Objectiv — Thing Come Good
BRISTOL MUSIC WEEKLY
Bristol New Releases (21 August 26 - 28 August 26)
21 Aug — 28 Aug 2026
Each Friday we round up the freshest sounds from Bristol’s buzzing scene. From boundary-pushing underground acts to chart-ready anthems, discover the tracks and albums making waves this week. Dive in below and explore what’s new.
New Bristol Releases
BristolMusic Weekly
21 August – 28 August 2026
August has been a busy one for the Bristol Music Weekly team. We’ve been out across the city, getting stuck into Bristol’s festivals, supporting local events and spending more time with the wider music community.
We’ve also been working away behind the scenes on something big, which we’re planning to launch in September.
More on that soon. For now, back to what we do every week: digging through Bristol’s newest releases and picking out the tracks worth your time.
This week moves from dark drum & bass and UK garage to dream-punk, industrial dub, deep house, Americana and experimental electronic music.
We’ve also been working away behind the scenes on something big, which we’re planning to launch in September.
More on that soon. For now, back to what we do every week: digging through Bristol’s newest releases and picking out the tracks worth your time.
This week moves from dark drum & bass and UK garage to dream-punk, industrial dub, deep house, Americana and experimental electronic music.
Behind the scenes
Something big is coming in September
We’ve spent August at Bristol’s festivals, in the crowds and getting more involved with the city’s music community. We’re putting that energy into something new for Bristol Music Weekly. Watch this space.
Drearleader / Objectiv / Paladin / Unlimited Vibes / FTRRLT / Nooch x Jappa / Doomscrolling / PERSONAS / Muz Tha Don & Traumkl / Holly Carter / Amoss & Bassi / Mandidextrous & Tanukichi / M/X
FTRRLT — Hot For You
Drearleader — H&MRC
Tunnel Vision — Prdk Remix
M/X — Saint Mary
Muz Tha Don & Traumkl
Spotify Drops
Noise Rock
DrearleaderH&MRC
Bleakly funny Bristol noise-rock about trying to build a future while everything gets more expensive. Drearleader turn pensions, rent, inheritance and financial anxiety into a sprawling slice of sardonic heaviness ahead of debut album Slow Burn Snuff Films.
Looking ahead: the debut album follows in September.
Bristol D&B
Melodic Electronic
Too Good To Ignore
Unlimited VibesLUV 2 LUV 2 LUV
Technically released just outside this week’s window, but too good to ignore. Unlimited Vibes balances soul and weight beautifully, with warm samples and shuffle giving way to Reese bass and Amen break pressure without losing the track’s feel-good centre.
Just outside the window: released 19 August.
UKG / House
Summer Sheller
Bandcamp Picks
Rabbit Hole
DoomscrollingScrap
A genuine Bandcamp rabbit-hole pick. Scrap opens Doomscrolling's mysterious 11-track self-titled release, with the Bristol project largely letting the music speak for itself rather than spelling out exactly where it belongs.
140 / Grime
PERSONASG Line
One to get ahead of. PERSONAS goes grime-first at 140 on G Line: blunt drums, dark low-end foundations and a melody carrying just enough jazz and orchestral colour without softening the track's edge.
Advance track: more music follows in September.
Industrial Dub
Muz Tha Don & TraumklPseudocomatosis
One of the week's hardest left turns. Industrial dub, blown-out distortion and confrontational rap collide on Pseudocomatosis, the opener to Muz Tha Don and Traumkl's uncompromising Duality project for Bristol's Aphelion Editions.
Americana
Holly CarterSong to Woody
Holly Carter strips things back beautifully on this newly recorded version of Bob Dylan's Woody Guthrie tribute. Voice, guitar and double bass give Song to Woody an intimate Americana feel ahead of Carter's reworked fifth-anniversary project later this year.
Deep D&B
Amoss & BassiJaded
Amoss and Flexout founder Bassi join forces for a fresh slice of deep-end drum & bass. Jaded carries the stripped, underground focus that has made Flexout such a consistent presence in the scene.
Neurofunk
Mandidextrous & TanukichiTunnel Vision — Prdk Remix
Prdk takes an already heavyweight Mandidextrous and Tanukichi cut and turns the pressure up again. Familiar pieces of Tunnel Vision survive, but they are surrounded by sharper edits, neurofunk weight and full-throttle D&B energy.
Dream-Punk
Outro
This might be one of the broadest Bristol Music Weekly selections of the summer.
Objectiv, Nooch & Jappa and Amoss & Bassi keep the city's drum & bass machinery moving, FTRRLT pushes into UKG and house, Paladin goes melodic and electronic, while M/X, Drearleader and Holly Carter show how much is happening away from the club circuit.
Then there are the genuine curveballs: Doomscrolling's unexplained Bandcamp drop and the industrial-dub abrasion of Muz Tha Don & Traumkl.
And with PERSONAS, Drearleader and Holly Carter all teasing larger projects still to come, September already looks busy.
So do we.
Bristol Music Weekly