Friday is album release day and here’s a rundown of what’s been released on DSPs and physical releases in stores.
Clairo – Sling
Jack Antonoff coproduced second album from the no longer bedroom pop artist.
Ra Gerra – New Vessels
Kobina and MuRLi’s collaborative debut album of electronic textures and rap and vocals. It’s great. Bandcamp.
Chet Faker – Hotel Surrender
Australian artist changed his name to Nick Murphy but he’s now back to faking it with electronic soul.
Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band – Expansions
A German steel pan band who release records on Big Crown.
Moon King – The Audition
Debut album for the guitar band attempting to escape a large shadow and make a big one on their own.
DJ Food – Kaleidoscope Companion
A 20th anniversary version of the album.
Popsmoke – Faith
A posthumous album featuring Pharrell, Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Pusha T, Dua Lipa Future, Rick Ross, The-Dream, 42 Dugg, 21 Savage, Rah Swish, BEAM, Bizzy Banks, Takeoff, Lil Tjay, Swae Lee, Chris Brown, Quavo, Kodak Black, and TRAVI.
Enny – Under Twenty Five
English artist who dropped the lovely gentle rap track ‘I Want It’.
fabric presents Overmono
A Fabric mix from the XL duo.
WILLOW – lately I feel EVERYTHING
Willow Smith already had an emo pop punk hit with ‘Transparent Soul’ and this album features blink-182’s Travis Barker,
Stephen Fretwell – Busy Guy
English singer-songwriter returns with third album on Speedy Wunderground.
Wavves – Hideaway
Dave Sitek-produced seventh album from Nathan Williams who managed to outlive the early music blog buzz.
Fryars – God Melodies
First album in six years from the British artist, who you may remember from tracks like ‘Cool Like Me’.
Joshua Burnside & Laura Quirke – New EP
Folk duo collaborative on duets like this one.
The Academic – Community Spirit EP
New EP from the Mullingar indie pop band.
Yves Tumor – The Asymptotical World EP
Six-track EP from the artist who is Dublin bound.
Paddy Mulcahy – Tidal Oscillations EP
New ambient compositions from Limerick producer on Sony imprint XXIM Records.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
