#7 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Palberta, Caroline Shaw, and More

“#7 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Palberta, Caroline Shaw, 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, projects, and EPs from Palberta, Caroline Shaw, Logic1000, Peewee Longway and Cassius Jay, Mason Lindahl, Lande Hekt, and Asphyx. 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.)

Palberta: Palberta5000 [Wharf Cat]

New York’s Ani Ivry-Block, Lily Konigsberg, and Nina Ryser are back with their follow-up to 2018’s Roach Goin’ Down. Palberta recorded their new album with Matt Labozza at his Peekskill, New York studio.

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Caroline Shaw: Narrow Sea [Nonesuch]

Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw’s second Nonesuch album features two works she composed for the New York ensemble Sō Percussion: the five-part Narrow Sea and a 2012 piece titled Taxidermy. Emphasizing themes of water and finding home again, Shaw drew the Narrow Sea text from a songbook of spiritual music called The Sacred Harp. Narrow Sea also features soprano Dawn Upshaw and pianist Gilbert Kalish.

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Logic1000: You’ve Got the Whole Night to Go EP [Therapy/Because Music]

You’ve Got the Whole Night to Go is the second EP from house-friendly Australian producer Samantha Poulter aka Logic1000. She released her debut Logic1000 EP at the end of 2018 and, between the releases, she issued another two-track single and remixed tracks by Caribou, Don Toliver, Låpsley, and Christine and the Queens.

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Peewee Longway / Cassius Jay: Longway Sinatra 2 [MPA Bandcamp/EMPIRE]

Atlanta’s Peewee Longway and producer Cassius Jay reunite for the sequel to 2016’s Longway Sinatra. The new project has guest spots from Lil Baby, Tee Grizzley, Lil Yachty, Blac Youngsta, and others. Check out the music videos for Longway Sinatra 2’s “Anxious” and “Pink Salmon.”

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Mason Lindahl: Kissing Rosy in the Rain [Tompkins Square]

Mason Lindahl is a California-raised, New York–based musician who plays light, intricate fingerpicked compositions on the acoustic guitar. The nine-track Kissing Rosy in the Rain is his first album for the folk label Tompkins Square. Lindahl recorded his album in Oakland and Brooklyn with Jay Pellici, Robby Moncrieff, and Ben Greenberg.

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Lande Hekt: Going to Hell [Get Better]

Going to Hell is the debut solo album from Bristol-based songwriter Lande Hekt (who also fronts the indie band Muncie Girls). Going to Hell concerns Hekt’s experience of coming out as gay. “I’m no stranger to queer punk and queer politics,” she said in a press release. “I’ve always taken a special interest for obvious reasons, but this record is important to me because it’s the first time I’m releasing anything as an outwardly gay person.”

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Asphyx: Necroceros [Century Media]

Asphyx are back with their 10th studio album. The 10-track Necroceros is the Dutch death-doom metal band’s first record since 2016’s Incoming Death. Check out Asphyx’s music videos for “The Nameless Elite,” “Knights Templar Stand,” and “Botox Implosion,” which the band had hoped to film on Sunset Boulevard, where, according to frontman Martin van Drunen, “most of the pathetic subjects of this song have their residence.” Due to the pandemic, however, the “Botox Implosion” visual was shot in Essen, Germany.

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