Album release schedule
Upcoming albums and new music releases in 2026
A list of records of particular interest to Best Fit's staff, writers and readers, due for release in 2026.
14 August 2026
- Attic Abasement – Moonlight Passes On
- Carly Simon – Comes In Waves
- Getdown Services – Massive Champion
- Grace Cummings – Bloodhorse!
- Hovvdy – Big World
- Jack Kaye - Go Easy EP
- James Ellis Ford – Lost in Another World
- Johanna Samuels – Sorry Kid
- Melaina Kol – Okay that’s a great idea because if I do that then
- Jungle – Sunshine
- Laura Veirs – Temple Songs
- L’Rain – Fata Morgana
- Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal – Doomed!
- Phoebe Bridgers – Lost Weekend
- Sailor Honeymoon – The Worst of Sailor Honeymoon
- Sparks – Live on the Moon
- The Womack Sisters – self-titled
- Sweeping Promises – You Say I Romanticize
21 August 2026
- Alex Amor – Heavenly Bodies
- Antony Szmierek – Decoding Birdsong
- Black Marble – Life in Small Spaces
- Brennan Wedl – Self-Titled
- Chelsea Wolfe – The Dark
- Elanor Moss – The Knife, The Needle
- Fletchr Fletchr - On The Island We Call Home
- James Ivy – The Seams
- Jorja Smith – What Are The Odds
- Julia Holter – Materia
- Grandmas House – Baby You’re A Winner
- Lambchop – Punching The Clown
- Mystery Jets – A Hole To See The Sky Through
- Nate Sib – reborn
- Ok Cowgirl – Rhinestone Cowgirl
- Squirrel Flower – Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going
- Tommy WÁ – Hope Our Paths Cross
- Weezer – The Gold Album
- Wild Pink – Still Coming Down
- Wolf Alice – The Clearing: B-Sides
26 August 20026
27 August 202
28 August 2026
- Alabama Shakes – I Must Be Dreaming
- Allah-Las – Sirenas
- ANYX – Starlink
- Asher White – Love Aggregates
- Boy Harsher – Get Mean
- Dahi – Black Boy (Alternative)
- Delilah Holliday – Fat Cat
- Dinosaur Jr. – There Near
- Empanadas Ilegales –LABORATORIO TROPICAL
- Erykah Badu and The Alchemist – self-titled
- Floating Points – Mere Mortals
- flowerovlove – MINI SKIRT WARRIOR
- Interpol – This Mirror Weighs a Ton
- Jim James – Wowed Out
- LA Priest – Into The Sky
- Lara Somogyi – a [time] patterned
- Liim – A Sunflower Garden In Harlem Is Hard To Find
- Matilda Lyn – Red Dragonfly
- Mike D – Thank You
- Saul Williams – Leap Life
- Siichaq – The Righteous Sword
- Sera Cahoone – I’ve Missed You All These Years
- The Guest List – Something Real
- The Linda Lindas - Gotta Get Out
- Those Holy – Cold Celtic Electronics EP
- Ty Segall – Chrome
2 September 2026
3 September 2026
4 September 2026
- ADÉLA – PRIMA
- Alla Boara – Tessere
- Amyl and the Sniffers – Truth Or Consequence
- Angus & Julia Stone – Karaoke Bar
- Arab Strap – Half-Told Tales
- AV Sunset – Vs Reality
- Black Bananas – Bad Bunch
- Carmen Villain – Memoria
- Chat Pile – Who Loves The Sun
- corto.alto – SOME SMALL FORTUNE
- Darcy Baylis – Emotronica
- Dexys Midnight Runners – LOVE
- Dying 4 – Perish Songs EP
- Eden Samara – Odyssey
- Faux Real – Poison Time
- Hollow Hand – Wish Road South
- Linda Sikhakhane – Linda
- Matilda Mann – Kismet
- Lauren Dillen – Blue Star EP
- Mind Bath – Aqueous
- Mykki Blanco – CAFE PARADISO
- Noah Hill [Parcels] – Ok ok now
- Personal Trainer – Human Assholes
- Shadowman – Self-titled
- Sibille Attar – Amor Fati
- Simona Castricum – Villain
- Sofie Royer – before/after
- The Black Wizards – Force Majeure & The Acts of God
- Willie J Healey – 143 EP
9 September 2026
10 September 2026
11 September 2026
- Bonobo – Distance In Static
- Bloc Party – Anatomy Of A Brief Romance
- Curbside Lambsear – Put Rings On All My Fingers To Weigh Down My Hands EP
- Haruomi Hosono – Yours Sincerely
- Ibibio Sound Machine – Chopping Mountain
- Jaime Rosso – Keep Stepping! EP
- Moriah Mensah – MENSAH
- Pretty Sick – Anarchy
- Sylvan Esso – Ow ∞
- Sofia Cordoba – North Star EP
- Sorcha Richardson – Draw The Outline
- The Tubs – Hard Life
- This Is Lorelei – The Singer in My Band
17 September 2026
18 September 2026
- Actress – Radical Frame
- Adam Wiltzie – Friendship Survival Guide
- After – Fell Asleep in the Sun
- Babehoven - I See Them, I See Me
- Bea Miller – Mr. Peaked in High School
- Beabadoobee – Pylon
- Beck - Ride Lonesome
- Biita Houdei – This Bed Was Made For Me
- Bonnie "Prince" Billy – Ghosts of American Psychonauts
- Boy Harsher – Get Mean
- Carly Rae Jepsen - Day and Night
- Cor de Lux – YEAR OF THE HORSE
- De Staat – Self-titled
- Dragonflies [Dhani Harrison and Nigel Godrich] – Self-Titled
- Echo & The Bunnymen – Apples For Isaac
- Elliott Skinner – How Far We've Come
- Ezra Collective – Here Because of Hope
- Empress Of – Dream House
- Freak Slug – Amulet
- Gia Ford – A Room Within A Room
- Jawdropped – Secret To Spare
- Jake Xerxes Fussell – The Old Beloved Path
- Kaktus Einarsson – Factoid Happiness
- Marie Dahlstrom – MARIE
- Orville Peck – Mule
- Perennial – Modernism
- Railcard – Two Steps At A Time
- Rodrigo y Gabriela – OurHome
- Roomer – Staircase Made of Rope
- Slow Pulp – Melodie
- Son Lux – Out Into
- Team Dresch – Furthermore
- The Van Pelt – Remain Obscure
- Tove Lo – Estrus
- The Homesick – What’s Up With All These Shangri-Las?
23 September 2026
25 September 2026
- 7ebra – How To Land a Plane
- Adult DVD - Self-Titled
- Blondshell – Violins
- Chloé Caillet - Dance Again
- Curiosity Shop – Bound For The Sky EP
- Dylan John Thomas – Nothing Here Worth Taking
- gash – at least you know what you’re laughing at
- Gaspar Claus – Cells
- Gilla Band – Pugnello
- Gurriers – Nobody’s Coming To Save You
- Hermanos Gutiérrez – Los Ojos Del Cóndor
- Jae Stephens – AUDACITY
- Jean-Michel Blais – mirador
- Julia Jacklin – The Gem
- Kamran Khan – I Came From Nowhere & Nowhere Is Where I Am Going
- Leon Bridges – Happiness Anytime
- Mary Gauthier – Reckoning
- Meg Lui – Instant Validation
- Murex – Inventio
- Michaela Slinger – Green and Trying
- Nothing But Thieves – Stray Dogs
- Penelope Isles – 3
- Protomartyr – Hotel Usona
- Renny Conti – Split Second
- Starcleaner Reunion – Umbrella
- Sofi Paez – Bodies of Water
- Soft Cell – Danceteria
- Taylor Bleu – Crayon Scars EP
- The Sick Man of Europe – The Intermittent Signal
- Trá Pháidín – Cloch‘s Claí
- UCHE YARA – BODYSCANNER
1 October 2026
2 October 2026
- Alien Chicks – Toys Taken At Birth EP
- Art d'Ecco – Scheele's Green
- Clutter – Sugar Rush
- Elastica – self-titled (expanded reissue)
- Emily A. Sprague – Cyano
- Fat Dog – Cancel Me (I’m Tired)
- Garefowl – Things That Vanish
- Greg Freeman – All Set The Bone
- Helen – Linda’s Head
- Johnny Marr – The Age Of Everything
- Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Ruin: It’s Not Just Music
- LIA LIA – Armor
- Lily Seabird – Lightspheres on Their Way
- Lim Orion – ILK
- Master Peace – if i don’t love you, who will?
- Meshell Ndegeocello – Synonym
- Phoebe Green – Premature Nostalgia
- Spike Fuck – evidence
- Stef Chura – Dancing Alone on the Concrete
- Susanne Sundfør – Revelations Of Divine Love
- Tom Waits – Small Change (50th anniversary reissue)
- Victoria Monét – Frequency of Love
- Wishy – Nature's Pill
6 October 2026
9 October 2026
- Bodega – All Inside Aquarium
- Crying Laughing – Talking
- Danielle Ponder – Everything Has Changed
- Dawn Richard – Creole Culture
- Death Valley Girls – Welcome to Earth
- Girl Ultra – RRRomeo
- HAAi – DIGITiSE
- Jess Williamson – A Mile South of Heaven
- Margo Cilker – Little White Cross
- Marina Herlop – Dja Dja
- Sarah Julia – The Fear That This is Real
- Tanzana – Etched In EP
- The Tallest Man On Earth – Just Beyond Endless Mountain
- Tramhaus – Blister
- Teenage Fanclub – Do Not Dare To Dream
16 October
- @ – Autosmile
- Billboard Style – Pull of the Moon
- CZN – Parallel Commutator EP
- Dummy – do you love the color of the sky?
- Eels – COOKIE HAPPENED
- Ella Thompson – Triumph & Sadness
- Eivør – Tungl
- Florrie – Magic For a While
- Flora Hibberd – Mammoth
- Holy Motors – Heaven's Night
- June McDoom – Follow The Light
- Mali Obomsawin – Automatic
- Matt Carmichael – Held in the Dark
- Rachel Chinouriri – I think I spoke too soon
- Richard Thompson – Hippies, Thugs and Heroes
- Sadurn – The Underworld
- The Avalanches – No Bad Memories
- Two Shell – Infinite Now
- TVOD – The Farm
23 October 2026
- Clara Mann – Wishbone
- Claud – Me and the Music
- Dis Fig – What To Make Of These Mortal Hands
- Fenne Lily – Win Win
- Future Utopia – Being Human
- Jeffrey Silverstein – Doggone
- Lane Hartley – No Home
- Shabazz Palaces – It's a Style Sport
- total tommy – Trapezoid
- The Buoys - Concrete Cowboy
- The Wow! Scenario [James Acaster and Graham Wicks] – Stand In The Star. A Verse and A Chorus
- Twin Temple – Doomed Lovers
30 October 2026
- Black Mekon – 13 Songs About Monsters
- Chloe Qisha – Fantasize
- DIIV – ZIRP!
- Disgusting Sisters – Skin & Blisters
- Genital Shame – Wellness Plan
- Gloria de Oliveira – The Lying Swans
- Jordan Rakei – A Safe Place To Be Wild
- Lowly – Softy
- Ministry – Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery)
- NNAVY – I’ll Wait For You
- Sam Burton – Fairweather Friend
- THAO – Show Me
- The Big Moon – Forever
- WHY? – Oh Golly / Yes Lord
6 November 2026
- Cult of Luna – In the Shadow of Your Shadow
- Current Joys – ROSEBUD
- Daine – In Endless Awe & Agony
- Do Nothing – Friend World
- Django Django – Doveland
- Girl Tones – Precious
- Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. II - Out of the Blue
- Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. III - Into the Black
- Johnny and Lillie Flynn – Beam Cottage
- La Roux – Old Flames
- Library Card – Peeling An Orange In Just One Go
- Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure (expanded reissue)
- Tove Styrke – I thought this story wasn’t about me
- TV Priest – Cartoons
13 November 2026
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29 January 2027
Last updated on 17 August 2026
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