YouTube listen

from the UK 
debut album 
lots of indi-pop catchy hooks on here like UK Squeeze
has the youthful energy and vibrancy of early Arctic Monkeys 
a good album
if you are short of an album this week MH give it a listen.

its a keeper

enters the Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart at #5

I don't like it

enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #42

courtesy of Spotify



from Georgia
4th album
rock n country

single

closer to americana/country-folk than alt-rock, 
pretty sure i heard a subtle slide guitar once or twice too
i like it

YouTube listen

from Australia
pop, electro-pop
fourth studio album, i own the first two
these guys usually sample hundreds of beats/songs on their albums
not so many this time but employ various artists  to add their wares
sort of a concept album about "inspired by the simultaneously magical and insidious ways that advertising and name-brand technology wraps itself around our memories."
30+ tracks but at least ten are under one minute (think radio commercials)
and another ten pretty well around just 2 minutes,
its actually quite clever and a bit more radio friendly/catchy than the two albums i own.

think of them as an Aussie equivalent of Moby and lets say his "play" album for comparison 

its a keeper for me.

not a big U2 fan by any means but i like this song

enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #26

courtesy of Spotify



from Texas
debut album
sounds like Weezer

single in at #98

enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #19

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from Texas
10th album
another keeper

single in at #42

enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #184

courtesy of Spotify



from Sweden
6th album

single

yeah i know, theres still two and a half months until 2026 comes to an end but i need to start this list now.
i am studying at the moment, hoping to graduate by 10th November and then its time to really push the hard yards trying to find a job related to my learning and then.....Christmas sneaks up on us and before you know it that "silly season" gets us all in its grip.

as usual, every album will be reviewed and songs scored individually giving an all up score using the MHRS which we have used since Music Head invented it a couple of decades ago.

i will start either Wednesday 14th October or Thursday 15th October this week.
albums will be randomly pulled from the storage box i have them in so i cannot pick potential favourites early on

i have 15 LP's that were released in 2026 and 15 compact disks.

i have one LP still on route from the UK and 2 cds on my list to purchase.
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1:   KACEY MUSGRAVES  -  "middle of nowhere"   (2.38)
2:   STEPHEN SANCHEZ  -  "love, love, love"   (2.27)
3:   HARRY STYLES  -  "kiss all the time, disco, occasionally"  (1.75)