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Fopp’s picks

August 2025

august is here, and it’s packed with fresh new releases – here are the standouts we can’t stop talking about this month.

blood orange – essex honey

release: 29th august 2025

available on double vinyl / cd

essex honey is dev hynes at his most intimate and expansive, a diaristic, dream-hazed journey through grief, memory, and the strange comforts of music. written in the afterglow of loss and set against the ghostly backdrop of essex, the album weaves punk-fuzzed acoustics, swirling cello, and analogue warmth into something tender yet defiant. echoes of his early blood orange work meet voices from the present, with stunning contributions from the durutti column, mustafa, caroline polachek, daniel caesar, lorde, zadie smith, tirzah, brendan yates and mabe fratti. self-produced and shaped with mikaelin “blue” bluespruce and heba kadry, essex honey is catharsis in full bloom. it’s a record that mourns and celebrates in the same breath, finding new beauty in the act of remembering.

deftones – private music

release: 22nd august 2025

available on alternate artwork fog vinyl / alternate artwork cd / clear vinyl / cd

private music is deftones at their most elemental and elevated – a heady, propulsive dive into beauty, brutality and beyond. across 11 meticulously crafted tracks, the band conjures a world that is both grounded and otherworldly, rooted in dense riffs, haunted textures and moments of unexpected grace. reunited with producer nick raskulinecz (diamond eyes, koi no yokan), they’ve sculpted an album that feels like a lucid dream in freefall – familiar yet surreal, intimate yet vast. themes of inner survival, ecological awe and spiritual untethering run through it like static. this is deftones not just refining their sound, but transcending it. it’s a trip.

mac demarco – guitar

release: 22nd august 2025

available on transparent orange vinyl / vinyl

guitar is mac demarco’s first proper studio album since 2019, and it finds him at his most stripped down, sincere and self contained. recorded alone over twelve days in his la home studio, the 12-track album peels back the layers to reveal mac in sharp focus – no frills, no facade, just raw, melodic snapshots of life as he lives it now. following the sprawling chaos of one wayne g and the road-weary haze of five easy hot dogs, this is a quieter triumph: warm, loose, and full of feeling. guitar doesn’t just mark a return – it’s a reintroduction, it’s the sound of an artist pausing, reflecting, and playing purely for the joy of it.

wolf alice – the clearing

release: 22nd august 2025

available on fopp exclusive apricot vinyl / vinyl / cd

wolf alice return with the clearing — a rich, shimmering reinvention that sees the band break new ground in 2025. written in the heart of seven sisters and brought to life in los angeles with grammy-winning producer greg kurstin, it’s their most expansive and emotionally charged work yet. part north london grit, part la sparkle, it channels 70s pop/rock through a modern lens, drawing comparisons to a present-day fleetwood mac. the lead single bloom baby bloom sets the tone: uplifting, restless, and steeped in a desire to move forward. across the album, the band lean into contrast, the serious and the playful, the ironic and the sincere — delivering songs that feel lived-in but open to change. the clearing is, at heart, a record about growth: of letting go, moving on, and making peace with the noise.

bryan adams – roll with the punches

release: 29th august 2025

available on fopp exclusive clear vinyl / vinyl / deluxe edition 2cd / cd

Reneé Rapp – bite me

release: 1st august 2025

available on magenta vinyl / vinyl / cd

the black keys – no rain, no flowers

release: 8th august 2025

available on ruby red vinyl / vinyl / cd

the hives – The Hives Forever Forever the Hives

release: 29th august 2025

available on gold vinyl / vinyl / cd

this is the Hives’ long-awaited return, bursting with raw energy and ferocious swagger. Recorded between Stockholm’s Riksmixningsverket (owned by ABBA’s Benny Andersson) and Mike D’s Malibu studio, the album reunites the band with longtime producer Pelle Gunnerfeldt and features contributions from legends like Mike D and Josh Homme. Over thirty years into their career, the Hives – Howlin’ Pelle, Chris Dangerous, The Johan and Only, Nicholaus Arson and Vigilante Carlstroem – remain unmatched in their blistering delivery and infectious confidence. From selling out stadiums with AC/DC and The Rolling Stones to landing in Pitchfork’s Top 500 Songs and Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Albums of the decade, they’ve long been hailed as saviours of rock ‘n’ roll. With this latest release, they prove they still very much are.

jenny beth – you heartbreaker, you

release: 29th august 2025

available on white vinyl / vinyl / cd

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