Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But while some of our Editors and Contributors sit down gleefully each week to dive into this newly stocked treasure trove, others find themselves drawing a blank at the end of the month due to the breakneck pace needed to keep up to date with what’s been released. Which brings us to this Heavy Blog PSA: a weekly roundup of new albums which pares down the week’s releases to only our highest recommendations. Here you’ll find full album/single streams, pre-order links and, most importantly, a collection of albums that could very well earn a spot on your year-end list. Enjoy!
All Your Sisters – Trust Ruins (darkwave, post-punk)
Am Fost La Munte Și Mi-a Plăcut – La Deal (post-rock, prog rock)
Asuna & Jan Jelinek – Signals Bulletin (ambient, drone)
Big Business – The Beast You Are (sludge metal, stoner rock)
Black Flower – Future Flora (Afro-jazz, jazz-funk)
Blankenberge – More (dream pop, post-rock)
Bloodjob – Sick Concept Humanity (brutal death metal)
Broken Social Scene – Let’s Try the After – Vol. 2 (indie pop, indie rock)
The Budos Band – The Budos Band V (jazz-funk, jazz fusion)
Devour the Unborn – Liturgy of Irreverent Oblation (brutal death metal, slam)