Here’s a rundown of new Albums & EPs on DSPs and physical releases in record shops this week.
Nialler9 keeps a rolling list of Irish album releases for 2025.
New Albums and EPs:
New Albums
Perfume Genius – Glory
Mike Hadreas’ seventh studio album released on Matador Records embraces collaboration with a band that includes Meg Duffy (Hand Habits), Greg Uhlmann, drummers Tim Carr and Jim Keltner, bassist Pat Kelly and New Zealand singer-songwriter Aldous Harding, along with with long-time producer Blake Mills and keyboardist and co-writer Alan Wyffels.
Perfume Genius plays the National Stadium in Dublin on November 13th.
Mos Def & The Alchemist- FORENSICS
Yasiin Bey returns to his original name for a linkup with producer The Alchemist, whichi s being called his most focused work in a long time. It’s being released via lanyards, merch and “bump tags’ but rumour has it, it’s allegedly out today via Bandcamp.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – IC-02 Bogotá
The Portland-based New Zealand psych-rock band’s IC instrumental series is where they spend time in a chosen city and improvise and collaborate on non-vocal music. Recently the band spent time in Colombia to make music and initiate their new keyboard player Christian Li. The resulting sessions have become IC-02 Bogota, a musical document of the time they spent in that exciting city and the possible background music for some strange parties and night drives in your future.
Wolfgang Flür – Times
New studio album from Kraftwerk member circa 1974 to 1986 featuring many big name synth-pop and dance music collaborators including German techno duo U96, Boris Blank (Yello), Thomas Vangarde (ex-Daft Punk), Juan Atkins, Antony Rother, Emil Schult (ex-Kraftwerk collaborator) and Peter Hook (ex-New Order).
T-Woc – Scenes, Journeys & Color
After releases with inspirations drawn from tropical and dub sounds, crate-digging and comics in Brazil and a live collaboration on a dance show with Emma Martin, Irish producer t-woc releases a second album on Rudimentary, after 2016’s Sentinelas.
Snapped Ankles – Hard Times Furious Dancing
The fourth studio album from the London-based post-punk band. The sound of Hard Times Furious Dancing evolved at Snapped Ankles’ South London ‘Forest Rayve’ club nights in 2024.
Sloucho – Echoes EP
Irish producer’s new EP feature tracks composed entirely by his AI counterparts, dubbed the ECHOES. You know I have mixed feelings about this, but Sloucho has been playing with form and identity since the start, in a way that asks questions of the art too.
ECHOES’s creation is unique: each track was composed not by SLOUCHO, but by the ECHOES (Experimental Cognitive Holograms Optimised for Emotional Stimulation). OUCH™ has deployed the ECHOES as a cost-effective alternative to Sloucho himself, replacing the need for his live appearances and creative input. By capturing his motion data from 2024 performances and training a custom LoRA on his repertoire, the ECHOES can now generate original works in his style with up to 98% accuracy. However, the AI has started evolving beyond its programming, raising profound questions about the relationship between synthetic and human creativity.
Destroyer – Dan’s Boogie
Dan Bejar’s 14th studio album as Destroyer imaginea “Bejar as a lounge singer, a hustler, and, at times, a supporting character in his own fantasies in nine all-timer Destroyer songs that have the urgency of a state secret hiding in the mind of a tortured spy.”
Lucy Dacus – Forever Is a Feeling
The boygenius songwriter and singer’s latest solo work features a collaboration with Hozier, and is her fourth album. Much of the record is about falling in love, which is actually about the relationship she has with her fellow supergroup boygeniuser Julien Baker.
Lucy Dacus plays Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens in July.
DJ Python – i was put on this earth EP
“Deep reggaeton” New York electronic producer Brian Piñeyro aka DJ Python is to release his first release on XL Recordings on March 28th – i was put on this earth EP, his first solo music since 2022.
The EP funds DJ Python singing, producing and collaborating with South London rapper Jawnino, Honduran-born singer Isabella Lovestory, Organ Tapes, and Physical Therapy.
Joe Armon-Jones – All The Quiet (Part I)
The South London jazz pianist, songwriter, bandleader and producer Joe Armon-Jones is a founding member of the Ezra Collective, and All The Quiet (Part I) is his first solo record, with part two following on June 16th.
The expansive dub-influenced shuffling jazz of ‘Kingfisher’ is the lead single from the record, which also features Greentea Peng, Wu Lu, Hak Baker and Yazmin Lacey.
Somebody’s Child – When Youth Fades Away
The second album from Irish indie rock artist Cian Godfrey and band on French Kiss Records, “channels a rich palette of influences, drawing from post-punk urgency, synth-laden soundscapes, and anthemic indie rock. Across its eleven tracks, the record explores the inevitable passage of time, the tensions within relationships, and the quest for meaning in an ever-changing world.”
Cromby – Mandela Hall
Berlin based DJ & producer Cromby returns to his own Potency imprint by way of the Mandela Hall EP; an ode to the Mandela Hall in Belfast where he attended his first raves at Shine and went onto become a resident at 18. Four club ready swedgers melding influences from house, techno, electro & strands of UK club to twist the melon.
Also released today
- Busta Rhymes – Dragon Season
- CocoRosie – Little Death Wishes
- Deafheaven – Lonely People With Power
- Bryan Ferry – Loose Talk
- Lil Nas X – Days Before Dreamboy
- Logic1000 – DJ-Kicks
- Polo & Pan – 22:22
- Sandwell District – End Beginnings
- SPELLLING – Portrait of My Heart
- Yukimi – For You
