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 Nilüfer Yanya, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, the Weather Station, Vein.FM, Your Old Droog, and Luna Li. 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.)
Nilüfer Yanya: Painless [ATO]
Following her spectacular 2019 debut Miss Universe and last year’s Feeling Lucky? EP, London singer-songwriter Nilüfer Yanya returns with Painless. The 12-track album includes “Stabilise,” “Midnight Sun,” “Dealer,” and “AnotherLife.” Yanya’s visual for the latter track was directed by her sister Molly Daniel.
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Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul: Topical Dancer [Deewee]
Topical Dancer is the first full-length from Belgium-based duo of Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul. The 13-song LP was partially inspired by Reni Eddo-Lodge’s book Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race. It features lead single “Thank You” and “Blenda,” both of which arrived with striking visuals. Soulwax co-wrote and co-produced the record, in addition to releasing it on their label Deewee.
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The Weather Station: How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars [Fat Possum]
Tamara Lindeman’s new album as the Weather Station is a companion piece to last year’s Ignorance. How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars was written at the same time as the previous LP. “When I wrote Ignorance, it was a time of intense creativity, and I wrote more songs than I ever had in my life,” Lindeman said in a press release. “So I began to envision How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars, a quiet, strange album of ballads.” Lindeman produced the record with Jean Martin. She also issued “Endless Times” and “To Talk About” in the lead up to the new LP.
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Vein.FM: This World Is Going to Ruin You [Closed Casket Activities]
The World Is Going to Ruin You is the latest album from Boston metalcore group Vein.FM (fka Vein). It follows the band’s 2018 debut Errorzone, which was named one of Pitchfork’s best metal albums of 2018. The new LP was produced by Will Putney and features guest spots from Thursday’s Geoff Rickly, Bones, and Jeromes Dream’s Jeff Smith.
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Your Old Droog: YOD Wave [Nature Sounds]
Ukraine-born, Brooklyn-raised rapper Your Old Droog crafted his new album YOD Wave with Montreal producer Nicholas Craven. Droog issued the LP’s first single “Purple Rain Freestyle (Game, Blouses)” last month. YOD Wave follows Tha Wolf on Wall St 2: The American Dream, Droog’s January collaboration with Atlanta rapper/producer Tha God Fahim. (Fahim features on two YOD Wave songs, too.)
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Luna Li: Duality [In Real Life]
Duality is the debut LP from Korean-Canadian multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Luna Li. The album blends orchestral elements with dreamy pop melodies. Li shared “Afterglow,” “Trying,” “Flower (In Full Bloom),” “Alone But Not Lonely,” and “Silver Into Rain” ahead of the full record. Guests on Duality include Beabadoobee, Jay Som, and Dreamer Isioma.
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