Each week, 8 new releases are selected to go head to head, with one weekly winner which will then go up against future weekly winners later in the year at the end of each quarter of the year, and then again at the end of the year to determine the ultimate winner of 2026.

Last week's results:

James Blake - Death of Love [7]

Arctic Monkeys - Opening Night [5]

Harry Styles - Aperture [4]

Dermot Kennedy - Funeral [2]

Poppy - Time Will Tell [1]

Def Leppard - Rejoice [0]

Joji - Last of a Dying Breed [0]

Snail Mail - Dead End [0]

Total votes: 19

Here are this week's contenders:

Artemas - professional heartbreaker

Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis

Embrace - Road to Nowhere

Melanie Martinez - POSSESSION

Noah Kahan - The Great Divide

Paris Paloma - Good Girl

Skindred - This Is The Sound

The Snuts - Summer Rain

2026 Indie/Rock/Alt Track of the Week Winners

Week 1: Ladytron - Caught in the Blink of an Eye

Week 2: Mandy, Indiana - Cursive

Week 3: Gorillaz (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson & Anoushka Shankar) - Orange County

Week 4: James Blake - Death of Love

Let's put an outsider vote => Melanie Martinez - POSSESSION

I was really disappointed with the Artemas song.

Paris Paloma though, she never lets me down.

Some good new releases this week - I could have voted for any of Embrace, Artemas, Bruce and The Snuts, but I went for Embrace.