In this segment, we showcase the most notable albums out each week. Here are the albums out on May 29, 2026:
Boards of Canada, Inferno
Boards of Canada are back with their first LP in 13 years. As much as it mirrors the current cultural hellscape, Inferno is a dense, foreboding 70 minutes, a complete album experience whose intermittent cheerfulness and beauty aren’t vestiges of the past but baked into the same moment. Spanning 18 tracks, it marks the fifth LP by the Scottish duo of brothers Marcus Eoin and Michael Sandison, following 2013’s Tomorrow’s Harvest. Read the full review.
Paul McCartney, The Boys of Dungeon Lane
Paul McCartney takes a trip down memory lane on his twentieth solo album. Preceded by the singles ‘Days We Left Behind’ and ‘Home to Us’, his first-ever duet with Ringo Starr, The Boys of Dungeon Lane was produced with Andrew Watt. Reflecting on the lead track, he said: “This is very much a memory song for me. The album title, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, comes from a lyric in this track. I was thinking just that, about the days I left behind and I do often wonder if I’m just writing about the past but then I think how can you write about anything else? It’s just a lot of memories of Liverpool. It involves a bit in the middle about John and Forthlin Road which is the street I used to live in. Dungeon Lane is near there. I used to live in a place called Speke which is quite working class. We didn’t have much at all but it didn’t matter because all the people were great and you didn’t notice you didn’t have much.”
Iceage, For Love of Grace & the Hereafter
Iceage return with some of their most raucously swaggering music to date on For Love of Grace & the Hereafter. The Danish post-punks previewed the follow-up to 2021’s Seek Shelter – framed as a return to their punky origins – with the singles ‘Ember’, ‘Star’, and ‘The Weak’. “The songs needed to be immediate, urgent, raw, and fast,” frontman Elias Rønnenfelt said in a statement. “We wanted to try to shed any unnecessary weight. Catching outlets of energy is what excites us the most.”
Greg Mendez, Beauty Land
Beauty Land is the Dead Oceans debut by Philadelphia singer-songwriter and DIY fixture Greg Mendez. As tender as it is heart-wrenching, the follow-up to his 2023 self-titled LP was recorded directly to tape in Mendez’s makeshift home studio. “I’m kind of always daunted by starting a new record, but there definitely was an added layer of it,” Mendez said in our Artist Spotlight interview. “Even when I released the self-titled, I didn’t expect as many people to hear it, so this is the first one that I went into making that I knew there was going to be a wider audience than I had thought when I was making the last ones. There’s people who stand to either make or lose money off of it, including me, so there was definitely an added, mostly self-imposed, pressure to have it be good.”
Kurt Vile, Philadelphia’s been good to me
Greg Mendez may be deeply entrenched in Philly’s music scene, but he doesn’t explore his relationship to the city the way Kurt Vile does on Philadelphia’s been good to me. This is the songwriter’s 10th record, ambling gorgeously across twelve tracks. “This is my ‘bringing itall back home to Philly’ record,” Vile said of the (watch my moves) follow-up. “I’m treating it like my last record. I put everything into it. It’s my best vocal record. It’s my best electric guitar record. It’s my most organic record, made in the comfort of my own zone.” He mostly produced the record himself, with assistance from Violators bassist Adam Langellotti, keyboardist Matthew Jugenheimer, drummer Kyle Spence, guitarist Jesse Trbovrich, and longtime Violators boardsman Rob Schnapf.
Kim Petras, Detour
Kim Petras’ Detour is here. The pop singer-songwriter’s latest studio album (and self-proclaimed debut) dives headfirst into electro, not unlike Slayyyter’s WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA did – to much acclaim – a couple of months earlier. Executive produced by Petras and Margo XS, the album, equal parts reckless and reflective, brings together an interesting pool of collaborators, including Frost Children’s Lulu & Angel Prost, Margo Wildman, Madison Love, Nick Weiss, Porches’ Aaron Maine, and more. The late SOPHIE is credited on the track ‘Basketball’ alongside producer/songwriter duo BC Kingdom.
ear, Rumspringa
New York-based electronic duo ear have come through with a new album called Rumspringa via A24 Music. Blearily intimate, Jonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan billed it as a“’choose life’ record” upon announcing it last week. The title refers to a period in the lives of Amish teenagers when they are granted permission to engage in activities typically prohibited by their religion, allowing them to make an informed decision about whether to remain Amish. According to press materials, the period “acts as a metaphorical framework for thinking about what ‘choose life’ means. The complications involve how destructive or beautiful the decision to pursue personal independence is.”
Violet Grohl, Be Sweet to Me
Violet Grohl’s debut album, Be Sweet to Me, is a roaring, fuzzy tribute to her ’90s alt-rock influences. “There’s something so powerful about that period of music, from the messaging to the visuals, it’s authentic and raw,” Grohl said, singing out Pixies, Soundgarden, Cocteau Twins, The Breeders, PJ Harvey, The Muffs, Björk, Alice in Chains, L7, and Juliana Hatfield. “I’ve listened to that stuff since I was a kid,” Grohl says. She recorded the LP with producer Justin Raisen from late 2024 into early 2025, assembling musicians in the spirit of the Wrecking Crew session players from the ’60s and ’70s.
KÁRYYN, PHYSICS UNIVERSAL LOVE LANGUAGE (PULL)
KÁRYYN has returned with a new album, PHYSICS UNIVERSAL LOVE LANGUAGE (PULL). The Syrian Armenian-American artist, producer, and composer executive produced the album with James Ford, enlisting contributions from Hudson Mohawke, Jacques Greene, Raven Bush, Maya Youssef, Marta Salogni, and more. “PULL is about the invisible forces that hold us, break us, and pull us back together,” KÁRYYN explained in a press release. “It’s a framework for understanding my relationship with Self. This record is the sound of my human revolution.”
Francis of Delirium, Run, Run Pure Beauty
Luxembourg-based musician Jana Bahrich has unveiled a new Francis of Delirium album, Run, Run Pure Beauty. The follow-up to 2024’s Lighthouse was produced alongside longtime collaborator Chris Hewett and mixed by Nicolas Vernhes. “Run, Run Pure Beauty can be read as either a warning or a wish,” Bahrich said in a statement. “A warning for the good in the world to run away, protect itself, hide from the hopelessness and darkness that seems inevitable. Or as a wish, for us to run towards the beauty in the world, freely and wildly.”
villagerrr, Carousel
villagerrr – the Columbus, Ohio band led by the songwriter Mark Scott – have dropped a new record, Carousel, via their new label home Winspear. Scott pieced the album together over the course of two years, beginning the songs alone at home before emailing them to friends like Boone Patrello of Teethe. The results are open-hearted and tenderly expansive. “I got really excited about how many of my friends were down to play on this album,” Scott reflected. “I didn’t grow up around a lot of musicians. Now, even after just a few years of playing shows, I’ve met so many people who are all trying to play with each other. If you make something that they like, and you like their stuff, it’s as easy as reaching out and asking if they want to collaborate.”
Other albums out today:
Turnover, Down on Earth; Rare DM, Attention; Willie Nelson, Dream Chaser; Alana Springsteen, I Hope This Helps; Doublespeak, Doublespeak; Latto, Big Mama; Elder, Through Zero; The Bug Club, Every Single Muscle; David Torn, now i imagine a place not the same; Shinedown, EI8HT; Sparta, Cut a Silhouette; Columbia Icefield, A Silence Opens.
