We've got another installment of Today's Release Highlights for you, shouting out five new releases we wanna draw your attention to!

Fcukers - Ö [Ninja Tune]

Fcukers (Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis) are ready to mingle on their debut album Ö, with Kenny Beats and Dylan Brady joining in on the producing fun. While the earlier-released tracks "I Like It Like That" and "L.U.C.K.Y" feel crafted for the late-night crowd screaming along with their friends, newcomers like "Feel The Real" makes room for Wise to let her hair down and sing. Shimmying through the bouncy tracklist feels as though one's setting up for a house party just steps away from sand and salty air. It's cheeky, fresh, and just what makes Fcukers start out strong. – Dana Badii

Këkht Aräkh - Morning Star [Sacred Bones]

I’m loving this “poppier” black metal phase we’ve been getting in the 2020s. Maybe you’re a “true norwegian black metal” purist – one of those who got angry at Lords of Chaos – but if you’re not, you’ll certainly enjoy this new Këkht Aräkh. Morning Star is Aräkh’s first album in five years (following 2021’s Pale Swordsman) and his first via Sacred Bones Records, a label that fits the mood of his black metal sound — yes, muddled and dark, but also soft, romantic and melancholic. Aräkh is writing beautiful songs, and the tension between his raw, lo-fi aesthetics and his melodic songwriting only enhance their power. – Amanda Cavalcanti

Robyn – Sexistential [Young]

Robyn’s long-awaited new album may look slight at just 29 minutes long, but when the Swedish synth-pop hero comes in swinging this hard, maybe that’s just enough. Sexistential doesn’t rewrite the Robyn rulebook for weapons-grade singalongs. Rather, it reinstates her, after the clubbier diversions of Honey, to the oddball throne that her self-titled album and the wall-to-wall glory of Body Talk handed to her so completely. Working with Klas Åhlund, Robyn is back to being gleefully weird and refreshingly specific, from that Adam Driver line to the rework of old song “Blow My Mind” as a dedication to her young son. Flush with ideas, ranging from absurdity to that familiar Swedish ache, Sexistential delivers on all major counts, with heartbreak, hooks, and horniness in plentiful supply. – Alan Pedder

Snail Mail - Ricochet [Matador]

Snail Mail frontwoman Lindsey Jordan is no stranger to confession. She wrote all of the songs on her 2018 debut Lush before she could vote. Jordan's pointed yet complicated tales of queer heartbreak had critics designating her as a wunderkind wise beyond her years. Now eight years, two albums, and a vocal polyps surgery later, Jordan has new priorities. She moved from a small one bedroom apartment in New York City to a big house in North Carolina, got a dog, and is in a happy long-term relationship with Momma cofounder Etta Friedman. Her third LP, Ricochet, is out this Friday, a swirling blend of warm '90s alt-rock pastiche and the touching balladry that launched Jordan into indie stardom in the first place. She touches on themes of mortality, divinity, and nostalgia parsed from the movies, books, and poems she's held dearest over the past four years. Read our Q&A with Jordan here. – Leah Bess

SonoTWS - Se Não Sabe Agora Sabe, Vol. 1 [Tired of People]

One of the most interesting recent figures in Brazilian underground hip-hop, producer SonoTWS is also half of the duo Febre90s, which pays homage to boom bap and more traditional rap forms. This new album, whose title directly references Biggie’s line in “Juicy”, “if you don’t know, now you know”, is a natural extent of that approach. SonoTWS mixes his lo-fi, sample-heavy beats with a wide range of voices and rhymes from the Brazilian underground: nabru, AK’him, yung vegan, Alra Alves, and many more. – Amanda Cavalcanti