Best New Soul Vinyl Releases, October 2026

Leon Bridges

Happiness Anytime is Leon Bridges’ fifth studio album, released in three batches of songs that wrapped up on September 25. It was produced by Josh Lloyd-Watson and Lydia Kitto of the band Jungle, with Pino Palladino on bass. KXT singled out his “vulnerable, elastic vocals that dance along the line between R&B, pop and soul.”

Thee Sinseers

Thee Sinseers are an East LA retro-soul group led by producer Joseph Quiñones. Love Stories is their latest for Colemine Records, eleven songs about sweetness and heartbreak. Glide said it delivers “a sound straight out of the mid-60s.”

Jungle

Caramel

Sunshine is the new album from the British soul and disco band Jungle, released on AWAL and following the breakout success of Back On 74. DIY said it puts warm soul, elegant disco rhythms, and glossy R&B ahead of reinvention.

The Womack Sisters

To Say Goodbye

Kucha, Zeimani, and BG are the granddaughters of Sam Cooke and the daughters of Womack & Womack. Their self-titled debut arrives on Daptone Records with eleven songs, and Glide described it as “expansive and luxurious, focused on interlocking, ardent vocals.”

Kelly Finnigan

Compilation · Fire Red

Kelly Finnigan, the Monophonics singer and a longtime fixture at Colemine Records, collects fifteen years of B-sides, singles, and demos on B-Sides, Singles & Forgotten Gems. The Fire Note noted that gritty soul scorchers sit alongside cinematic instrumentals, ballads, and funk cuts over its ten tracks.

Romi Wrights

Romi Wrights is a soul singer from New Zealand, and Andy is her debut album. SoulTracks said her sound hearkens to late-’60s soul “sweetened with world music touches,” with Chicago Soul-style horns on the single “Rain or Shine.”

Adrian Younge

Producer and composer Adrian Younge made Younge as an orchestral album written from the perspective of a hip-hop producer. Released on his Linear Labs, it draws on composers like Lalo Schifrin, David Axelrod, and Ennio Morricone, whose film scores were later sampled throughout hip-hop.

The War and Treaty

Husband-and-wife duo Michael and Tanya Trotter use The Story of Michael and Tanya to tell the highs and lows of their marriage and music careers. The opening track, “Litty,” begins with a spoken intro from Whoopi Goldberg. No Depression said the duo moves their soulful music “to higher ground.”

Jalen Ngonda

Doctrine of Love is the second album from Jalen Ngonda, following his debut Come Around and Love Me, and it’s out on Daptone Records. Vince Chiarito and Michael Buckley produced its ten tracks, and DIY praised the “chords and keys that meander through the mind like honey.”

Sparklmami

Sparklmami is a Chicago-based artist raised in Texas, and in this body is her bilingual debut, sung in English and Spanish. It’s out on Verve Records and Slowplay and features Indian singer Runa Laila. Grimy Goods described the album as a fusion of sounds “best described as a living, breathing world.”