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With Trying Not to Have a Thought, Algernon Cadwallader juggle intrinsic musical connection and shrewd lyrical intention with remarkable poise. The album’s title perfectly captures that dual approach: the effort to resist being mentally bogged down by the bottomless list of daily atrocities, and the band’s decision to let their unspoken connection guide this rejuvenated take on their classic sound. “This is just what comes out of us when these four people get in a room,” Helmis says. And this record is exactly that: an Algernon Cadwallader album that's leisurely, intensely, tremendously their own.

The 21st installment of Saddle Creek’s Document series features Whitmer Thomas, a multi-hyphenate whose unique vision has percolated across a range of mediums including TV, film, podcasts, and music. Tilt was recorded in Los Angeles with Jay Som and features contributions from Ian Farmer (Slaughter Beach Dog, Modern Baseball).

With I Hope We Can Still Be Friends, his debut for Saddle Creek, Dean Johnson makes a pact with the listener: He will sing you his truth in the most heartfelt and charming way possible, if you promise to keep an open mind.

The third LP from Ada Lea, when i paint my masterpiece, is an epic, 16-track opus from Montreal renaissance woman Alexandra Levy. It’s a kaleidoscopic exploration of the transformations art can bring: the vision of an uncompromising artist dancing bravely and freely between registers and across mediums.

feeble little horse share “This Is Real,” the first new music from the Pittsburgh noise-pop group since the release of their acclaimed 2023 album, Girl With Fish. The track continues the band’s exploration of making thrilling and wildly unpredictable music. Is this the future of feeble little horse, or just an explosive culmination of a past fit to burst? 

The 20th installment of Saddle Creek’s Document Series features Dean Johnson, the Seattle-based singer/songwriter whose heartfelt storytelling and undeniable charm have been quietly building a devoted fanbase across the globe.

For the superfan and the curious alike, this is the band-curated entry point and career-spanning collection of songs from the one and only Rilo Kiley, who defined a generation and continues to influence indie rock to this day.

More than twenty years after its initial release, Rilo Kiley is releasing The Execution of All Things (Frozen Lake Edition) on April 25th to enshrine this pivotal indie rock album.

Today, The Faint are announcing reissues of two classic LPs: Blank-Wave Arcade (1999) and Wet From Birth (2004). Listen to the previously unreleased "Zealots (Unrealized)" here!