all first listened to in 2026. legend: ★ 2026 release ✮ favourite of the month ꕤ recommended older releases

-- january.

• running with scissors - cavetown ★
• timely!! - anri
• death in the business of whaling - searows ✮
• d'accord - hanepon
• call me dandelion - windmill music
• 贈り物をさがして - 世界電力
• sunlight echoes - whitelands ★

-- february.

• kids only - leah dou
• neverland - czecho no republic
• the flowers i see you in - ninush ★ (ep)
• singin’ to an empty chair - ratboys ✮
• 本体 ontology - griffo
• e18 - detektivbyrån
• 海马森林 seahorse forest - mimik banka
• self-titled - mimik banka ꕤ
• the pilgrim, their god and the king of my decrepit mountain - tapir! ꕤ
• angieangieangie - spill tab ★
• normal temperature - cetow
• the five ghosts - stars
• shinbangumi - ginger root ꕤ

-- march.

• second-person - yorushika ★
• φθηνη ποπ για την ελιτ (cheap pop for the elite) - kore ydro
• pezzi della sera - marco castello
• an always open door - endearments ★
• 祈りでは届かない距離 - jyocho
• inflorescence - 8x8
• the anatomy of an apricot - 8x8
• anima mundi - stefano lentini, leleka ★ (ep)
• life is full of possibilities - dntel
• grassroots - jizue
• we like it here - snarky puppy
• brink - girl scout ★
• open source - world brain
• extra stars - gregory uhlmann ★ (ambient)

-- april.

• birding - deary ★
• population - the most serene republic
• model citizen - haepa ✮
• gone down meadowland - floral image
• seedling - maggie’s garden ★ (ep)
• ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space - spiritualised ꕤ
• tiny space, too many dreams - hani
• time is not yours - say sue me
• mä valvon ja sä valvot mun kaa - ruusut ★

-- may.

• extended babe - amor vincit omnia ★
• melancholia - ziferblat ★
• the end - junior brother ꕤ
• ajahuaska - latexfauna
• cosmos - yuji ohno
• philosophie du soi - paon ★
• into the unknown - jj ★
• aubades - jean-michel blais
• sender - jogging house
• light in the dark - lúpina ★
• time of rebirth - the observatory