Are you bored with your current playlists? Looking for something new to check out this month? We’re here to help. 

Below, you’ll find five of the biggest albums set for release in April.

ELLIE GOULDING - ‘Higher Than Heaven’ | April 7th

After a pandemic, a baby, a marriage and publicly revealing her struggle with anxiety to fans, you might assume that Ellie Goulding’s new album is a ruminative affair. Not so: this is full-blown pop, with uplifting bangers of the kind that the ‘Burn’ singer’s fans are familiar with - not least glitzy single ‘Let It Die’.

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FEIST - ‘Multitudes’ | April 14th 

Many people became familiar with Leslie Feist’s music after her song ‘1234’ was used on an Apple ad. Delve beneath the surface of her back catalogue and you’ll find a writer of clever, idiosyncratic songs that run the gamut of folk, pop and indie. Multitudes is her first album since 2017’s Pleasure and follows both the birth of her adopted daughter and the death of her family: expect songs exploring both topics in her own quirky manner.

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EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - ‘Fuse’ | April 21st

There are comebacks, and then there are comebacks. Considering Everything But the Girl’s last album was released in 1999, you can safely designate them in the latter category. Tracy Thorn and Ben Watt have rekindled their creative partnership for an album described as a “modern take on the lustrous electronic soul” that the duo made their name with.

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JESSIE WARE - ‘That! Feels! Good!’ | April 28th

Jessie Ware’s career has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride. Having established herself as a creator of woozy, detached electronic-pop thanks to albums like her debut ‘Devotion’, then feeling like she was done with music after the release of 'Glasshouse', the Londoner has done a bit of a 160-turn in recent times. Her 2020 album ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’ took a new soulful, uplifting stance and her fifth album continues that theme with aplomb: these are joyful, soulful, disco-inflected pop songs that - as the title suggests - simply feel good.

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THE NATIONAL - ‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’ | April 28th

One of the most revered indie bands of modern times return with their ninth album. Will guitarist Aaron Dessner’s production work with the likes of Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran influence the Brooklyn band’s sound? Well, Swift is one of several guests (along with Phoebe Bridgers and Sufjan Stevens) making an appearance on this album, so… we’ll have to wait and see.