New Releases: Punk, Jazz, Britpop & a Dinked Debut

This week’s releases lean heavily on heritage done properly, alongside a debut that already feels fully formed.

The return of Adolescents’ Blue Album is a reminder that early US hardcore did not just run on speed. Its power came from emotional precision: suburban boredom, anxiety and the uneasy search for identity. A foundational punk record that has aged without softening.

From a very different lineage, Archie Shepp’s Four for Trane captures a moment where reverence and rupture coexist. These are not tributes so much as transformations, with Coltrane’s compositions reframed through Shepp’s emerging avant-garde voice, full of tension and intent.

Johnny Griffin’s A Blowing Session sits at the other end of the spectrum: virtuosity, momentum and joy. Three tenor giants sharing space without ego, all propulsion and personality.

Britpop also re-enters the frame with Blur’s The Great Escape, glossy, conflicted and far more strange than its reputation sometimes allows, while Oasis’ (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? returns in singles form, a reminder of how completely those songs once dominated.

Finally, the standout contemporary release comes from Glasshouse Red Spider Mite. Their debut EP arrives on vinyl for the first time, slow building and emotionally unguarded, moving patiently towards something genuinely weighty. It is rare to hear a first release sound this confident in its own language.

A week that balances rediscovery with arrival and rewards close listening.