New Release Cheat Sheet: Arcade Fire, Windows 96 & More!
Five new releases to check out this week
A weekly roundup of new albums set to drop this week, spanning genres, scenes, and sounds. Whether you're into boundary-pushing experimental work, polished pop, sounds of the underground, or ambient textures, there's always something to dig into. Here are the most interesting releases that I came across this week.
Arcade Fire, Pink Elephant (Columbia)
Clocking in at 42 minutes across ten tracks, Pink Elephant is a layered, meditative odyssey unfolding with each listen, exploring light, darkness, and the beauty within. (Release date: May 9)
The Head and the Heart, Aperture (Verve Forecast)
Indie folk band The Head and the Heart's sixth album on Verve Forecast marks a poignant return to form. An inspired, collaborative rebirth filled with emotional clarity and a renewed sense of unity. (Release date: May 9)
Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Bees in the Bonnet (Rune Grammofon)
A 37-minute burst of adventurous, genre-blurring energy channeling the trio's signature chemistry into a bold fusion of prog rock, jazz, and psychedelia. (Release date: May 9)
Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke, Tell Tales (Warp)
A collaboration between producer Mark Pritchard, Thom Yorke, and visual artist Jonathan Zawanda. A prophetic audiovisual fairytale blending shimmering electronics, echoed chants, and surreal imagery into a meditation on modernity, myth, and machine. (Release date: May 9)
Windows 96, Awkward Dance Music (self-released)
Windows 96 holds a distinctive place in vaporwave for bridging the genre's nostalgic roots with a more polished and futuristic sound. You can expect more of that on his latest release, Awkward Dance Music. (Release date: May 9)