Albums

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…

The Montreal producer stands tall alone on his fourth album, showing he can hold the groove alone with sci-fi synths, R&B flips and carefully calibrated rhythms Kaytranada has always been a groove master, knowing exactly how far to push into something cerebral and spiritual, owning the space…

On her third album, Amaarae dives into love, lust and digital excess – and it’s a wild, hypnotic ride Amaarae has always been that girl: unbothered by rules, genre lines or whether her voice was ever ‘conventionally’ suited to the spotlight. Her 2020 debut album ‘The Angel You Don’t Know’…

The SHINee star fuses glossy production and experimental electronics to create the best album of his solo career As a soloist, Key has always been synonymous with the kitschy, the sensual and the epic. The SHINee star’s 2020s EPs and albums – ‘Bad Love’, ‘Gasoline’, ‘Good & Great’ and ‘Pleasure…