gaga

Chromatica

Sixth studio album from the New York pop singer features guest appearances from Blackpink, Ariana Grande and Elton John

Added: 01/06/2020
7.3

The Magnetic Fields

Quickies

The twelfth studio album from Boston's indie-pop maverick Stephen Merritt

Added: 19/05/2020
7.3

Damien Jurado

What's New, Tomboy?

Latest release from the Seattle singer-songwriter is his third consecutive self-produced album

Added: 12/05/2020
7.3

Austra

HiRUDiN

Fourth album from the Toronto electronic project led by Katie Stelmanis

Added: 06/05/2020
7.3

Purity Ring

WOMB

Third album from the Canadian synthpop duo comprising vocalist Megan James and producer Corin Roddick

Added: 06/04/2020
7.3

Real Estate

The Main Thing

Fifth album from the New Jersey indie rock band features a guest appearance from Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso

Added: 04/03/2020
7.3

Greg Dulli

Random Desire

First solo album from The Afghan Whigs/The Twilight Singers member

Added: 21/02/2020

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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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