What’s new this New Music Friday?

New Music Friday albums 💿

Forged from fearlessness and composed of equal parts reflection and ferocity, the ever stalwart Queens of the Stone Age unveil Perfecth. With the title representing imperfection and honesty, their ninth studio album is inspired by Kintsugi – the Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics by filling the cracks with gold, reflecting the idea something new and beautiful is moulded through repair. Their last LP – In Times New Roman… from 2023 – peaked at Number 2 on the Official Albums Chart. Can they go one better and secure a second chart-topping record? 

Dominic Fike has come up with the cure on How To Quit Smoking. The follow up to Sunburn, he will be looking for his maiden appearance inside the Albums Chart Top 40. 2026 has been somewhat of a comeback year for the Florida-born star, as both 2018’s Babydoll and 2025’s White Keys broke the Top 10 on the Official Singles Chart. 

One of the biggest rock band’s of all time in Nickelback, reveal Everything Under The Sun. The albums embraces everything the Canadian four-piece embody: towering arena anthems and massive guitars, to intimate moments, undeniable melodies and deeply personal songwriting.

The Snuts eye that dopamine hit on Joy In Short Moments. Written after frontman Jack Cochrane moved home to West Lothian and became a father, this personal project explores what matters once the constant motion stops.

Cochrane said: “After three records of constant motion, I felt pulled back towards real life. Success, failure, parenthood and loss all found their way into these songs. This album is about reconnecting with what matters and learning to find meaning in the small things, while still asking the big questions: Who am I? Where should I be? Where am I going? What makes it all worthwhile?”. 

Nina with the Nina: Nines is back. The UK rapper comes out of early retirement and presents Young Nina – the mixtape he created when he was just 14-years-old. The release includes tracks featuring the likes of Likkle T, Tuff and Baloo. 

Aussie outfit Radio Free Alice are making some SERIOUS noise in the UK, and their first full release What’s In Between promises to live up to these expectations. Filled with this cinematic energy that gives a nod to a classic indie sound, the future looks bright for these four lads from Melbourne. 

Leigh-Anne will release an extended edition of her Top 5 album My Ego Told Me To comprising four brand-new tracks, including a feature from Kojey Radical. 

Pop music’s IT boy Haiden Henderson unleashes maiden LP, bleach. The release is an exploration of sex, masculinity, desire, and self-discovery that never takes itself too seriously, with Haiden constantly pushing the boundaries of what a modern male pop star can say, sound, and look like. 

Look out for other big releases coming from the likes of Editors (Surface, Echo & Sound), Chloe Qisha (Fantasize), David Archuleta (Warm Me Up), DIIV (ZIRP!) and Dustin Lynch (Clean Slate). 

New Music Friday singles 🎶

Gracie Abrams returns to the fray, just over four months on from her album Daughter From Hell hitting Number 1 with fresh creation, Here You Come, There You Go. 

Belfast faction Esmerelda Road drop their first new music of 2026 with the emotionally charged single, Here Honey. Teased on social media for the past few weeks, the excitement around this release has been palpable and we at Official Charts can’t wait to see what comes next. 

Legendary duo Everything But The Girl announced their 12th studio album Blue Reservoir alongside lead track, Young And Dumb. The couple, who made a miraculous comeback in 2023 after 24 years away, commented on the new song saying, “The lyric is very direct. It’s about being in the place and time we’re in now, and having that feeling of wishing that you could go back in time but you can’t so you try to live your life with the same energy and passion that you had when you were young”. 

London trio bumb draw back the curtain on every time we talk, a raw indie ballad about the pull of a relationship that keeps causing pain. Moreover, French act Justice release the latest tune from the GTA VI soundtrack titled Pusher featuring Gesaffelstein. 

5 Seconds of Summer and their CLUBSOS VOL.1 collection hits playlists this week, as Clementine Douglas presents Butterflies off her first-ever EP as a solo artist, Trust. 

Fresh from playing two intimate sold-out warm up shows last week, Enter Shikari surprise us with Lightyears. Frontman Rou, said: “Lightyears is not only me speaking to loved ones who are no longer with us, it’s also me speaking to my former self. Seeing the innocence and fragility of who you were as a child is often something recommended in psychotherapy in order to recalibrate how you treat yourself now. It can quieten what can often be a relentlessly critical and mean inner voice. This felt like a literal and stark version of that.”

More artists to keep on your radar include Skye Newman (Survival), Little Grandad (A Minute on the Lips), DARA (BAD IDEA), Cher Lloyd (Time Feels Right), Yee Loi (Miraclist), Gigi Perez (Favor), Chvrches (Overthinker) and horsegiirL (key2luv). 

New songs, albums and DVDs released this week – October 30 2026: