{"id":542857,"date":"2026-07-10T14:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542857\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T14:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:48:21","slug":"best-new-albums-this-week-kelela-baby-rose-jack-white-david-holmes-panda-bear-and-sonic-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542857\/","title":{"rendered":"Best New Albums This Week: Kelela, Baby Rose, Jack White, David Holmes, Panda Bear and Sonic Boom …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nialler9 keeps a rolling list of Irish album releases for 2026.<\/a><\/p>\n

New Albums + EPs<\/p>\n

Album of the week:<\/p>\n

Kelela \u2013\u00a0new avatar<\/p>\n

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The long-awaited third album from Kelela, her first full-length since 2023\u2019s\u00a0Raven. Kelela has spent well over a decade building one of the most singular voices in contemporary R&B, threading club-adjacent production, ambient patience and emotionally direct writing through a body of work that has become steadily more essential with each release.<\/p>\n

new avatar\u00a0is another top tier album from one of the great modern voices \u2013 this time pairing iced-cool synths with minimal beats and lots of grungy guitar texture \u2013 creating a whole new shoegaze R&B sound (with elements of witch house even? \u2013 Burial is getting mentions too), for that voice to do its significant business. <\/p>\n

In case you haven\u2019t guessed, Kelela possesses one of my favourite voices and new avatar is no different in terms of the quality she has displayed since the 2013 Cut 4 Me <\/a>mixtape.<\/p>\n

AK Paul features on \u2018outta time\u2019,bringing another distinct sound world \u2013 The Paul Institute to this character\u2019s orbit, Foush\u00e9e guests on \u2018new life forms\u2019 and Pinkpantheress features on The Bridge\u2019.<\/p>\n

new avatar by Kelela<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Kelela<\/p>\n

David Holmes \u2013\u00a0Trespasses\u00a0(Original Score)<\/p>\n

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The soundtrack album from the Belfast-born composer David Holmes and Brian Irvine for the BBC adaptation of Louise Kennedy\u2019s novel\u00a0Trespasses, now available on Bandcamp on Holmes\u2019 new label Dream Drama. Holmes\u2019s score for the series won the 2026 Ivor Novello for Best Television Soundtrack, and it stands as another instalment in one of the most essential composer careers to come out of Ireland in recent decades. <\/p>\n

Vocals on the record are by R\u00f3is<\/a> and Cian Nugent<\/a> plays acoustic guitar.<\/p>\n

Trespasses (Original Score) by David Holmes, Brian Irvine<\/a><\/p>\n

Baby Rose \u2013\u00a0YEARNALISM<\/p>\n

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The Washington DC Atlanta-based singer has one of the most arresting voices in contemporary R&B \u2013 deep, weathered, the definition of a proper soul voice \u2013\u00a0her 2024 EP collaboration with BadBadNotGood was a hit around these parts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new album YEARNALISM is a follow-up to 2023\u2019s much-loved\u00a0Through and Through. Rose\u2019s voice is one of the most immediately recognisable in contemporary soul, deep and unhurried, and her writing has consistently paired that instrument with real emotional weight. One of the more warmly anticipated soul records of the summer.<\/p>\n

YEARNALISM by Baby Rose<\/a><\/p>\n

Jack White \u2013\u00a0Frozen Charlotte<\/p>\n

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The new album from Jack White, the follow-up to 2024\u2019s\u00a0No Name. White has kept the release strategy that served him so well on\u00a0No Name: minimum warning, maximum intent. Two years on from his surprise Third Man record shop drop of that album,\u00a0Frozen Charlotte\u00a0arrives with the same restless, garage-rooted directness that has defined his post-Stripes catalogue.<\/p>\n

\"Jack<\/p>\n

Allison Russell \u2013 In The Hour of Chaos<\/p>\n

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The new album from the Grammy-winning Canadian-American singer-songwriter Allison Russell, the follow-up to 2023\u2019s much-loved\u00a0The Returner\u00a0and 2021\u2019s\u00a0Outside Child. Russell has become one of the essential voices in contemporary Americana and soul, threading her work with Our Native Daughters (alongside Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah and Leyla McCalla) into her solo writing with real emotional and political precision.\u00a0In The Hour of Chaos\u00a0arrives with the assumption that Russell will continue to be one of the most singular voices in her lane.<\/p>\n

In the Hour of Chaos by Allison Russell<\/a><\/p>\n

Fathers \u2013 Kenny Blume, Kiefer, Carrtoons, Nate Smith<\/p>\n

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The self-titled debut album from a genuine jazz-and-production supergroup: producer Kenny Beats (Kenneth Blume), keyboardist Kiefer, bassist CARRTOONS (Ben Carr) and drummer Nate Smith, out via Blue Note. Nate Smith originally assembled the core trio for his 2023 Montreal Jazz Festival residency, and further US and Japan touring built the chemistry. The record was tracked in 48 hours at Kenny Beats\u2019 Putnam Hill studio in LA, using a custom-built console the group was ostensibly there to test. The results, led by the single \u2018PEARL\u2019, land in a sweet spot of hook-forward jazz-fusion, LP-jazz-adjacent grooves and beat-maker precision that could not really be made by any other four people. <\/p>\n

\"EYE<\/p>\n

Sad13 \u2013\u00a01331<\/p>\n

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The new album from Sadie Dupuis\u2019s solo project Sad13, the follow-up to 2022\u2019s\u00a0Haunted Painting. Dupuis, best known as the frontperson of Speedy Ortiz, uses the Sad13 project to lean further into synth-led, hook-forward songwriting than Speedy Ortiz\u2019s more guitar-heavy work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

1331 by Sad13<\/a><\/p>\n

Baby Smith \u2013 Lately, Love Is Dead<\/p>\n

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The debut album from the Berlin-based, Australian-born duo Ray Sonder and Saxon Gable aka Baby Smith features blend of indie-rock songcraft, 1960s psychedelia and touches of alt-pop production, has been slowly winning them a devoted following on the wider indieheads-and-Bandcamp underground, and\u00a0Lately, Love Is Dead\u00a0is the first full-length statement of what they can do. A promising debut worth catching at ground level.<\/p>\n

Morgana is a fan.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Baby<\/p>\n

Show Me the Body \u2013\u00a0Alone Together<\/p>\n

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The new album from the NYC hardcore trio Show Me the Body, one of the most confrontational and politically committed bands working in American heavy music. Their catalogue has always sat sideways from the hardcore mainstream, threading banjo, industrial noise and blown-out low end through their attack.\u00a0Alone Together\u00a0arrives with the assumption that Show Me the Body will continue to be one of the more essential live and recorded acts of their ilk.<\/p>\n

Alone Together by Show Me The Body<\/a><\/p>\n

Panda Bear and Sonic Boom \u2013\u00a0A ? of WHEN<\/p>\n

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The third collaborative album from Animal Collective\u2019s Noah Lennox and Spacemen 3 co-founder Peter Kember, the follow-up to their 2022 record\u00a0Reset\u00a0and its 2024 dub companion\u00a0Reset in Dub. The pairing has become a most rewarding creative partnership in modern indie music, threading sunlit \u201960s pop reference points, Beach Boys-adjacent harmonic language and Sonic Boom\u2019s spacious analogue production together into something entirely their own.\u00a0A ? of WHEN\u00a0continues that thread.<\/p>\n

\"Panda<\/p>\n

hackedepicciotto \u2013\u00a0LICHTUNG<\/p>\n

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The new album from the duo of Einst\u00fcrzende Neubauten\u2019s Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto, hackedepicciotto. The pair have been building a strong body of work at the meeting point of drone, noise, ambient and spoken word for years now, and\u00a0LICHTUNG\u00a0continues that catalogue. For fans of the wider Neubauten \/ German experimental lineage this remains essential territory.<\/p>\n

LICHTUNG by hackedepicciotto<\/a><\/p>\n

hackedepicciotto \u2013\u00a0LICHTUNG<\/p>\n

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The new album from the duo of Einst\u00fcrzende Neubauten\u2019s Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto, hackedepicciotto. The pair have been building a strong body of work at the meeting point of drone, noise, ambient and spoken word for years now, and\u00a0LICHTUNG\u00a0continues that catalogue. For fans of the wider Neubauten \/ German experimental lineage this remains essential territory.<\/p>\n

LICHTUNG by hackedepicciotto<\/a><\/p>\n

Cat Power \u2013\u00a0The Greatest\u00a0(20th Anniversary Edition)<\/p>\n

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A 20th anniversary reissue of Chan Marshall\u2019s 2006 landmark\u00a0The Greatest, one of the great American singer-songwriter records of that decade and a proper career-redefining moment for Marshall. The original featured the legendary Memphis Rhythm Band and was produced by Stuart Sikes, and the anniversary edition arrives as a chance to revisit a record that has only grown in stature since.<\/p>\n

A Dublin show with the record performed in full takes place at Vicar Street on Saturday November 7th 2026.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Living<\/p>\n

Also released this week<\/p>\n

A Place To Bury Strangers \u2013 Rare and Deadly<\/p>\n

Chuck Strangers \u2013 Glory of the King\u2019s Hand<\/p>\n

Ellen Allien \u2013 New Life<\/p>\n

Finn Wolfhard \u2013 Fire From The Hip <\/p>\n

Future \u2013 The Real Me<\/p>\n

hackedepicciotto \u2013\u00a0LICHTUNG<\/p>\n

Holy Wave \u2013\u00a0i\u2019m DADA<\/p>\n

Luke Haines \u2013 Izzy Wizzy Let\u2019s Get Busy<\/p>\n

Luluc \u2013 Sweet Thief<\/p>\n

Parts & Labor \u2013 Set of All Sets<\/p>\n

The Rolling Stones \u2013 Foreign Tongues<\/p>\n

Suki Waterhouse \u2013 Loveland<\/p>\n

The-Dream \u2013\u00a0Love\/Hate II<\/p>\n

The Temper Trap \u2013 Sungazer<\/p>\n

Xiu Xiu \u2013\u00a0Eraserhead Xiu Xiu<\/p>\n

ZAINAB \u2013\u00a0Canal View\u00a0EP <\/p>\n

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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005<\/a>. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent,\u00a0 Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter,\u00a0 and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events<\/a> in Dublin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nialler9 keeps a rolling list of Irish album releases for 2026. New Albums + EPs Album of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-542857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}