Safi Bugel

Gintė Preisaitė - Instruments of Forgetting and the Singing Bone
The Guardian
80
From birdsong to pool balls, this Lithuanian musician – a graduate of Copenhagen’s buzzy Rhythmic Music Conservatory – mixes beguiling found sounds into left-field pop and modern classical.
Ana Roxanne - Poem 1
The Guardian
80
Essaying a broken heart, the New Yorker puts her voice front and centre for her most accessible work yet, though still with unexpected details – and a Schumann cover.
Joshua Chuquimia Crampton - Anata
The Guardian
80
The Aymara musician takes inspiration from an Andean tradition, resulting in a scrappy sonic meditation with woozy melodies and pockets of warmth.
Julianna Barwick - Tragic Magic
The Guardian
80
The composers’ first collaborative album ebbs from epic, cinematic heights to delicate and dreamy lullabies.
HTRK - String of Hearts (Songs of HTRK)
The Guardian
100
Sharon Van Etten, Stephen O’Malley, Perila and more transform the duo’s gloomy, sensual songs on an album of covers and remixes.
Alpha Maid - Is this a queue
The Guardian
80

Hook-laden tracks are woven through wandering instrumentals, ritualistic drum workouts and scrappy guitar jams.

Raisa K - Affectionately
The Guardian
80
Of a piece with the off-kilter pop of Astrid Sonne and Tirzah, Raisa K builds a striking debut out of hazy melodies, unaffected vocals and observations of everyday love.
Show Me the Body - Trouble the Water
The Guardian
80

Shivering with tension, Trouble the Water is an exciting and urgent call to come together and kick off – at once a reflection of, and a cathartic release from, volatile times.

Hana Vu - Public Storage
Crack Magazine
60
Across 12 songs, she unpacks emotional baggage and memories, transferring them from her Los Angeles bedroom to the world.
Various Artists - Disk Musik
The Guardian
80
The 80s label released hundreds of oddball DIY recordings. Their final compilation, now repressed, jerks from folk to punk to ambient – with moments worthy of great kids’ TV.
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June Playlist