{"id":2060370,"date":"2025-09-30T19:39:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2060370"},"modified":"2025-09-30T19:39:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:39:18","slug":"10-great-albums-you-may-have-missed-in-the-last-three-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/10-great-albums-you-may-have-missed-in-the-last-three-months\/","title":{"rendered":"10 great albums you may have missed in the last three months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>In recent months on Dazed, we\u2019ve looked at <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/68637\/1\/onefour-interview-look-at-me-now-sydney-drill-censorship-australia\"><span>how Australian drill group ONEFOUR fought censorship \u2013 and won<\/span><\/a><span>. We\u2019ve also ranked <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/68625\/1\/ranked-robyn-5-best-tracks-call-your-girlfriend-dancing-on-my-own\"><span>Robyn\u2019s 5 best tracks<\/span><\/a><span>, documented <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/68748\/1\/playbody-the-club-night-bringing-connection-back-to-the-dancefloor\"><span>playbody: the club night bringing connection back to the dancefloor<\/span><\/a><span>, and hosted a head-to-head conversation between <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/68635\/1\/cortisa-star-opia-interview-autumn-2025\"><span>Cortisa Star and OPIA<\/span><\/a><span>. We\u2019ve also got a new Dazed Mix from <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/68599\/1\/dazed-mix-claire-rousay-texas-folk-ambient\"><span>claire rousay.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>We\u2019re three-quarters of the way through 2025, and as we race towards the new year, all bets are off. Despite the sometimes unspoken uncertainties that colour the day-to-day realities of many, music continues to offer the potential for shared communal spaces and serve as a source of collective solace. That said, the global music community still faces ongoing economic challenges related to touring, releasing, and promoting music. Tough conversations are happening, and many more will follow. Regardless of the difficulty setting, however, new and under-discussed talents from the world of underground music continue to use connection and craft to find their way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For the third edition of our quarterly roundup for 2025, we continue to reflect on and acknowledge musicians, artists, producers, and DJs from around the globe, all with strong communities, real visions, and important statements to make. Here are ten essential Q3 releases, all available on Bandcamp.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3301990998\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/valesuchi.bandcamp.com\/album\/futuro-cercano\">Futuro Cercano by Valesuchi<\/a><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>The Chilean producer and DJ exploring the slipstreams between techno and IDM across Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>In Valesuchi\u2019s hands, everything old is new again, and everything new could be a pathway back to somewhere ancient and deeply felt. On her second album, <\/span><em><span>Futuro Cercano<\/span><\/em><span>, she imagines braindance and body music as one and the same, while integrating a disparate range of influences drawn from different eras, genres and geographic regions. Across the rolling percussive grooves of \u201cL.O.S\u201d and the jacked-up marching synth-funk qualities of \u201cFortune\u201d, you can hear and feel something close to a genuine cyborg embrace. If you\u2019re looking for big ideas and even bigger beats, Valesuchi has got you covered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Ni\u00f1o \u00c1rbol, Hieroglyphic Being, Loraine James.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3330134202\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/johnnysaisquoi.bandcamp.com\/album\/love-on-ice\">Love On Ice by johnny sais quoi<\/a><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>A somewhat mysterious singer-songwriter and producer breathing new life into 80s slanted new wave and Italo-pop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>The debut from the staggeringly well-listened Johnny Sais Quoi, <\/span><em><span>Love On Ice<\/span><\/em><span> is a masterful investigation of the glossy, chrome-plated synthesisers, yearning melodies, and uncut, muscular machine funk sounds of the 80s, as recast through a modern independent lens. From the zero-gravity ambience of \u201cNo Guilty Pleasure\u201d and the bubbly late-night dancefloor propulsion of the title track, to the syrupy, screwed down night sounds of \u201cMove It\u201d, the album reveals Johnny Sais Quoi as an artist with an ear for pop and the experimental. It\u2019s easy to get lost in a maze of memories while listening to <\/span><em><span>Love On Ice.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Bullion, Jack J, mark william lewis.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>The Haitian New Zealand teenager putting her own spin on R&amp;B, neo-soul and afrobeats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Over the last six months, Imani-J has turned out a small but perfectly formed collection of songs about aspiration and love, rendered with a youthful energy and the sentimentality of an old soul. Collectively, this material makes up her debut EP, <\/span><em><span>Expectations<\/span><\/em><span>. Recalling the warm melodies of 90s US R&amp;B, \u201cSee You In Jupiter\u201d is a textbook will-we-make-it-work relationship song with a universe-sized chorus. Several songs later, she hits a strident afrobeat pocket on \u201cPart Of Me\u201d, where, in an optimistic style, she ponders what a life in music might have in store for her. Will she risk it all?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Sasha Keable, Tyla, Summer Walker.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=854956463\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/license_id=4787\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/guedraguedra.bandcamp.com\/album\/mutant\">MUTANT by Guedra Guedra \u0643\u062f\u0631\u0629 \u0643\u062f\u0631\u0629<\/a><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>A Moroccan producer and DJ who folds the soundscape of life across Africa into his own singular take on bass music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>If you want, you could imagine <\/span><em><span>Mutant <\/span><\/em><span>as a flat map of the world, repurposed as an evidence board with pins and strings illustrating lines of connection between Morocco, Tanzania, Guinea, Jamaica, London, Detroit, and other locations. Song by song, Guedra Guedra weaves folkloric musical traditions with the more contemporary forces of techno, dub, and the UK\u2019s hardcore continuum, arriving at a sound that transcends the limitations of Western logic and musical systems. \u2018Drift of Drummer\u2019 feels like tumbling through a jittery acid techno stargate. Meanwhile, \u2018Paradigm\u2019 evokes late-night dancing and islands in the sun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Blawan, Helado Negro, N\u00eddia &amp; Valentina.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2204675652\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aridniorca.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-bell-the-swan-the-golden-thread\">The Bell, the Swan &amp; the Golden Thread by aridni orca<\/a><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>The London-based avant-pop artist who trades in noise and folkloric melodies in equal measure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Indira Force, aka Aridni Orca, earned her stripes during the 2010s in the trip-hop band Doprah, as a solo artist under the indi alias, and in the ambient duo New Dawn. Slow-cooked over six years, her new album, <\/span><em><span>The Bell, the Swan &amp; the Golden Thread, <\/span><\/em><span>is a ten-song epic. Underpinned by her ethereal voice and classical harp, the album is as expansive as waves crashing against a rocky coastline. \u2018Crushed\u2019 mixes Kanky\u014d Ongaku chords with full noise and alien evocations. On \u201cWill o&#8217; the Wisps\u201d, she takes us raving with the faeries. You\u2019ll want to see where this rabbit hole goes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Luzmila Carpio, Bj\u00f6rk, Baths.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2069446917\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deki.bandcamp.com\/album\/forget-in-mass\">Forget In Mass by Deki Alem<\/a><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong>A punk-leaning Swedish hip-hop duo keeping things moody and mercurial in Stockholm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong>Across <em>Forget In Mass, <\/em>twin brother duo Deki Alem pursue losing oneself in a massed crowd. It\u2019s a feeling they\u2019ve felt at football games, concerts and dance parties, and see as a provocation to unplug from the notification-heavy scroll of modern life. As they stated in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/68353\/1\/trip-hop-swedish-punk-deki-alem-unwire-our-brains-forget-in-mass\">recent Dazed interview<\/a>, <span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe wanted Deki Alem to be the backdrop to people\u2019s experience of fun and joy and escapism and all the good shit.\u201d<\/span> Having previously rapped in Swedish, <em>Forget In Mass<\/em> sees them leaning into English and the influence of a range of late 20th-century UK genres. It\u2019s a comforting listen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong>Tricky, Nourished By Time, SAULT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1763421764\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/joannerobertson.bandcamp.com\/album\/blurrr\">Blurrr by Joanne Robertson<\/a><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>A Glasgow-based singer-songwriter, painter and poet captivating eyes and ears around the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Six albums in, Joanne Robertson just keeps getting better and better. On <\/span><em><span>Blurrr<\/span><\/em><span>, created in collaboration with the gifted cellist Oliver Coates, she reaches into the transcendent, evoking the feeling of walking miles of rugged coastline or wandering through misty city streets without seeing a soul. Written between painting sessions and while raising a child, <\/span><em><span>Blurrr<\/span><\/em><span> is one of those records that is bigger than joy and heartbreak. Inside the contemplative quietude of \u201cGown\u201d or the spectral landscapes of \u201cGhost\u201d, she summons up a space where we can finally rest our weary limbs and find some real peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Grouper, Jessica Pratt, Nick Drake.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>An Australian jazz musician who mixes his compositions up with a Melbourne state-of-mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>In recent years, Naarm\/Melbourne has been a hotbed of creativity for modern jazz and ambient music in the South Pacific. On <\/span><em><span>Intervals<\/span><\/em><span>, L Lewis explores the interzone between these spaces, but rendered with rhythms and textures drawn from electronica and the sampledelic side of instrumental hip-hop. On the second half of the project, he checks in with Space Ghost, Hector Plimmer, Joseph Shabason, Jonah Gabriel, and Alex Albrecht, who turn in some dreamy remixes of his fusion compositions. I\u2019m not saying there\u2019s something for everyone on here, but I\u2019m not not saying that either. <\/span><em><span>Intervals <\/span><\/em><span>is a tidy dose of the good stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Clear Path Ensemble, Chaos In The CBD, Nala Sinephro.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>The Ghanaian-American alternative pop star who effortlessly connects scenes and genres with her borderless vision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Is Amaare the ultimate global club girl? Throughout her latest album, <\/span><em><span>Black Star, <\/span><\/em><span>she traverses the beatscapes of Ghanaian highlife, Amapiano, Baile Funk, regional East Coast US club music, Eurodance, classic house, techno, and beyond. Landing somewhere between Y2K chic and hyper-modern futurism, <em>Black Star<\/em> presents a stunning, borderless vision. Building on this, the feature list is equally expansive: Bree Runway, Charlie Wilson, Naomi Campbell, PinkPantheress&#8230; the list absolutely goes on. The beat goes on as well, with producers like El Guincho, WondaGurl, and Kyu Steed helping her bring the party 365 days a week. Banger after banger awaits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Charli xcx, Kelis, FKA twigs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>WHO: <\/strong><span>A genreless New York singer-songwriter, producer and DJ who brings a hazy dream logic to everything they touch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING: <\/strong><span>Three albums in, james K\u2019s star is only continuing to rise. On <\/span><em><span>Friend<\/span><\/em><span>, she uses trip-hop, ambient and shoegaze as the primary colours for a palette that is expansive enough to incorporate g-funk, IDM, dream pop and jungle\/drum &amp; bass. The first time I heard \u201cDays Go By\u201d, it gently flowed into an inner-city street through surprisingly high-fidelity outdoor cafe speakers on an empty, misty morning. At the time, james K\u2019s clockwork rhythms, woozy synths and ethereal vocals sounded practically perfect. \u201cDoom Bikini\u201d is another killer cut. On every listen since, <\/span><em><span>Friend<\/span><\/em><span> has yet to let me down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR FANS OF: <\/strong><span>Tracey Thorn, My Bloody Valentine, Leila.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function () {\nn.callMethod ?\nn.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n}; if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n; n.loaded = !0; n.version = '2.0'; n.queue = []; t = b.createElement(e); t.async = !0;\nt.src = v; s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n}(window,\ndocument, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '357833301087547');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.dazeddigital.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent months on Dazed, we\u2019ve looked at how Australian drill group ONEFOUR fought censorship \u2013 and won. 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