5 of the best albums for your street party

The Walkmen – Heaven

Ten years on from their debut, the New York indie stalwarts are back with their ‘happiest’, most mature record yet. With several songs featuring the backing vocals of Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, Heaven is less messy and less mental than we’re used to seeing this band – there’s nothing as gloriously rabid as ‘The Rat’ here – but it could prove an ideal soundtrack to a quiet evening in the garden.