With a lot good music being launched on a regular basis, it may be laborious to find out what to take heed to first. Every week, Pitchfork affords a run-down of great new releases obtainable on streaming providers. This week’s batch consists of new albums by Lil Peep, CupcakKe, Smino, Meg Baird and Mary Lattimore, J Mascis, Charles Bradley, and Vessel. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our suggestions in your inbox each week.
Lil Peep: Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 2 [Autnmy/Access/Columbia]
The first volume of Lil Peep’s Come Over When You’re Sober arrived three months earlier than his death final yr. The follow-up has now been posthumously launched. Pt. 2 options the beforehand shared tracks “Runaway” (which obtained a music video directed by Peep’s mom), “Cry Alone,” and “Life Is Beautiful.”
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CupcakKe: Eden [self-released]
Earlier this yr, CupcakKe dropped her album Ephorize. She’s again with Eden, her second full-length of 2018. The Chicago rapper heads out on her “Eden Tour” in December. Check out Pitchfork’s monitor evaluate of Eden’s “Quiz” and “Blackjack.”
Read “You Need to Listen to CupcakKe, The Raunchiest Rapper Out” on the Pitch.
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Smino: NOIR [Zero Fatigue/Interscope]
NOIR is the follow-up to St. Louis rapper Smino’s 2017 debut blkswn. The 18-track album options visitor spots from Valee, Ravyn Lenae, and extra. Read about “L.M.F.” on Levels.
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Meg Baird / Mary Lattimore: Ghost Forests [Three Lobed]
In addition to her solo work, Meg Baird is a member of Espers and Heron Oblivion. Mary Lattimore is a prolific harpist who, along with her personal albums (together with 2018’s Hundreds of Days), has recorded with Kurt Vile, Hop Along, Steve Gunn, and plenty of others. Ghost Forests is the primary full-length collaboration from Baird and Lattimore.
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J Mascis: Elastic Days [Sub Pop]
The Dinosaur Jr. frontman is again with one other solo assortment to comply with 2014’s Tied to a Star. Check out the music video for the title track, starring Dina Martina.
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Charles Bradley: Black Velvet [Dunham/Daptone]
Black Velvet is the ultimate album from the late soul singer Charles Bradley. The LP options songs recorded within the periods for every of his three albums—No Time for Dreaming (2011), Victim of Love (2013), and Changes (2016). It additionally consists of covers of Nirvana’s “Stay Away,” Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold,” and Rodriguez’s “I’ll Slip Away,” plus the beforehand launched songs “Can’t Fight the Feeling” and “I Feel a Change.”
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Vessel: Queen of Golden Dogs [Tri Angle]
Queen of Golden Dogs is the third album from Bristolian producer Sebastian Gainsborough, higher referred to as Vessel. It follows his 2014 report Punish, Honey. Queen of Golden Dogs was created throughout an 18-month interval of isolation in rural Wales. Check out Pitchfork’s evaluate of “Argo (For Maggie).”
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