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, EPs, and mixtapes from Earl Sweatshirt, the 1975, Jeff Tweedy, Meek Mill, Galya Bisengalieva, Lil Baby, Lisa/Liza, and SOB X RBE’s DaBoii. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week.
Earl Sweatshirt: Some Rap Songs [Tan Cressida/Columbia]
Some Rap Songs is Earl Sweatshirt’s first new album in three years, following I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside. The 15-track record features Standing on the Corner and Navy Blue (“The Mint”). It also features Earl’s mother Cheryl Harris and his father, poet Keorapetse Kgositsile, who died in January 2018. Check out Pitchfork’s review of “Nowhere2go.”
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The 1975: A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships [Dirty Hit/Interscope]
Back in May, the 1975 announced A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships with the track “Give Yourself a Try.” After months of new songs and music videos, the Manchester band’s third record is finally here. It follows 2016’s I like it when you sleep....
Read Pitchfork’s reviews of “Love It If We Made It” (named Best New Track) and “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You).” Check out the 1975’s music videos for “TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME,” “Sincerity Is Scary,” and “Love It If We Made It.”
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Jeff Tweedy: WARM [dBpm]
Jeff Tweedy’s new solo album features contributions from his son Spencer, Glenn Kotche, and Tom Schick. The liner notes for the record were written by Lincoln in the Bardo author George Saunders. WARM arrives on the heels of last year’s acoustic collection Together at Last and Wilco’s 2016 record Schmilco.
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Meek Mill: CHAMPIONSHIPS [Maybach/Atlantic]
CHAMPIONSHIPS is Meek Mill’s first full-length project since his release from prison in April. The record is about his “experiences and the issue of social justice.” It features Drake, JAY-Z, Cardi B, and Young Thug, among others. Read Pitchfork’s track review of “Oodles O’ Noodles Babies.”
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Galya Bisengalieva: EP ONE [NOMAD]
Galya Bisengalieva is a Kazakh/British violinist who leads the London Contemporary Orchestra. She has contributed to Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool, Thom Yorke’s Suspiria, Frank Ocean’s Blonde, and Jonny Greenwood’s Phantom Thread, among other projects. EP ONE is Bisengalieva’s debut solo release. It includes three tracks, each composed by a different UK-based artist. Bisengalieva wrote the second song, “Tulpar.”
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Lil Baby: Street Gossip [Quality Control/Wolfpack Global/Motown/Capitol]
Street Gossip is Atlanta rapper Lil Baby’s third project of 2018, following May’s Harder Than Ever and October’s Gunna collaboration Drip Harder. The new 13-song Street Gossip features Young Thug, 2 Chainz, Migos’ Offset, Gucci Mane, Meek Mill, Gunna, and others.
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Lisa/Liza: Momentary Glance [Orindal]
Lisa/Liza is the recording project of Main-based singer/songwriter/guitarist Liza Victoria. Momentary Glance is her second album for Orindal Records, following 2016’s Deserts of Youth. The new LP was recorded and mixed almost entirely by Godspeed! You Black Emperor’s Efrim Manuel Menuck.
Victoria made Momentary Glance after losing a friend due to suicide. “This album was made in the most difficult time of my life to date,” she said in a statement. “If the album represents anything for me, it is finding strength in showing up for your fears, because many days that’s all we can do.”
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__DaBoii: Neva Lookin Back [SOB X RBE]__
Neva Lookin Back is the new solo mixtape from SOB X RBE’s DaBoii. It follows 2017’s Young Wild N---a, as well as the 2018 SOB X RBE releases Gangin and Gangin II. Read Pitchfork’s track review of “Ridin.”
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