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After a pair of EPs opened the door to shapeshifting unpredictability, Heaven Schmitt’s second LP leans into an emotive, purposefully fragmented sound that remains impossible to pin down.

Chronicling the rise and fall of a year-long fling, the influential UK indie rockers’ seventh album feels like a scattered afterthought more than an important part of the band’s journey.

The Brooklyn-based jangle-pop quintet’s aptly diaristic debut takes the form of a novella, as each track seems to correspond with a particular time in the wee hours of the morning.

The Providence-based songwriter offers a subtle vision of resplendence in the midst of an apparent lack on a record that dulls heartache and eschews melodrama.

Alexandra Levy offers another peek into her overflow of creativity with a brief set of songs spanning her career as a songwriter, making it easier to appreciate their subtle contrasts.

The Australian artist’s fifth album houses some of his most brooding songs to date, a mood that strangely sharpens his songwriting without sacrificing his melodic sensibility.

Rather than merely reveling in pop-punk nostalgia on their eighth LP, the Scranton band instead opts to reexamine moments from their past in sharper focus.

The Nashville group’s country-leaning third album is full of nuance, from the sheer array of instrumentation to its affective emotional dynamics.

Flowing out of a period of stillness, Azniv Korkejian’s fourth LP dusts up a world of childhood innocence as it diverges from the folk-pop tradition—and her own catalog—of lovelorn intensity.

The Brooklyn band bring more dimension to their sound on a magnetic second record that’s framed by a mix of analog technology and Y2K aesthetics.

Penetratingly exact and proudly undefinable, Nick Llobet’s first album since expanding the project to a duo adds more definition to the sinewy, searching palette of their previous material.

The cocktail of frustration, insecurity, and lust that courses through the Brighton quartet’s buzzing and adventurous second album mirrors the trajectory of an energetic night out.

Sounding like a band well into their second decade of existence, the London-based dream-pop trio stretch each song on their debut without ever letting them overstay their welcome.