# 11 New Albums You Should Listen To Now

> Pitchfork's latest picks: Fontaines D.C., Avalanches, and more.
- Title: 11 New Albums You Should Listen To Now · Pitchfork | Shortify
- Summary: Pitchfork's latest picks: Fontaines D.C., Avalanches, and more. Pitchfork recommends 11 new albums including Fontaines D.C.'s Dopamine Chamber and The…
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- Source: Pitchfork — https://pitchfork.com/story/11-new-albums-you-should-listen-to-now-fontaines-dc-the-avalanches-and-more
- Author: Jazz Monroe
- Published: 2026-10-16T14:04:10.723+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: fontaines dc, avalanches, new albums, pitchfork, streaming, music, albums, dopamine chamber, no bad memories, new music friday, culture
## Fontaines D.C. Dopamine Chamber
Fontaines D.C. continue their evolution from underground rock insurgents to arena-baiting anthem merchants on their Romance follow-up.

> You step inside and we test these different mind- or mood-altering pieces of music on you.
## Autosmile
Autosmile by @ plays out like a series of private jokes told between friends with Filipczak and Victoria Rose.

> I don’t know how I belong to you, but I do somehow.
## The Avalanches No Bad Memories
The Avalanches' first proper LP since the pandemic draws inspiration from lost jingles and defunct technology.

> The word mixtape initially meant a homespun tape that you typically listened to yourself or gave to somebody else.
## Rachel Chinouriri I Think I Spoke Too Soon
Rachel Chinouriri makes a home in the mirror-polished smear between Y2K pop and slick UK indie on her follow-up.

> Allowing someone who clearly hates me to have access to me at any moment.
## Sophia Stel The Greatest Album of All Time
Sophia Stel’s first album for A24’s nascent label is an appropriately cinematic survey of life during an ascendant career moment.

> Great pop gets down to a science, and properly wielded Autotune is an art form in itself.
## Jacques Greene JG
Jacques Greene’s first solo LP in seven years features crystalline melodies and poppy vocals with 2-step, dubstep, and deep basslines.

> In my mind, Montreal producer Jacques Greene has always been an after-hours producer.
## They Are Gutting a Body of Water
They Are Gutting a Body of Water’s mixtape compiles cuts with Julia’s War labelmates and friends-of including Spirit of the Beehive.

> The word mixtape initially meant a homespun tape that you typically listened to yourself or gave to somebody else.
## Dummy Do You Love the Color of the Sky?
Dummy’s new album incorporates breakbeats into ambient shoegaze and chamber-leaning electronic pop.

> Making music shouldn’t be fun.
## Worldpeace DMT Stick Around for Tea
Worldpeace DMT’s Stick Around for Tea blends mid-2000s indie, jangly vintage pop, and New York downtown worship.

> Following in the ersatz footsteps of Belle & Sebastian and their Pacific Northwest brethren at K Records.
## Geologist and Kyle Simon The Sirens
Geologist and Kyle Simon create music using moonlight and photodiodes to record from the Joshua Tree observatory.

> Eat your heart out, Muse.
## Heavens to Betsy Baby’s Gone
Heavens to Betsy’s comeback LP combines 16 tracks from multiple releases spanning 1992 to 1994.

> Righteous feminist fury never loses its relevance or power.
## Key takeaway

Pitchfork recommends 11 new albums including Fontaines D.C.'s Dopamine Chamber and The Avalanches' No Bad Memories.