who is the sky?
David Byrne
Who Is the Sky? is Byrne’s first solo album since American Utopia, made in collaboration with producer Kid Harpoon and the Ghost Train Orchestra. The record blends orchestral art-pop with Byrne’s signature curiosity, exploring universal human emotions, storytelling and questions more than answers. Featuring guest spots from St. Vincent, Hayley Williams, and Tom Skinner, to add texture to the performance.
Label: Matador
Genre: Art-Pop
buck
Red Rum Club
Buck is a bold, high-energy record with anthemic and experimental moments, marking a defiant evolution from their previous work. Built for big stages and big moments, Buck follows on the heels of Western Approaches, aiming to smash expectations and deliver memorable festival-ready rock.
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joy in repetition
Hot Chip
Joy in Repetition is Hot Chip’s first greatest-hits compilation, released on 5 September 2025, showcasing favorites from their career from The Warning through Freakout/Release. It includes a new song, Devotion, which celebrates the band’s long-running commitment to making music together. The title reflects their delight in rhythms, grooves, and the act of repetition—doing what they do, over and over, with joy.
Label: Domino Recording Company
Genre: Alternative
Ed Sheeran
play
Label: Atlantic
Genre: Pop
essex honey
Blood Orange
Essex Honey is Blood Orange’s fifth studio album. After the death of his mother in 2023, Dev Hynes returns to his childhood in Essex to process grief, memory and identity, blending soft vocals, lush arrangements and subtle guest appearances. Musically rich and emotionally resonant, the album interweaves nods to his influences with field recordings and dreamy textures to reflect both sorrow and solace.
Label: RCA
Genre: UK R&B
breach
21 Pilots
Breach is Twenty One Pilots’ eighth studio album, and it serves as the culmination of a decade-spanning conceptual arc that began with Blurryface (2015). Musically, it blends alternative rock, electropop, and alternative hip hop, and features dramatic contrasts—from bombastic choruses to sparse, intimate moments. Lyrically, it confronts themes of mental health, identity, and internal struggle.
Label: Fueled by Ramen
Genre: Alternative Rock
futigue
Biffy Clyro
Futique, released in September 2025, is Biffy Clyro’s tenth studio album, exploring themes of time, how we cherish fleeting moments, and how memory gives meaning to the ordinary. The band blends synth-driven glam, driving riffs, and emotional balladry while wrestling with personal struggle, vulnerability and recovery. The record pivots on resilience: confronting pain, pushing through confusion, and finding beauty and purpose even in uncertainty.
Label: 14th Floor Records
Genre: Rock
i barely know her
Sombr
I Barely Know Her is the debut studio album by Somber, released on 22 August 2025. It blends indie rock and pop, driven by themes of heartbreak, longing, self-reflection, and vivid imagery of New York City. The record alternates between emotionally raw ballads and more upbeat, dance-friendly tracks, presenting a nuanced take on young love and loss while still sounding confident and ambitious.
Label: SMB/Warner
Genre: Indie-Pop
trying not to have a thought
Algernon Cadwallader
Trying Not to Have a Thought is the band’s long-awaited return after 14 years, featuring the original lineup and capturing the familiar emo/math-rock energy with renewed warmth and urgency. The album balances off-the-cuff spontaneity with polished hooks. Lyrically, Peter Helmis confronts grief, protest, capitalism, and social issues—while the title reflects a struggle to resist being overwhelmed by the chaos of modern life.
Label: Saddle Creek
Genre: Midwest Emo/Math Rock
mark william lewis
Mark William Lewis
Mark William Lewis is a London-based singer-songwriter whose music blends dream pop, folk, experimental rock, and ambient textures. Known for introspective, cinematic songs with poetic lyrics that explore themes of alienation, intimacy, memory and everyday urban landscapes, often with a fragmentary or impressionistic feel, he recently became the first non-soundtrack artist signed to A24 Music.
Label: A24
Genre: Rock