Jacob Boll), Solange (Max Hirschberger), 2 Chainz (Thaddaeus McAdams/Getty Images)’>With a lot good music being launched on a regular basis, it may be exhausting to find out what to hearken to first. Every week, Pitchfork gives a run-down of serious new releases obtainable on streaming companies. This week’s batch consists of new albums and EPs from Solange, Hand Habits, 2 Chainz, Little Simz, Octo Octa, Mereba, and Lomelda. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our suggestions in your inbox each week.
Solange: When I Get Home [Columbia]
After some teasers, Solange has dropped her follow-up to 2016’s A Seat at the Table. The document—written, carried out, and government produced by Solange—is stacked with features, together with Panda Bear, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler the Creator, Gucci Mane, Playboy Carti, Sampha, and rather more.
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Hand Habits: placeholder [Saddle Creek]
placeholder marks the second full-length album from Hand Habits (aka singer/songwriter Meg Duffy). The follow-up to 2017’s Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void) options songs “about accountability and forgiveness,” in line with Duffy.
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2 Chainz: RAP OR GO TO THE LEAGUE [Def Jam]
RAP OR GO TO THE LEAGUE is 2 Chainz’s follow-up to 2017’s Pretty Girls Like Trap Music. It’s A&R’d by LeBron James. Last yr, 2 Chainz launched two EPs: The Play Don’t Care Who Makes It and Hot Wings Are a Girl’s Best Friend.
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Little Simz: GREY Area [Age 101/AWAL]
English rapper Little Simz is again along with her first LP since 2016’s Stillness in Wonderland. GREY Area options contributions from Chronixx, Michael Kiwanuka, and others. Check out Pitchfork’s observe evaluate of “Offence.”
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Octo Octa: For Lovers EP [Technicolour]
The For Lovers EP follows Brooklyn-based producer Octo Octa’s 2017 document Where Are We Going? The three-track EP consists of “Bodies Meld Together,” which Octo Octa known as “a song about physically connecting with the people you love.” Read Pitchfork’s evaluate of “I Need You,” named Best New Track.
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Mereba: The Jungle Is the Only Way Out [Interscope]
Atlanta-bred/Los Angeles-based artist Mereba makes her full-length debut with The Jungle Is the Only Way Out. It consists of visitor appearances from J.I.D and 6LACK. Read Pitchfork’s observe evaluate of “Planet U.”
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Lomelda: M for Empathy [Double Double Whammy]
Lomelda is the recording venture of Texas musician Hannah Read. Her new album, M for Empathy, follows 2017’s Thx. “My new album M for Empathy is usually issues stated or shoulda stated,” Read stated in a press release. “Much of it, and it’s just a lil of all that’s coming, came to me, or outta me, outta a deepening silence.”
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