6 Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now

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 Tirzah, Illuminati Hotties, Meek Mill, Black Dice, Wiki, and Hovvdy. 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.)

Tirzah: Colourgrade [Domino]

British musician Tirzah worked on her sophomore album Colourgrade with frequent collaborators Mica Levi and Coby Sey, as well as Sey’s older brother Kwes who contributed mixing to the album. Tirzah recorded her Devotion follow-up between the births of her first and second children. Read Pitchfork’s reviews of “Sink In” and “Send Me,” which was named Best New Track.

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Illuminati Hotties: Let Me Do One More [Snack Shack Tracks/Hopeless]

Illuminati Hotties—the project of producer and writer Sarah Tudzin—follows last year’s FREE I.H.: This Is Not the One You’ve Been Waiting For with Let Me Do One More, released, at least in part, through her own imprint label, Snack Shack Tracks. The 12-track LP includes an appearance from Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek (on “U V V P”) and Great Grandpa’s Alex Menne (on “Toasting”). Read the Best New Track review of “MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA.”

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Meek Mill: Expensive Pain [Atlantic]

Expensive Pain is Meek Mill’s fifth studio album, as well as the follow-up to his 2018 full-length Championships. The new LP includes the Lil Uzi Vert collaboration “Blue Notes 2,” “Sharing Locations” (featuring Lil Durk and Lil Baby), and tracks with Kehlani, Young Thug, and more. The Expensive Pain album cover was created from an original painting by artist Nina Chanel Abney.

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Black Dice: Mod Prog Sic [FourFour]

Mod Prog Sic is the first studio album from Brooklyn’s Black Dice in nine years, following the experimental rock band’s 2012 release Mr. Impossible. The new album is also the inaugural release on FourFour Records, the new label from former DFA co-owner Jonathan Galkin. Black Dice announced Mod Prog Sic earlier this year with the release of the song “White Sugar.”

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Wiki: Half God [Wikset Enterprise]

Wiki’s new record Half God is produced entirely by fellow New Yorker Navy Blue, who also contributes vocals on “Can’t Do This Alone.” Additional album guests include Earl Sweatshirt, duendita, and Mike. Earlier this year, Wiki released Telephonebooth, a joint project with drummer and producer Nah.

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Hovvdy: True Love [Grand Jury]

True Love is the fourth album from Austin, Texas indie band Hovvdy, following 2019’s Heavy Lifter. Hovvdy recorded the new LP at co-producer Andrew Sarlo’s studio in Los Angeles last year. The group announced the new album with the release of its title track back in July.

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