Album of the Week

Every album that’s earned Treble’s coveted Album of the Week designation.

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Bedsore – Hypnagogic Hallucinations

The Italian death metal band’s debut album evokes vivid horror art cinema in their psychedelic compositions.

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Album of the Week: Nicolas Jaar – Telas

Jaar’s third album in one year (so far) is one of his most fascinating and enigmatic.

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Album of the Week: Skeleton – Skeleton

A short, ripping debut from the Austin metal trio—one that’s definitely going to sound great live.

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Special Interest – The Passion Of

The New Orleans band rebuild punk rock in their own image on their intense second LP.

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The Japanese trio’s surprise new release is the most punk they’ve ever sounded.

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As celebratory a set of sounds as the Venezuelan producer has ever put to tape.

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Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher

Bridgers’ sophomore album, for all its heaviness and sorrow, is a source of hope rather than despair.

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Run the Jewels – RTJ4

Killer Mike and El-P deliver their fourth, forceful set of topical and speaker-destroying apocalypse boom-bap.

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Album of the Week: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways to New Italy

The Australian band’s sophomore full-length is both a homecoming and a cathartic release of energy.

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Album of the Week: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Reunions

Isbell’s latest more fully feels like the work of a proper band, one whose sound truly comes into its own here.

Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

The light outweighs the darkness for the first time on this stunning new record from Mike Hadreas.

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Album of the Week: Moses Sumney – græ: Part Two

The second half of the singer/songwriter’s epic, transcedent double-LP reveals the expanse of his vision.

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Album of the Week: Wailin Storms – Rattle

The North Carolina group’s third album is a potent noise-rock exorcism.

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Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Apple’s long-awaited fifth album is the most potent distillation of her essence yet.

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Oranssi Pazuzu – Mestarin Kynsi

The Finnish band explore new stretches of dark, cosmic psych-metal on their fifth album.

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Album of the Week: Rina Sawayama – SAWAYAMA

The pop artist’s full-length debut finds her emerging fully formed with a mesmerizing set of songs.

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Yves Tumor – Heaven to a Tortured Mind

The art pop iconoclast changes shape once again, fully embracing their inner rock star.

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Thundercat – It Is What It Is

The bass virtuoso offers a strong but concise balance of grief with silliness on some of his most enjoyable songs to date.

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Album of the Week: Half Waif – The Caretaker

Nandi Rose’s fourth album finds her delivering her most poetic vision to date.

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Shabaka and the Ancestors – We Are Sent Here by History

A powerful, emotional spiritual jazz album that reflects the tension of our times.