In this segment, we showcase the most notable albums out each week. Here are the albums out on June 20, 2025:
HAIM, I quit
HAIM are back with a new album, I quit. Co-produced by Danielle Haim and Rostam Batmanglij, it sounds as stylish and seamless as you’d expect, yet isn’t afraid to go out on a limb as it throws its hands up in the air; which is to say that it’s also a little unruly. “You can hate me for what I am/ You can shame me for what I’ve done/ You can’t make me disappear/ You never saw me for what I was,” goes the opening track, ‘Gone’. The follow-up to 2020’s Women in Music Pt. III was previewed by the singles ‘Relationships’, ‘Everybody’s Trying to Figure Me Out’, ‘Down To Be Wrong’, and ‘Take Me Back’.
U.S. Girls, Scratch It
When Meg Remy was invited to play a one-off gig at a festival in Hot Springs, Arkansas, she brought together a band of Nashville musicians that included harmonica legend Charlie McCoy and the Dead Weather/Raconteurs member Jack Lawrence on guitar. The U.S. Girls bandleader was so energized by the performance that she ended up recording a whole new album in Nashville, tracking everything live, with minimal overdubs. Lyrically, it presents a loose catalog of shame, vulnerability, and powerlessness often relating to her life as a performer, but also a diffusion of that same identity through the fuzzy, fascinating lens of history. Read the full review.
Hotline TNT, Raspberry Moon
Hotline TNT rapidly build on the formula of their breakout 2023 album Cartwheel with Raspberry Moon, their thrilling new LP. Produced by Amos Pitsch, it’s love-fuelled and triumphant, unabashedly blowing out every feeling and sound that offers itself to bandleader Will Anderson. Rather than laying down the music by himself, he worked with his touring band — guitarist Lucky Hunter, bassist Haylen Trammel, drummer Mike Ralston. Ahead of its release, Raspberry Moon was preceded by the singles ‘Candle’ and ‘Julia’s War’.
S.G. Goodman, Planting By the Signs
S.G. Goodman has released a new album, Planting by the Signs. The evocative, mournful follow-up to 2022’s Teeth Marks features guest appearances from Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matthew Rowan, as well as the early singles ‘Fire Sign’, ‘Satellite’, and ‘Michael Told Me’. “The whole premise behind the practice of Planting by the Signs, is that we can look to nature to understand when would be the best time to do something to get the best results,” Goodman explained. “I am interested in how man is obstructing nature and its ancient knowledge, while the human condition remains the same: that to survive we must be in harmony with nature and each other.”
Yaya Bey, Do It Afraid
Yaya Bey has dropped a new album, Do It Afraid, via Drink Sum Wtr. Arriving just a year after the Brooklyn artist’s previous effort Ten Fold, the 18-track LP features the advance tracks ‘dream girl’, ‘wake Up B*tch’, ‘raisins’, and ‘merlot and grigio’. Bey worked with a wide range of producers on the record, including BADBADNOTGOOD, Exaktly, and Virginia musical collective Butcher Brown, with additional guest spots from Rahrah Gabor, Nigel Hall, and others.
Other albums out today:
Karol G, Tropicoqueta; Matmos, Metallic Life Review; Neggy Gemmy, She Comes From Nowhere; Tropical Fuck Storm, Fairyland Codex; Benson Boone, American Heart; Peretsky, It Doesn’t Get Cold in October Anymore; Clara Kim, our little matches.
