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Molly Nilsson – All the Way

Molly Nilsson managed to sneak out an album without me realising back in October, which is pretty astonishing given how much I like her music and how much time I spent looking for new albums from artists I like. Amateur is described as both a “jubilee for losers” and “maybe her greatest yet” and while the latter honour still firmly resides with her 2018 masterpiece 2020, Amateur is awash with enough beautiful, hazy melodies and low-key hooks that, even on the first listen, it’s definitely up there.

https://mollynilsson.bandcamp.com/album/amateur

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Smerz – But i do

Slickly detached bedroom pop and electronic excursions from Norwegian outfit Smerz, taken from their new album Big city life. But i do has an almost Massive Attack-esque swagger about it, but with a touch of humour in both the vocals and synth work replacing 3D and Daddy G’s dour delivery.

https://smerzforyou.bandcamp.com/album/big-city-life

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Night Tapes – pacifico

Night Tapes boldly go where quite a few have been before, mining Souls of Mischief’s seminal classic 93 til Infinity for their latest single pacifico, the third drop from their upcoming album portals/priorities which is coming in September. It’s pretty lush.

https://nighttapesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/portals-polarities

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Salami Rose Joe Louis – Upstairs

Multi-instrumentalist and producer Lindsay Olsen aka Salami Rose Joe Louis released her new album Lorings on Flying Lotus’s Brainfeeder label last week and it’s excellent. Produced almost entirely on her Roland MV8800 workstation, for a couple of songs, SRJL invited a handful of talented friends to collaborate: guitarist/producer Flanafi (with whom Olsen partnered for the collaborative album ‘Sarah’ in 2024); Omari Jazz (Black Decelerant); Luke Titus and Sergio Machado Plim. The result is satisfyingly dreamy bedroom pop and occasionally glitchy electronica that drifts and tugs in perfect harmony.

https://salamirosejoelouismusic.bandcamp.com/album/lorings

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OHYUNG – dancing on the soft knife

OHYUNG made my favourite album of 2022, the ludicrously under-appreciated ambient masterpiece imagine naked!, and on the basis of my first few listens their latest LP is going to be right up there in 2025. You Are Always On My Mind marks a shift—away from the rawness of their earlier experimental work and towards something more pop-adjacent, but no less nuanced. Built from processed string loops and glistening synths, You Are Always On My Mind is “a declaration of love for raves and the dark hazy rooms that helped me to be free and true with myself – seeing other people who are so free and beautiful and thinking that one day that can be me – that’s me in the future.”

https://ohyung.bandcamp.com/album/you-are-always-on-my-mind

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Oklou – Endless

The opening track from Oklou’s new album choke enough is pitch-perfect: icy, sparse beats, billowing melodies and her hushed, gently autotuned vocal. It will have a hard job to surpass her exceptional debut Galore, but signs are good so far.

https://oklou.bandcamp.com/album/choke-enough

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Cindy – The Bell

I’m feeling somewhat bleak today and this is matching my mood.

https://cindytheband.bandcamp.com/album/swan-lake

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Oklou – Family & Friends

Oklou has been pretty quiet since the release of her exceptionally good 2020 album Galore; a Sega Bodega collab here, a remix EP there, but very little else. Friends & Family is her first official, original single for a number of years and finds her back in familiar territory: breathy vocals, simple, naive melodies and an unmistakable nostalgic quality emphasised by the home movie quality of the music video. Let’s hope there’s more to come, soon.

https://oklou.bandcamp.com/track/family-and-friends

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ISHA, MAX RAD – Undone

ISHA’s new EP What You’re Seeing is “about my journey of growing into my skin, learning to speak my mind and take the lead as a female producer. Lead single ‘Undone’ is the embodiment that.” Featuring MAX RAD, who was excellent at Glastonbury!

https://ishamusic.bandcamp.com/album/what-youre-seeing

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HOMESHAKE – Empty Lot

Following March’s CD Wallet, HOMESHAKE has just released his second album of 2024, Horsie. Written and recorded at his home studio in Toronto, it explores his complicated feelings about returning to live performance, deepening his relationship to loneliness and anxiety while examining those themes in the context of touring. Cheery stuff right! It’s lovely though, really.

https://homeshake.bandcamp.com/album/horsie