It’s been roughly twenty years since London-based Tunng crept onto the scene with their genre-defying and timeless “pagan folktronica” debut album — This Is… Tunng: Mothers Daughters and other Tales. To celebrate, the band will release their eighth studio album Love You All Over Again on Jan. 24, 2025 via Full Time Hobby. It’s a record brimming with crunchy textures, nods to renaissance folk, and (maybe) a dash of Simon & Garfunkel. Enjoy this first foray into the LP — “Didn’t Know Why.”

Las Palabras, or Words in English, is the Spanish-language solo project of punk-scene veteran and member of !!! (Chk Chk Chk) — Rafael Cohen.  Of his sophomore album Fe (Faith), Cohen says: “[it] deals with what it means to have faith, what it means to have doubts, and what it means to stay open to the idea that something untouchable and unknowable may exist”. 

Each song on Bon Iver’s new EP SABLE reveals an autobiographical imprint of a different point in frontman Justin Vernon’s healing process. The title suggests the projection of built-up darkness and, ultimately, its release. “Things Behind Things Behind Things,” dates back to 2020 — a song born from a restless anxiety brought on by Vernon’s uncertain future as an artist. It’s a song through which he unpacks the past while puzzling himself back together. 

We’ve got a new one from alt-country singer Margo Price! “Too Stoned To Cry” finds the singer sharing a mic and guitar duties with her friend Billy Strings. Price is a natural storyteller and this song illustrates why country music has always been a comfort to her, even in her darkest days. And it signals more to come as she prepares new music to be delivered in 2025. 

If you’re a skeptic about love, it’s time to take a listen to the collaborative work of songwriters and producers Baba Stiltz and Okay Kaya. The pair’s aloof, anti-folk hymn “I Believe In Love” is “about loneliness, longing, and safety,” Baba Stiltz explains. “[It’s about] the joyful silliness of coupling and the fear it inevitably can lead to.” Kaya adds: “I am very lucky to get to sing this banger of a song with Baba. He makes me believe in all the silly things.”

Here’s the latest anthemic ballad from Katie Crutchfield, the mastermind behind Waxahatchee. “Much Ado About Nothing” is the first new song she’s shared since releasing Tiger’s Blood earlier this year. And we’re grateful that she did because it’s a fan favorite the band has been playing throughout their recent tour. 

Ry Cuming, best known as RY X, was working on the song “You” when he realized he kept hearing ghostly smidgens of Hermanos Gutiérrez. But that audio imagery was only in his mind until he reached out to share the song with them. The duo loved what they heard and lept at the chance to collaborate, they even made the trek to Cuming’s Topanga Canyon studio to record. 

London-based duo Kit Sebastian were motivated by their desire to fuse Indonesian and Turkish music. While most of their work is tempered by harmony, “Bul Bul Bul” is grounded by the track’s rhythm. Most of their music is written in recording sessions, but their approach here is to explore the spontaneous combustion of textures that tend to arise during soundchecks when they are out on the road.

Let’s get right to Yola telling us about her new recording in her own words: 

"From covering Soul II Soul for a reputable outlet, to my covers on tour and reworkings of my songs — the broad church of soul music through the ages has always been the narrative. This time I’m exploring my love of soul music through influences like Chaka Khan, Janet Jackson, Sade, Prince, Minnie Riperton, and various luminaries of rare groove and progressive R‘n’B. Layering programming and synths with organic instrumentation is at the core of the sonic landscape, and as usual I have metabolised these elements into a concoction very much of my own." 

Fresh from a headlining set at NorCal fest Portola, and SoCal’s CRSSD Festival earlier this summer, Four Tet shares his latest collaboration with the help of Ellie Goulding — “In My Dreams.”