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Aug 17, 2026
New Album Releases & Arrivals August 21, 2026
This Friday tells five stories at once: Weezer's first album in four years, Sam Smith's love letter to New York, a Daptone debut with soul royalty in its bloodline, Brazil's greatest album rejoining its sequel, and the clown record we told you to reserve in July, finally landing. Deeper in: a four-LP Tobacco box, French boogie from Born Bad, and Japanese fusion cut from the Alfa masters. All new, all sealed, all in GOOD TASTE.
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Aug 10, 2026
New Album Releases & Arrivals August 14, 2026
Six years is a long time to wait, and this Friday the wait ends: the solo return indie fans have circled all summer lands beside Jungle's sunniest record yet, KATSEYE's WILD, and the first full album from underground rap's longest-running almost-duo. The reissues run from Harlem's sharpest pen to a Lupin composer's murder-mystery score, with an audiophile Superfly in between. All new, all sealed, all in GOOD TASTE.
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Aug 3, 2026
New Album Releases & Arrivals August 7, 2026
August opens with a Friday for R&B heads and crate diggers alike: one of the most anticipated third albums in years finally hits vinyl, joined by a new voice arriving exactly where she means to be. Then it gets gloriously weird: the Indian synth record that accidentally invented acid house, two Massive Attack dub artifacts, a 1978 Star Wars dub curio, and four Kylie Minogue classics at once. All new, all sealed, all in GOOD TASTE.
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Jul 27, 2026
New Album Releases & Arrivals July 31, 2026
July goes out loud. The final Friday lands a pop giant's return, five David Bowie remasters, a three-record KRS-One wave, DJ Krush's first album in two years, and the vinyl debut of the summer's most talked-about movie soundtrack. Because it's month-end, this guide also rounds up every record from July's earlier drops still moving through the racks, from jazz harp pioneers to faux-Japanese Belgian funk. All new, all sealed, all in GOOD TASTE.
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Jul 20, 2026
New Album Releases & Arrivals July 24, 2026
We're calling it: July 24 is the most stacked new vinyl Friday of 2026 so far. Four of the biggest names in pop and rock share the date, a Bristol legend's catalog returns in one wave, and the Japan import our regulars ask about most is in the racks. Add a brand new Blue Note reissue series and two pressings limited to 500 copies, and this drop rewards the full scroll. All in GOOD TASTE.
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Jul 13, 2026
New Album Releases & Arrivals July 17, 2026
This Friday goes deep: Gracie Abrams' Daughter From Hell and Tricky's first album under his own name in six years land beside Giveon's expanded Beloved and Gorillaz' The Mountain. Then the Japan wave hits: six remastered Studio Ghibli soundtracks from Joe Hisaishi, three Himiko Kikuchi reissues, and Ryo Fukui's Scenery, plus the DJ Shadow Mo' Wax singles box for the crate diggers. All new, all sealed, all in GOOD TASTE.
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Jul 6, 2026
New Album Releases & Arrivals July 10, 2026
July 10 is one of the biggest release Fridays of the year: brand new albums from the Rolling Stones, Jack White, Kelela, and Future land alongside Madonna's Confessions II and Sienna Spiro's debut. Around the headliners, the racks fill out with El Michels Affair's Enter the 37th Chamber, a 35th anniversary Geto Boys pressing, BBE's final J Jazz volume, city pop from Anri, and soundtrack vinyl from Spira to Hyrule. All new, all sealed, all in GOOD TASTE.
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Jun 29, 2026
New Album Releases & Arrivals July 3, 2026
July 3, 2026 is a Madonna week in full. The headline is the long-awaited Confessions II/2, landing alongside one of the deepest runs of her catalog we have had at once, from the 1983 debut through Ray of Light and beyond. Around her sits Japanese fusion and city pop from Masayoshi Takanaka and Casiopea, underground hip-hop from billy woods & Kenny Segal and Oddisee, audiophile John Coltrane, and a stack of video game soundtracks.
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Jun 22, 2026
New Album Releases & Arrivals June 26, 2026
June 26 is the kind of Friday that rewards careful attention. The headline is Boards of Canada's Inferno -- their first album in over a decade -- but the drop runs deep in every direction: Olivia Rodrigo, Kehlani, Alicia Keys at 25 years, three Roy Ayers albums at once, Jalen Ngonda on Daptone, a major Japanese city pop haul from Hiroshi Sato and Anri, and dozens more new pressings across hip-hop, soul, jazz, electronic, rock, and reggae.
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Jun 15, 2026
New Album Releases & Arrivals June 19, 2026
One of the deepest Fridays of the year lands at GOOD TASTE Records. New albums from FKA Twigs, Kehlani, Lucy Dacus, and American Football share the racks with a reworked Placebo debut, a five-record KISS reissue run, and a stack of cult imports from Yamasuki to Hubert Barclay Eaves III. Here's everything worth knowing about the June 19 drop.
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Jun 8, 2026
New Album Releases June 12, 2026
June 12, 2026 is a sharp, specific week built around two big returns: Olivia Rodrigo's intimate third album and Sublime's first new record in 30 years. Around them sits a viral microtonal duo from Quebec, Angine de Poitrine, Mariah Carey's #1s on opaque white, Santana's Supernatural, and a deep run of funk, rock, and soundtrack reissues.
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Jun 1, 2026
New Album Releases June 5, 2026
June 5, 2026 is a week for the deep listeners. The headline releases are real and varied, from Niall Horan's fourth solo album to American Football's first record in nearly seven years, but the heart of this drop is a run of imported video game soundtrack CDs that almost never turn up in a record shop. Around that spotlight: new soul from Jalen Ngonda, a Lee "Scratch" Perry and Mouse on Mars collaboration, Vince Staples, the return of the Spice Girls catalog, and a stack of curated international cassettes.
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