Featured New Releases for
July 11, 2025

Moisturizer

Domino
The band's first album as a five-piece goes beyond virally catchy singles with witty, heartfelt love songs for people who don't want to fall in love.

— Heather Phares

Utopia

Heavenly Recordings
The Welsh singer/songwriter sets aside electronics (mostly) on this alternately down-to-earth and ambitious set of warmly emotional and introspective songs.

— Tim Sendra

Bright Nights

Slumberland
Warm and tuneful throughout, the indie pop group's first album in 11 years sounds a little more reflective but otherwise like they never left.

— Marcy Donelson

What Do You Do All Day?

Safe Suburban Home Records / Slumberland
Sprightly indie pop derived from classic sounds of the past but given new life thanks to the uneasy balance between the two vocalists.

— Tim Sendra

Around Sound

Paradise of Bachelors
The second solo album from this Philly artist is stormy, meditative, and quietly powerful even in its mostly acoustic rendering.

— Fred Thomas

A Dawning

Mercury KX / Opia Community
Somber, poignant collaboration that was completed shortly after the Irish singer/songwriter's untimely death.

— Paul Simpson

Orbits

Soundway
The sophomore outing from this polyrhythmic South Pacific spiritual jazz outfit crisscrosses Brazilian, Latin American and African grooves to joyful result.

— Thom Jurek

Trouble

Third Man Records
The former Raincoats leader continues her experiments in electronic music with this set of thoughtful, outspoken songs.

— Mark Deming

Adventure

Fire Records
Stretching from indie pop to faux yacht rock to free-form noise, the underground pioneers sound more joyous and agile than ever.

— Mark Deming

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