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Visionary artist Jesca Hoop returns on 1st May with Long Wave Home, her first self-produced album. Captured during a camper van journey across England, the record blends innovative folk with deep interpersonal reflection. Alongside the announcement, Hoop shared the lead single “Designer Citizen” and a 10-date UK tour for May, including London’s iconic Union Chapel.

North Carolina-based Natalie Jane Hill returns with “Colors,” a wise, tender single from her upcoming album Hopeful Woman, out March 6 on Dear Life Records. Blending her folk-primitive guitar style with a live ensemble featuring Mat Davidson, the track explores the vibrant rush of new love balanced with personal boundaries. Hill supports Ray LaMontagne across the UK and Ireland this spring.

Chicago composer Joshua Abrams (Natural Information Society) has announced Music for Pulse Meridian Foliation, out March 27 on Drag City. Originally written for Lisa Alvarado’s REDCAT exhibition, the 35-minute composition for violas, harmonium, and electronics explores “Nepantla”—a transformative space between the conscious and unconscious. Abrams has shared a music video for the new single edit, “Music for Pulse Meridian Foliation (brief immersion).”

Franco-Australian duo Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard announce their third album, Window Tax, out 24 April via Talitres. The news arrives with a video for lead single “Supermarket,” directed by Cyril “Pooley” Jean. An uptempo “pop reverie” recorded with producer Mike Lindsay (Tunng), the track explores a surreal tale of obsession and rejection.

Recorded live at Bill Laswell’s Orange Studios, the Manhattan collective Nevaris share “Remedy – Live,” a further glimpse into their upcoming SoundSession EP. Eschewing digital edits for raw, synchronous energy, the nine-piece ensemble blends Afro-Latin, dub, and funk. Their improvisational “healing grooves,” capture a potent moment of pure, real-time connection and creativity.

Following Âge Fleuve, Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains returns with Halage (out April 3rd). Rooted in the Landes region, the album shifts toward a propulsive, electronic-driven sound. New single and visualiser “Peaux Miroirs,” a collaboration with David Numwami with subtle electronic production Luca Derom and Emile Papandréou, explores identity through atmospheric shadowplay. It’s a vibrant, fluid crossroads of indie pop and folktronica, merging dream with reality.

Marking 125 years since Ernest Shackleton’s Discovery expedition, Georgia Shackleton announces her new album, From the Floorboards–featuring a violin crafted from the explorer’s own floorboards. Accompanied by a haunting live performance of “Ice King” filmed aboard the RRS Discovery, it follows her solo debut Harry’s Seagull, praised as “one of the freshest and most appealing folk albums of the year.” This new voyage explores endurance, exploration, and our living seas.

Cincinnati folk duo The Montvales have announced their third album, Path of Totality, arriving March 20 via Free Dirt. Reuniting with producer Mike Eli LoPinto, the duo shares the haunting lead single and video, “World of Trouble.” Written during the 2024 eclipse amidst national upheaval, the track positions Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson as cultural witnesses to a changing world.

Supersonic Festival returns to Digbeth on April 25–26, 2026, for a special limited edition. The lineup features the premiere of Microplastics (aya, 96 back, Jennifer Walton), alongside the “Lynchian” doom-folk of ØXN, Traidora, a queer four-piece led by Eva Leblanc, the plunderphonics of Milkweed and more. This “creative hub” continues its resistance against gentrification, prioritising raw, uncompromising music and collective, joyous catharsis.

Following his 2024 debut, Backwater Collage, James Hoare (Ultimate Painting, Veronica Falls) returns as Penny Arcade. Watch the video for “Rear View Mirror”, the lead single from his forthcoming album ‘Double Exposure,’ which arrives on April 17th via Tapete Records. Described as a hallucinogenic journey through English psychedelia and lo-fi experimentation, the album prioritises immediacy over perfection; an album high on vibe.

Yorkshire singer-songwriter Chris Brain announces his new album, Red Sun Rising, out May 1st on Big Sun Records. Rooted in the British pastoral tradition, the record explores themes of hope and renewal through intimate acoustic textures. “…The red sun will always rise in the east and set in the west—a reminder that we all want the same things from life.”

Philadelphia indie stalwart Michael Cormier-O’Leary has announced his new solo EP, Proof Enough, arriving February 25 via Dear Life Records. Featuring lead single “Marilyn,” a haunting three-part harmony exploration of family domesticity, the six-track collection blends autobiography with speculative fiction. Recorded largely in his basement, the EP serves as a raw, intimate testament to the complexities of familial bonds.