UKNY for July 13

Sprints (photo by David Willis, PR)
by Kara Manning | 07/13/2025 | 7:59am

Sprints (photo by David Willis, PR)

Dublin's Sprints have come roaring back with the first single from their forthcoming second album, All That Is Over, primed for an early fall release on September 26. Reversing their breakup, Allo Darlin' returns with their first album in 11 years, Bright Lights, which was released on Friday.

Birmingham's Big Special dropped a surprise second album last week, National Average, figuring that teasing out singles for months spoiled the impact of their full album landing at once. Vegyn and Air are in alliance with Blue Moon Safari, a dreamy full-album remix of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel's Moon Safari, which turned 25 this year. And Laufey returns to a bossa nova swoon with "Lover Girl."

Slipping all I can into an always too-short hour, with BC Camplight, Obongjayar, Tenderness, These New Puritans, HighSchool and more.

That's "UKNY," Sundays 11 p.m.-midnight, on 90.7FM, streaming online, and in the Archives after broadcast.

1. (Melbourne, AU-London, UK) HighSchool, “149,” single
2. Wet Leg, “davina mccall,” moisturizer
3. (Reykjavík, IS) Laufey, “Lover Girl,” A Matter of Time
4. (Calabar, NG-London, UK) Obongjayar, “Peace in Your Heart,” Paradise Now
5. Four Tet, “Into Dust (Still Falling),” single
6. (UK-FR) Vegyn x Air, “Kelly Watch the Stars,” Blue Moon Safari
7. (AU-UK) Allo Darlin’, “Stars,” Bright Nights
8. (Dublin, IE) Sprints, “Descartes,” All That Is Over
9. Big Special, “God Save the Pony,” National Average
10. Kae Tempest, “Diagnoses,” Self Titled
11. (US-UK) BC Camplight, “A Sober Conversation,” A Sober Conversation
12. Soot Sprite, “Sunday,” Wield Your Hope Like a Weapon
13. Tenderness, “Heat Wave Love Song,” Heat Wave Love Song EP
14. These New Puritans, “Bells,” Crooked Wing

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