Okay, I confess record year has been proven so far 2022, which has had everything from high-profile comebacks (Cedrick Lamar, Beyoncé) to newcomers to alternative sounds (Wet Leg) and everything in between.

Summer was coming to an end, and the year was gradually entering its last streak, and we gathered the records we are most looking forward to in the final months of 2022. Will some of them make it to the top of the list at the end of December?

Muse – “The Will of the People” (Warner)

When Matt Bellamy isn’t crashing random wedding parties in Athens, he’s writing his next album with Muse. In it, as the band’s frontman said, Muse is inspired by the whole current situation in the world: from the pandemic to the war in Ukraine, as well as the climate crisis. In “Will Of The People” the band is not shy about experimenting with the hardest sound, which is easy to understand from the single “Kill Or Be Killed”. In addition, the album will also be released in an NFT version, and in fact it will be the first release in this format that can enter the UK charts.

Never; 26/8

Stella Donnelly – “The Flood” (Secretly Canadian)

A lot of new cute indie artists may emerge, but Australian Stella Donnelly, without doing anything special, managed to stand out a bit with her daring and smart lyrics with her debut Beware of the Dogs (2019). and her sweet and catchy melodies. Now she is preparing to return, this time not with a Gondarian frame, but with rich make-up color and theatricality, as we understand from the Lungs video.

Never; 26/8

Rina Sawayama – “Hold the Girl” (dirty hit)

He was introduced to us in 2020 with “SAWAYAMA” and something like the “XS” single that Britney Spears “screamed”, kind of like those hard bursts that reminded us that we once wanted our metal was “nude”, something like r ‘n’b mood of the one who had the moon and Mariah Carey, Rina Sagayama let us know for sure that we millennials also grew up and vividly remember the 2000s. Now the Japanese-British is preparing her second album, which, judging by the first samples, it will also have something from the old Taylor Swift (“Catch me in the air”) and the current and former Eurovision (“Hold the Girl”).

Never; 16/9

Ageless – “People Help People” (Drag City)

The duo of Randy Randall and Dean Allen Spade may love the noise and energy of punk, but they may also add some beats in their upcoming work. However, the album’s first single, “Andy Helping Andy”, which could have been from the Boards of Canada catalog, definitely has them. As for Andy from the title, it’s none other than Warhol, who we also see in the video clip of the track.

Never; 16/9

Maya Hawk – “MOSS” (mom + dad)

Being the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke and appearing in Stranger Things (as Robin Buckley) certainly guarantees you enough fame, but 24-year-old Maya Hawke does not stop there, as she tries at the same time to her lucky in music. So, until we see her on the big screen and in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, the young musician and actress will give us her second album, which, as the single “Thérèse” suggests, continues the tradition of the indie singer-songwriter.

Never; 23/9

Comet Approaching – “Hyperspace Expansion Beam” (Impulse!)

Sons of Kemet may have recently announced their disbandment, but that doesn’t stop Shambaka Hutchins from preparing a new album with another project of his. “Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam” was recorded over 4 days at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios and it seems the British jazz trio are set to explore the electronic element in their sound even more.

Never; 23/9

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Cool It Down” (Secretly Canadian)

Karen Oh’s name has been popping up in recent years, but the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have had 9 years to release a record that they’re set to release next month. The New York trio premiered the track “Spitting Off The Edge Of The World”, which also features Perfume Genius and “Burning”, and we’re waiting to see what happens next.

Never; 30/9

Slipknot – “The End, So Far” (Roadrunner)

The Athenian audience still has fresh memories of their epic release performance, so Slipknot fans have one more reason to wait until September, as their seventh album comes out at the end of the month. The masked metallers have already shared with us a track from their upcoming work, “The Dying Song (Time To Sing)”, and the music video for it was directed by band member Michael Sean Crahan.

Never; 30/9

San Ra Arquestra – “Living Sky” (Omni Sound)

An all-star jazz orchestra led by tireless saxophonist Marshall Allen, who replaced Sun Ra almost three decades ago, is preparing a new album that we expect to hear this year. “Living Sky” was recorded in June 2021 in one day with 19 musicians. Until now, we have heard “Somebody Else’s Idea”, a composition first recorded in 1955 and then in a vocal version in 1970, which was included in the album “My Brother The Wind, Vol II” the following year.

Never; 7/10

Daphne – “Cherry” (Jiaolong)

Most people know Dan Snight as Caribou, but when he’s in a pure dancing mood, he “dresses up” Daphne and makes music that way. The producer’s last full-length work as Daphne was 2017’s Joli Mai, but he returned some time later with this project and Cherry, which we’ve already met.

Never; 7/10

Brian Eno – “ForeverAndEverNoMore” (Verve/UMC)

He may have released his 2020 collaboration Mixing Colors with his brother Roger Eno (which also prompted a concert in our area last summer), but it’s been five years since the great one’s last solo effort. Brian Eno. However, he will be back in October and in fact most of the 10 tracks on “ForevenAndEverNoMore” will feature his vocals as well, which has happened since 2005 and “Another Day On Earth”. As for the first track “There Were Bells”, which has already been released, we had the opportunity to listen to it in Athens and Herodium, and familiar images were walking in the video clip.

Never; 14/10

Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Return of the Table Dream” (Warner)

Since the dream of many Red Hot Chili Peppers fans came true – guitarist John Frusciante returned to the ranks of the group, they have not stopped writing new music, as evidenced by repeated releases. So, after hearing from the Californians back in April with the double disc “Unlimited Love”, they are gearing up to return in October again with a double disc. We doubt the result, but we hope that this will be an occasion for them to finally come to us again in the summer to applaud Frusciante this time.

Never; 14/10

Dry cleaning – “Stump” (4AD)

With their “New Long Leg” debut, their cold composure and lazy speech (and indie Rapunzel hair) Florence Shaw, Dry Cleaning had the alternative music press drinking water for their name. A year later, the London trio are working on their next album, again with John Parris in the producer’s chair. Judging by their first two tracks, “Don’t Press Me” and “Anna Calls From The Arctic”, Dry Cleaning has no reason to deviate from the recipe that made them famous.

Never; 21/10

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A. – “MATA” (Island)

We may not know when, however, we’ll hear MIA’s new work, MATA, in the near future as the musician has signed a new deal with Island. So far, we’ve heard the downright cool “The One” and “Popular” which are much more reminiscent of the good old MIA The musician remains mysterious on his social media, however, in the post-predecessor of the second track tagare and Diplo, which means that the producer has attached to this hand.

100 gek – “10000 gek” (dog show / Atlantic)

We met them in 2019 when their debut album “1000 gecs” hit the most alternative alternative hipster music. Now the duo, in which you’re not sure if it sounds like a band from a video game or like a tunnel of multidirectional radios turned on at the same time, continues to add zeros, and it is not known when they will reach our ears. . For now, though, we’ve heard about Mememe and Doritos & Fritos.

Brockhampton – “Last Album”

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We don’t know if the album will be called that, but the band, which is currently in hiatus, will release their final album within a year without knowing further details. However, they announced it at their last live show back in April at Coachella, while we already knew that the band led by Kevin Abstract would be taking a break in the next period.