#6 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Drake, IAN SWEET, Bernice, and More

“#6 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Drake, IAN SWEET, Bernice, 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, mixtapes, and EPs from Drake, IAN SWEET, Bernice, Arab Strap, Lil Durk’s Only the Family, and Painted Shrines. 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.)

Drake: Scary Hours 2 EP [OVO/Republic]

Back in January 2018, Drake shared his first Scary Hours EP. The two-song release housed “God’s Plan” and “Diplomatic Immunity.” The second Scary Hours is a bit longer, featuring three tracks that clock in just under 13 minutes. One of the new songs, “Wants and Needs,” features Lil Baby and has production from Cardo and Noah “40” Shebib. The EP’s closing track, “Lemon Pepper Freestyle,” is co-produced by Boi-1da and features Rick Ross.

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IAN SWEET: Show Me How You Disappear [Polyvinyl]

Show Me How You Disappear is the third IAN SWEET album from Los Angeles–based singer-songwriter Jillian Medford. She recorded the follow-up to 2018’s Crush Crusher with Andrew Sarlo, Andy Seltzer, Daniel Fox, and Chris Coady. Read Pitchfork’s new interview “The Dream-Pop Transcendence of IAN SWEET.”

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Bernice: Eau de Bonjourno [Telephone Explosion]

Robin Dann leads the Toronto-based ensemble Bernice, who worked with producer Shahzad Ismaily on their third full-length album Eau de Bonjourno. From pop foundations, the band develop the songs with groovy elements of funk, jazz, and more. It’s Bernice’s first new record since 2018’s Puff LP: In the air without a shape. Read Pitchfork’s track review of “Groove Elation.”

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Arab Strap: As Days Get Dark [Rock Action]

Arab Strap broke up in 2006—Aidan Moffat’s and Malcolm Middleton’s time with the project had run its course. But after a few festival reunion appearances in 2016, Moffat and Middleton have reunited for As Days Get Dark. Moffat said the follow-up to 2005’s The Last Romance is “about hopelessness and darkness, but in a fun way.”

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Lil Durk / Only the Family: Only the Family Presents: Loyal Bros [Only the Family/EMPIRE]

Loyal Bros is a new compilation from Lil Durk and his Only the Family label. The 23-song mixtape features Durk, the late King Von, Booka600, Memo600, non-roster rappers like Lil Uzi Vert and Tee Grizzley, and more. Loyal Bros follows last year’s OTF project Family Over Everything.

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Painted Shrines: Heaven and Holy [Woodsist]

Heaven and Holy is the first album from Painted Shrines, a new collaborative project by Woods’ Jeremy Earl and Skygreen Leopards’ Glenn Donaldson. They started working on the record over a week of studio sessions in 2018, with Papercuts’ Jeff Moller adding bass to the project before they finished it remotely last year.

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