#6 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Madlib and Four Tet, Yasmin Williams, Goat Girl, and More

“#6 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Madlib and Four Tet, Yasmin Williams, Goat Girl, 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 Madlib, Yasmin Williams, Goat Girl, the Notwist, Portrayal of Guilt, and Arlo Parks. 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.)

Madlib: Sound Ancestors [Madlib Invazion]

The billing of Sound Ancestors is simple: It’s “music by Madlib” that was “edited, arranged, and mastered by Kieran Hebden,” the producer better known as Four Tet. The record was led by “Road of the Lonely Ones,” “Dirtknock,” and “Hopprock.”

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Yasmin Williams: Urban Driftwood [Spinster]

Yasmin Williams is a guitarist and composer, based in Northern Virginia, who debuted in 2018 with her self-released record Unwind. Her sophomore LP Urban Driftwood combines lap tapping and percussive techniques to great effect. As Sam Sodomsky wrote in his review of the album: “Williams’ performance is masterfully physical; her strumming can sound like brushes on snare drums while her fingerpicking can echo like gentle taps across cymbals.”

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Goat Girl: On All Fours [Rough Trade]

On All Fours, the second album from South London quartet Goat Girl, finds the band working with producer Dan Carey and bringing electronics into their established post-punk sound. Produced in late 2019, the album touches on environmental catastrophe, “exploitative systems,” and the varied injustices that plague the world.

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The Notwist: Vertigo Days [Morr]

Vertigo Days is the Notwist’s first proper studio album since 2014’s Close to the Glass. In the interim, the trio worked on film scores and other projects. The group’s expansive new album features appearances from Juana Molina, Angel Bat Dawid, Tenniscoats’ Saya, and more.

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Portrayal of Guilt: We Are Always Alone [Closed Casket Activities]

Austin hardcore band Portrayal of Guilt follow up their 2018 debut Let Pain Be Your Guide with We Are Always Alone, a new record made in the wake of their canceled 2020 tour dates. It touches on a wide range of heavy genres, broken up by ambient interludes.

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Arlo Parks: Collapsed in Sunbeams [Transgressive]

Collapsed in Sunbeams is the debut album from 20-year-old British poet/singer-songwriter Arlo Parks, who first came to prominence with the song “Cola” in 2018 before releasing a pair of EPs (Super Sad Generation and Sophie) the following year.

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