Albums in Stores – Aug 29th, 2025

Things I’m Checking Out This Week

Sabrina Carpenter
Everything’s Fine EP
The Beaches
Margo Price
Bryan Adams
Bony Macaroni
Halsey (10 year Anniversary Badlands)
Have Mercy
Ron Sexsmith
The Beths
The Hives
Zach Top
Katie Noel EP
Belmont EP

 

Foot Ox - A Lighthouse with Silver Dog Eyes (PDX folk/folk punk)
Ganser - Animal Hospital (indie rock/post punk)
Pinkshift - Earthkeeper (punk/alt rock)
The Beths - Straight Line Was a Lie (indie/power pop)
CMAT - EURO-COUNTRY (country inspired alt pop)
Nova Twins - Parasites & Butterflies (alt rock/alt metal)
Margo Price - Hard Headed Woman (americana/folk)
Slow Crush - Thirst (shoegaze)
Merci, Mercy - Don’t Take It to Heart (alt pop)
Hayley Williams - Ego Death at a Bachelor Party
Retirement Party - Nothing to Hear Without a Sound EP (emo/pop punk)
Kacy Hill - But Anyway, No Worries! EP (folk pop)

 

End It

 

the beths!

 

Runnner
Blood Orange
TTSSFU
Slow Crush
Aïda Mekonnen Caby
The Beths

 

THE STORY SO FAR! Damn this is such a treat. Love the amount of vocal effect on Parker’s voice. Wonderfully mixed and mastered live record.

 

END IT
SABRINA

withpaperwings
Decayer

 

TSSF live album sounds great. The Beaches album is a fun listen. Have Mercy album is their best in over 10 years. Fantastic week for new music.

 

Happy Friday folks! Plenty of new stuff out today to enjoy.

For a more extensive list of new albums and EPs than what's already listed in the main post, you can check out my release schedule spreadsheet which includes stuff released so far in 2025 and currently beyond as far as February 2026.

It also includes stuff that's expected and/or speculated for release with a supporting source link where available.

SINGLES:
50 Lions (feat. Parkway Drive)
8th Deadly Sin
A Life Aligned
abandcalledlove.
Ablaze In Veins
Absence Of Despair
Actor Observer
Advents
Alabama Shakes
Alterium
American Theory
Andromida
Annisokay
The Apotheosis
The Anxiety Effect
Arankai (feat. Josh Mowery)
Ashnikko
Avatar
Bad Blood Exhaust
Bad Plans
Bad/Love
The Beaches
The Berries
The Beths
Black Orchid Empire
Bloodred Hourglass
The Bloody Beetroots (feat. PENGSHUi)
Bon Jovi (Two songs)
Bowling For Soup (Live)
Braindead
Call Me Karizma
Caskets
Catapults
Centrilia
Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo
cheerbleederz
Chidori
City State
Civil Service
Combichrist
The Comfort
The Coursing (Two songs)
The Criticals
Crying Tomorrow
Cyan Kicks
Darlah
Decayer
Defecto
Dematerialize (feat. Bind The Sacrifice)
The Devil’s Trade
Die Krupps
Die Spitz
Divine Hatred
Don Broco
Downswing (feat. Colorblind)
Dying In Designer
Dying Wish
Elizabeth Rose
ENMY
Ethodoryah
Fall Out Boy
FigureItOut
Floya (feat. Grumble Bee & Airports)
Geese
Glae
Going Off
Gold Steps
Greywind
GRVNT
guardin
Gut Health
Halocene
The Hara
Hardy (feat. Ernest)
Harroway
Hayley Williams (Paramore)
here/now
Honeyglaze
Hostile Array
Hunny
I Am Waiting For You Last Summer
I Set My Friends On Fire (Remix)
Ida Maria
Igorrr
The John Candy
Johnny 3 Tears (Hollywood Undead)
Jouska
Khaos Theory
King 810
Knockout Concept
Knorkator
LaLion
Left IV Dead
Leisure Hour
Less Than Hollow
Let Me Bleed
Lifespark.
Magg Dylan
Man With A Mission
Maruja
MC Lars
Melancolia (feat. Moodring)
Miracle Of Sound
Miss May I
Mudvayne
Negatives
Nova Twins
Novacub
Novelty Island
NYOS
One Of Many
Ousted
Paint Me Crimson
The Paradox
PeelingFlesh (feat. Embryectomy)
Pinghost
PRDX
Problem Patterns
Projector
Pupil Slicer
Red In Summer
Reece Young
Reid Henry (feat. Sever The Day)
Revenira
Revolution Paradise
Rise In Vein
RORY
Sable Hills (feat. John Henry)
Saint Agnes
Sainthood Reps (feat. Balance And Composure)
Scaler
Scars Remain
Seafret
SEES
Serj Tankian (System Of A Down)
Set Before Us
SFINX
Shields
Silly Goose
silversglass
Slipknot (Demo)
Softspoken
Soulfly
The Sound Of Animals Fighting (Two songs)
Southpaw FLHC
Spite
Spoon (Two songs)
Starset
Stellar Circuits
Stillbirth
Stoned Jesus
Strawberry Lace
SVICIDVL
SWARM6IX
Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers
Thrice
Throat
Torizon
TRSH
Twin Rova
TX2 (feat. DeathbyRomy)
Under Black Sky
Unwell
Upchuck
Valiant Hearts
VCTMS
Venus & The Flytraps
Vermilion
The Vintage Caravan
Void Deliverance
Voila (feat. WesGhost)
VOWWS
What Lies Below
Without Me
YMNKY!
Zero 9:36

As always, all of the above singles are available to stream from my #NewMusicFriday playlist (below) which gets completely updated every single Friday, so feel free to follow/like it and you're all set.

If you don't want to risk missing it, you can also sign up to my mailing list and I'll email it out to you every Friday along with a list of that week’s new album and EP releases.

 

Belmont isn’t until next week isn’t it?

 

Have Mercy's new album is already one of my favourites of the year. This Could Be Gold might be a top 5 Have Mercy song.

 

Puppet - Victory

 

Haha since It’s coming out before next Friday I connected it to this week’s releases. But you are right it comes out Thursday Sept 4th

 

Kyle Clark - I Hope You Will Be Someday
Zach Top - Ain't In it For My Health

 

END IT

ZACH TOP

 

Pinkshift
Hayley Williams

 

The Beths, The Casket Lottery, Retirement Party. Hell yeah!

 

Have Mercy and The Technicolors

 

Bad Bad Hats just did a 10 year release of Psychic Reader and it has a bunch of artists covering the songs:

1. Midway (Hippo Campus Version)
2. Shame (Gully Boys Version)
3. Joseph (Ratboys Version)
4. Psychic Reader (Party Nails Version)
5. Fight Song (The Ophelias Version)
6. Things We Never Say (Mom Jeans Version)
7. Cruella (Sombear Remix)
8. Say Nothing (Cumulus Version)
9. All-Nighter (Squirrel Flower Version)
10. Spin (The Front Bottoms Version)
11. Psychic Reader (deep glens Remix)

 

Hell yes.

 

Have Mercy!