While most producers eventually tend to settle on a singular sound, Hudson Mohawke continues to defy all expectations. The Glaswegian producer’s Cry Sugar is his first album since 2015’s Lantern, a smorgasbord of acid house, happy hardcore, and Mohawke's own epoch-defining brand of euphoric rave, announced on Instagram with the singular command: “get the lines out.” With titanic production across 19 tracks, many of them over four minutes long, the record defies streaming-era expectations, boosting serotonin into the brains of attention span-fried listeners, whether it’s the ecstatic synth stabs on “Intentions”, laying orchestral elements over trap beats on “Stump”, or going full-blown 90s rave on “Bicstan”.  

Elsewhere, Megan Thee Stallion shares a new release, Danny Elfman drops a remix album, and Pale Waves lean further into their pop-punk credentials.

DANNY ELFMAN, BIGGER. MESSIER.

MEGAN THEE STALLION, TRAUMAZINE

HUDSON MOHAWKE, CRY SUGAR

PALE WAVES, UNWANTED