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Kugelschreiber
Cheerleaders

Debut album from Cardiacs’ extended family mixes scientific and humanistic metaphors with hurdy gurdy drones and gorgeously layered vocals, finds Sean Kitching

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Sealionwoman
Nothing Will Grow In The Soil

An eerie set of pagan psalms from London-based voice/double bass duo

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Floating Points
Cascade

Sam Shepherd's dancefloor-focused new album causes a Proustian rush for Puja Nandi

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Wendy Eisenberg
Viewfinder

Guitarist from Bill Orcutt's quartet anchors a set of late night jams inspired by the experience of laser eye surgery

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Laurence Pike
The Undreamt-of Centre

With warm electronics and thumping drums, the latest from the Australian drummer-composer is the post-Covid requiem mass you’ve all been waiting for

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Pyrrhon
Exhaust

In the same way Party Cannon's logo really sets them apart from the crowd, Pyrrhon have very unusual lyrics for a death metal band, among many other positive attributes, notes Noel Gardner

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Coco & Clair Clair
Girl

Plainspoken Atlanta duo return with scrappy follow-up grabbing synths, beats and vibes from anywhere in reach

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Pietu Arvola
Meidän täytyy valvoa jottemme nukkuisi, sillä maailma on liukas

Inspired equally by Fallout 4 and the Covid-19 pandemic, one quarter of Musta Huone heads deep into the murmur of the forest

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Masayoshi Fujita
Migratory

Japanese vibraphonist and marimba player communes with the forests of Hyōgo, with just a touch of darkness lurking in the woods

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LYAM
The Art Of Letting Go

Rising star on the British alternative rap circuit bares his soul over a vibrant sonic stew

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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Wild God

Nick Cave's muse has long been in sometimes violent discussion with ideas of faith and God, but on new album Wild God this becomes more explicit than ever, says Luke Turner

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Fat Dog
WOOF

South East London quartet summon a very particular sort of Englishness, finds Richard Foster

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Night of Fire

More Eaze and Seth Graham return (joined this time by recovery girl), turning rage at systematic oppression into surreal beauty

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Pat Thomas
The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir

The improvising pianist invents his own tradition with aplomb

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Lia Kohl
Normal Sounds

Sounds from floodlights, car alarms and supermarket ambiance (augmented by cello, flute, saxophone and electronics) add up to an uncanny appraisal of the urban soundscape

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Seefeel
Everything Squared

Back after fourteen years with six shimmering new tracks of cathedral reverb and lilting glossolalia

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Laurie Anderson
Amelia

Laurie Anderson's tribute to Amelia Earhart searches for the woman behind the myth

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The Soundcarriers
Through Other Reflections

Nottingham quartet evoke an aquarian age of pastoral British psychedelia, finds Hayley Scott

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Endon
Fall Of Spring

Tokyo noiseniks now slimmed down to a trio augmented by programmed beats and tortured electronics, still just as abrasive, finds Alex Deller

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PlayThatBoiZay
VIP

South Florida rapper goes hard on no-holds-barred debut longplayer

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Melt-Banana
3+5

Japanese hardcore / noise-rock duo Melt-Banana return nine years since their last album, with a project that challenges everything we think we know about hardcore

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Uniform
American Standard

Wading into a new Uniform album is rarely easy, and it is never pleasant, finds Alex Deller

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Etelin
Patio User Manual

Alex Cobb's third Etelin album finds beauty in the mundane, evoking a virtual space where bird calls and electronic glitches merge

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M.Haiux
Summer Nights And Still Waters

M.Haiux’s transporting new album of finger-picked folk guitar instrumentals champions small moments while speaking fluently with its forebears, says Bernie Brooks

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Brian Gibson
Thrasher

Lightning Bolt bassist returns to the video game industry to compose the soundtrack for “a mind-melting arcade action odyssey"

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Laura Cannell
The Rituals of Hildegard Reimagined

Armed with a bass recorder, a knee-harp and a delay pedal, the East Anglian composer lovingly re-imagines the music of the twelfth-century mystic polymath, Hildegard von Bingen

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Liew Niyomkarn
In all possible places at once

Liew Niyomkarn’s second release for Chinabot, is exactly what its title claims it to be

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Phosphene
The Amber Time Machine

Serene psychedelia is occasionally interrupted by moments of chaos on an album which sees author and broadcaster John Cavanagh collaborating with a host of guests from Glasgow Improvers’ Orchestra, Bis, and Two Wings

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Krononaut
Krononaut II

Taking inspiration from Sufi music and Morton Feldman, the duo of Leo Abrahams and Martin France open vast spaces filled with expressive drumming and some heavily-processed guitar playing

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New Starts
More Break Up Songs

Darren Hayman at his most Hefner-ish in some time with an album that seeks to match the brilliant third Velvet Underground record punch for punch

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Leo Chadburn
The Primordial Pieces

An album of five blissful, quiet pieces that never stay still, for four violins and a piano

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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Flight b741

Moustachioed Melbourn sextet return for another roll of the dice, this time with added harmonica

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Kugelschreiber Cheerleaders

Sealionwoman Nothing Will Grow In The Soil

Floating Points Cascade

Wendy Eisenberg Viewfinder

Laurence Pike The Undreamt-of Centre

Pyrrhon Exhaust

Coco & Clair Clair Girl

Pietu Arvola Meidän täytyy valvoa jottemme nukkuisi, sillä maailma on liukas

Masayoshi Fujita Migratory

LYAM The Art Of Letting Go

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Wild God

Fat Dog WOOF

—__–___ Night of Fire

Pat Thomas The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir

Lia Kohl Normal Sounds

Seefeel Everything Squared

Laurie Anderson Amelia

The Soundcarriers Through Other Reflections

Endon Fall Of Spring

PlayThatBoiZay VIP

Melt-Banana 3+5

Uniform American Standard

Etelin Patio User Manual

M.Haiux Summer Nights And Still Waters

Brian Gibson Thrasher

Laura Cannell The Rituals of Hildegard Reimagined

Liew Niyomkarn In all possible places at once

Phosphene The Amber Time Machine

Krononaut Krononaut II

New Starts More Break Up Songs

Leo Chadburn The Primordial Pieces

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Kugelschreiber
Cheerleaders

Sealionwoman
Nothing Will Grow In The Soil

Floating Points
Cascade

Wendy Eisenberg
Viewfinder

Laurence Pike
The Undreamt-of Centre

Pyrrhon
Exhaust

Coco & Clair Clair
Girl

Pietu Arvola
Meidän täytyy valvoa jottemme nukkuisi, sillä maailma on liukas

Masayoshi Fujita
Migratory

LYAM
The Art Of Letting Go

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Wild God

Fat Dog
WOOF

—–_
Night of Fire

Pat Thomas
The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir

Lia Kohl
Normal Sounds

Seefeel
Everything Squared

Laurie Anderson
Amelia

The Soundcarriers
Through Other Reflections

Endon
Fall Of Spring

PlayThatBoiZay
VIP

Melt-Banana
3+5

Uniform
American Standard

Etelin
Patio User Manual

M.Haiux
Summer Nights And Still Waters

Brian Gibson
Thrasher

Laura Cannell
The Rituals of Hildegard Reimagined

Liew Niyomkarn
In all possible places at once

Phosphene
The Amber Time Machine

Krononaut
Krononaut II

New Starts
More Break Up Songs

Leo Chadburn
The Primordial Pieces

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Flight b741

Saint Etienne
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The Outer Church
The Outer Church

Kate Carr
A Field Guide To Phantasmic Birds