13 New Albums for Summer 2026
As always, these are the ones that I'm not going to jump on immediately after release, but will wait until they are all out and have a big (almost) two-week-long listening session. Some of these I'll probably have to review as well. The list is chronological based on the date of release |
| 1 |  | Modest Mouse
An Eraser and a Maze
Christbait, thanks for the review and for keeping my hopes up |
| 2 |  | Rosa Walton
Tell Me It’s A Dream
A solo project from the other half of "Let's Eat Grandma" duo. I'll probably have to review this one since I covered Jenny's debut |
| 3 |  | Converge
Hum of Hurt
Love that they did two albums in one year |
| 4 |  | The Hardkiss
Grey Hound
A Ukrainian synth-pop band with great hooks and powerful vocals. The plan is to review their previous LP and then this one, but that's not for the immediate future. |
| 5 |  | Deep Purple
SPLAT!
I'll probably have to review this one if nobody beats me to it. It feels wrong that a Deep Purple album doesn't have a review on Sputnik |
| 6 |  | Loathe (UK)
A Stranger to You
Cool that people mostly like this one. |
| 7 |  | The Menzingers
Everything I Ever Saw
Planning to do a full discography run and then get to the new one. My first exposure to the band, only heard an odd single or two so far. |
| 8 |  | Phoebe Bridgers
Lost Weekend
Finally! I've been waiting for this one, love Phoebe! |
| 9 |  | Brandon Flowers
Thrasher |
| 10 |  | The Afghan Whigs
Soft Control
It took me a while to get into this particular (formerly?) Sputcore band, but these guys are good. |
| 11 |  | Flotsam and Jetsam
Rats In The Temple |
| 12 |  | Hackett and Rothery
The Roaring Waves
Rothery did a great collaboration with Thorsten Quaeschning from Tangerine Dream last year, under the Bioscope moniker, and now it's time for another instrumental project with another prog legend. I'll probably write a review if nobody else cares to do it |
| 13 |  | Kamelot
Dark Asylum
This is the most anticipated album of the summer for me, even beats Converge. Wouldn't want to review this one, though |
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