Bandcamp Friday Picks, 8-7-26 + 2026 Music Appreciation

holy WOW so much amazing music this year, new-new and old-new and old-old. so many artists i love putting out redefining albums, new artists blowing me out of the water, friends and acquaintances inspiring me. a little bit of everything.

so here are some selections from yesterday’s bandcamp friday, some random buys from the last couple months that drew me in, some exciting preorders. my apologies to your timeline for the scroooooollllll. i’ll hold off on long descriptions of each album for now.

by the way, thanks to the people who supported my li’l release today; my life goal of “make enough money from my music to buy other people’s music” is once again complete.

top to bottom, left to right, everything on my radar the last couple months:

“purple (happy version)” | olivia rodrigo [digital single]
https://oliviarodrigo.bandcamp.com/track...

“sunshine and balance beams” | pile [vinyl LP]
https://pile.bandcamp.com/album...

“the dark” | chelsea wolfe [digital LP, preorder]
https://chelseawolfe.bandcamp.com/album...

“minor events” | the prairie state [digital LP]
https://theprairiestaterock.ba...

“in the pit with…” | the cherry tops [digital LP]
https://thecherrytops.bandcamp.com/album...

“back in the band” | kyle hall [digital LP]
https://petalsjr.bandcamp.com/album...

“megasound” | megasound [digital LP]
https://megasound.bandcamp.com/album...

“days” | the mountain goats [digital LP]
https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album...

“final summer” | cloud nothings [digital LP]
https://cloudnothings.bandcamp.com/album...

“sigil” | sour widows [color vinyl LP + shirt bundle]
https://sourwidows.bandcamp.com/album...

“lost boys (acoustic)” | phoebe bridgers [digital single]
https://phoebebridgers.bandcamp.com/track...

“commemorative plaque” | krill [digital single]
https://wheretheresakrillthere...

“GET MEAN” | boy harsher [color vinyl LP]
https://boyharsher.bandcamp.com/album...

“lost & found” | free range
https://freerange.bandcamp.com/album...

“hungry hollow rd. part II” + “homeruns” | belles-lettres [digital singles]
https://belles-lettres.bandcamp.com/track...
https://belles-lettres.bandcamp.com/track...

“you are spring!” | tasha [digital LP]
https://tashamusic.bandcamp.com/album...

“man on the beat” | jae matthews [digital single]
https://heartwormpress.bandcamp.com/album...

“asphalt meadows” | death cab for cutie [digital LP]
https://deathcabforcutie.bandcamp.com/album...

“when does this place become our scene?” | hammok
https://hammokband.bandcamp.com/album...

“lost weekend” | phoebe bridgers [color vinyl 2xLP, preorder]
https://phoebebridgers.bandcamp.com/album...

“1331” | sad13 [digital LP]
https://sad13.bandcamp.com/album...

“lightspheres on their way” + “trash mountain" | lily seabird [digital LP, preorder]
https://lilyseabird.bandcamp.com/album...
https://lilyseabird.bandcamp.com/album...

“HEEL TURN” | lesser care [digital LP]
https://lessercare.bandcamp.com/album...