6 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Fontaines D.C., Liv.e, Alanis Morissette, and More
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 from Fontaines D.C., Liv.e, Alanis Morissette, Makaya McCraven, Mike Polizze, and Madeline Kenney. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)
Fontaines D.C.: A Hero’s Death [Partisan]
A Hero’s Death is the second album from Dublin post-punk band Fontaines D.C., following last year’s Dogrel. Led by singer Grian Chatten, the band reckons with sincerity (“A Hero’s Death”) and deals with echo chambers (“Televised Mind”).
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Fontaines D.C.D: A Hero’s Death
Liv.e: Couldn’t Wait to Tell You... [In Real Life]
Liv.e (pronounced “Liv”) is Olivia Williams, a Dallas-based artist who draws on hip-hop, soul, funk, jazz, and R&B. Although Couldn’t Wait to Tell You... is her debut album, she’s already made fans of Earl Sweatshirt (with whom she toured last year) and Erykah Badu. Read Pitchfork’s track review of Liv.e’s “Lessons From My Mistakes...But I Lost Your Number.”
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Liv.e: Couldn’t Wait to Tell You
Alanis Morissette: Such Pretty Forks in the Road [Epiphany/Thirty Tigers]
Such Pretty Forks in the Road is Alanis Morissette’s ninth LP and it marks her first studio album in eight years, following 2012’s Havoc and Bright Lights. She announced the album way back in December 2019 with the song “Reasons I Drink.” She recently performed the record’s “Ablaze” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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Makaya McCraven: Universal Beings E&F Sides [International Anthem]
In 2018, jazz percussionist and producer Makaya McCraven released his expansive album Universal Beings. Now, he’s released a 14-track companion project, recorded during those same sessions. The new material, which features appearances from Jeff Parker, Shabaka Hutchings, and several others, arrives with an accompanying making-of documentary.
Universal Beings E&F Sides is the second album from Makaya McCraven this year, following February’s Gil Scott-Heron tribute We’re New Again: A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven.
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Makaya McCraven: Universal Beings E&F Sides
Mike Polizze: Long Lost Solace Find [Paradise of Bachelors]
In Purling Hiss, guitarist Mike Polizze charged forward with fuzzy, unassuming rock songs. Long Lost Solace Find—Polizze’s first album under his own name—is a set of light and easygoing songs rendered on acoustic guitar. Polizze’s longtime Philadelphia buddy Kurt Vile embellishes the record with backing vocals, slide guitar, harmonica, and, on “Revelation,” trumpet.
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Madeline Kenney: Sucker’s Lunch [Carpark]
Sucker’s Lunch is the latest album from Oakland-based singer-songwriter Madeline Kenney. The 10-track LP was co-produced by Kenney and Wye Oak members Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack. Bay Area artist Stephen Steinbrink also features on select tracks. Sucker’s Lunch follows Kenney’s 2018 album Perfect Shapes.
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