10 albums you need to hear this week
With music from The Mary Wallopers, Beabadoobee, Miley, Carly Rae Jepsen, Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts, Beck, Orville Peck, Tove Lo, Wasia Project and Slow Pulp
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 Mary Wallopers, Beabadoobee, Miley, Carly Rae Jepsen, Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts, Beck, Orville Peck, Tove Lo, Wasia Project and Slow Pulp.
The Mary Wallopers – Paddywhackery
The defiant spirit of Ireland’s premier trad-punk extraordinaires runs through the DNA of their excellent new album, which offers a resolute jab towards naysayers. “It’s mainly about the fact that people would call us ‘paddywhackery’ because we are too Irish or whatever… but it’s all very fucking hip to be Irish the last couple of years, and maybe that’s performative too, it’s very sincere,” said the band’s Andrew and Charles Hendy.
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Beabadoobee – Pylon
On her next tour, Beabadoobee will tackle rooms including London’s O2 Arena for the first time ever. It’s fitting then, that her latest record feels entirely appropriate for that size. These songs are scuzzy rock stompers, such as ‘Sun Has Set’, while guests including Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Deftones’ Chino Moreno, Matty Healy and George Daniel of The 1975 and Turnstile’s Brendan Yates all show up to cement the feeling that this is a very important record.
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Slow Pulp – Melodie
Slow Pulp feel like a quintessential Midwestern indie rock band. Raised in Madison, Wisconsin and now based in Chicago, there are echoes of the region’s heavyweights like Wilco in their sound, and they’ve been taken under the wing of the likes of Lucy Dacus and Death Cab for Cutie on recent tours. New album Melodie is the best distillation of their sound yet, a record that undoubtedly rocks but also leaves room for subtlety and gentleness.
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Miley – Bass Persuades
On her first album in just over a year, Miley heads to the dance floor in a way like she’s never quite managed before. Kid Harpoon is on production duties, while the pounding ‘Different Religion’ is a truly intriguing beast.
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Orville Peck – Mule
On his latest album, music’s most talented masked cowboy offers a frank dissection of the events that lead towards him taking a near fatal overdose. “I know that when I am the most vulnerable and go the deepest with my lyrics, it’s something that other people really connect with,” he recently told People. “So I’m scared — I mean, it’s really personal stuff that is frightening to talk about with anybody, never mind release to strangers.” The result is his frankest and most open album to date.
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Carly Rae Jepsen – Day and Night
There are two Carly Rae Jepsens on her new double album. The ‘day’ segment of Day and Night sees her as a new mother, building a comfortable and quiet life. Come the nighttime though, she longs for adventure and excitement. The album reflects this duality with songs that slide from psychedelic pop into full-on disco, proving that ageing doesn’t prevent you from having a little bit of everything.
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Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts – Second Song
Neil Young may have turned 80 recently, but the fact that Second Song marks his second album of 2026 suggests that his workhorse-like turnaround is going nowhere soon. The stirring ‘Soon I Might Be Going’ feels like a reflection on mortality, while other sections feel indebted to Young’s classic Harvest. It has all the makings of a late career gem.
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Beck – Ride Lonesome
Ride Lonesome serves as the final album in Beck’s trilogy of records that also features the albums Sea Change and Morning Phase. All built around a foundation-shaking heartbreak, the era’s swansong finds Beck in a reflective mood, but there is a sense of peace to be heard in its slow and serene songs, suggesting he’s finally ready to move on.
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Tove Lo – ESTRUS
ESTRUS, the title of Tove Lo’s sixth studio album, translates as a female mammal in heat. The record lives up to its title across emotionally-charged and unapologetically messy pop songs that translate an experience without grasping for answers. She explains: “It’s primal. It’s my mind and my body wanting different things, wanting everything. There’s no good advice on this album… just a lot of feelings, no solutions.”
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Wasia Project – Nocturne
On their debut studio album, the project of siblings William Gao and Olivia Hardy fine-tune their leftfield brand of pop, which blends together impulses for both darkness and light. “It’s this massive rollercoaster of emotions through the arc of many nights,” Hardy told Rolling Stone UK recently of the album’s concept. “Aesthetically and conceptually, it’s really aligned with what our tastes are leaning towards right now, that darker palette with stunning colours and city lights.”
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