Keeping track of all the new albums coming out in a given month is a big job, but we’re up for it: Below is a comprehensive list of the major releases you can look forward to in April. If you’re not trying to potentially miss out on anything, it might be a good idea to keep reading.
Friday, April 5
- &More — Ethel Bobcat (D-Tone Victorious/nicethingsMUSIC)
- Ages And Ages — Me You They We (Needle and Thread Records)
- Alma — Have You Seen Her? (PME)
- Andromo & Iain Howie — Just Stay EP (Rainforest Music)
- Big Eyes — Streets Of The Lost (Greenway Records)
- BLACKPINK — Kill This Love EP (YG Entertainment)
- Bogdan Raczynski — Rave ‘Till You Cry (Disciples)
- Brass Box — The Cathedral (Dune Altar)
- The Brave — Aura (UNFD)
- Brooks & Dunn — Reboot (Arista Nashville)
- Bryce Dessner (of The National) — El Chan (Deutsche Grammophon)
- bülow — Crystalline EP (Wax Records/Republic)
- Callum Easter — Here Or Nowhere (Lost Map Records)
- Cassia — Replica (Distiller Records)
- Cherry Pickles — Cherry Pickles Will Harden Your Nipples (PNKSLM Recordings)
- Christian Löffler — Graal (Prologue) (Ki Records)
- Circa Waves — What It’s Like Over There? (Prolifica Inc.)
- Cities Of Mars — The Horologist (Ripple Music)
- Cocaine Piss — Passionate & Tragic (Hypertension Records)
- Conjurer — Sigils (1126252 Records DK2)
- Crown Of Autumn — Byzantine Horizons (My Kingdom Music)
- Datura4 — Blessed is The Boogie (Alive Naturalsound Records)
- David Berkman — Six Of One (Palmetto Records)
- Don Felder — American Rock ‘n’ Roll (BMG Rights Management (US) LLC)
- The Drums — Brutalism (ANTI‐)
- Evan Greer — She/Her/They/Them (Don Giovanni Records)
- Flying Fish Cove — At Moonset (Darla Records)
- Foie Gras — Holy Hell EP (Yellow Year Records)
- Girl On Grass — Dirty Power (September Gurl Music)
- Girli — Odd One Out (Virgin EMI Records)
- GRiZ — Ride Waves (self-released)
- Gurr — She Says EP (AWAL/Rough Trade)
- Hannah Grace — The Bed You Made EP (Never Fade Records)
- I Know Leopard — Love Is A Landmine (Ivy League Records)
- Idlewild — Interview Music (Empty Words)
- Jackie Venson — JOY (Big Indie Records)
- Jai Wolf — The Cure To Loneliness (Mom+Pop )
- JAWS — The Ceiling (self-released)
- Jelly Boy — Everybody Is A Universe EP (Cannibal Hymns)
- Jimbo Mathus — Incinerator (Big Legal Mess Records)
- John Vanderslice — The Cedars (Native Cat Recordings)
- Jonathan Larson — The Jonathan Larson Project (Ghostlight Records)
- Justin Wright — Music For Staying Warm (First Terrace Records)
- Kendrick Scott Oracle — A Wall Becomes A Bridge (Blue Note Records)
- Khalid — Free Spirit (RCA)
- Khotin — Beautiful You (self-released)
- Kiefer — Bridges (Stones Throw Records)
- The Infamous Stringdusters — Rise Sun (Time Tape Records)
- L’Impératrice — Matahari (Microqlima)
- Lady Lamb — Even In The Tremor (Ba Da Bing)
- Larry “Ratso” Sloman — Stubborn Heart (Lucky Number)
- Mana — Seven Steps Behind (Hyperdub)
- Mark de Clive-Lowe — Heritage II (Ropeadope)
- Matt Maeson — Bank On The Funeral (Neon Gold/Atlantic Records)
- Mike Mains & The Branches — When We Were In Love (Tooth and Nail)
- Molly Turtle — When You’re Ready (Compass Records)
- Night School — Disappear Here (Graveface Records)
- Partner — Saturday The 14th EP (You’ve Changed Records)
- The Prescriptions — Hollywood Gold (Single Lock Records)
- Priests — The Seduction Of Kansas (Sister Polygon Records)
- Pup — Morbid Stuff (Rise Records/BMG)
- Reba McEntire — Stronger Than The Truth (Big Machine)
- Rescue Rangers — Divisive (Klonosphere/Season Of Mist/Cargo Records UK)
- Rod Melancon — Pinkville (Blue Elan Records)
- Rose Elinor Dougall — A New Illusion (Vermillion)
- Rose Of The West — Rose Of The West (Communicating Vessels)
- Rozi Plain (of This is The Kit) — What A Boost (Memphis Industries)
- Sara Bareilles — Amidst The Chaos (Epic Records)
- Savoir Adore — Full Bloom (Nettwerk Records)
- Sego — Sego Sucks (Roll Call Records)
- Shana Cleveland — Night Of The Worm Moon (Hardly Art)
- Sharkmuffin — Gamma Gardening EP (Exploding In Sound Records)
- Spoony Bard — Old Friends (self-released)
- The Suitcase Junket — Mean Dog, Trampoline (Signature Sounds )
- Swimming Bell — Wild Sight (Adventure Records)
- Tayla Parx — We Need To Talk (Atlantic Records)
- Tyler Ramsey (of Band Of Horses) — For The Morning (Fantasy)
- Uncle Meg — Butterfly EP (Yellow Year Records)
- Weyes Blood — Titanic Rising (Sub Pop)
- Whispering Sons — Image (self-released)
- Yarrow — A Mild Circus EP (Get Better Records)
Friday, April 12
- Aaron Lewis — State I’m In (Valory Music)
- ALL TVVINS — Just To Exist (Faction Records)
- All Your Sisters — Trust Ruins (The Flenser)
- Anderson .Paak — Ventura (Aftermath Entertainment)
- Astrid — Fall, Stand, Dance (AED Records)
- Band Of Skulls — Love Is All You Love (So Recordings)
- Bars Of Gold — Shelters (Equal Vision Records)
- Beat Music — Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! (Motéma Music)
- Bibio — Ribbons (Warp)
- Big Business — The Beast You Are (Joyful Noise Recordings)
- Big Search — Slow Fascination (30th Century Records)
- Black Flower — Future Flora (Sdban Records)
- Broken Social Scene — Let’s Try The After — Vol 2 EP (Arts & Crafts Records)
- Bruce Hornsby — Absolute Zero (Zappo Productions/Thirty Tigers)
- BTS — Map Of The Soul: Persona (Big Hit Entertainment)
- The Budos Band — V (Daptone)
- The Chemical Brothers — No Geography (Astralwerks)
- The Cradle — The Glare Of Success (NNA Tapes)
- Cris Jacobs — Color Where You Are (Blue Rose Music)
- Damien Jurado — In The Shape Of A Storm (Mama Bird Recording Co.)
- Eli “Paperboy” Reed — 99 Cent Dreams (self-released)
- Emily Reo — Only You Can See It (Carpark Records)
- Eric Reed — Everybody Gets The Blues (Smoke Sessions Records)
- Escort — City Life (Escort Records)
- Fontaines D.C. — Dogrel (Partisan Records)
- Glen Hansard — The Wild Willing (ANTI- Records)
- Gone Cosmic — Sideways In Time (Kozmik Artifactz)
- Gretchen Pleuss — Daughter Of The Broader Skies (Sun Pedal Recordings)
- Jess Ribeiro — Love Hate (Barely Dressed Records / Remote Control Records)
- John Paul White (of The Civil Wars) — The Hurting Kind (Single Lock Records)
- Junodream — Terrible Things That Could Happen EP (self-released)
- Khalid — Free Spirit (RCA)
- The Leisure Society — Arrivals & Departures (go Drain Records)
- Lloyd — Black Haze (Flipside Recordings)
- Lowly — Hifalutin ()
- LSD (Sia, Diplo, and Labrinth) — Labrinth, Sia & Diplo Present… LSD (Columbia)
- Melby — VCR (Rama Lama Records)
- Melissa Etheridge — The Medicine Show (Concord Records)
- MONKEY3 — Sphere (Napalm Records)
- Native Harrow — Happier Now (Different Time Records)
- NUMENOREAN — Adore (Season of Mist)
- Odonis Odonis — Reaction EP (Felte)
- Pixel Grip — Heavy Handed (Feeltrip Records)
- Reese McHenry — No Dados (Suah Sounds)
- Shovels & Rope — By Blood (Dualtone)
- Sophie Auster — Next Time (BMG Music)
- Tellavision — Add Land (Faux)
- Theories — Vessel (Corpse Flower Records)
- Thomas Henley — Epoque EP (Pan European Recording)
- Through The Noise — Dualism (Eclipse Records)
- Yours Truly — Afterglow EP (UNFD)
- Zvi — Deer Pink (Nefarious Industries)
Friday, April 19
- Angélique Kidjo — Celia (Verve/Universal Music France)
- Ann My Dice — Thorn EP (Profane Records)
- Anna Tivel — The Question (Fluff & Gravy Records)
- Beauty Queen — Out Of Touch EP (Sleep Well Records)
- Bells Atlas — The Mystic (Tender Loving Empire)
- Bernard Fowler (of Rolling Stones) — Inside Out (Eagle Records)
- Cage The Elephant — Social Cues (RCA Records)
- Countless Goodbyes — Cycles (Inverse Records)
- The Cringe — Everywhere You’ve Never Been (Silver Lining Music)
- Daniel Norgren — Wooh Dang (Superpuma Records)
- Diane Coffee — Internet Arms (Polyvinyl Records)
- Drugdealer — Raw Honey (Mexican Summer)
- Faith Eliott — Impossible Bodies (OK Pal)
- Fat White Family — Serfs Up! (Domino Records)
- Field Medic — Fade Into The Dawn (Run For Cover Records)
- Flaural — Postponement (Staycation Records)
- Gus Dapperton — Where Polly People Go To Read (AWAL)
- Heart Attack — Fake Blood (You Did This/Triple Crown Records)
- Heather Woods Broderick — Invitation (Western Vinyl)
- Heavy As Texas — Heavy As Texas (Crunchy Western Records)
- The Hot Sardines — Welcome Home, Bon Voyage (Eleven Records)
- Jade Bird — Jade Bird (Glassnote Records)
- JOHNNYSWIM — Moonlight (BMG Rights Management (US) LLC)
- Jonatha Brooke — Imposter EP (Bad Dog Records)
- Kelsey Lu — Blood (Columbia Records)
- Kinbrae — Landforms (Truant Recordings)
- Lizzo — Cuz I Love You (Nice Life/Atlantic)
- Lovers Leap — Lovers Leap EP (Moon Loof Recordings)
- Loyle Carner — Not Waving But Drowning (AMF Records)
- Maren Celest — I Saw The Sun (Candor Arts)
- Mark Peters — New Routes Out Of Innerland (Sonic Cathedral)
- Mitch Woods — A Tip Of The Hat To Fats (Blind Pig Records)
- The O’Jays — The Last Word (SC1/S-Curve)
- Pamplemousse — High Strung (A Tant Rêver du Roi)
- Peggy Gou — Moment EP (Gudu Records)
- Polly Gibbons — All I Can Do (Resonance Records)
- Raffi — Motivational Songs (Troubadour Music/Universal Music Canada)
- Russ Tolman — Goodbye El Dorado (Lost)
- Sabbath Assembly — A Letter Of Red (Svart Records)
- Sad Planets (Patrick Carney and John Petkovic) — Akron (Tee Pee Records)
- Sarah Mary Chadwick — The Queen Who Stole The Sky (Rice Is Nice Records)
- Seaway — Fresh Produce (Pure Noise Records)
- Shotgun Sawyer — Bury The Hatchet (Ripple Music)
- Stealing Sheep — Big Wows (Heavenly Recordings)
- Tech N9ne — N9NA (Strange Music)
- The Tallest Man on Earth — I Love You. It’s A Fever Dream. (Rivers/Birds Records)
- TR/ST — The Destroyer — 1 (Grouch)
- Tripsitter — The Other Side Of Sadness (Prosthetic Records)
- Wand — Laughing Matter (Drag City)
- Wargirl — Wargirl (Clouds Hill)
- Yes We Mystic — Ten Seated Figures (DevilDuck Records)
- Your Heart Breaks — Drone Butch Blues (SofaBurn)
Friday, April 26
- AJR — Neotheater (Warner Bros. Records)
- Alan Parsons — The Secret (Frontiers)
- Aldous Harding — Designer (4AD)
- Amon Tobin — Fear In A Handful Of Dust (Nomark)
- Aries — Juramento Mantarraya (K. Records)
- Bailen — Thrilled To Be Here (Fantasy Records)
- Bear’s Den — So That You Might Hear Me (Rounder Records)
- Black Zone Magick Chant — Voyage Sacrifice (Shelter Press)
- Catfish And The Bottlemen — The Balance (Island Records)
- Chelou — Out Of Sight (Concrete Dog)
- Claude Fontaine — Claude Fontaine (Innovative Leisure)
- Craig Finn (of The Holy Steady) — I Need A New War (Partisan Records)
- The Cranberries — In The End (BMG)
- The Damned Things — High Crimes (Nuclear Blast)
- Danko Jones — A Rock Supreme (M-Theory Audio)
- Delsbo Beach Club — A Burger In Åkersberga EP (Rama Lama)
- DJ Nate — Take Off Mode (Planet Mu)
- Dub Trio — The Shape Of Dub To Come (New Damage Records)
- Ezra Collective — You Can’t Steal My Joy (Enter The Jungle)
- Foxygen — Seeing Other People (Jagjaguwar)
- George Benson — Walking To New Orleans (Provogue Records)
- The Get Ahead — Deepest Light (Jullian Records)
- Guided By Voices — Warp And Woof (Rockathon Records)
- Hannah Cohen — Welcome Home (Bella Union)
- Hembree — House On Fire (Thirty Tigers)
- Hillsong United — People (Hillsong)
- In The Valley Below — The Pink Chateau (Bright Antenna Records)
- JJ Cale — Stay Around (Because Music)
- Jackie Mendoza — LuvHz EP (Luminelle)
- Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation — Sacred Dreams (Rocket Recordings)
- Josh Ritter — Fever Breaks (Pytheas Recordings/Thirty Tigers)
- Justin Moore — Late Nights And Longnecks (Walkie Talkie Records)
- Kelly Finnigan — The Tales People Tell (Colemine Records)
- Kevin Morby — Oh My God (Dead Oceans)
- Kiefer Sutherland — Reckless & Me (BMG)
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Fishing For Fishies (ATO/Fightless Records)
- Lamb — The Secret Of Letting Go (Cooking Vinyl)
- Local Natives — Violet Street (Loma Vista Recordings)
- Lonely Robot — Under Stars (Inside Out)
- Lord Dying — Mysterium Tremendum (Entertainment One)
- Maddie & Tae — One Heart To Another EP (Dot Records)
- Marina — LOVE+FEAR (Atlantic)
- Marissa Nadler And Stephen Brodsky — Droneflower (Sacred Bones)
- The Mountain Goats — In League With Dragons (Merge Records)
- Nancy Kelly — Remembering Mark Murphy (Subcat Records)
- New Years Day — Unbreakable (RED Music)
- Nick Murphy (fka Chet Faker) — Run Fast Sleep Naked (Downtown/Future Classic/Opulent)
- Nils Lofgren — Blue With Lou (Cattle Track Road Records)
- OLSSON — Tropical Cologne (Universal Sweden)
- Otoboke Beaver — Itekoma Hits! (Damnably)
- Rodrigo y Gabriela — Mettavolution (ATO Records)
- Peakes — Absent In Person EP (Practise Music)
- Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres — Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres (City Slang)
- The Pilgrim — Walking Into The Forest (Heavy Psych Sounds)
- Pure Bathing Culture — Night Pass (Infinite Companion)
- Radical Face — Therapy EP (Bear Machine)
- Sid Le Rock — Scenic Route (Hafendisko)
- SOAK — Grim Town (Rough Trade Records)
- Spotlights — Love & Decay (Ipecac)
- The Story Changes — To Hell With This Delicate Equation (Magnaphone Records)
- Sublime With Rome — Blessings (5 Music/RED MUSIC)
- SUNN O))) — Life Metal (Southern Lord)
- Teen Daze — Bioluminescence (FLORA)
- Tiny Fighter — Tell Me EP (Bay Terrace Records)
- Trade Wind — Certain Freedoms (Other People Records)
- Walker Lukens — Adult (Modern Outsider)
- The Well — Death And Consolation (RidingEasy Records)
- Winnetka Bowling League — Cloudy With A Chance Of Sun EP (RCA Records)
- Your Heart Breaks — Drone Butch Blues (SofaBurn)
