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Albums Out Today: Janelle Monáe, Christine and the Queens, Youth Lagoon, Squid, and More

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Albums Out Today: Janelle Monáe, Christine and the Queens, Youth Lagoon, Squid, and More

In this segment, we showcase the most notable albums out each week. Here are the albums out on June 9, 2023:

Janelle Monáe, The Age of Pleasure

Janelle Monáe is back with The Age of Pleasure, her first new album since 2018’s Dirty Computer. It features contributions from Grace Jones, Sister Nancy, Amaarae, Doechii, Nia Long, and Ckay, as well as the promotional singles ‘Float’ (with Seun Kuti and Egypt 80) and ‘Lipstick Lover’.  “All the songs were written from such an honest space,” Monáe told Apple Music 1. “So I hope that people feel that when they listen to the music, that they feel that when they come and, you know, counter with me when I’m around, I definitely have had an opportunity to evolve and grow and to tap into the things that bring me pleasure, the things that perhaps I should rethink and rework.”

Christine and the Queens, PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE

Christine and the Queens has followed up last year’s Redcar les adorables étoiles (prologue) with a new album titled PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE. Featuring guest appearances from Madonna and 070 Shake as well as production from Mike Dean, the album was previewed by the singles ‘Tears can be so soft’, ‘True love’, ‘To be honest’, and ‘A day in the water’. “This new record is the second part of an operatic gesture that also encompassed 2022’s Redcar les adorables étoiles,” Chris explained. “Taking inspiration from the glorious dramaturgy of Tony Kushner’s iconic play, Angels in America, Redcar felt colourful and absurd like Prior sent to his insane dream-space. The follow-up PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE is a key towards heart-opening transformation, a prayer towards the self – the one that breathes through all the loves it is made of.”

Youth Lagoon, Heaven Is a Junkyard

Trevor Powers has released his first new album under the Youth Lagoon moniker in seven years, Heaven Is a Junkyard, through Fat Possum. The follow-up to Savage Hills Ballroom includes the previously unveiled singles ‘The Sling’, ‘Prizefighter’, and ‘Idaho Alien’. “Heaven Is a Junkyard is about all of us,” Powers said in a press release. “It’s stories of brothers leaving for war, drunk fathers learning to hug, mothers falling in love, neighbors stealing mail, cowboys doing drugs, friends skipping school, me crying in the bathtub, dogs catching rabbits, and children playing in tall grass.”

Squid, O Monolith

Squid have released their sophomore full-length, O Monolith. The follow-up to 2021’s Bright Green Field was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World studios and includes the singles ‘The Blades’, ‘Swing (In a Dream)’, ‘Undergrowth’. Longtime collaborator Dan Carey produced the LP, which was mixed by Tortoise’s John McEntire and features contributions from Martha Skye Murphy and Roger Bolton. “There’s a running theme of the relation of people to the environment throughout,” the band’s Louis Borlase explained. “There are allusions to the world we became so immersed in, environmental emergency, the role of domesticity, and the displacement you feel when you’re away for a long time.”

feeble little horse, Girl with Fish

feeble little horse have put out their new album, Girl with Fish, via Saddle Creek. Following their 2021 debut Hayday, the 11-track LP includes the advance tracks ‘Pocket’, ‘Steamroller’, and ‘Tin Man’. “When we made Hayday, we wrote really quickly to get it done before he moved away and we couldn’t make songs anymore,” the band’s Sebastian Kinsler said in a statement. “But we realized making music with each other was too fun to walk away from. For this album, we got to take our time with every decision that went into it.”

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Weathervanes

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have released Weathervanes, their eighth LP and first collection of original songs since 2020’s Reunions. The album was recorded at Nashville’s Blackbird Studio and features contributions from Isbell’s wife Amanda Shires, harmonicist Mickey Raphael, Sylvia Massy and Ian Rickard on backing vocals, and Morgan O’Shaughnessey on strings. “There is something about boundaries on this record,” Isbell said in a press release. “As you mature, you still attempt to keep the ability to love somebody fully and completely while you’re growing into an adult and learning how to love yourself.”

Jess Williamson, Time Ain’t Accidental

Time Ain’t Accidental, the latest LP from Texas-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Jess Williamson, is out now via Mexican Summer. Ahead of its release, Williamson shared the singles ‘Hunter’, ‘Chasing Spirits’, and the title track. The album was produced by Brad Cook, who’d worked on Williamson and Waxahatchee’s 2022 collaborative record as Plains, in Durham, North Carolina. “I kept thinking, ‘my voice feels different now – it’s been liberated,'” Williamson recalled in press materials. The album’s cover art, she added, reflects “that supernatural forces are acting all around us, that we can trust that we will be in the right place at the right time.”

Jenny Lewis, Joy’All

Jenny Lewis has returned with her fifth solo album, Joy’All. The follow-up to 2019’s On the Line was previewed by the singles ‘Psychos’, ‘Giddy Up’, and ‘Cherry Baby’. Dave Cobb produced the LP, which was engineered and mixed by Greg Koller. “Dave works fast and we cut the bulk of the record with his incredible house band (Nate Smith, Brian Allen and Cobb on guitar, and myself on acoustic guitar & vocals) live on the floor in a couple of weeks,” Lewis explained. “Jess Wolfe came back to the studio to provide background vocals on the record and then Greg Leisz and Jon Brion added pedal steel, B-Bender guitar and Chamberlin, respectively, back in L.A.”

King Krule, Space Heavy

King Krule has released his latest record, Space Heavy, via XL. It was preceded by a series of singles, including ‘Seaforth’, ‘If Only It Was Warmth’, and ‘Flimsier’. Archy Marshall began writing the album in 2020 on commutes between London and Liverpool before fleshing out the songs with frequent collaborator and producer Dilip Harris. Longtime bandmates Ignacio Salvadores (saxophone), George Bass (drums), James Wilson (bass), and Jack Towell (guitar) also contributed to the album, which follows 2020’s Man Alive!.

Dudu Tassa and Jonny Greenwood, Jarak Qaribak

Radiohead/The Smile guitarist Jonny Greenwood and Israeli rock musician Dudu Tassa have collaborated on the new record Jarak Qaribak, out now via World Circuit. Longtime Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich mixed the LP, which features the tracks ‘Ya Mughir al-Ghazala’, ‘Ashufak Shay’, and ‘Taq ou-Dub’. “When people listen to this music,” Tassa remarked in a press release, “I really love to imagine them thinking…what is this? It sounds 1970s, but there are drum machines, there are guitars but they’re singing in Arabic…what’s going on?” Greenwood added: “We didn’t want to make out that we’re making any political point, but I do understand that as soon as you do anything in that part of the world it becomes political, even if it’s just artistic. Actually, possibly especially if it’s artistic.”

This Is the Kit, Careful of Your Keepers

Careful of Your Keepers, the latest album by This Is the Kit, has arrived today via Rough Trade. The follow-up to 2020’s Off Off On was produced by Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals and includes the early tracks ‘More Change’ and ‘Inside Outside’. “The album was nearly called Goodbye Bite,” singer-songwriter Kate Stables explained. “And in a way it still is. I went for Careful of Your Keepers in the end. It’s one of my favourite songs on the album, a song that for me holds the general feeling of the album as a whole. The fragility of things. Of situations. Of relationships. Of humans. What we do to look after each other and ourselves. The passing of time and what that does to us, and how we live our lives going forward.”

Decisive Pink, Ticket to Fame

Decisive Pink, the duo of Angel Deradoorian and Kate NV, have dropped their debut LP, Ticket to Fame, via Fire Records. They recorded it at a mutual friend’s studio in Köln, which Kat NV described as a “spaceship” due to its extensive collection of analog synths. “It was very exciting to step into the ‘synth- dome’ as I think of it,” Deradoorian commented. “I can’t remember all the synths we used, but definitely one of the Prophets, a modular, a Juno, a Jupiter, a Rodeo, a synth with a bee on it and some synth from the 1980s that Kate knew about.” The singles ‘Haffmilch Holiday’, ‘Destiny’, and ‘Ode to Boy’, and ‘Dopamine’ arrived ahead of the album’s release.

Other albums out today:

Keaton Henson, House Party; Rob Grant, Lost at Sea; Amaarae, Fountain Baby; Dream Wife, Social Lubrication; Godflesh, PURGE; Natalie Rose LeBrecht, Holy Prana Open Game; Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen, Past Lives (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Darkside, Live at Spiral House; Jayda G, Guy; Aja Monet, When the Poems Do What They Do; Olof Dreijer & Mt. Sims, Souvenir; Dominic Sen, Apparition; The Boo Radleys, Eight; Nicholas Allbrook, Manganese; James, Be Opened by the Wonderful; Lightning Dust, Nostalgia Killer; Sakura Tsuruta, C / O; Niall Horan, The Show; Superbloom, Life’s A Blur; Jeff Clarke, Locust; George FitzGerald, Not As I; Wobbly, Additional Kids; Nocow, Odinocow.

The Weeknd Shares New Songs From ‘The Idol’ Soundtrack

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The Weeknd Shares New Songs From ‘The Idol’ Soundtrack

Prior to the second episode of his controversial HBO series The Idol dropping on Sunday, the Weeknd has unveiled two more songs from the soundtrack. ‘World Class Sinner / I’m a Freak’ is performed by Lily-Rose Depp, while show’s theme song ‘The Lure’ is credited to the Weeknd and Mike Dean. Take a listen below.

“I was planning on dropping the whole soundtrack for idol by the finale, but I’m too hyped…,” the singer wrote on Instagram. “Instead, I wanna drop new music from the show every week with each episode. I’m excited for you guys to hear what we’ve been cooking and all these incredible artists that are a part of this show… this week… Jocelyn’s pop song ‘world class sinner’ and ‘the lure’ (theme score)… episode 2 this Sunday.”

Last week, the Weeknd released ‘Popular’, a collaboration with Madonna and Playboi Carti. He previously previewed the soundtrack with the Future-assisted ‘Double Fantasy’.

Sam Smith and Madonna Team Up for New Song ‘Vulgar’

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Sam Smith and Madonna Team Up for New Song ‘Vulgar’

Sam Smith and Madonna have shared a new collaborative track called ‘Vulgar’. The singers have been teasing the song on social media, posting black squares with white letters reading “S X M” and “Sam and Madonna.” Sam Smith produced the track with Ilya for MXM Productions, Cirkut, Omer Fedi, Ryan Tedder, Jimmy Napes, and Lauren D’Elia. Give it a listen below.

“Vulgar is one of the most exciting songs I’ve been a part of,” Smith said in an interview with Apple Music. “It was written with Madonna and an amazing group of people. The day after the Grammy’s, we all got in the studio and just had an amazing evening creating and writing and expressing. And, of course, it was the biggest dream come true for me to get to work with and perform and sing with the Queen Of Pop. I am so honored and excited about this song and I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.”

Madonna recently teamed up with the Weeknd and Playboi Carti for ‘Popular’, which is taken from The Idol soundtrack.

PinkPantheress Shares New Song ‘Angel’ From ‘Barbie’ Soundtrack

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PinkPantheress Shares New Song ‘Angel’ From ‘Barbie’ Soundtrack

PinkPantheress has shared ‘Angel’, her contribution to the Barbie soundtrack. Listen to it below.

‘Angel’ follows Dua Lipa’s ‘Dance the Night’, which was featured in the movie’s second trailer, as well as the Karol G and Aldo Ranks collab ‘Watati’. Out July 21, the soundtrack also includes new tracks from Nicki Minaj with Ice Spice, Haim, Tame Impala, Charli XCX, Lizzo, and more.

Rosalía Shares Video for New Song ‘TUYA’

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Rosalía Shares Video for New Song ‘TUYA’

Rosalía has shared a new single, ‘TUYA’, alongside an accompanying video. The track was recorded with Puerto Rican reggaeton producer Chris Jedi. Check it out below.

“Exploring is part of who I am as a musician, and, in the case of ‘Tuya,’ inspirations such as reggaeton, Japanese instruments, flamenco, and gabber techno coexist at the same level,” Rosalía said in a statement.

‘TUYA’ follows RR, Rosalía’s joint EP with her partner, Rauw Alejandro. Back in January, she released the song ‘LLYLM’. Check out our review of Rosalía’s headlining set at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound 2023.

Lana Del Rey and Rob Grant Share New Song ‘Hollywood Bowl’

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Lana Del Rey and Rob Grant Share New Song ‘Hollywood Bowl’

Rob Grant, Lana Del Rey’s father, has shared a new single from his debut album, Lost at Sea, which is out tomorrow (June 9). ‘Hollywood Bowl’ is one of two collaborations with his daughter that appear on the LP, following the previously released title track. Listen to it below.

“Twice, I sang at the Hollywood Bowl/ And my dad plays just like Billy Joel/ And I’m young when I’m old, and I’m old when I’m young when I’m old/ At the whims of my heart and my soul,” Lana Del Rey sings on the song, which she co-produced with Laura Sisk, Zach Dawes, and Jack Antonoff.

On Twitter, Rob Grant wrote: “One of my favorite songs on the album! The vocal range that Lana displays is incredible. The piano begins with a delicate melody and then builds to a beautiful release…where the music suddenly lifts you up & sweeps you away.”

The Drums Share New Single ‘Obvious’

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The Drums Share New Single ‘Obvious’

The Drums, the indie pop project led by Jonny Pierce, has shared a new single called ‘Obvious’. It follows previous outings ‘I Want It All’, ‘Plastic Envelope’, and ‘Protect Him Always’. Give it a listen below.

“Unwavering love has shown itself to be stronger than any of my fears and self-protections,” Pierce said in a statement. “‘Obvious’ is a joyous song about that transformative moment, of finally lifting up my head, opening my eyes, and finding steadfast love surrounding me from all angles. It’s about the realization that I’ve been loved all along, but I am just now feeling safe enough to let myself see it.”

Chris Farren Releases New Single ‘Bluish’

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Chris Farren Releases New Single ‘Bluish’

Chris Farren has dropped a new single called ‘Bluish’. It’s the second offering from his upcoming Jay Som-produced album, Doom Singer, following ‘Cosmic Leash’, which landed on our Best New Songs list. Check out a video for the track below.

“For this video I stood in front of a green screen while my wife blasted me with a leaf blower for 5 minutes,” Farren explained in a statement. “I was inspired by a short animated film I saw on the Criterion Channel (I’m smart) called ‘Asparagus’ by an amazing visual artist named Suzan Pitt.”

Doom Singer is set for release on August 4 via Polyvinyl.

Madeline Kenney Unveils New Single ‘I Drew a Line’

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Madeline Kenney Unveils New Single ‘I Drew a Line’

Madeline Kenney has released ‘I Drew a Line’, the second preview of her upcoming LP A New Reality Mind. The Sucker’s Lunch follow-up was led by the single ‘Superficial Conversation’. Check out the new track below.

“I’ve been thinking a lot about the stories I tell myself to keep plodding along, and how those stories can obfuscate certain realities,” Kenney said of ‘I Drew a Line’ in a statement. “Stories not only set limits but also set us up for the most frightening awakening when life starts to contradict the story. When I went through a breakup I realized that the story I had been living out was much different in the plain light of day than what I had constructed out of fantasy. I think it’s very human to tell stories, and I think it can protect us, but what if we don’t need protection? What purpose does the story serve then?”

A New Reality Mind arrives July 28 via Carpark.

Beverly Glenn-Copeland Releases New Single ‘Harbour (Song for Elizabeth)’

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland Releases New Single ‘Harbour (Song for Elizabeth)’

Beverly Glenn-Copeland has shared a new single, ‘Harbour (Song for Elizabeth)’, taken from his first album in almost 20 years, The Ones Ahead. It follows the previously released track ‘Africa Calling’, and it features vocals from Jeremy Costello, a member of Glenn’s band Indigo Rising. Check it out below, along with a new live performance video filmed at Lakewind Sound Studios in Nova Scotia and directed by Posy Dixon.

“On each of Elizabeth’s birthdays, I write her a song,” Glenn-Copeland commented in a statement. “I’m not sure of the date that I wrote this one, but we are lucky she had a copy of it or it would have been lost. I had totally forgotten about it. Elizabeth and I have been friends since 1992. In 2007, at a mutual friend’s wedding, the spark of a deep personal love was ignited (there’s an amazing story here about a dream she had prior to that wedding about us, but I’ll leave that for her to tell!). We married in 2009. Since then, she has been my partner in every aspect of life personally and creatively.”

“This song is included on this album to honor her deep love and commitment to me which kept us afloat during the first years of our marriage,” he continued. “I need to also acknowledge her dedication over the last few years during a physically and emotionally harrowing time which necessitated her giving up her own creative life to care for me. For me, a harbour represents a place of safety when the wild oceans of life are going berserk. Elizabeth has been this for me in spades. She had faith in my work when no one much in the world seemed to care. She is the love of my life given to me by the universe and I am grateful.”

The Ones Ahead is slated for release on July 28 via Transgressive.

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