Abigail Lapell, whose new album “Shadow Child” is out now, selects ten meaningful objects from her home for KLOF’s Off the Shelf series. Her picks span a wooden dala horse picked up in Stockholm while touring with baby Charlie, sand timers that help with focus, marionettes from a favourite music video, and the hood ornament of a beloved camper van.

Félicia Atkinson announces “SANS VISAGE,” a reimagined score for Georges Franju’s 1960 horror “Les yeux sans visage,” out June 26 via Viernulvier Records. Following her recent collaboration with Christina Vantzou, the 34-minute album embeds piano in electroacoustic textures and is dedicated to Gisèle Pelicot. Lead preview “Les Yeux II” is available to hear now.

Sofra Trio release their debut EP “New Dawn” today via Worlds Within Worlds — a powerful meeting of musical traditions from Syria, Türkiye and the Balkans. Recorded live in a single take in Helsinki, the trio of Melisa Yıldırım (kamancha), Merve Abdurrahmani (piano) and Hadi Hrekes (percussion) move fluidly between composition and improvisation.

Henry Parker’s “The Dark Peak” delivers pristine, impeccably fingerpicked acoustic music recorded on the moors of the Peak District. An educated, high-end player, Parker shows a broad skillset and technical prowess throughout, without being overly flashy. With tight melodies and wonderfully evocative natural sounds permeating the songs, this mini-album is a gem.

Daisy Rickman and Magpahi take a side each on “Ceremonial County Series Vol.XXIII,” the penultimate volume in this extensive Folklore Tapes’ series. Rickman’s piece ties East Sussex bonfire myths to pagan ritual, building an immersive wave of sound. Magpahi summons a malevolent Lancashire water spirit. A startling slice of psych-folk that slips easily between worlds — the unearthly charms of weird England.

Trans folksinger Creekbed Carter Hogan announces “Peasants Revolt”, out 24th July via Gar Hole Records. The lead single “Cutbank of Cleves” — paired with a video directed and edited by Lexi Kiecker — finds Hogan playing court jester in the halls of a dying empire, sketching a rollicking medieval-Americana fable for an age of upheaval, transition and collective survival.

Setting’s self-titled second studio album sees the North Carolina-based experimental trio of Nathan Bowles, Jaime Fennelly and Joe Westerlund, distilling their blend of acoustic instrumentation, cassette loops and electronics to thrilling effect. The intricate detailing and impeccable construction, along with a clear confidence across the five songs, make “Setting” their clearest expression yet — without a doubt, the perfect title.

Teddy Thompson’s latest album, Never Be The Same, digs back into rockier seams for his first album of original material since 2020. With influences ranging from Crowded House and The Beatles to his father Richard Thompson, these songs explore love, change and the passage of time. The album title may speak of flux, but Thompson’s brilliance remains predictably constant throughout.

Peals — the Baltimore duo of William Cashion (Future Islands) and Bruce Willen (Double Dagger) — return on 31st July via Thrill Jockey with twin live albums: “The Compound 76” on limited LP and “Le Pantoum 46” digitally. Lead single “Essential Attitudes” comes from a 2016 set at Baltimore’s The Compound, with the digital album drawn from a 2013 Quebec City performance.

Sir Richard Bishop returns to Drag City on July 31st with “Hillbilly Erotica”, a sequel of sorts to 2025’s “Hillbilly Ragas”. Eight tracks, one acoustic guitar, no overdubs — and save for the closing piece, entirely improvised. Bishop again wrangles with John Fahey’s “American Primitive” tag, finding clearings, hills and valleys glimpsed in the distance… Watch his video for the lead single “Finger, Tennessee”.

Following his place on KLOF Mag’s Albums of the Year 2025 with “Fiery Gizzard” — leaning into the weird and psychedelic side of Old-time music — Joseph Decosimo returns with a solo guitar take on “Cumberland Gap,” filmed in his Durham backyard amid white-throated sparrows. The multi-instrumentalist (“fiddle, banjo, guitar, droney things”) is also touring the UK this month (May 2026) with Joe Danks.

Shearwater announce their new album “The New World,” due July 31st via their own Polyborus label in partnership with Secretly Distribution. Jonathan Meiburg’s long-running outfit shares singles “More and More” and “Daydream Unbeliever,” with the latter, accompanied by a video Meiburg filmed and edited during research in Antarctica, billows out with classic Shearwater grandeur — soaring strings, a gong smashed by Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart.