28.02.2026-CHRYSTABELL Midnight Star (Love Conquered,2022)

 

POP ROCK

   Midnight Star, a synthpop explosion centered around science fiction and fantasy narratives, is a departure from the dark, sultry rock of previous albums like We Dissolve and Feels Like Love. 

     “The big difference for this one is that there were no guitars, no bass, no drums,” says Chrystabell, who worked with her longtime collaborator Christopher Smart on Midnight Star. “This was a very new territory for both of us.”

https://www.sendspace.com/file/t2vc4m

26.02.2026-JAI PAUL Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) (XL,2019)

 

POP

   This is not the debut album from Jai Paul. It’s a collection of largely incomplete drafts that was stolen and illegally posted online in April 2013. Ever since, the 16-song release has lived on via dusty MP3s and cobbled-together YouTube playlists as a testament to boundless, unrealized promise. All the while, the London singer and producer stayed almost completely silent, creating a vacuum for an insatiable internet to fill with conspiracies, desires, and frustrations. 

https://www.sendspace.com/file/kmb4l8

23.02.2026-FOSTER THE PEOPLE Paradise State Of Mind (Atlantic,2024)

 

INDIE POP

   Their fourth full-length studio offering comes in the neatly packaged 70s infused rock of Paradise State of Mind. Following on from 2017’s Sacred Hearts Club, Paradise State of Mind maintains its predecessors hazy pop stylings but takes it one step further as they teeter into Tame Impala territory (“Sometimes I Wanna Be Bad)”.

   Paradise State of Mind is a refreshing modern offering from the LA-duo, their numbers may have dwindled by half, but their sound is bigger than ever.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/gqdusq

20.02.2026-ELIZABETH ANKA VAJAGIĆ Stand With The Stillness Of This Day (Constellation,2004)

FOLK / EXPERIMENTAL

   Stand with the Stillness of This Day, the dramatic debut from Montreal songwriter Elizabeth Anka Vajagic, is relentlessly black. Its seven slow, tear-drowned laments paint a dark and unsettling otherworld that you want no part of; a derelict, rat-ridden distopia of neglect and madness which she draws with such vividness that, at times, it seems as though you're already there; strapped in the backseat whilst she gives you the guided tour.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/1jxefv

 

18.02.2026-THREE TRAPPED TIGERS Silent Earthling (Superball,2016)

 

EXPERIMENTAL / MATH ROCK

   It takes some talent to blend elements of metal, prog rock, classic electronica (Brian Eno has been an acknowledged influence, and Rogerson will be releasing a collaboration with him in the near future), techno and hip hop into an album, but Three Trapped Tigers have pulled it off so convincingly here that it makes some of their previous material look unfairly clunky in comparison.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/ob15w9

16.02.2026-KATE CEBERANO Sweet Inspiration (Sony,2021)

 

POP / SOUL / JAZZ

   This album is pure audible ecstasy on every level, yet it is gentle when needed and embedded in that gentleness is a warmth and strength that relates to loss, not always in sadness, but most definitely something we have all felt at one time or another. Yet another milestone for Ceberano in what can only be described as one hell of an illustrious, varied and incredibly accomplished career.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/rv4u62

14.02.2026-SHIELD PATTERNS Contour Lines (Gizeh,2014)

 

TRIP HOP

     ‘Contour Lines’ is a work of unhinged beauty, which borders on the edge of celestial serenity, and on the polar opposite it leans towards the edge of the darkest unknown. Sexy, intricate, menacing, haunting, and quite frankly hypnotic – Shield Patterns have arguably released what could be the best electronic album of the year. Even more so, this is possibly one of the best debut albums that has been committed to record in a long, long time. A mini-masterpiece.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/838bza