Whatever genre or style you’re into, you’ll probably find it tucked away on this record. You won’t hear many albums this year that push jazz into more inventive territory. I was immediately drawn to the French musical collective Parasite Jazz after hearing their brilliantly eclectic, self-titled 2023 debut album. The core members Tamara Goukassova, Théo Delaunay, and Alexandre Larcier are joined by Radio Hito, Kyle Knapp, Valentin Noiret, Hochiwah, and Nadia Mars Goodwater for an album of freewheeling fun. We loved their debut, but ♫ ⎜ II offers its own unique soundscape. After touring France nonstop, the new album leans into darker, atmospheric lo-fi exotica, swirly psychedelic dub, and voodoo-infused jazz noir. If you like your jazz quirky and full of detours, this might be your album of the year. It’s genuinely that good – dive in.

Nicole McCabe and Savannah Harris team up for All Together Now, a duo album that pairs the alto saxophonist and drummer for the first time. Recorded between Los Angeles and Brooklyn over the summer of 2025, the record lets two of jazz’s most inventive voices stretch out in fresh directions. Across the album, McCabe’s sax and Harris’ drums wander between melody, rhythm, and open space, swapping roles as leader and supporter with easy chemistry. The opener, ‘Monstera‘, pulls you in with swirling sax lines and bright, punctuating drums, before ‘All Together Now‘ ramps up the energy and sends the duo’s conversation into overdrive. ‘Lonely People‘ spotlights McCabe’s melodic gift while Harris sculpts and propels the track’s dynamic arc. Check it out below.

Stockholm-based composer and organist Kali Malone has a new album coming. Entitled Burning Song, the upcoming solo album will arrive on 30th October through Ideologic Organ. As her first new solo material since 2024’s critically acclaimed All Life Long, the record marks a major shift toward a more intuitive, emotionally direct, and less mathematically rigid compositional style. The album features a collaborative drone framework. Malone is joined by cellist Lucy Railton and guitarist Stephen O’Malley (playing bowed acoustic guitar). The three musicians previously developed a deep-listening synergy while recording Malone’s expansive 2023 masterpiece, Does Spring Hide Its Joy. Malone has already shared two phenomenal tracks from the album, ‘Heavy with Fruit‘ and ‘My Eve My Dawn‘. Take a listen to both now.

Since discovering Tara Cunningham through her work with Modern Nature, we can’t get enough of her abstract, guitar soundscapes. If you haven’t heard The Sleeves (see here), Cunningham’s collaboration with Modern Nature frontman Jack Cooper, it’s well worth a listen. On her forthcoming album Warm Ground, Cunningham makes the guitar feel like a whole new instrument. Across seven short, intriguing pieces, she weaves glitches, rhythms and found sounds into gorgeous little patterns. A lovely next step after her 2025 solo debut, Almost – Not Exactly. Get lost in the discrete sonic language of the lead track ‘Following A Thought‘ below. Enjoy the song and look out for the new album out November 13th!

I don’t know much about Maria Spivak and Prins Emanuel, but this debut EP has me hooked. Recorded over two years between Malmö and Limassol, Cypriot musician and lyricist Spivak and Swedish composer and producer Emanuel hit the sweet spot with their trip-pop textures and sweet harmonies. ‘Imogen’s Lament’, their short but sweet EP, drifts between the catchy Balearic pop of ‘Dawn‘, the soft, intimate church pop of ‘Heartblades‘, and the restrained, dubby electronics and reverbed vocal harmonies of the climax ‘Imogen‘. More of this, please.