7 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: Broken Social Scene, Chaka Khan, and More

Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew (Rich Fury/Getty Images for Arroyo Seco Weekend), Chaka Khan (<!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5yZW5lbGxtZWRyYW5vLmNvbS8="  >Renell Medrano</a><!--/noindex-->), Rina Mushonga (Pensionados)’></div>
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<p><em>With a lot good music being launched on a regular basis, it may be onerous to find out what to hearken to first. Every week, Pitchfork provides a run-down of great new releases obtainable on streaming companies. This week’s batch contains new albums and EPs from Broken Social Scene, Chaka Khan, Rina Mushonga, Ladytron, Lucki, and XXX, in addition to the</em> Powder in Space <em>combine. Subscribe to <!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL25ld3NsZXR0ZXIv"  >Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter</a><!--/noindex--> to get our suggestions in your inbox each week.</em></p>
<p><strong><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL2FydGlzdHMvNDc1LWJyb2tlbi1zb2NpYWwtc2NlbmUv"  >Broken Social Scene</a><!--/noindex-->: <!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL3Jldmlld3MvYWxidW1zL2Jyb2tlbi1zb2NpYWwtc2NlbmUtbGV0cy10cnktdGhlLWFmdGVyLXZvbC0xLWVwLw=="  ><em>Let’s Try the After – Vol. 1</em> EP</a><!--/noindex--> [Arts & Crafts]</strong></p>
<p>Canadian indie rock mainstays Broken Social Scene are following up 2017’s <em><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL3Jldmlld3MvYWxidW1zL2Jyb2tlbi1zb2NpYWwtc2NlbmUtaHVnLW9mLXRodW5kZXIv"  >Hug of Thunder</a><!--/noindex--></em> with a brand new EP collection. The first quantity options their just lately shared tracks “All I Want” and “<!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL25ld3Mvd2F0Y2gtYnJva2VuLXNvY2lhbC1zY2VuZS1kZWJ1dC1uZXctc29uZ3MtcGVyZm9ybS13aXRoLWZlaXN0Lw=="  >1972</a><!--/noindex-->.” Read Pitchfork‘s interview “<!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2ludGVydmlldy9icm9rZW4tc29jaWFsLXNjZW5lLWFyZS1zb21laG93LXN0aWxsLWZyaWVuZHMtYWZ0ZXItYWxsLXRoZXNlLXllYXJzLw=="  >Broken Social Scene Are (Somehow) Still Friends After All These Years</a><!--/noindex-->.”</p>
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<p><strong><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL2FydGlzdHMvMTI0ODYtY2hha2Eta2hhbi8="  >Chaka Khan</a><!--/noindex-->: <em><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL25ld3MvY2hha2Eta2hhbi1hbmQtbWljaGFlbC1tY2RvbmFsZC1hbm5vdW5jZS10b3VyLw=="  >Hello Happiness</a><!--/noindex--></em> [Diary/Island]</strong></p>
<p>Funk and soul icon Chaka Khan has returned along with her first solo album in 12 years. The seven-song LP options “<!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL25ld3MvY2hha2Eta2hhbi1zaGFyZXMtbmV3LXNvbmctbGlrZS1zdWdhci1saXN0ZW4v"  >Like Sugar</a><!--/noindex-->.” This summer time, Chaka is occurring <!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL25ld3MvY2hha2Eta2hhbi1hbmQtbWljaGFlbC1tY2RvbmFsZC1hbm5vdW5jZS10b3VyLw=="  >tour with Michael McDonald</a><!--/noindex-->.</p>
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<p><strong><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL2FydGlzdHMvcmluYS1tdXNob25nYS8="  >Rina Mushonga</a><!--/noindex-->: <em><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL3Jldmlld3MvYWxidW1zL3JpbmEtbXVzaG9uZ2EtaW4tYS1nYWxheHkv"  >In a Galaxy</a><!--/noindex--></em> [PIAS]</strong></p>
<p>The London-based Dutch-Zimbabwean musician Rina Mushonga has launched the follow-up to her debut 2014 album <em>The Wild, The Wilderness</em>. Check out Pitchfork’s monitor opinions of “<!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL3Jldmlld3MvdHJhY2tzL3JpbmEtbnVzaG9uZ2EtNHFydHJzLw=="  >4qrtrs</a><!--/noindex-->” and “<!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL3Jldmlld3MvdHJhY2tzL3JpbmEtbXVzaG9uZ2EtanVuZ2xlcy8="  >Jungles</a><!--/noindex-->.”</p>
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<p><strong><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL2FydGlzdHMvMjQwOC1sYWR5dHJvbi8="  >Ladytron</a><!--/noindex-->: <em><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL3Jldmlld3MvYWxidW1zL2xhZHl0cm9uLWxhZHl0cm9uLw=="  >Ladytron</a><!--/noindex--></em> [!K7]</strong></p>
<p><em>Ladytron</em> is the primary album from Ladytron (the Liverpool synth-pop quartet of Helen Marnie, Mira Aroyo, Daniel Hunt, and Reuben Wu) since 2011’s <em><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL3Jldmlld3MvYWxidW1zLzE1ODAzLWdyYXZpdHktdGhlLXNlZHVjZXIv"  >Gravity the Seducer</a><!--/noindex--></em>. The LP was led by the only “<!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL25ld3MvbGFkeXRyb24tYW5ub3VuY2UtZmlyc3QtbmV3LWFsYnVtLWluLTcteWVhcnMtc2hhcmUtbmV3LXNvbmctbGlzdGVuLw=="  >The Animals</a><!--/noindex-->.”</p>
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<p><strong><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL2FydGlzdHMvMzEzOTctbHVja2ktZWNrLw=="  >Lucki</a><!--/noindex-->: <em><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL25ld3MvZWFybC1zd2VhdHNoaXJ0LXByb2R1Y2VzLW5ldy1sdWNraS1zb25nLWxpc3Rlbi8="  >Freewave 3</a><!--/noindex--></em> [self-released]</strong></p>
<p>The Chicago rapper Lucki (née Eck$) is again along with his first new venture since final yr’s <!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYW1hem9uLmNvbS9EYXlzLUI0LUlJLUVQLUV4cGxpY2l0L2RwL0IwN0MyUDY2Slov"  rel="nofollow"><em>Days B4 II</em> EP</a><!--/noindex-->. Lucki’s new album can also be his third entry in his <em>Freewave</em> collection, following 2016’s <em><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYW1hem9uLmNvbS9GcmVld2F2ZS0yLUV4cGxpY2l0LUx1Y2tpL2RwL0IwNzhLTUI4M0I="  rel="nofollow">Freewave II</a><!--/noindex--></em> and 2015’s <em><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS9ib29iNy9zZXRzL2ZyZWV3YXZlLWVw"  >FREEWAVE</a><!--/noindex--></em>. The 15-track <em>Freewave 3</em> contains manufacturing from Earl Sweatshirt, ChaseTheCash, and others. Read the interview “<!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL2xldmVscy9sdWNraS1jYW4tdGVsbC1ub3RoaW5nLWJ1dC1oaXMtdHJ1dGgv"  >Lucki Can Tell Nothing But His Truth</a><!--/noindex-->” on Levels.</p>
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<p><strong><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL2FydGlzdHMveHh4Lw=="  >XXX</a><!--/noindex-->: <em><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL25ld3Mvc291dGgta29yZWFuLXJhcC1kdW8teHh4LWFubm91bmNlLW5ldy1hbGJ1bS1zZWNvbmQtbGFuZ3VhZ2Uv"  >Second Language</a><!--/noindex--></em> [BANA]</strong></p>
<p>South Korean rapper Kim Ximya and producer FRNK are XXX. <em>Second Language</em> is their sophomore album, following final yr’s debut <em><!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL3Jldmlld3MvYWxidW1zL3h4eC1sYW5ndWFnZS8="  >Language</a><!--/noindex--></em>.</p>
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<p><strong>Various Artists: <em>Powder in Space</em> [Beats in Space]</strong></p>
<p><em>Powder in Space</em> is the primary entry in a brand new combine collection from <!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL2FydGlzdHMvNDExMS10aW0tc3dlZW5leS8="  >Tim Sweeney</a><!--/noindex-->’s <!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5iZWF0c2luc3BhY2UubmV0Lw=="  >Beats in Space Records</a><!--/noindex-->. The combine contains two authentic tracks from Tokyo-based DJ and producer <!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL2FydGlzdHMvMzM3OTgtcG93ZGVyLw=="  >Powder</a><!--/noindex-->. Read Pitchfork’s overview of “<!--noindex--><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://se7en.ws/away/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXRjaGZvcmsuY29tL3Jldmlld3MvdHJhY2tzL3Bvd2Rlci1uZXctdHJpYmUv"  >New Tribe</a><!--/noindex-->,” named Best New Track.</p>
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