Every Friday, we challenge ourselves to sift through new music releases and curate a list of albums we think you should be listening to. 

This week brings the return of Robert Smith & Co’s The Cure after sixteen long years without an album. Songs of a Lost World is a sweeping, melancholic dive into the band’s iconic sound. Roy Blair’s Chasing Moving Trains offers a refreshingly raw blend of alternative pop and hip-hop, with introspective lyrics navigating love, loss, and self-discovery themes.

OMBIIGIZI unveils Shame, a powerful collaboration between Anishnaabe artists blending punk, post-rock, and traditional Indigenous sounds to create raw and reflective music. Haley Heynderickx’s Seed of a Seed radiates with her signature gentle folk melodies, delivering warm, introspective songs that explore personal growth and inner peace.

Mount Eerie’s Night Palace is a sombre, atmospheric journey into existential themes, with minimalistic arrangements that heighten Phil Elverum’s reflective, poetic lyrics. Closing out the week, Tribulation’s Sub Rosa in Æternum merges gothic metal with intricate melodies, creating a darkly enchanting, intense, and immersive soundscape.

Tap your favourite music app, put those headphones on, and listen to some new music you hopefully discover for the first time. See below for this week's recommendations.

THE CURE – SONGS OF A LOST WORLD

Genre: Gothic Rock / Post-Punk
Label: Universal Music

ROY BLAIR – CHASING MOVING TRAINS

Genre: Bedroom Pop
Label: Warner Music

OMBIIGIZI – SHAME

Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Arts & Crafts

HALEY HEYNDERICKX – SEED OF A SEED

Genre: Indie Folk
Label: Mama Bird Recording Co.

MOUNT EERIE – NIGHT PALACE

Genre: Indie Folk
Label: P.W. Elverum & Sun Ltd.

TRIBULATION – SUB ROSA IN ÆTERNUM

Genre: Black Metal
Label: Century Media