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Our top picks of the latest albums to listen to every month, from pop to rap to rock. Our top choices this month will be a great addition to anyone’s record collection.
We have picked out our favourite songs from the albums below. Check out our September Songs of the Month playlist.
The Greatest Love
London Grammar | Ministry of Sound Recordings
English indie pop band London Grammar introduce The Greatest Love, their fourth studio album. Arriving over a decade after their debut album If You Wait (2013), The Greatest Love was set to "celebrate a new chapter as they leave their past behind them”. Although it sticks with their signature sound, the production and lyrics don’t follow their previous work and whilst it moves at a slow pace, its what we’ve come to expect from London Grammar. Still, stunning piano and acoustics go hand in hand with Reid's haunting vocals throughout, and London Grammar continue to move in the right direction.
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Foxing
Foxing | Many Hats Distribution
Foxing is the self-titled fifth studio album by the American indie rockers. One of the most acclaimed bands in the modern indie rock scene, they take a big leap on a strikingly experimental record. Discussing the decision to self-title, vocalist Conor Murphy said “I think it’s the most introspective album in terms of our band itself. It’s kind of the band looking in the mirror more so than me individually.” Powerful drums, huge crescendos, clever hooks and plenty of screams. The Missouri band have had a wonderful evolution. Exciting, abrasive and unpredictable, it’s up there as one of the best albums of the year.
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My Method Actor
Nilüfer Yanya | Ninja Tune
Following her 2022 album Painless, My Method Actor is the third album by English singer Nilüfer Yanya. The album centres on the theme of "entering a transition between one part of life into another” peering into why we follow the paths we follow and what is at the heart of it all. Speaking on the albums concept, Nilüfer said “I was researching method acting - and from what I read, it’s based on finding this one memory in your life, a life-altering, life-changing memory.” With a unique blend of soulful melodies, indie rock grit, and jazz influences, its well-layered, dynamic and full of emotional complexity.
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In Waves
Jamie xx | Young
Recorded over a four year period, James xx describes the inspiration behind his second studio album, saying “I think I basically just went back to how I started making music when I was a teenager, which was listening to the music of my youth, which was basically soul music, jazz music, and sampling and doing production similar to how I was when I was starting out”. With its pulsating rhythms, it’s a bold electronic record that effortlessly flows, rivalling its successor, In Colour. With an interesting soundscape, In Waves is a remarkably eclectic mix of sounds and guests, which is abstract, creative and polished to perfection.
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The love it took to leave you
Colin Stetson | Invada Records UK
His first solo recording in seven years, The love it took to leave you is American saxophonist and composer Colin Stetson’s twelfth solo studio album. Colin said of the concept “The first and titular song on my latest record, performed on solo alto saxophone, The love it took to leave you is a love letter to self and to solitude and to tall old trees that sway and creak in the wind and rain”. With an arsenal of saxophones and clarinet, each track tells a tale that spins through a range of scenarios, moods, visions and landscapes. A true innovator, Stetson is seamless and poetic, with his exquisitly smooth instrumentals.
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