Weekly Releases (26.06.26)
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The last Friday of June finds the new release calendar a bit resurgent after a couple lackluster weeks. High-profile releases might be a bit sparse, but this list is rather deep this time around. Bigger names include a new record from ‘90s electronic darling turned folkster Beth Orton, another “can’t look away from the train wreck” offering from Muse, and a second 2020s LP from The Strokes. All that and much more below!
This Week’s New Music
Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri
When Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun (Black Knoll)
ITALY/USA | Ambient // Drone // Experimental
Ascera
Nadir, in Another Realm (independent)
TURKEY | Progressive Metal // Djent // Deathcore
Beth Orton
The Grand Above (Partisan)
UK | Folktronica // Downtempo // Alt-Rock
The Bouncing Souls
Born to Be (Pure Noise)
USA | Pop-Punk // Punk
Castlebeat
Castlebeat II (Spirit Goth)
USA | Dream Pop // Chillwave // Alt-Rock
Cobalt
Carpe Diem (independent)
USA | Black Metal // Sludge Metal
Dead Pioneers
Wagon Burner (Hassle)
USA | Punk
Duir
Catarsi (AOP)
ITALY | Black Metal // Folk Metal
Gold Panda
Ton Up (Studio Barnhus)
UK | Downtempo // House // IDM
Helen Svoboda
Headwater (Room 40)
AUSTRALIA | Drone // Jazz // Experimental
Ibeyi
Offering (independent)
FRANCE | R&B // Trip-Hop
The Infinity Ring
The Isle of Skye (label unknown)
USA | Folk // Gothic
Iskandr
Sacraal (Eisenwald)
NETHERLANDS | Black Metal // Psychedelic // Ambient
Junius
Sotera (Prosthetic)
USA | Post-Metal // Post-Rock // Post-Punk
Knitting
Souvenir (Mint)
CANADA | Indie Pop // Shoegaze // Psychedelic
Mantra, Decibella & Tim Reaper
Force 32 (RuptureLDN)
UK | Dubstep // Jungle // Breakbeat
Muse
The Wow! Signal (Warner)
UK | Alt-Rock
Ostraca
Thread (Persistent Vision)
USA | Screamo // Post-Metal // Hardcore
The Pretty Reckless
Dear God (Fearless)
USA | Hard Rock // Alt-Rock
Proun
Maybe Luck (Good English)
USA | Indie Rock // Emo // Shoegaze
Rodney Crowell
Then Again (New West)
USA | Country // Americana
Shane Embury
Bridge to Resolution (Dissonance)
UK | Electronic // Experimental // Noise
Siamese
Dissolution (Long Branch)
DENMARK | Metalcore // Alt-Rock
Sincere Engineer
Probable Claws (Hopeless)
USA | Punk // Emo
The Strokes
Reality Awaits (RCA)
USA | Indie Rock // Alt-Rock
Switchfoot
Forever Now (BMG)
USA | Alt-Rock // Hard Rock
Temples
Bliss (V2)
UK | Psychedelic // Indie Rock
There Were Wires
Vessel (Iodine)
USA | Post-Hardcore // Metalcore // Emo
T.I.
Kill the King (Grand Hustle/Empire)
USA | Southern Hip-Hop
Tift Merritt
Sugar (One Riot)
USA | Country // Americana
Truck Violence
The Weathervane is My Body (The Flenser)
CANADA | Hardcore // Metalcore // Folk
Verdun
Abyssal Womb (Transcending Obscurity)
FRANCE | Sludge Metal // Doom Metal // Black Metal
YOASOBI
The Book For (Sony)
JAPAN | J-Pop // Synthpop
Zorza
Twilight of the Golden Star (Godz Ov War)
POLAND | Black Metal // Post-Metal
Thanks for reading! We’ll be back next month to start the second half of 2026’s new release calendar.
The Strokes record now drops July 24 FYI!