Here's a neat little list of some new albums out today we wanted to highlight for you. Take a look, take a listen, and enjoy!

Amy Millan – I Went to Find You [Last Gang]

Stars co-frontperson (and Broken Social Scenester) Amy Millan is no stranger to dabbling in some side project activity, but it has been quite a while since we last heard an independent missive from her. The singer-songwriter's third solo LP, I Went to Find You, is her first in 16 years (2009's Masters of the Burial being her last), and finds her working closely alongside cowriter and producer Jay McCarroll. Their creative partnership helped birth this new set of songs, which float through dreamy, synthy soundscapes, full of personal memories and stories. – Jeremy J. Fisette

caroline – caroline 2 [Rough Trade]

caroline made their debut in 2022 with caroline, a folksy, post-rock record stuffed with lush strings arrangements, gliding guitars, impressionistic drum lines, and brief, spaced out lyrics sung by a ghostly voice. This time around, the band is back with caroline 2, which presents a brighter, more airy tone. Venturing more into the reverberating messiness of rock, the single "Total Euphoria" feels like an organic puddling of vocals, drums, and guitars. "Coldplay cover" chops several mini-songs into one, layering one on the tail of another and gradually shifting between acoustic guitar and plucky strings. Lastly, caroline pulls some bigger names for vocals and writing for their sophomore album, for none other than Caroline Polachek features on "Tell me I never knew that." caroline is leaning into the ethereal for caroline 2. – Victoria Borlando

Cwfen – Sorrows [New Heavy Sounds]

Around 2,500 people — mostly women — were accused of witchcraft and executed in Scotland between 1563 and 1736 under Henry VIII's Witchcraft Act, making Glasgow the perfect home for vocalist Agnes Alder and her doomgaze collective Cwfen (pronounced "Coven") to brew an esoteric concoction of goth rock, doom metal, and post-punk that Selim Lemouchi of The Devil's Blood would have ceremoniously approved. The Glaswegian's 10-track debut Sorrows, out today via New Heavy Sounds, conjures something both intimate and immense. The album's two singles, "Bodies" and "Wolfsbane", as well as the rest of Sorrows, evoke the hush of the ancient woods and the fire-lit fervor of hidden rites. Gather and dance beneath the blood moon once more. – Nic Huber

Kathryn Joseph – WE WERE MADE PREY. [Rock Action]

Questioning, conflict, lust, blood, and rage course through the noise-scrambled circuitry of Scottish artist Kathryn Joseph's fourth album, WE WERE MADE PREY. “It feels like I am definite in this album. It’s angrier and stronger,” she explains, crediting her creative partnership with musician/producer/instrument-builder Lomond Campbell for transforming her “angry in a small way” demos into songs that don’t flinch away from rawness, unafraid to bare their teeth. “I was so sure when I was writing these songs that I had to let go of something, but then, of course, as soon as you don’t have something you want it again,” she says. “That’s basically what this record is. Trying to work out the truth of things, and making quite a big mess while doing it, with a lot of blood on the table.” – Alan Pedder

Miley Cyrus – Something Beautiful [Columbia Records]

Miley Cyrus returns with her ninth studio album, Something Beautiful, set to arrive alongside a musical film of the same name premiering next week. Her first release since her Grammy-winning Endless Summer Vacation, the new LP centers on themes of healing from trauma, the visual album promising a deeply personal journey. Cyrus teased the project with a slew of singles, including “End of the World”, a disco-inspired, apocalyptic anthem that name-drops Paul McCartney. Something Beautiful also features special guests Brittany Howard and Naomi Campbell. – Ricky Adams

Sea Lemon – Diving for a Prize [Luminelle Recordings]

Seattle-based Natalie Lew’s debut album as Sea Lemon is an invitation to the watery dreamworld of her imagination, populated with an assembly of curious characters and lucid observations on the “tragic, sweet, comedic” nature of life. Diving for a Prize pushes the Sea Lemon sound towards a more developed vision of shoegaze through an earworm-friendly pop filter, aided by producer Andy Park (Death Cab for Cutie, Deep Sea Diver). "A lot of this record feels like a step in a new but related sonic direction for me,” says Lew on the progression from her earlier EPs. “With these songs, I wanted to find a place for myself in the world.” Death Cab’s Ben Gibbard guests on lead single “Crystals”, which dropped last fall. – Alan Pedder

Swans – Birthing [Mute/Young God]

Michael Gira and his pummeling ensemble, Swans, have a new album out, entitled Birthing. They had unloaded a massive single to promote the release, “I Am a Tower,” which interpolates David Bowie’s “‘Heroes.’” The seven-track LP runs for almost two hours and includes the 22-minute title track. Gira insists that Birthing marks the end of Swans’ signature “all-consuming sound worlds,” and that future releases from the band will be “pared down.” Enjoy some of the group's trademark grandiose compositions while they last. – Tyler Roland

yeule – Evangelic Girl is a Gun [Ninja Tune]

Evangelic Girl Is a Gun, Nat Ćmiel’s fourth record as yeule, continues to lean into the ’90s grunge sound from their 2023 album softscars with an added sprinkle of the electronica explored on their sophomore LP Glitch Princess. Per a press statement, the Singaporean artist forwent AutoTune in the hopes to exhibit their vocals’ “raw, irreplaceable edge.” Steadily releasing singles since last summer, there’s songs inspired by early Avril Lavigne (“Dudu”), muted hyper-pop ballads (“Saiko”), and sweaty electroclash headbangers (“Evangelic Girl is a Gun”). Major producers on the album include A.G. Cook, Chris Greatti (touring artist of Yves Tumor), Mura Masa, and Clams Casino, to name a few. – Jaeden Pinder