After travelling the globe we're back with the latest episode ever. Whatever! Who cares! Any other month I probably would've just skipped it but July was full of pretty vital releases so I had to record this one. This month was filled with reminders of why I love music, but also some unfortunate reminders of why I hate the machine that exists around music. The future of this show is in jeopardy! Maybe. Possibly. Probably not. RIP to BrooklynVegan though. Fuck you Good Charlotte! Albums discussed below:

Ariana Grande - petal

Charli xcx - Music, Fashion, Film

Four Tet's Wingding Alias's Debut Album

Kelela - new avatar

Loathe - A Stranger To You

Sallow Moth - Hydrophilous Brood

SNAG - All The Cages Holding Us Will One Day Turn To Dust

The Strokes - Reality Awaits

Halfway through 2026! You can listen to other podcasts for retrospectives of all the crazy shit that has happened so far this year, but the one thing I'm sure we all have in common is agreeing that so far, the year has....not been great! I'm talking about the music. As in the new music this year so far hasn't been great. Was that clear? Other podcasts that specialize in a topic... as, I guess, most do, if asked their feelings about the first half of the year, would say it wasn't great. So would this one. Why am I even doing this? I barely talk about this in the episode. Instead I talk about the albums below!

Chanel Beads - Your Day Will Come

Converge - Hum of Hurt

Nirosta Steel - MY SKYSCRAPER

Olivia Rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love

Soft Curse - Liminal Ritual

Truck Violence - The weathervane is my body

Quiet Fear - La Tierra Arriva / El Abismo Abajo

Warning - Rituals of Shame

I'm almost as shocked as you are that this episode exists. I had to reach into my deepest depths to drag this one out of me. And I'm glad I did. Recording these is fun! Probably a lot more fun than actually listening to it anyway. I wouldn't know to be honest. Anyway, here we are. Let's talk about May. When I actually had an opportunity to listen to them, there were actually a lot of great albums in May! A few that will certainly stand the test of time as the year goes on, which is something I haven't been able to say about most records I've heard this year. Plus Drake. Albums discussed below!

Boards of Canada - Inferno

Drake - Habibti

Drake - Iceman

Drake - Maid of Honour

Elder - Through Zero

Iceage - For the Love of Grace & the Hereafter

Koyo - Barely There

Panopticon - Det hjemsøkte hjertet

Pharmacist - Vertebrae After Vertebrae

Static Dress - Injury Episode

Visible Cloaks - Paradessence