Albums

On her seventh studio album, pop's pithiest lyricist hones the fun and flirty persona that's made her a superstar Though Sabrina Carpenter loves a double entendre, she understands that a single one can be just as effective. When she sings “I get wet at the thought of you being a responsible…

The young pop star follows up his viral heartbroken hits with a smart, emotional and surprisingly upbeat debut album As his stage name suggests, Sombr makes sad boy indie. He sings “There’s nothing worse than seeing your lover moving on while you still suffer” on breakout track ‘Undressed’ and…

Dev Hynes’ sombre return explores the grief of hometown returns through his private all-star orchestra of pop music’s finest Dev Hynes has frequently used the alias of Blood Orange to convey his worldview through a carefully crafted, nuanced lens. His magnum opus, 2016’s ‘Freetown Sound’, pays homage…

Modernity has failed us, but Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson lays it all out on this emotional and full-bodied third album It’s been a CMAT summer, for sure. She’s charmed the pants of many a festival – sealing the deal with real Glastonbury moment – ‘Running/Planning’ was ironically inescapable for radio…

A raw, therapeutic listen that transforms heartbreak and divorce into a bittersweet journey through grief and healing Teyana Taylor’s career has always been shadowed by unrealised potential. Once touted as Pharrell’s protégé, then stuck in the sluggish machine of Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music, her…

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…