This record hums with creative energy, unloading its pent-up desire in dramatic jazz solo outbursts that adorn an otherwise deliberate and methodical post-rock journey.

The new record Ambivert by Blemishes takes a maximalist approach to ambient sound design, assembling an explosive mosaic of oversaturated, uncomfortable sounds interspersed with a handful of concise noise rock songs.

Itasca wanders the west in search of her love, or more accurately that feeling of warm spiritual belonging that drives our relationships deeper, turning us from selfish individuals to lifelong lovers.

Yet by speaking to these frustrations, by explaining her process of pulling samples from dreams, and even by cutting up and scrambling stories that are too intimate to be decoded, Pennyslop succeeds in making something serious, personal, and profound. 

Totally dissatisfied with the chaos and incredulous bullshit the world has seen since their last release in 2018, Planet B returns with Fiction Prediction, a scifi-skewed cyber rage project that sees no relief in sight.

The album plays out like a ballet, introducing each moment and character with a distinct musical motif, navigating a winding path through free jazz riffing, rigid motorik rocking, and sublime classical gliding.

The fast-moving psychedelia of Prizes Roses Rosa straps the listener in for a wild ride through a cascading kaleidoscope of quickly shifting aesthetics, a world of hypnotic rhythms, dreamy vocals, absurd samples, and an immensely varied array of instrumentation.

Darkwave and industrial power electronics prevail in Hang Wave, the electric debut album by Leeds-based duo Polevaulter. Fully-realized and self-possessed, the group infuses danceability into anticapitalist post-rock bangers without ever taking themselves too seriously.

After establishing an expansive acoustic space through echoey, diverse percussion and hyperactive synths, Wolfe takes the rare next step and fills the space to the brim with cathartic digital noise and incalculable numbers of analog layers.

With a deep, rumbly sound that relies upon double bass and field recordings, this record reminds us just how all-encompassing nature can be, just how close we are to re-experiencing the natural world through increasingly common floods, storms, and heat waves.

Inspired by the philosophical concept of samsara, faune tells stories of reincarnation in their self-titled album, exploring different expressions of life and death in humanity and beyond, ultimately ruled by karma and the destruction it may bring.

To meth., the id constantly violates one’s sovereignty, obtaining fleeting bursts of satisfaction that the band portrays with an occasional shimmery, ascendant guitar tone that breaks with the record’s overwhelming negativity.

All at once, human voices are buried under textured explosions of fine-grit synth tones laying down a blanket of pumice and smoke that almost completely suffocates the screaming of those who could not escape.

Born out of a solemn art installation at an abandoned panopticon prison, the new album Panoptikon by Maria W Horn emphasizes the crushing mental consequences of living in such an environment.

Deeply vulnerable lyrics cut right to the heart alongside swimming synths and dark guitars, delivering powerful baroque art pop along the lines of Kate Bush, Florence Wlech, Cocteau Twins, and early MUNA.

From IDM to EDM to straight-up rap verses, They Hate Change explores a wide variety of channels through which to direct their energy, a variety which comes home to roost within a solidly unified aesthetic that makes this album both unforgettable and endlessly replayable.

Repackaging a classical sensibility in the form of a sound so individual as to be nearly impossible to describe, The Germans explore an extremely specific spiritual journey that simultaneously feels relatable, constantly getting lost in the weeds in ways that feel all too familiar.

Stretching dungeon synth to its limits, traditional middle eastern melodies emanate from simple synths placed in cavernous acoustic environments, mingling with noise elements that emulate the anguished screams of onlookers.

Crushing their poppy, chiptune-adjacent hip hop under the weight of digital compression, Hooky’s new record Mirage takes a refreshingly varied look at the lo-fi sound that has so thoroughly saturated the internet.

With no familiar riffs and no identifiable key signatures, there is no map for this sonic territory. The listener must join in on the direct experience with the artist, as together we participate in and explore the unfolding of a wholly new sonic landscape.