With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Big Thief, Jazmine Sullivan, Spoon, Raveena, Shamir, and Mary J. Blige. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)
Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You [4AD]
After the 2019 double header of U.F.O.F. and Two Hands, Big Thief are back with a sprawling LP where they deconstruct and also zoom in on the granular details of songwriting, production, and instrumental arrangement. Read Andy Cush’s Best New Music review of Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, as well as Sam Sodomsky’s interview with the band, “Big Thief on Learning to Loosen Up and Their Epic New 20-Track Album.”
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Jazmine Sullivan: Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe [RCA]
When Jazmine Sullivan tweeted that she wanted to expand upon last year’s Heaux Tales with comedian Issa Rae, the Insecure creator responded, “Jazmine. Say the fuck less.” Those tweets come to fruition in some form on Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe, Sullivan’s companion piece to her 2021 stunner. Sullivan has described Mo’ Tales as an extension of the open conversations among Black women that she began on Heaux Tales, with comedian Mona Love among those joining her this round. The new release also includes “Tragic.”
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Spoon: Lucifer on the Sofa [Matador]
Although Britt Daniel has yet to grow his own waist-length beard, his fellow Texans ZZ Top had a heavy influence on Spoon’s Lucifer on the Sofa. So did Daniel’s quarantine encounter with a semi-literal but slothful fiend, which inspired the title for the band’s tenth album. Spoon shared “The Hardest Cut,” “Wild,” and “My Babe” from the record ahead of its arrival. Read Pitchfork’s interview with Britt Daniel, “How Spoon Beat the Devil.”
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Raveena: Asha’s Awakening [Warner]
Raveena takes the concept-record route for Asha’s Awakening, following 2019’s Lucid. The New York–based artist has billed her second LP as a collection of songs about a time-traveling ancient Punjab princess who learns about love, loss, healing, and destruction. Last year’s “Tweety” is not included on the album, but the more recent “Rush” is. Plus, Vince Staples makes a guest appearance on “Secret,” and Rostam contributed to the record, as did Indian singer-songwriter Asha Puthli and the Los Angeles IDM artist Tweaks.
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Shamir: Heterosexuality [AntiFragile]
Shamir has explained his new full-length in straightforward terms: “I think this album is me finally acknowledging my trauma. Everyone knows I’ve been through so much shit and I kind of just rammed through, without really acknowledging the actual trauma that I do feel on almost a daily basis.” “Gay Agenda” and “Cisgender” appear on the record, and on the cover for Heterosexuality, Shamir wears the same set of antlers as in the videos for the singles.
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Mary J. Blige: Good Morning Gorgeous [300]
Two days ahead of the Super Bowl halftime show with Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige has dropped her 14th album Good Morning Gorgeous. She announced the LP in December, sharing the title track and the DJ Khaled collaboration “Amazing.” The album features a few more guests: Usher, Anderson .Paak, Dave East, and Fivio Foreign.
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