8 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: The Strokes, Whitney, Tegan and Sara, and More
The Strokes’ new Future Present Past EP is the band’s first release since 2013’s Comedown Machine. It features three new songs–“Drag Queen,” “OBLIVIUS,” and “Threat of Joy”–and a remix of “OBLIVIUS,” courtesy of the band’s Fabrizio Moretti. Earlier this week, they performed the EP in its entirety (along with their hits) at the Capitol Theatre in New York.
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Light Upon the Lake is the debut album from Whitney—a band featuring Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich, both of whom played in Smith Westerns. Read our reviews of “No Woman,” “Golden Days,” and “No Matter Where We Go” from the record.
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Tegan and Sara’s Love You to Death is a follow-up to 2013’s Heartthrob. The record was produced by the Bird and the Bee’s Greg Kurstin (who has worked with Sia, Adele), with whom they previously collaborated on Heartthrob. Listen to “Stop Desire,” watch the videos for “U-Turn” and “100X,” and read our review of “Boyfriend,” which was named Best New Track.
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Speedy Ortiz’s Foiled Again EP includes the song “Death Note,” named after the anime. There are also two remixes of the Foil Deer track “Puffer”–one from Open Mike Eagle and another by Lazerbeak.
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Steve Gunn’s is following up 2014’s Way Out Weather with Eyes on the Lines. It’s his first album for Matador Records. Read our reviews of the record’s “Conditions Wild,” “Ancient Jules,” and “Park Bench Smile.”
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Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince are back with their first Kills album in five years. The follow-up to 2011’s Blood Pressures was mostly recorded in Los Angeles, and at NYC’s Electric Lady Studios. It was produced by Hince, and co-produced by John O’Mahoney (Metric, the Cribs). Watch the videos for “Doing It to Death,” “Heart of a Dog,” and “Siberian Nights.”
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Classixx is the duo of L.A. producers Tyler Blake and Michael David. Faraway Reach is their second album, after 2013’s Hanging Gardens. It features How to Dress Well, Passion Pit, Holy Ghost!’s Alex Frankel, T-Pain, and more. In addition to “Whatever I Want,” which first came out in 2015, it includes “Just Let Go,” “Grecian Summer,” “I Feel Numb,” and “Safe Inside.” Watch the video for “Whatever I Want,” which is a shot-for-shot remake of the Smiths’ “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before” video. T-Pain plays the role of Morrissey.
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Pip Brown–aka Ladyhawke album–is back with Wild Things, her first new album since Anxiety in 2012. Watch the lyric video for the record’s opening track “A Love Song” here.
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