Beth Orton breaks her silence with The Ground Above, her first new cut since 2022’s Weather Alive. She’s back in the room with Shahzad Ismaily and a heavyweight cast – Vishal Nayak, Sam Beste, Christos Stylianides, Grey McMurray and Dave Okumu. Out now via Partisan, with a new album waiting in the wings. Clocking in at a little over eight minutes, the song nails Orton’s knack for big, bold songwriting. The time away has sharpened everything; it all cuts a little deeper now.

Following acclaimed outings with their projects Yialmelic Frequencies, Galdre Visions, DIVA, and BlackBlack, Diva Dompé recorded The Haunted House in one week, straight to tape, on the outskirts of Death Valley. Rooted in acoustic guitar and voice, and shaped by Nico Georis’ lo‑fi, atmospheric touch, Dompé’s latest offering unfolds as a folk journey that feels both intimately personal and quietly universal. A stark, intimate set of songs rooted in classic singer‑songwriter craft, tracing the contours of nostalgia, longing, ambivalence, depression, healing, and hard‑won contentment. Tracks like ‘Solar Kings’, ‘Poison Thorn’, and ‘Little Vampire Girl’ shine with Dompé’s vivid storytelling. A soothing, mesmerising EP that requires your full attention.

I had never heard of Wendy Eisenberg before, but after listening to their latest album, I felt compelled to share it with the world. On their self-titled album, Eisenberg inhabits a similar weirdo country space to artists like Richard Dawson and Joanna Newsom, although, digging into Eisenberg’s ever-shifting catalogue, they are just as happy dabbling in art-rock, jazz, and free improv. This one gravitates towards the warm sounds of country and folk. It may not be as obscure as past releases, but it has an edge, and Mari Rubio’s string arrangements are pure bliss!

Sometimes it’s the simplest songs that linger the longest. Voice Actor, Coni, Rune Kielsgaard‘s Life’s a Mess is one of those. Soft, warm and slow music creates the perfect frame for the Voice Actor’s tender vocal. A little song that shines brightly.

REvolution by operazioni is a 23‑minute concept album by Swiss artist Corinne Isabelle Rinaldis, a cinematic, nature‑born work that drifts between experimental electronics, chamber music, jazz touches and prog‑rock flashes. The record is described as sounding “as if Mother Nature herself had whispered melodies,” built around themes of creation, stillness and human experience. Well worth checking out when you have a spare 23 minutes!