8 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: Mac DeMarco, Slowdive, Perfume Genius, At the Drive In, 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 releases from Mac DeMarco, Slowdive, Perfume Genius, At the Drive In, Alice Coltrane, Logic, Pond, and Forest Swords.
Mac DeMarco: This Old Dog [Captured Tracks]
Mac DeMarco has released the follow-up to 2015’s mini-album Another One and his last proper album, 2014’s Salad Days. Read our track review of of “This Old Dog,” “On the Level,” and “One More Love Song,” all of which were named Best New Track. And check out our new feature “Mac DeMarco and His Mom Talk Love and Fearlessness,” as well as “Mac DeMarco on His Chill New Album, This Old Dog” on the Pitch.
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Slowdive: Slowdive [Dead Oceans]
Slowdive are back with the follow-up to Pygmalion, their first new album in two decades. Read “Slowdive on Their First Album in 22 Years and Why Shoegaze Came Back” on the Pitch, and find our track reviews of “Star Roving” and “Sugar for the Pill,” the latter of which was named Best New Track.
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Perfume Genius: No Shape [Matador]
No Shape is Mike Hadreas’s fourth Perfume Genius record, following 2014’s Too Bright, 2012’s Put Your Back N 2 It, and 2010’s Learning. Read Pitchfork’s track reviews for “Slip Away” (named Best New Track) and “Go Ahead.”
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At the Drive In: in•ter a•li•a [Rise]
After a 17-year hiatus, At the Drive In are back with their first new album since 2000’s Relationship of Command. in•ter a•li•a was produced by the band’s Omar Rodriguez-López and Rich Costey. Watch their video for “Hostage Stamps.”
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Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda: World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda [Luaka Bop]
David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label has released a new Alice Coltrane compilation called World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda. The record features music that Coltrane made while she lived at the Sai Anantam Ashram, which she established in 1983; the tracks, like the recently released versions of “Om Shanti” and “Om Rama,” had previously been available only on cassettes distributed within the community.
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Pond: The Weather [Marathon Artists]
The latest album from Pond is called The Weather. The follow-up to Man It Feels Like Space Again is produced by Kevin Parker. The band features Tame Impala member Jay Watson and former member Nicholas Allbrook, and the album includes previously shared the songs “30000 MEGATONS” and “Sweep Me Off My Feet”.
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Logic: Everybody [Visionary Music Group/Def Jam]
After releasing his last album, The Incredible True Story, in 2015, and last year’s Bobby Tarantino mixtape, Logic is back with a follow-up. Everybody includes “Black SpiderMan” and “1-800-273-8255,” released in partnership with the National Suicide Prevention Hotline. The album features Killer Mike, Chuck D, Alessia Cara, Juicy J, Black Thought, Khalid, No I.D., actor Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars, Divergent), and famed scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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Forest Swords: Compassion [Ninja Tune]
Producer Matthew Barnes is back with a new Forest Swords album called Compassion. The follow-up to 2013’s Engravings and his dance score Shrine includes the tracks “The Highest Flood” and “Arms Out.”
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