6 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: Foxygen, Caroline Polachek, Austra, 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 Foxygen, Caroline Polachek, Austra, Bash & Pop, Cherry Glazerr, and William Basinski.
After releasing …And Star Power in 2014, Foxygen are back with a new album called Hang. Every song on the album features a symphony orchestra. Trey Pollard arranged and conducted a group of over 40 musicians, and Matthew E. White contributed additional arrangements. The album includes appearances from the Flaming Lips’ Steven Drozd and the Lemon Twigs. Watch the videos for Hang’s “Follow the Leader” and “On Lankershim.”
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CEP: Drawing the Target Around the Arrow [self-released]
In December, Chairlift announced their imminent break up. “Patrick will be going on to produce records full-time, and Caroline to make music as a solo artist,” they said in a note. Caroline Polachek’s first solo music post-breakup is a new instrumental album called Drawing the Target Around the Arrow. She has previously made music under the name Ramona Lisa, but the new album is released under the moniker CEP.
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Austra: Future Politics [Domino]
Austra’s new album calls for “a commitment to replace the approaching dystopia,” according to the group’s Katie Stelmanis. It’s the follow-up to 2013’s Olympia. On the day of its release, the album is available under Bandcamp’s “name your price” model. All proceeds go to Planned Parenthood. Read the band’s note about the album and donation here.
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Bash & Pop: Anything Could Happen [Fat Possum]
Tommy Stinson formed Bash & Pop after the Replacements broke up in 1991. Anything Could Happen is the band’s second release, following 1993’s Friday Night Is Killing Me. Newly reformed, the lineup includes members who have worked with Jack White, Guns N’ Roses, the Hold Steady, and more.
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Cherry Glazerr: Apocalipstick [Secretly Canadian]
Apocalipstick is the second album from Los Angeles’ Cherry Glazerr. The LP’s opening song, “Told You I’d Be With the Guys,” was named Best New Track.
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William Basinski: A Shadow in Time [2062/Temporary Residence Limited]
William Basinski’s new album, A Shadow in Time, follows 2015’s Cascade and The Deluge. The record is two tracks long. The first is a eulogy to David Bowie called “For David Robert Jones.”
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