Lucy Dacus released her first album, titled Forever is a Feeling, since boygenius' big breakthrough. Shervin Lainez/Geffen hide caption
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It's Friday, and that means Lucy Dacus has released her new album, Forever Is A Feeling. Dacus is the first member of boygenius to release a solo record since the trio blew up in 2023, and it's fair to say she's met the moment.
A bumper crop of excellent indie records joined Forever Is A Feeling on streaming services overnight, so who better to guide us through this week's new releases than Indie 102.3's Alisha Sweeney. She joins New Music Friday host Stephen Thompson to talk about a festival-worthy lineup.
Listen to the conversation below, and stream our recommended new albums.
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Stephen and Alisha give you the backstory and best songs on the following albums:
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.
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Five more albums we wish we had time to discuss on the podcast:
Listen to each album's best songs on our New Music Friday playlists on Spotify and Apple.
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For those who want to dig even deeper, here are the week's new albums sorted by genre:
Jazz
Rock/Alt/Indie
Country/Folk/Americana
Rap/Hip-Hop
R&B/Soul
Electronic/Out There
Classical
- Anton Mejias The Art of Memory
Pop
- Ariana Grande, Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead
- Carlos Santana, Sentient
- chloe moriondo, oyster
- Maya Delilah, The Long Way Round
- Ruger, BlownBoy RU
- Will Smith, Based on a True Story
Credits
- Host: Stephen Thompson
- Guest: Alisha Sweeney, Colorado Public Radio's Indie 102.3
- Producer: Simon Rentner
- Editor: Otis Hart
- Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins
