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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 and mixtapes from Trace Mountains, Laura Marling, DJ Python, Ambar Lucid, Hamilton Leithauser, and Kari Faux. 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.)
Trace Mountains: Lost in the Country [Lame-O]
Former LVL UP member Dave Benton makes music as Trace Mountains, and Lost in the Country is his second full-length record. He wrote the album during a period of transition, following the 2018 end of LVL UP and his relocation from Brooklyn to Hudson, New York. Ahead of the LP’s release, Benton shared “Lost in the Country,” “Rock & Roll,” and “Me & May.”
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Laura Marling: Song for Our Daughter [Partisan/Chrysalis]
Laura Marling’s new album Song for Our Daughter was originally scheduled to arrive this summer, but the singer-songwriter decided to move the release date up because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “In light of the change to all our circumstances, I saw no reason to hold back on something that, at the very least, might entertain, and at its best, provide some sense of union,” she wrote in a statement with the arrival of the new song “Held Down.”
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DJ Python: Mas Amable [Incienso]
Influenced by the multilayered rhythms of his hometown of Miami, producer Brian Piñyero developed a distinct “deep-reggaeton” sound as DJ Python. His new album Mas Amable follows last year’s Derretirse EP and his 2017 debut Dulce Compañia. Check out Pitchfork’s track review of “ADMSDP.”
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Ambar Lucid: Garden of Lucid [self-released]
New Jersey native Ambar Lucid released her Dreaming Lucid EP last year. Garden of Lucid marks the Dominican/Mexican-American singer’s full-length debut. Check out her “Story to Tell” music video.
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Hamilton Leithauser: The Loves of Your Life [Glassnote]
The Loves of Your Life is Hamilton Leithauser’s latest release following the Walkmen’s 2013 hiatus. He led the record with humorous teasers starring Ethan Hawke, Maggie Rogers, and Sienna Miller.
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Kari Faux: Lowkey Superstar [Change Minds]
The Arkansas-born, Los Angeles–based artist Kari Faux is back with a brand new mixtape. Lowkey Superstar follows 2019’s CRY 4 HELP EP. She recently shared videos for the tape’s “While God Was Sleepin’…” and “Skit.”
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