Travis Scott (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images); Helena Hauff’s Qualm cowl artwork; YG (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)
With a lot good music being launched on a regular basis, it may be arduous to find out what to take heed to first. Every week, Pitchfork gives a run-down of serious new releases accessible on streaming companies. This week’s batch contains new albums and EPs from Travis Scott, YG, Helena Hauff, Mac Miller, Sinjin Hawke and Zora Jones, Dorian Concept, and Love Language. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our suggestions in your inbox each week.
Travis Scott: Astroworld [Epic]
Travis Scott’s long-teased third studio album Astroworld is right here. Featuring cover art shot by David LaChapelle, the LP contains appearances from Frank Ocean, Drake, 21 Savage, James Blake, Swae Lee, and extra. Producers and contributing musicians embody Tame Impala, Thundercat, Stevie Wonder, and John Mayer. Astroworld is Scott’s first solo album since 2016’s Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight. It follows his 2017 collaborative full-length with Quavo, Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho.
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YG: Stay Dangerous [Def Jam]
Stay Dangerous follows YG’s 2016 Red Friday EP and Still Brazy album. The LP additionally options beforehand launched singles the ASAP Rocky-featuring “Handgun,” “Suu Whoop,” and “Big Bank,” that includes Nicki Minaj, 2 Chainz, and Big Sean. Other options on the file embody Jay 305, Quavo, Ty Dolla $ign, Mozzy, and NBA YoungBoy.
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Helena Hauff: Qualm [Ninja Tune]
German DJ and producer Helena Hauff has launched her sophomore album, Qualm. It follows her 2015 LP Discreet Desires and her 2017 EP Have You Been There, Have You Seen It. Read the observe opinions for “Qualm” and “No Qualms,” in addition to “Hyper-Intelligent Genetically Enriched Cyborg” (named Best New Track).
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Mac Miller: Swimming [Warner Bros.]
Swimming options contributions from John Mayer, Jon Brion, Thundercat, the Internet’s Syd, Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes, and extra. Read the observe evaluation for “Self Care.” The follow-up to 2016’s The Divine Feminine additionally contains the beforehand launched songs “Small Worlds” and “What’s the Use.”
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Sinjin Hawke / Zora Jones: Vicious Circles EP [Planet Mu]
Producers Sinjin Hawke and Zora Jones have teamed up for his or her collaborative God EP. The seven-track undertaking follows Sinjin’s 2017 debut album First Opus and Zora’s 2015 debut EP, 100 Ladies. Read the observe evaluation for the Bulgarian choir-sampling observe “God.”
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Dorian Concept: The Nature of Imitation [Brainfeeder]
Austrian producer and multi-instrumentalist Dorian Concept is out together with his first new album in four years. The Nature of Imitation is the follow-up to 2014’s Joined Ends. It marks his first launch on the Flying Lotus-helmed Brainfeeder label.
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The Love Language: Baby Grand [Merge]
Stuart Lamb’s indie rock undertaking, the Love Language, is again with Baby Grand, their first new full-length since 2013’s Ruby Red. Lamb labored on the LP throughout a cross-country transfer to California. “It was something just about being in a new city, and a new light,” he explains in an announcement. “And reopening the sessions, and this demo that I thought was a throwaway, suddenly I’m really feeling it.”
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