Albums

With their sophomore LP, Royel Madden and Otis Pavlovic deliver strong hooks and cosmic instrumentals en masse, but sometimes play it too safe Royel Otis have gone from strength to strength in the past couple of years. They’ve locked in slots at festivals like Glastonbury, won over a legion of fans…

The jazz-pop star begins to unravel her fairytale world on her third album, letting darkness creep into her sparkling sound “It’s a matter of time until you find out who I truly am,” Laufey told NME about the journey her third album, ‘A Matter Of Time’, takes the listener on. Her 2022 debut…

The now viral Sacramento art-metal pioneers reunite with producer Nick Raskulinecz for a direct, soulful and *whisper it* sexy dose of what they do best “We’ve been waiting here patiently locked in this state, clocking our time,” barks Deftones frontman Chino Moreno on ‘Private Music’s monolithic…

Now firmly in their thirties, the band are out of the woods of the chaos of their twenties, and settling into new levels of self-acceptance and self-assurance After the chaos of your twenties, over the threshold of your thirties, you’ll often find a sense of calm. You’ve spent a decade of adulthood…

On his second album, Marcus Brown yearns for lasting love and satisfaction – and puts faith in his future It has taken a decade of dogged work for Marcus Brown, better known these days by the moniker Nourished By Time, to get to his sophomore album, ‘The Passionate Ones’. His independently released…

One of indie’s most unique duos embrace sci-fi sounds, frightening existentialism and a newfound heaviness on their new album ‘One Small Step’, the opening track on Water From Your Eyes’ latest album ‘It’s A Beautiful Place’, is a portal to a strange new world. The New York-based duo of Nate Amos and…

The Baltimore singer-songwriter and producer returns from hiatus in some style with an album captures the chaos and beauty of newfound fatherhood It’s been four long years since Dijon’s dazzling, emotive debut album ‘Absolutely’ proved him a generational talent. In the time since, he’s…

Two years on from her last album, the UK R&B star is back with a newfound sense of confidence and appreciation for the Jamaican music scene Anyone who knows Mahalia and her music knows that she loves love. From her dazzling 2019 debut ‘Love And Compromise’ to 2023’s gorgeous ‘IRL’, the…