| New Radiations | ||||
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| Released | August 15, 2025 | |||
| Recorded | 2025 [1] | |||
| Studio | Haptown Studios, Nashville [2] | |||
| Length | 46:00 | |||
| Label | Sacred Bones | |||
| Producer | Marissa Nadler | |||
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| Singles from New Radiations | ||||
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New Radiations is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler. [3] It was released on August 15, 2025, via Sacred Bones Records in LP, CD and digital formats. [2]
Nadler self-produced the album in her home and at Haptown Studios in Nashville, [3] and recorded it with Roger Moutenot. [4]
The title track was released on June 3, 2025, as the lead single, alongside a music video directed by Nadler and Jenni Hensler. [5] [6] [7] "Light Years" was released as the second single of the album on August 12, 2025. [8] [9]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Arts Desk | [10] |
| New Noise |  [11] |
| PopMatters | 8/10 |
AllMusic 's Marcy Donelson noted the album as Nadler "stripping that sound back down to something more simplified while achieving a similarly haunting astro-folk. At the same time, her memorable narratives remain the stuff of heartbreak, tragedy, history, and lore." [2] Kieron Tyler of the Arts Desk rated it three stars and described it as "very sparse" and "ethereal", stating it "sets its mood and sticks with it." [10] In a similar vein, J. Simpson of PopMatters felt this aspect was one of the album's strengths, arguing that, "Nadler’s music doesn’t need bells and whistles" and giving it an 8/10 rating [12]
Nicole Sacks of Mxdwn commented, "The production of New Radiations is exactly what it needs to be. Marissa Nadler does not stray from the overall theme to prove a point; she remains consistent and true to her sound," [13] and Flood's Kyle Lemmon remarked, "Much of the album finds Nadler inhabiting distressing character studies as she plucks at her guitar and wrestles with the current state of America through obscured lyrics—a standby scenario for her in the past as both a painter and songwriter." [14]
New Noise 's Kevin L. Jones assigned the album a rating of 4.5 out of five and stated, "With its giant soundscapes and Nadler's heavenly harmonies, listening to it while cruising the desert promises to be a positively cosmic experience," calling it "an exploration of atmospheres for Nadler's voice, and not just cavernous ones." [11] Andrew Sacher of BrooklynVegan remarked that the album "hits as hard as anything I've ever heard from her," and is a return "to something more isolated." [15]
All tracks are written by Marissa Nadler.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "It Hits Harder" | 5:07 |
| 2. | "Bad Dreams Summertime" | 2:54 |
| 3. | "You Called Her Camellia" | 4:19 |
| 4. | "Smoke Screen Selene" | 4:27 |
| 5. | "New Radiations" | 4:33 |
| 6. | "If It's an Illusion" | 3:55 |
| 7. | "Hatchet Man" | 4:29 |
| 8. | "Light Years" | 3:31 |
| 9. | "Weightless Above the Water" | 3:33 |
| 10. | "To Be the Moon King" | 3:37 |
| 11. | "Sad Satellite" | 5:35 |
| Total length: | 46:00 | |
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [1]
| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Album Downloads (OCC) [16] | 33 |
| UK Americana Albums (OCC) [17] | 32 |
| UK Independent Albums Breakers (OCC) [18] | 19 |
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