This corner introduces the most notable albums released each week. The following albums will be released on October 17, 2025.
tame the impala, dead beat
Tame Impala is back dead beat2020s follow-up slow rush. The song curiously combines some of Kevin Parker’s most flashy, cinematic work with intimate lyrics about burnout, heartbreak, and feeling disconnected from the “normal” world. He produced the record in early 2025 between his hometown of Fremantle and Studio Wave House in Indidup, Western Australia. According to press materials, the song expresses “the never-ending moodiness, the self-deprecating shit that should have been with you all along but is stuck in a negative feedback loop,” and is framed as “a frenzy as self-exploration, self-medication as a substitute for self-care, and a kick-on as a domestic activity.” bliss. ”
they are pumping water, lotto
They Are Gutting a Body of Water has turned out their best and most visceral album yet. lottoFirst work on the NYC label ATO records. The innovative shoegaze band previewed a 10-song record, including the singles “Trainer,” “American Food,” “The Chase,” and “rl stine.” Bandleader Doug Dalgarian said in press materials, “In a world of ever-increasing artificiality, this record is my attempt to rise above the sea of falsehood.” “There are a lot of visible mistakes and it lacks the maximum amount of humanity that can be put into a record.”
bar italy, I like it hot
As punchy as it is brash, London trio Bar Italia’s latest offering takes its name from the 1959 film starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon about a group of adventure-seeking rogue musicians. Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tariq Fehmi, and Sam Fenton trade vocals in a way that sounds matter-of-fact, but there’s more vulnerability here than meets the surface. The record includes the previously released singles “Cowbella”, “Fundraiser”, “rooster” and “omni shambles”.
blood sports, Anything becomes a hammer
Bloodsport’s electrifying debut album shakes the New York band’s slowcore foundations, with its unsettling songs often starting with a spare, brooding guitar part before exploding with noise. Guitarist Jeremy Mock said in an interview with Artist Spotlight, “At least for me, all I was crazy about at the time was wanting to build on as much as I could.” “I love large orchestral arrangements, so I tried to do the best I could with the limited time and tools I had,” vocalist and guitarist Sam Murphy said, adding, “I think I generally lean more toward writing something more minimal and simple. When you combine that with what Jeremy was saying, I think these more orchestral, structured arrangements really work.”
sudan archives, BPM
Sudan Archive tracked down her 2022 breakout natural brown prom queen This is a bold, dynamic and vulnerable LP. BPM. The 31-year-old violinist is seen introducing a new persona, a technologically advanced musician named Gadget Girl. “I wasn’t in a band in high school. The first time I was able to express myself was when I got my first iPad and started making beats and when I got my first electric violin,” she explained. “I’m obsessed with gadgets now, but I’ve never felt so free as a human being.”
skull crusher, and your song is like a circle
Helen Valentine’s songs instantly relieve anxiety. Her new album “Skull Crusher”, and your song is like a circleas hauntingly gorgeous as 2022 Please keep the room quietBut it feels more openly existential, emerging from a period of isolation and grief after moving to the East Coast. “I like to think of my work as a collection, and every time I add more to it, I’m adding rocks,” Valentine reflected. “It might end up being a circle. Every time I make something, I draw another line around the body of the piece. I feel like I’ve been trying to trace that for the rest of my life.”
last dinner party, from the crematorium
The Last Dinner Party continues to lean towards natural over-the-top lyricism and intricate arrangements. from the crematoriumNot long after their chart-topping debut in 2024. Prelude to ecstasy. “This record is a collection of stories, and the concept of the album as a myth holds the stories together,” the band explained. “The Pyre itself is an allegorical place from which these stories are born, a place of violence and destruction but also rebirth, passion, and light.The songs are driven by character, but still deeply personal and ordinary people. Live events are pushed to morbid extremes. Becoming a ghost becomes a Western dance with a murderer, a heartbreaking laugh in the face of the apocalypse. The lyrics evoke rifles, scythes, sailors, saints, cowboys, floods, and mothers. Earth, Joan of Arc, and Burning Hell. We found these kinds of evocative images to be the most honest and truthful way to discuss what our experiences felt like, giving each the emotional weight it deserved.”
military gun, god save the gun
military gun new album god save the gun It’s dynamic and exhilarating, but also convincingly frenetic and raw. Sequel to the post-hardcore band’s debut life under the gun It depicts the narrator’s struggle with alcoholism and mental health. “It’s very useful to numb yourself and numb your receptors. That’s a big part of what I was doing,” Ian Shelton said in the paper. Recent interviews. “I don’t think I ever felt normal until I started drinking. It was the only thing that made me feel comfortable in my skin. And when you finally feel like that, you always want that. It’s definitely nostalgic, but I have to keep making decisions every day to stay on the path I’m on.”
Elias Ronnenfeld, speak dagger
Iceage’s Elias Ronnenfeldt produces new album speak dagger In his bedroom between tours. Sexier, darker, and downright weirder than her 2024 solo debut heavy glorythe record finds the Danish singer-songwriter collaborating with the likes of Erica de Cassier and Fine. The song, ‘Not Gonna Follow’, reuses material Ronenfeldt recorded with reggae icons The Congos and I Jabbar during a visit to Jamaica a few years ago.
living hour, internal drone infinity
internal drone infinity The Living Hour starts with a bang, but I won’t spoil it for you, but The Living Hour quickly finds the perfect balance between tenderness and noise. It has been revealed that the band will be reuniting with Jay Som’s Melina Duterte, who was involved in the 2022 production. Someday it’s today. “We wrote a lot of the songs while working as a projectionist in movie theaters and on airplanes,” explained bandleader Sam Sarty. “There are small windows in both places, and when you look out of them you can sit and watch things move. It’s a strange feeling to be completely still while watching the world move within the frame.” The song ends with a striking lyrical image. “Pregnant and fat / Consciousness is expanding / Rivers flow around us / And we are grateful for them.”
Ashnikko, Smoochie
For the release of the second album SmoochieAshnikko promised. herbicide The follow-up will be “sexy, playful, and feminine.” In that respect, this record is certainly a success. “Smoochie feel like dead devilAshnikko added, noting that the film “treads the line between grotesque and absurd.” I often feel like the dirt in my wallet – scraps of receipts, gum, forgotten lip gloss – so the album feels like that. This is the first work I’ve written that is very autobiographical, but at its core it’s about personal autonomy and fun whimsy. ”
Jane Co., Ltd., rupture, ravine, birth
In 2023, Karlin Bezic and her band were on the side of the road when a semi-truck crashed into their van. Bezic wrote the new Jane Ink album. rupture, ravine, birthdue to a car accident, needless to say, a breakup and a diagnosis of stage 1 cancer on my left vocal cord. “This experience unlocked something for me, and I felt like I was able to perform more freely and freely than ever before,” Begich said in a statement about his early single “Elastic.” “Here I imagine the audience as lovers. Under their gaze, life is full of pure Dionysian possibility: a series of unfolding and malleable nows.”
Other albums released today:
just mustard, we were just here; C.Y.M., C.Y.M.; Silvana Estrada, Vendran Suaves Rubias; cusp, What I want doesn’t want me back; Rachel Bobbitt, swim towards the sand; Chrissie Hynde, duet special; Polisa, Dreams Go; bond of fate, love; good luck, Dream big, Mr.; soul wax, all systems lie; mona leo, who made the corpse; clarice jensen, Escape from the great darkness with holiday attire; Linda came from work, Linda came from work; the bat, corner is approaching; country girl, patience; Emily Jeanne, The past through desire; maggie lindemann, I feel everything; Josien Clark, far from nowhere; Dylan Henner, Star Dream FM; william prince, Further from the countryside; countryside tape, Oneiric.
Source: Our Culture – ourculturemag.com
