10 albums you need to hear this week

In the age of streaming, it’s never been easier to listen to new music — but with over 60,000 new songs added to Spotify every day, it’s also never been harder to know what to put on. Every week, the team at Rolling Stone UK will run down some of the best new releases that have been added to streaming services.

This week, we’ve highlighted records by The Last Dinner Party, Tame Impala, Miles Kane, Sam Ryder, Brògeal, Ashnikko, Tom Skinner, Rianne Downey, Of Monsters and Men and Militarie Gun.

The Last Dinner Party – From the Pyre

It’s hard to top an acclaimed debut album, but that’s exactly what The Last Dinner Party have managed here. Here is a record complete with some of the biggest songs they’ve ever made, while it’s ironic that ruminations on death and darkness within have allowed this band to sound more alive than ever. The five-piece previously told Rolling Stone UK how producer James Ford – shortly before pulling out of this project due to illness – told them to “have fun, be bold and make a classic record”. All considered, they’ve heeded that advice to the max. It would be a tough ask for them to top their sublime debut, but it feels like they might just have managed it. 

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Tame Impala – Deadbeat

In the years since his emergence as the one-man psych rock band of a generation, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker has worked with an extensive list of global superstars including Rihanna, Lady Gaga, The Weeknd, SZA, Mark Ronson and beyond. For Deadbeat, his fifth album, he retreats once again into his secluded Wave House studio on the western Australian coast. Lyrically, it sees him lamenting the endless cycle of fuck-ups that life seems to throw at us all, while its musical punch comes from the inspiration of Australia’s ‘bush doof’ culture – essentially big, rowdy raves in the outback.

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Miles Kane – Sunlight in the Shadows

The sixth album from Miles Kane sees the indie stalwart team up with Black Keys leader Dan Auerbach for a sound that proves as warm and inviting as that title might suggest. ‘Love Is Cruel’ proves a powerful opener, kicking off a journey that will prove irresistible to devotees of the Scouse star. “All roads, over 20 years, have led here,” he says. “Dan and I love mixing T. Rex, Motown and The Easybeats and the result is this record. When we were chatting and sharing references, we were so similar in taste it was frightening and you can hear that shared passion through the music. I can’t wait to take it out on the road. It’s an album that needs to be played live.”

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Sam Ryder – Heartland

After becoming the UK’s most successful and beloved Eurovision entry in decades with 2022 track ‘Space Man’, Sam Ryder has taken time to withdraw from the industry, re-emerging now with second studio album, Heartland, via the independent label Artist Theory. On it, he finds firmer ground with which to kick on as a career artist rather than a flash-in-the-pan song contest entrant – with that dynamite voice still front and centre.

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Brògeal – Tuesday Paper Club

On their debut album, these Falkirk folk rockers prove they’re a voice to be reckoned with in the revival of that genre. There’s beautiful trad moments on ‘Draw The Line’, while ‘Scarlet Red’ is a genuinely touching love song. Of course, there’s more riotous moments too. ‘One for the Ditch’ is a wild tune which proves every bit as whiskey-soaked as their brilliant live shows.

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Ashnikko – Smoochies

Ashnikko describes new album Smoochies as the “older sister” to debut record Demidevil, but that’s not to say it’s abandoned the sense of chaos and fun that the singer has been known for. “It’s sexy, playful, and feminine, while toeing the line of grotesque and absurd,” she offers. “I feel like purse sediment so much of the time – like a mess of crumbs and gum in receipts and lipgloss that I’ve forgotten about – so the album feels like that too.”

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Tom Skinner – Kaleidoscopic Visions

With turns behind the kit for Sons of Kemet and the Radiohead spin-off band The Smile, Tom Skinner has become one of the best and most beloved drummers in the UK across the last decade. New solo album Kaleidoscopic Visions shows that he has the chops on his own, too. Side one of the record sees him pivot to the guitar on entirely instrumental compositions, while the record’s back half sees him bring together a world of vocal collaborators to flesh out the album’s immersive vision.

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Rianne Downey – The Consequence of Love

Rianne Downey’s debut marks the arrival of a truly brilliant voice within folk and country music. Songs like ‘Good In Goodbye’ show a rollicking side that could fit in at The Grand Ole Opry, while the frank and honest title track shows there’s moments of depth that can pull at your heartstrings too. “It’s quite a unique and quirky and almost wonky album in a way and there is a sort of beauty to the wonkiness and I think that sort of really encapsulates me and my journey, as a person and as a musician, I’ve had quite quite a unique journey,” she recently told Rolling Stone UK.

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Of Monsters and Men – All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade

The fourth album from one of Iceland’s most beloved musical exports shows off an emotional depth and darkness not necessarily associated with the ‘Little Talks’ party starters. It’s more introspective, the band say, and the vocals of Nanna Hilmarsdóttir allow their message to hit with a proper punch. Lead single ‘Ordinary Creature’ and its message of yearning is particularly touching.

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Militarie Gun – God Save the Gun

Militarie Gun’s debut album, 2023’s Life Under the Gun, saw frontman Ian Shelton look at addiction from the outside, giving his perspective on stories and experiences of those closest to him. On its follow-up – another collection of rollocking, catchy rock songs – the lens turns inward. “I’m well aware that being this vulnerable turns my personal trauma into a marketing hook for this album,” he says. “But I’m fine with it, if not provoking it.”

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And an honourable mention…

Chrissie Hynde & Pals – ‘Duets Special’

Star-studded records don’t get any bigger this week than Duets Special, which sees The Pretenders legend Chrissie Hynde duetting with some of music’s great and good. Among the highlights is a soaring run-through of ‘Me & Mrs Jones’ with k.d. lang, while even the stoniest of hearts will be moved by an emotional cover of ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’ with the late, great Mark Lanegan.