Capturing the utter complexity that is romance in 2026 is no easy feat – but Only The Poets have seemingly trapped the prayers and confessions of any rocky relationship within their debut album And I’d Do It Again, launching them further and faster than any of their previous work had the guts to do.

Soul Rot is a testament to untangling yourself from the deepest, most horrifying parts of your psyche, finding life at the very wake of your own spirit, and holding onto the core of what makes you, you, even when the world around you is falling lifelessly to the ground. 

Wolf Alice have grown into their power, gracefully preserving the magic that won them a cult following a decade ago; their OVO Hydro show carried the same cadence and intimacy that coloured their earlier trips to Scotland at King Tut’s and the Barrowlands.

‘Don’t Tell the Dog’ by Brighton-based creator turned musician, James Marriott, has been a huge success for the artist, bringing him into the limelight accompanied by an impressive UK + EU tour, selling out almost all dates, among which were two nights at London’s Roundhouse.

On Everyone’s a Star!, 5 Seconds of Summer enters their sixth studio album, but not as the same band the world met over a decade ago – they do so as artists who have lived through reinvention, burnout, reconciliation, and growth.

Vibrant, expressive and full of life, this record promises to be both the soundtrack to catharsis and the companion for quiet introspection. It feels like not just a new chapter for the band but a statement of who they have become.

Pacifica’s In Your Face is scintillating. True to its title, the Argentine rock duo delivers one of the most authentic manifestations of youth in recent memory.