Music

7 New Albums and EPs We Can’t Get Enough Of

BYMille Team

April 2, 2026

Some weeks, the algorithm hands you everything. Others, you have to dig a little deeper. This one falls somewhere in between. From brilliant debuts to long-awaited returns and left-field releases that weren’t even on our radar, these are the seven new albums and EPs we keep coming back to on repeat— no skips, no notes.

Kiss Facility – Khazna

Paris-based duo Kiss Facility bring together Sega Bodega—the boundary-pushing producer known for his work with artists like Shygirl and Eartheater—and Egyptian-Emirati vocalist Mayah Alkhateri. KHAZNA marks their first full-length project as a duo, building on a handful of earlier drops and positioning itself as a more fully realized entry into their shared sonic world. Built on a hazy foundation of shoegaze, trip-hop, and dream-pop, Kiss Facility stretch the genre into something softer, stranger, and more intimate, letting Alkhateri’s Arabic vocals drift across reverb-heavy soundscapes like a kind of incantation. Even if you don’t understand a word, you feel everything.

Tinariwen – Hoggar

The Grammy-winning Tuareg collective’s tenth studio album arrives as a visual experience, pairing the band’s meditative grooves with animated imagery inspired by Saharan landscapes and Tuareg culture. The project, which features guest appearances by José González, was recorded in southern Algeria after being displaced from Mali, carrying the weight of real-world conflict, threading themes of exile, resistance, and cultural survival into its hypnotic desert blues. Written alongside a new generation of Tuareg musicians, the album brings together founding members Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni, and Touhami Ag Alhassane with younger voices from the desert community. It’s a passing of the torch that doesn’t feel ceremonial so much as natural. In a moment where global music is increasingly polished and hyper-digital, Hoggar opts for something rawer, more human, reasserting Tinariwen’s place not just as pioneers of desert blues, but as one of the few groups still making music that feels tied to land, memory, and survival.

Ye – Bully

After months of delays, AI drama, and constant reshaping, Ye’s hotly-anticipated Bully finally arrives, and surprisingly, it delivers. As the artist formerly known as Kanye West’s 12th studio album, it feels like his most cohesive work since Donda in 2021. The production is the real standout here. It’s unmistakably Kanye at his best—soul chops, warped samples, and left-field switches. A track built around a chipmunked Fairouz sample boasts all the elements of a perfect Kanye song, while features from CeeLo Green, Don Toliver, and André Troutman add depth without stealing focus. It lands, of course, in the shadow of controversy—his recent rants and antisemitic outbursts still lingering, even as he’s publicly apologized. Bully may not be a full return, but it’s the closest we’ve gotten to “old Kanye” in years. With him set to headline all three days of 2026 Wireless Festival, don’t be surprised if these tracks hit harder live.

Shbash – A5r Zman

Artwork by Mothanna Hussein

Across just four tracks, Jordanian-Palestinian artist Shbash distills a very specific mood: the quiet paranoia, ambition, and disillusionment shaping Jordan’s underground rap scene right now. It’s concise by design, a project that says more in under ten minutes than most albums do in thirty. Sonically, the EP sits somewhere between dark drill, ambient haze, and industrial grit, with Shbash’s heavily auto-tuned vocals cutting through like a signal trying to reach you from a distance. It’s not polished in a commercial sense, but that’s kind of the point.

Yeat – A Dangerous Lyfe/Love

Billed as a 21-track double album, it’s Yeat’s most deliberate project yet, a noticeable shift away from the blown-out rage beats into something cleaner, tighter, and more controlled. Or, as he put it himself in a chat with Zane Lowe, he’s “done with the slop.” The production is the biggest flex here. Still futuristic, still weird, but way more refined, giving his vocals space to actually land. And then there’s the features: NBA YoungBoy and Grimes on the same track shouldn’t work, but somehow does (sampling Grimes is a curveball that pays off). Add in Kylie Jenner, Kid Cudi, and Julia Wolf, and it’s clear Yeat is building a world that’s bigger than his usual lane.

Sada – 4AM

On her debut EP 4 AM, Berlin-based Palestinian artist Sada doesn’t try to introduce herself in a conventional way. Built across three tracks, the project unfolds like a string of late-night voice notes. Sonically, this sounds like ambient pop and experimental electronics over Arabic vocals that drift between singing and whispering, carrying themes of exile and displacement. But what sets it apart is how unforced it feels. With field recordings, bits of conversation, and sparse instrumentation, the EP boasts a kind of lived-in texture, like you’re not just hearing the music but the space around it.

Don Toliver – Octane

There’s no denying how good Don Toliver’s fifth studio album sounds. The beats are lush, immersive, and often carry more emotional weight than the lyrics themselves—a dynamic that’s always been central to Toliver’s appeal. The artist has always treated his vocals like an instrument, and here they feel more fluid than ever, gliding between hooks and verses with an ease that makes even the simplest lines stick. It’s an album built for late-night drives, city lights, and that in-between state where everything feels slightly unreal. Instead of chasing big, viral moments, the Houston rapper focuses on consistency, letting the world he’s created do the heavy lifting. And when it clicks, it really clicks.

7 New Albums and EPs We Can’t Get Enough Of

Kiss Facility – Khazna

Tinariwen – Hoggar

Ye – Bully

Shbash – A5r Zman

Yeat – A Dangerous Lyfe/Love

Sada – 4AM

Don Toliver – Octane

Suggestions

Articles

Topics

7 New Albums and EPs We Can’t Get Enough Of

Kiss Facility – Khazna

Tinariwen – Hoggar

Ye – Bully

Shbash – A5r Zman

Yeat – A Dangerous Lyfe/Love

Sada – 4AM

Don Toliver – Octane

Related Stories

More From Music

Suggestions

Articles

Topics

Newsletter

The only newsletter you won't unsubscribe from

Follow Us