Sarah Arthur: The Spiritual Journey of an American Jewish Woman doesn’t stop at being an album, it’s closer to a staged pilgrimage. Each piece builds into the next, creating a cohesive narrative arc that feels dramatic without losing intimacy. It’s an imaginative bridge between concert and theater, a space where song becomes story and story becomes reflection.
Albums
Featuring moments of funk, punk, trip hop, new wave, rock, dance, Latin and even reggae, New Loser resounds as a slick and often lick-driven alternative rock album. We get instrumental gems and smart references, relatable vocals, the likes of Scars presenting warmth and good vibes contrasted by an intriguing subject matter.
Following a string of collaborations and subtle shifts in genre, established producer and artist Big O returns to an immersive conceptual pathway this season, with the immensely atmospheric, soulful to funky new album When It’s Not Said, But Done.
Carefully intertwining the vulnerability of singer-songwriter intimacy, with the contrast and power of pop-rock, Afterglow meanders from mellow to empowered throughout its diary-like expression. It’s a finely produced album, shining light on the quick progression of modern songwriting and AI creativity, and it still holds closely to the heartfelt essence and intentions of all things Sonic Pulse Project.
Established tropical folk duo Hi Tide return this season with a highly-anticipated new album. Perfectly capturing the essence of their genre-fusing optimistic sound, Caribbean Way promises to uplift and entertain, with twelve freshly recorded songs from the unmistakable Hi Tide creatives Shane Allenger and Sean Hennings.
Dubai creative powerhouse Sarah R Jay returns to her pristine and euphoric instrumental roots this season, with a highly-anticipated full-length album, celebrating the divine escapism of techno and house music – and the conceptual blurring of lines between human emotion and cybernetic progress.
Featuring modest electronic grooves that feel colourful but calming amidst the softness and self-reflection of Annika’s voice, Emerald Spy is an eclectic but well-grounded project, for which the riff-led ethereal warmth of Hell No makes an alluring introduction.
Grammy Award-winner Mojo Morgan cuts through the noise with substance and style this month – Jamaica Love is a bold and brilliant new album, loaded with quirky riffs, colourful grooves, and provocative, intentional sentiments.
From the atmospheric to the outright gritty and groovy, this album encapsulates an artistic dedication to music’s history, celebrating the unforgettable blues influence of legends like Otis Redding and Robert Johnson, while delivering a timeless and characterful lead from Will Foulke himself.
Rising Memphis songwriter Mary Hatley gifts her uniquely expressive and sultry vocals to a full-length album of original songs this season, with the reflective stories and blues-country grooves of The Poison I Choose.
Unconfined by genre is the songwriter who writes because there is no real alternative. The songs are the answers to our inner conflicts and concerns – they provide solace, an outlet, and some kind of clarity, and you can feel that as an observer of Paper Crown. The authenticity is impossible to fake, and the emotion woven into each performance, each original song, reinforces that throughout.
An enchanting organic arrangement akin to a live performance – modern jazz-fusion with a certain ethereal, ambient softness to the capture. The Skylark Quartet excel themselves this season, with the autumn vibes, alluring melodies, and imaginative grooves, of Luna Rossa Al Belvedere.