Like a cyborgian lullaby, Yeule’s second album, Glitch Princess, opens with a glitching monologue. “My name is Nat Ćmiel/I like to take up as little space as possible/I like sweet things, physical and consumable/I like making up my own worlds and the people who live inside me,” they stumble childishly against a gentle backdrop of MMRPG-style music. The 24-year-old Singapore-born songwriter and producer – real name Nat Ćmiel – is themselves like an IRL video game character. Oftentimes they present in elaborate, alienoid make-up with white powdery eyes, while their music – an ethereal blend of alienoid vocals, experimental shoegaze sounds, and static soundscapes – feels like entering a cyberspace of error messages and broken computer code.

On Glitch Princess, Yeule joins forces with PC Music head honcho Danny L Harle, who produced five tracks on the 13-track record. Vocal contributions by the likes of Mura Masa and Japanese rapper Tohji are welcome additions to the synthetic ambience. Spanning emo-pop to glitchcore to a mammoth four-hour ambient closer, the album is smooth and erratic, sweet and complex. An AutoTuned journey into the heart of the cyberscape. 

Elsewhere, CHAI release a dreamy EP, Mitski muses about fame on her sixth album, and Saba shares a complex and melancholic third album.

ADEKUNLE GOLD, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

CHAI, WINK TOGETHER

JUNGLEPUSSY, JP5000

MITSKI, LAUREL HELL

SABA, FEW GOOD THINGS

WILLOW KAYNE, PLAYGROUND ANTICS

YEULE, GLITCH PRINCESS