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Sweets To The Sweet: Carmel Smickersgill’s We Get What We Get And We Don’t Get Upset

Leeds-based composer and sound artist Carmel Smickersgill delivers a suite of wild electronic oddities for Prah Recordings, finds Hannah Pezzack

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Everything But Emptiness: Bucked Up Space By Nik Colk Void

After a string of releases with Factory Floor and Carter Tutti Void, Nik Colk Void’s debut solo album conjures a world all of its own, finds Darran Anderson

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The Brutish Invasion: Hexen Valley By Gnod

Hebden Village’s happy psychedelic family Gnod with an album by turns utterly singular and deeply rooted in a peculiarly British tradition, finds Alex Deller

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A Fundamental Force: One More Grain’s Beans On Toast With Pythagoras

One More Grain return with music populated by craggy electronic peaks and lush organic valleys, a sonic massif that marks a continued run of form for some of Britain’s most curious creatives. Words by Will Ainsley

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All You Need Is Evlo: Bogdan Raczynski’s Addle

Braindance survivor Bogdan Raczynski returns with an album whose complex syncopations bely a heart of pure gold, finds Jaša Bužinel

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For The Birds: Laura Cannell’s Antiphony Of The Trees

For her seventh album, Norwich-born Cannell creates a site-specific work for her own kitchen, hymning the bird life that passes by the window with her collection of buzzing, whistling recorders

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Looking Inward: Majestic Noise Made In Beautiful Rotten Iran By Sote

The latest album by Iranian-American electronic music producer Sote finds the artist taking a more personal route to the expression of his musical identity, finds Kamyar Salavati

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Deep Breaths: Caroline’s Debut Album

caroline's self-titled debut album is a thing of rich and rare emotional power, finds Patrick Clarke

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Heart-to-Heart: Rufus Isabel Elliot’s Three Sexual Pieces For Violin

Composer Rufus Isabel Elliot writes music of stunning intimacy for violinist Harry Gorski-Brown

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A Different World: Everything Was Forever By Sea Power

Re-united with producer Graham Sutton, the new Sea Power album may be their best in a decade, finds Luke Turner

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Grand Valediction: Black Country, New Road’s Ants From Up There

Cal Cashin celebrates what is likely to be the final – perfect – statement from a band who were too mercurial and dynamic for the music industry to keep pace with

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The Bored & The Beautiful: Advertise Here By EXEK

Their mien may be baggy but their rhythms are taut. EXEK drive a truck through the funky bits of your post-punk record collection; Richard Foster takes up the slack

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Dancing Through The Night: The Vanity Project By Iceboy Violet

The debut mixtape from Iceboy Violet twists metal, rap, grime, and noise into an emotional punch in the gut, finds Elizabeth Aubrey

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Extreme Healing: W By Boris

In a dramatic shift of gear from their last album, Tokyo trio Boris dip into pastel shades and gauzey textures

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It’s Raining Menace: Burial’s Antidawn

The most substantial release from William Bevan in nearly fifteen years is a bleak sonic postcard with just a note of warmth in its tail, finds Marthe Lisson

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The Blood Of Songs: Jamire Williams’ But Only After You Have Suffered

Having previously collaborated with Solange, Jeff Parker, and Blood Orange, drummer-composer Jamire Williams steps to the fore with a searing solo album of soulful poetics

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Heavy Weather: Metta, Benevolence. BBC 6 Music: Live By Sunn O)))

A daytime radio session for Mary Anne Hobbs on 6 Music finds Sunn O))) at their most material and elemental, finds Jon Buckland

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Rock Botany: Henki By Richard Dawson & Circle

On new album *Henki*, Richard Dawson and Circle bring prog rock bombast dowon to a human scale, still utterly triumphant, finds Daryl Worthington

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Rhythm Nation: Ben LaMar Gay’s Open Arms To Open Us

The new album by Chicago's Ben LaMar Gay is a wild ride through idioms and styles, from hip hop and pop to free jazz and bossa nova

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Hidden Treasures: Hawthonn’s Earth Mirror

For their latest album, Leeds duo Hawthonn have woven another magpie’s nest of influences and inferences, condensing a vastness of thought, knowledge, and lived experience into something both future-gazing and compellingly elemental

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Body Music: Amy Douglas & Joe Goddard’s Hard Feelings

Hot Chip’s synth-stabber and Róisín Murphy’s co-writer collaborate on a record whose knowing hyper-literacy never betrays its physical drives, finds Ronnie Angel Pope

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Tunes Of The Gods: Eris Drew’s Quivering In Time Is A Long Strange Trip

The debut album by the Chicago DJ and T4T LUV NRG joint label boss is all killer no filler, finds Hannah Pezzack

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Author Functions: Im Hole By Aya Is Our Album Of The Week

On her deeply personal debut, aya opens up the portal to her inner sanctum like a singer-songwriter while pushing the envelope of avant-garde dance music

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No Body Knows: Ydegirl’s Startling Debut Album

Pulling strange shapes out of guitars, violins, and clarinets, the eponymous debut by Danish artist Andrea Novel is a study in self-estrangement

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Such Gravity Without A Centre: Lavinia Blackwall & Laura J Martin Are Wyndow

The self-titled debut from Wyndow finds Laura J Martin and Lavinia Blackwall working out down the worry gym

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Reality Bites: Colourgrade By Tirzah

Our album of the week is Tirzah's 'Colourgrade', a record of love songs with teeth exposed

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Fear & Trembling: Leaving None But Small Birds By The Body & Big Brave

A collaboration between two of North America's heaviest experimental groups may seem like an obvious idea – but the results are anything but, finds Antonio Poscic

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Up, Up, And Away: Moor Mother’s Black Encyclopedia Of The Air

Camae Ayewa may have joked that this is her 'sell out' album, but for Eden Tizard, *Black Encyclopedia Of The Air* finds Moor Mother at her most expansive and open

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Anxiety Is Our Natural State: Hey What by Low

Low follow Double Negative with an equally enthralling effort that encourages us to stop worrying and learn to live through fear, finds Hayley Scott

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Grief Is Living: The Ultra Vivid Lament by Manic Street Preachers

The Manics' piano-driven fourteenth album is a thing of glacial beauty but clouded by existential doubt, says Simon Price

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Let The Wrecking Ball Loose: ‘Fire’ By The Bug

Kevin Martin has embraced his inner Hulk for The Bug's first abum in seven years, writes JR Moores

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Homesick Astronaut: Hinged By Maarja Nuut

On Maarja Nuut's latest album, Richard Foster finds a restless sonic explorer

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Sweets To The Sweet: Carmel Smickersgill’s We Get What We Get And We Don’t Get Upset

Everything But Emptiness: Bucked Up Space By Nik Colk Void

The Brutish Invasion: Hexen Valley By Gnod

A Fundamental Force: One More Grain’s Beans On Toast With Pythagoras

All You Need Is Evlo: Bogdan Raczynski’s Addle

For The Birds: Laura Cannell’s Antiphony Of The Trees

Looking Inward: Majestic Noise Made In Beautiful Rotten Iran By Sote

Deep Breaths: Caroline’s Debut Album

Heart-to-Heart: Rufus Isabel Elliot’s Three Sexual Pieces For Violin

A Different World: Everything Was Forever By Sea Power

Grand Valediction: Black Country, New Road’s Ants From Up There

The Bored & The Beautiful: Advertise Here By EXEK

Dancing Through The Night: The Vanity Project By Iceboy Violet

Extreme Healing: W By Boris

It’s Raining Menace: Burial’s Antidawn

The Blood Of Songs: Jamire Williams’ But Only After You Have Suffered

Heavy Weather: Metta, Benevolence. BBC 6 Music: Live By Sunn O)))

Rock Botany: Henki By Richard Dawson & Circle

Rhythm Nation: Ben LaMar Gay’s Open Arms To Open Us

Hidden Treasures: Hawthonn’s Earth Mirror

Body Music: Amy Douglas & Joe Goddard’s Hard Feelings

Tunes Of The Gods: Eris Drew’s Quivering In Time Is A Long Strange Trip

Author Functions: Im Hole By Aya Is Our Album Of The Week

No Body Knows: Ydegirl’s Startling Debut Album

Such Gravity Without A Centre: Lavinia Blackwall & Laura J Martin Are Wyndow

Reality Bites: Colourgrade By Tirzah

Fear & Trembling: Leaving None But Small Birds By The Body & Big Brave

Up, Up, And Away: Moor Mother’s Black Encyclopedia Of The Air

Anxiety Is Our Natural State: Hey What by Low

Grief Is Living: The Ultra Vivid Lament by Manic Street Preachers

Let The Wrecking Ball Loose: ‘Fire’ By The Bug

Homesick Astronaut: Hinged By Maarja Nuut

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