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It's Friday, and hoo boy, is it a packed release day on your favorite streaming service. Baltimore hardcore band Turnstile sound ready for arenas on a new album destined for teenager bedrooms across America. Jarvis Cocker and Pulp returns with its first collection of songs since 2001. British rapper Little Simz scoffs at the concept of genre on Lotus. Plus new records from hip-hop superstar Lil Wayne and TikTok pop star Addison Rae.
NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Izzi Davis from Baltimore public radio station WTMD to get into most of it on New Music Friday. Listen to the show below and scroll down to see our long list of albums out June 6.
New Music Friday is a feature of NPR's All Songs Considered podcast. Hear the discussion on the NPR App, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts beginning at 3 a.m. ET.
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Our hosts share the backstories and best songs from the following albums:
💿 NEVER ENOUGH
💿 More
💿 Lotus
💿 Magic, Alive!
💿 Ripped and Torn
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Five more albums we wish we had time to discuss on the podcast:
💿 ANTHEMS: A Celebration of Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People
💿 Addison
💿 Letters to Ordinary Outsiders
💿 Love Made Trees
💿 I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away
Listen to each album's best songs on our New Music Friday playlists on Spotify and Apple, or wherever you stream music.
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Republic
For those who want to dig even deeper, here are the week's new albums sorted by genre:
R&B/Soul
Classical
Rock/Alt/Indie
- Landlady, Make Up / Lost Time
- Pip Blom, Grip EP
- Career Woman, Lighthouse
- Eterna, Ants EP
- Christian Lee Hutson, Paradise Pop. 10 (Deluxe)
- Tracy Bonham, Sky Too Wide
- Junk Drawer, Days of Heaven
- envy, All The Footprints You've Ever Left And The Fear Expecting Ahead (Reissue)
- Portugal. The Man, uLu Selects Vol #2
- My Chemical Romance, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (Deluxe Edition)
- Host: Stephen Thompson
- Guest: Izzi Bavis, WTMD
- Producer: Simon Rentner
- Editors: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion
- Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins
