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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

Lil Wayne

Funeral

Thirteenth album from the New orleans rapper featuring Big Sean, Lil Baby, Adam Levine, Jay Rock, 2 Chainz

Added: 04/02/2020
7.3

070 Shake

Modus Vivendi

Debut album from the New Jersey hip hop artist who is part of the 070 music collective

Added: 21/01/2020
7.3

Cate Le Bon & Bradford Cox

Myths 004

Part of a collaboration series where Mexican Summer bring together like minded musicians

Added: 06/11/2019
7.3

Van Morrison

Three Chords And The Truth

41st full-length album from the legendary Irish singer includes contributions from Jay Berliner and The Righteous Brothers' Bill Medley

Added: 31/10/2019
7.3

Caroline Polachek

Pang

Debut album from the former Chairlift singer working with producers A.G. Cook, Danny L Harle, and Valley Girl

Added: 18/10/2019
7.3

Vivian Girls

Memory

Fourth album from the Brooklyn indie pop trio after reforming following their 2014 split

Added: 24/09/2019
7.3

Sampa The Great

The Return

Debut full-length album from the Zambia-born, Melbourne-based rapper Sampa Tembo

Added: 21/09/2019
7.3

Devendra Banhart

Ma

Tenth studio album of alt indie folk from the Texas-born singer-songwriter/guitarist

Added: 19/09/2019
7.3

Jay Som

Anak Ko

Third album of lo-fi dream pop from the Oakland-based Melina Duterte

Added: 28/08/2019
7.3

Marika Hackman

Any Human Friend

Third album from the London-based multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter produced by Hackman and David Wrench (Bear in Heaven, Alessi's Ark)

Added: 11/08/2019
7.3

Nérija

Blume

Debut full-length album from the London jazz collective produced by Kwes (Loyle Carner, Solange, DELS)

Added: 06/08/2019
7.3

Ada Lea

What We Say In Private

The debut full-length release from the Montreal singer-songwriter Alexandra Levy

Added: 17/07/2019
7.3

Hot Chip

A Bath Full of Ecstasy

Seventh album from the indie dance synthpop outfit and their third for Domino

Added: 20/06/2019
7.3

Carly Rae Jepsen

Dedicated

Fourth studio album from the Canadian dance pop artist and former Canadian Idol contestant

Added: 17/05/2019
7.3

The Tallest Man On Earth

I Love You. It's A Fever Dream.

Fifth album from the Swedish singer-wongwriter Kristian Matsson

Added: 26/04/2019
7.3

SOAK

Grim Town

Second album from Derry singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson produced by Ant Whiting (John Newman, Rizzle Kicks, MIA)

Added: 19/04/2019
7.3

Karen O & Danger Mouse

Lux Prima

Collaboration album from songwriter and Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O and multi-Grammy winning producer Danger Mouse

Added: 18/03/2019
7.3

Hand Habits

Placeholder

Second full-length album from the Meg Duffy project produced with Brad Cook

Added: 01/03/2019
7.3

J Mascis

Elastic Days

Third solo album from the Dinosaur Jr alt.rock mainman featuring guest vocals from Pall Jenkins (Black Heart Procession), Mark Mulcahy and Zoë Randell(Luluc)

Added: 12/11/2018
7.3

Dead Can Dance

Dionysus

Ninth studio album of avant-garde goth rock from Australian duo Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry, six years after their last

Added: 05/11/2018
7.3

Neneh Cherry

Broken Politics

Fifth studio release by Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper produced by Four Tet

Added: 24/10/2018
7.3

How to Dress Well

The Anteroom

Fifth studio release by experimental American singer-songwriter Tom Krell co-produced by Joel Ford (Ford & Lopatin, Airbird) as a single continuous electronic soundscape of 21st century psychedelic music

Added: 24/10/2018
7.3

Fucked Up

Dose Your Dreams

Fifth studio album by genre-bending Canadian hardcore punk outfit

Added: 07/10/2018
7.3

Waxahatchee

Great Thunder

EP from New York City-via-Alabama indie singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield features songs she wrote and performed as half of Great Thunder

Added: 07/09/2018
7.3

Death Grips

Year Of The Snitch

Sixth studio album from the California-based experimental hip-hop trio

Added: 28/06/2018
7.3

Jon Hassell

Listening To Pictures (Pentimento Volume One)

First new release in nine years from the American ambient jazz trumpeter

Added: 12/06/2018
7.3

Wooden Shjips

V

Fifth studio album of indie rock from the San Francisco four-piece

Added: 31/05/2018
7.3

Young Fathers

Cocoa Sugar

Third full-length album from the Edinburgh-based Mercury Prize-winning trio

Added: 16/03/2018
7.3

Haley Heynderickx

I Need to Start a Garden

Debut record from the Portland, OR singer-singwriter

Added: 12/03/2018
7.3

Son Lux

Brighter Wounds

Fifth studio album of post-rock / alt hip-hop from the New York based Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia, and Ian Chang

Added: 16/02/2018

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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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