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Fopp’s Picks
August 2026
The calendar resets, handing music lovers an undisputed shipment of brand-new studio statements.
phoebe bridgers – lost weekend
phoebe bridgers – lost weekendrelease: 14th august 2026
available on europa ice double vinyl / double vinyl / fopp exclusive alternative cd artwork / cd
Six years after Punisher established her as an indie icon, Phoebe Bridgers returns from her Grammy winning boygenius run with her most meticulously crafted solo vision yet. Lost Weekend cuts straight through the noise, delivering 16 tracks of haunting, dry-witted intimacy. Lead single Lost Boys sets the tone – a gorgeously arranged, phone-addled slow-burn featuring vocal assists from Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus alongside subtle, glitchy production work from Alex G and Jack Antonoff. It’s an album that captures the quiet apocalypse of staying human in an overstimulated world, all anchored by her signature, devastatingly precise songwriting.
weezer – weezer (gold album)
release: 21st august 2026
available on gold vinyl / vinyl / cd
Three decades in, rock’s most enduring pop-rock architects deliver their seventh colour coded milestone. The Gold Album breaks thirty years of tradition by stepping away from Rivers Cuomo’s solitary workbench and opening up the floor: for the first time, songwriting duties are spread across the band, anchored by a co-writing effort between Cuomo and drummer Patrick Wilson. The result is a sun-drenched record that marries their classic power-pop crunch with fresh, collective energy. It’s tight, unapologetically melodic, and proof that even after twenty albums, Weezer can still find shiny new territory to dig into. An absolute must-grab for the store racks this month.
interpol – this mirror weighs a ton
release: 21st august 2026
available on white double vinyl / double vinyl / cd
This Mirror Weighs a Ton finds Interpol turning inward while continuing to move forward. Across the record, reflection, distortion and perception become a lens through which familiar shapes are refracted into something slightly alien, as if seen through a different kind of light. Synthesizers, strings, acoustic guitars and percussion are integrated into the fabric of the songs, expanding the palette while revealing colors already latent within it. Nothing feels imposed. Instead, the additions deepen the band’s language of restraint, atmosphere and tension. The result is an album that feels expansive, uncanny and alive with forward motion, not a reinvention but an evolution that allows Interpol to continue transforming without losing their identity.
mike d – thank you
release: 28th august 2026
available on clear vinyl / cd
Fifteen years after the final Beastie Boys project, Mike D steps back into the spotlight with his solo debut. What began as unscripted living room jam sessions with his sons evolved into a sprawling playground built alongside producers like Carter Lang and Jared Solomon. Singles like Switch Up and True Colors trade nostalgia for something far more fluid, swapping heavy hip-hop chest-thumping for sunlit, post-electronic grooves, hazy psych-rock textures, and low-key vocal hooks. It’s a warm, surprisingly loose record from a rap icon who sounds entirely unconcerned with legacy, opting instead for pure, unforced fun.
steve lacy – oh yeah?
release: 7th august 2026
available on grey opaque vinyl / cd
Building on the colossal success of Gemini Rights, the Compton-born auteur leans even deeper into his uninhibited, genre-blurring wheelhouse. Oh Yeah? plays out like a seamless bridge between synth-obsessed pop-rock and trippy, lo-fi R&B. Highlighted by high-wattage assists from SZA and Erykah Badu, the record trades slick radio formula for playful vulnerability, proving Lacy can push experimental boundaries while keeping his hooks completely irresistible.
jorja smith – what are the odds
release: 21st august 2026
available on splatter vinyl / pink vinyl / orange vinyl / cd
Jorja Smith flips the script, swapping her trademark late night R&B ballads for a relentless homage to UK club culture. Crafted entirely alongside producer P2J, What Are The Odds redlines at 140 BPM, ripping through high-octane UKG, 2-step, soulful house, and grime. High profile features from Afrobeat titan Wizkid and grime veteran Devlin add extra firepower to a tracklist built strictly for high-energy motion. It’s an intoxicating, kinetic pivot that trades quiet introspection for pure dancefloor catharsis.
overmono – pure devotion
overmono – pure devotionrelease: 28th august 2026
available on vinyl / cd
Sharing a name with the beloved series of live events they launched in 2024, Pure Devotion is Overmono’s most ambitious project to date. It’s the sound of beautiful imperfections, machine malfunctions and happy accidents, harnessed by the unflinching confidence that Overmono – aka brothers Tom and Ed Russell – have gained through years at the vanguard of underground electronic music, and subsequent breakthrough as one of the defining dance music acts of the decade. Across the eleven tracks, Overmono have pushed their recording process into bold new territories, adopting experimental production techniques that involve synthesisers from the ’70s and ’80s, an antiquated train announcement speaker, and literally baking a crash cymbal in the oven. There’s a powerful sense of intention and physicality embedded in every choice, which extends to the emotive vocal features from revered British poet John Joseph Holt, close collaborator Kindora, and Paul Institute’s Ruthven. It’s an album that chooses emotion over desensitisation. Craft over efficiency. It’s a labour of love. Pure Devotion.
brandon flowers – thrasher
release: 21st august 2026
available on vinyl / cd
A decade after his last solo run, the Killers frontman heads to Nashville’s Historic RCA Studio A to craft his most intimate work yet. THRASHER trades Las Vegas neon for the dust and memory of Nephi, Utah, grounding Flowers’ soaring romanticism in timeless, roots-built Americana. Backed by legends like David Rawlings, pedal-steel icon Bruce Bouton, and Bob Dylan’s go-to harmonica master Charlie McCoy, the album relies on acoustic warmth and human instrumentation. Producers Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado frame his legendary vocal range against a backdrop of aching steel and classic songwriting, delivering a vulnerable, deeply personal portrait of home and endurance.
