My Favorite Cover Art from October 2026.

Before you press play, there’s the artwork. A first impression, a little world built around a song, and sometimes the thing that makes you stop scrolling long enough to hear it.

These are the covers that caught my eye this month. Consider this some overdue appreciation for the artists, photographers and designers making music worth looking at, too. Click through the slideshow below, and if I missed your favorite, you can let me have it over on Instagram.

Zach Bryan x Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs (EP) Oct 16, 2026

Bluprint x “Nothing Changes” (Single) Oct 20, 2026

$Bluprint x \u201cNothing Changes\u201d (Single) Oct 20, 2026$

Eden Burns, Dadada x “Cash Cure the Pain” (Single) Oct 1, 2026

$Eden Burns, Dadada x \u201cCash Cure the Pain\u201d (Single) Oct 1, 2026$

renforshort x “as lovers do” (Single) Oct 30, 2026 (Off Hotel 13 LP out Nov 13, 2026)

$renforshort x \u201cas lovers do\u201d (Single) Oct 30, 2026 (Off Hotel 13 LP out Nov 13, 2026)$

Sasha Alex Sloan x And The Crowd Goes Mild (LP) Oct 23, 2026

Drake x HABIBTI (FOMO) (LP) Oct 2, 2026

luv, BOY SODA x “Blessed” (Single) Oct 14, 2026 (Off wabi-sabi LP out Nov 4, 2026)

$luv, BOY SODA x \u201cBlessed\u201d (Single) Oct 14, 2026 (Off wabi-sabi LP out Nov 4, 2026)$

John Summit, Absolutely, GRiZ x “DON'T BELIEVE IT - GRiZ Remix” (Single) Oct 2, 2026

$John Summit, Absolutely, GRiZ x \u201cDON'T BELIEVE IT - GRiZ Remix\u201d (Single) Oct 2, 2026$

Bo Staloch x “Hers” (Single) Oct 2, 2026 (off Too Big, Too Big EP out Nov 6, 2026)

$Bo Staloch x \u201cHers\u201d (Single) Oct 2, 2026 (off Too Big, Too Big EP out Nov 6, 2026)$

Sammy Virji x Open Late (LP) Oct 21, 2026

Fanny Lumsden x Traditions (LP) Oct 30, 2026

FISHER, LAUREL x “Staring At The Sun” (Single) Oct 16, 2026

$FISHER, LAUREL x \u201cStaring At The Sun\u201d (Single) Oct 16, 2026$

Hudson Westbrook x “Thin Ice” (Single) Oct 16, 2026 (Off Made You Look LP out Nov 6, 2026)

$Hudson Westbrook x \u201cThin Ice\u201d (Single) Oct 16, 2026 (Off Made You Look LP out Nov 6, 2026)$

MICO x When the lights turn on (deluxe) (LP) Oct 16, 2026

Alex Porat x “Cruel” (Single) Oct 2, 2026

$Alex Porat x \u201cCruel\u201d (Single) Oct 2, 2026$

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