Friday, May 8, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
Billie Eilish's debut album and the record that cemented her as a generational pop talent. Produced by FINNEAS with a bedroom-recording aesthetic that rewired mainstream pop — from the uncanny bounce of 'bad guy' to the midnight desolation of 'when the party's over.' Now available for the first time as an international pressing on baby blue vinyl.
dont smile at me
Billie Eilish's debut EP, delivered at fifteen with a fully-formed sonic world — the fragile ache of 'idontwannabeyouanymore' alongside the pointed sharpness of 'COPYCAT,' foreshadowing her mastery of dark pop. Now available for the first time as an international pressing on clear vinyl.
The Greatest
Chan Marshall's tender love letter to Southern soul, recorded in Memphis with a band of seasoned players. Piano, brass, and her signature weary-tender voice build a sun-faded, unhurried masterpiece. The 20th anniversary edition on limited pink vinyl replicates the original foil sleeve.
MT. Fuji FM Hosted By Giles Peterson
Yussef Dayes leads a large ensemble up Mount Fuji in a live radio session hosted by Giles Peterson. Jazz, electronics, and a distinctly Japanese palette — including the voice of Amami singer Minami Kizuki — extend this British drummer's rhythmic universe outward. A perennial sell-out on vinyl, now briefly restocked.
Fire & Sugar
Cuban multi-instrumentalist Jesús 'La Grulla' Caunedo's 1975 landmark, recorded in Puerto Rico — Afro-Cuban rhythms, punchy brass, fuzz guitar, and Jazz-Fusion energy fused into something that crackles like a Yūji Ohno thriller score. This reissue is cut from the original open-reel master on 180g vinyl with a previously unreleased bonus track.
Music With Changing Parts
Philip Glass's self-released 1971 minimalist cornerstone on his own Chatham Square label, gathering Jon Gibson, Dickie Landry, and fellow core members. Bright electric organ arpeggios and hypnotic vocal drones create a pure, open sound space equally suited to meditation, focus, or drift. Long out of print — this is its first-ever vinyl reissue, pressed as a 180g 2LP.
Cycles in the Infinite Dream
Chicago heavy-psych outfit REZN's first release on Sargent House. No growls here — instead, ethereal high vocals set against seismic guitar riffs and cavernous low end, conjuring the disorienting surrealism of a David Lynch dreamscape. Heavy and hypnotic in equal measure.
Future Development
Del's third album, recorded for his own Hieroglyphics Imperium imprint after departing Elektra and originally released on cassette in 1997 — a long-underrated underground gem packed with his trademark street-smart wit. Now reissued as a 2LP for a new generation of hip-hop collectors.
At The Emerald Pool
Longtime friends Tomo Katsurada and Jonny Nash distilled a year of church and forest touring into three recording days, producing 'At The Emerald Pool.' Layered fingerpicking and long reverb tails dissolve into each other like water through light-dappled Yamanashi forest — impossible to tell whose fingers are where. Not rock, not pop: a meditation without an endpoint.
In The Moonlight
First the cover hooks you — retro curls, red lips — then that subtly mysterious voice does the rest. Miami Boogie queen Mia's debut album, produced by Toronto's Gil Masuda: 8 tracks of finely textured synthesizers and disco-funk rhythms, with album art personally conceived and designed by Mia herself.
PUREFLOW pt.1
LE SSERAFIM's second studio album, produced by Greg Kurstin (the man behind Adele's records), arrives in two glitter vinyl variants — Electric Yellow and Hot Pink. The collector packaging is generous: a full 5-member Photocard Set, Inner Sleeve, and Lyric Poster. First pressing only; no restock planned.
Distracted
Thundercat's fifth album arrives in its hardest-to-find variant — Indie exclusive smoky marble vinyl, just 2 copies in stock. The lineup on 'Distracted' is extraordinary: Flying Lotus and Kenny Beats producing, collaborations with Tame Impala, A$AP Rocky, and WILLOW, plus a precious posthumous track with Mac Miller.
Shallow Hits
London's Ebbb were signed by Ninja Tune on the strength of their live shows alone, before releasing a single note. Their sound defies categorization: choral grandeur meeting Techno depth, Drum 'n' Bass momentum, and Grindcore wildness. Debut album 'Shallow Hits' arrives on translucent teal vinyl with a die-cut sleeve — the most compelling new voice in 2026 independent music.
Hungarian pianist-producer ÀBÁSE traveled to Rio and Salvador to fuse Candomblé rituals, samba, hip-hop, and breakbeats into one of the decade's most celebrated jazz-world hybrids. This 5th anniversary remaster was handled by Benjamin Tierney (Kamasi Washington's go-to engineer) and Analogue Foundation, pressed on 180g 2LP in a thick tip-on gatefold. A Gilles Peterson favourite.