9 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: Dirty Projectors, Future, Thundercat, 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 Dirty Projectors, Future, Thundercat, Los Campesinos!, Stormzy, Vagabon, Pissed Jeans, Kingdom, and Power Trip.
Dirty Projectors: Dirty Projectors [Domino]
Dirty Projectors’ new self-title record arrives four years after the band’s Swing Lo Magellan. Collaborators on Dirty Projectors include D∆WN, Solange, and Tyondai Braxton. Check out our reviews of “Keep Your Name,” “Up in Hudson” “Cool Your Heart,” and “Little Bubble”; the latter two were named Best New Track. Read Pitchfork’s new feature “Going Solo: Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth Steps Outside the Frame.”
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Future: HNDRXX [Epic/A1/Freebandz]
One week after putting out his self-titled record, Future has unleashed his second full-length of 2017. Like its predecessor, it’s 17 tracks long. HNDRXX features the Weeknd and Rihanna.
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Thundercat: Drunk [Brainfeeder]
Thundercat’s Drunk follows 2015’s mini-album The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam and 2013’s Apocalypse. Collaborators on the LP include Kendrick Lamar, Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington, Pharrell, Wiz Khalifa, Kenny Loggins, and Michael McDonald. Check out our reviews of Drunk’s “Them Changes, “Show You the Way” and “Friend Zone”—all named Best New Track.
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Los Campesinos!: Sick Scenes [Wichita]
Los Campesinos! are back with their first album since 2013’s No Blues. Read our review of the lead single “I Broke Up in Amarante.”
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Stormzy: Gang Signs & Prayers [#Merky]
Gang Signs & Prayers is the debut album from Grime artist Stormzy. It features Kehlani, Raleigh Ritchie, MNEK, Wretch 32, Ghetts, and J Hus. Read Pitchfork’s Rising feature, “Stormzy: Grime Heavyweight,” as well as the review for “Big for Your Boots,” which was named Best New Track.
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Vagabon: Infinite Worlds [Father/Daughter]
Infinite Worlds is Lætitia Tamko’s debut album as Vagabon. Read Pitchfork’s Rising feature, “Vagabon is an Indie Rock Game Changer,” and reviews for “Fear & Force,” “The Embers,” and “Minneapolis.”
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Pissed Jeans: Why Love Now [Sub Pop]
Pissed Jeans are back with Why Love Now, their first album in four years. The follow-up to 2013’s Honeys was produced by Lydia Lunch and Arthur Rizk (of Sumerlands), and features contributions from author Lindsay Hunter, delivering a “self-penned monologue of W.B. Mason-inspired erotica.”
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Kingdom: Tears in the Club [Fade to Mind]
After teaming up with D∆WN last year for a joint EP called Infrared, Kingdom has returned with his debut solo album. It features guest spots from SZA, the Internet’s Syd, Shacar, and Vine singer Najee Daniels. Read Pitchfork’s reviews of the title track and “What Is Love.”
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Power Trip: Nightmare Logic [Southern Lord]
Nightmare Logic is the second album from Texas thrash metal band Power Trip, following 2013’s Manifest Decimation. Read Pitchfork’s review of “Firing Squad.”
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