“The Pilgrimage” - Tim Oksanen

Some albums feel like they’re written in a studio bubble, neat and polished but detached from real life. The Pilgrimage, the new record from Australian alternative pop artist Tim Oksanen (out September 19, 2025), feels like the opposite—it’s an album born in the in-between spaces of life. Written between long shifts at the hospital, late nights with a young family, and moments of wrestling with faith, doubt, and purpose, it carries a rawness that’s rare in the pop world.