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From vulnerable pop and high-energy dance tracks to acoustic instrumentals, country-rock, and experimental indie, September brought plenty to explore. Here are a few releases from the CD Baby community worth adding to your rotation.
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Ivoris – Pour My Heart Out
Release date: September 4, 2026
On her debut album, Pour My Heart Out, Ivoris explores the scale and intensity of human emotion through a world inspired by the ocean. Soaring strings, shimmering melodies, field recordings of waves, and touches of 2000s nostalgia surround her soft vocals and introspective songwriting. It’s the most radiant chapter in her artistic journey.
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Bruvvy – “Little Shiva”
Release date: September 9, 2026
The Los Angeles-based four-piece rock band Bruvvy combines classic grunge and punk influences into hook-filled, rowdy songs. Their latest track “Little Shiva” is a high-powered, throbbing singalong that sounds like it could have been recorded in a stadium. Perhaps it’s no surprise, “Little Shiva” is featured on the EA Sports FC 27 playlist.
Jaxen James – “Came With a Warning”
Release date: September 8, 2026
Jaxen James looks back on the warning signs of a turbulent relationship in “Came With A Warning.” Inspired by an unexpected breakup followed by months of on-again, off-again uncertainty, the song captures the hindsight that comes with realizing the red flags were there all along — and the sting of wishing you had recognized them sooner.
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Oedipus and The Mama’s Boys – “Blood on the Sand”
Release date: September 30, 2026
Edinburgh eight-piece Oedipus and The Mama’s Boys open a new chapter with “Blood On The Sand,” a song that has been part of their live set for more than a year. Drawing directly from Sophocles’ Greek tragedy “Oedipus Rex,” the single is a return point for a band that has built its sound across vocals, guitars, horns, strings, synths, and percussion. For the group, the release marks both a reflection of where they’ve been and the beginning of where they want to go next.
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Quinn Aiden – “All Of The Love”
Release date: September 4, 2026
Quinn Aiden revives the melodic dance-pop of the late 2010s on “All Of The Love,” blending emotional songwriting with contemporary electronic production. Written in 2021 with songwriter Priska, the track combines a vocal-driven pop topline with an energetic dance drop, drawing inspiration from the crossover sound that brought electronic music firmly into the pop mainstream.
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Young Dirty Bastard – “Fish Tank”
Release date: September 30, 2026
Young Dirty Bastard packs success, family, pressure, ambition, and survival into the vivid aquatic imagery of “Fish Tank.” Set against soulful production and a hypnotic vocal refrain, the track moves through images of upward mobility, luxury, transformation, and the constant pressure to keep pushing forward.
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TooManyMichaels – Sorry It Took So Long
Release date: September 25, 2026
TooManyMichaels trace the arc of a complicated relationship across their debut EP, Sorry It Took So Long. Eva’s dreamy vocals, Scott’s adventurous production, and Spencer’s emotionally direct lyrics move through infatuation, delusion, loss, and acceptance, pairing familiar experiences with psychedelic textures and modern pop production. The result brings the trio’s individual strengths together into a larger story about loving, losing, and eventually letting go.
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Braille Face – “Pure Entertainment”
Release date: September 11, 2026
Braille Face uses the imagery of a circus hall of mirrors to explore distraction and performance on “Pure Entertainment.” The song turns its attention toward a culture shaped by noise, populist politics, and spectacle while keeping the narrator inside that same cycle rather than pointing fingers from outside it. Instead of offering a tidy resolution, the track sits with a larger question: how do you search for the real in something that feels more and more like performance?
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Wolph – “Head East”
Release date: September 3, 2026
Wolph channels the thrill of chasing a dream on the feel-good “Head East.” The song follows the familiar rock-and-roll ambition of setting out into the world and seeing where the music takes you.
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Luisa Marion – “Need to Know”
Release date: September 2, 2026
One of her most vulnerable releases yet, Luisa Marion wrote “Need to Know” about the loss of a childhood friend and the complicated emotions that followed. The track pairs intimate piano and vocals with a more pop-forward singer-songwriter sound. Marion produced the song herself and co-wrote and mixed it with longtime collaborator Charles Van Kirk.
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Chris Moreno – “Rollercoaster”
Release date: September 11, 2026
Nashville country-rock artist Chris Moreno embraces uncertainty on “Rollercoaster.” Built around his melodic country-rock sound and early-2000s pop-rock influences, the track reframes the chaos, fear, and lack of control that comes with chasing something meaningful, affirming the unpredictable turns as part of the experience rather than obstacles to it. “If you do it right, it’s a hell of a ride,” Moreno sings.
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LATASHÁ – Out Here
Release date: September 25, 2026
Forward-thinking, genre-bending artist LATASHÁ is back with her third studio album Out Here. It pulls from Brooklyn rap, house, Jersey club, dancehall, and electro-R&B to create a unique story of resilience and transcendence told through a continuous call-and-response between her current and future selves.
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Sāde Frame – “September Nights”
Release date: September 18, 2026
On “September Nights,” Sāde Frame revisits a relationship that never saw full closure. Beginning in the backseat of a car at four in the morning, the song moves through memories of teenage love, heartbreak, and the uneasy realization that moving forward doesn’t always mean leaving every feeling behind. Its repeated push and pull between finality and unfinished business captures the emotional limbo at the center of the track.
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Maneli Jamal – “Chasing the Horizon”
Release date: September 4, 2026
Acoustic guitarist Maneli Jamal turns themes of self-discovery and transition into the instrumental “Chasing the Horizon.” Cascading guitar layers and intricate fingerstyle arrangements build a warm, immersive soundscape, while the track’s continuously moving melody captures the feeling of searching for a new direction.
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