6 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 Rosalía, Sorry, Stella Donnelly, Westerman, White Lies and JERUB.

Rosalía – Lux

Across Rosalía’s remarkable new album, she sings in 13 languages, employs the help of the London Symphony Orchestra and creates something stunningly singular. Rosalía has been reluctant to call Lux classical music in the traditional sense, but its fingerprints are all over the record, not least due to the album being separated into four ‘movements’.

Though its release is undoubtedly an anti-commercial move on Rosalía’s part, the presence of the single ‘Berghain’ on the UK’s Trending Chart upon release shows a genuine hunger from fans to put in as much care and time to listening to this music as was clearly poured into it, and to follow her on this fascinating journey away from pop. Considering the hours she must have put in on Duolingo, lending a close, curious ear to the most unique album of the year – the anti-easy listening – is the least we could do.

Read our full five-star review of Lux here.

Listen on: Spotify | ‎Apple Music | TIDAL | Amazon Music

Sorry – COSPLAY

While starting out in the post-punk scene centred around the Brixton Windmill, London quintet Sorry have spread their wings significantly and become a beguiling and consistently surprising band. New album COSPLAY sees them bring in a wealth of collaborators to expand their sound towards something totally indefinable. The expansion of their world is shown in their official list of band members: “Asha Lorenz. Louis O’Bryen. Lincoln Barrett. Campbell Baum. Marco Pini. You. Me. Them. Us.”

Listen on: Spotify | ‎Apple Music | TIDAL | Amazon Music

Stella Donnelly – Love and Fortune

Australian songwriter Stella Donnelly had many breakups before writing new album Love and Fortune: with a romantic partner, with her idea of success and fulfilment, and with her life as a musician. When trying to work out how she could exist without these pillars of her life, ideas for the songs that make up this intimate and gorgeous new album kept coming back to her. “These songs wouldn’t leave me alone,” she says. “Like seagulls, they screamed at me when I rode to work, they pecked at me while I wrote essays, and they stole my chips the second I thought I was happier without music.”

Listen on: Spotify | ‎Apple Music | TIDAL | Amazon Music

Westerman – A Jackal’s Wedding

The voice of Westerman is more singular than ever on third album, A Jackal’s Wedding. Written from his adopted home of Athens, Greece, the singer beautifully and carefully dissects the feeling of constantly finding your footing and your place in new surroundings, and how to embrace that process. “This album is more open,” he says of the record. “It’s less desperate and more optimistic. There’s a romance to it.”

Listen on: Spotify | ‎Apple Music | TIDAL | Amazon Music

White Lies – Night Light

On their first album since 2022, White Lies largely do well to subscribe to the age old idea of not fixing something that ain’t broke. This means that their signature doom-laden post punk remains at the fore, but they’ve tempered it with a lighter touch this time around. ‘In The Middle’ slowly develops into an almighty wall of sound, while late highlight ‘Juice’ ranks among the biggest anthems they’ve ever made. With a sold-out UK tour on the horizon next year, it seems that these indie veterans are still fighting the good fight with as much passion as ever.

Listen on: Spotify | ‎Apple Music | TIDAL | Amazon Music

JERUB – The Wonder Years

One of the UK’s fastest rising soul voices, JERUB proves he’s the real deal on this latest offering. The soaring ‘Kumbaya’ features a clap-stomp country edge, while the project on the whole sees the Londoner stress the importance of truly living in the moment.

JERUB said: “Recently I’ve been feeling like life can pull you in so many directions, looking back with nostalgia or forward to what’s ahead. In that tension between past and future, the present moment can so easily slip through our fingers. The Wonder Years is about embracing the messy, complicated now… because maybe the wonderyears aren’t behind us or ahead of us. Maybe they’re happening right now, in all their imperfect glory.”

Listen on: Spotify | ‎Apple Music | TIDAL | Amazon Music