#8 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker, Bruce Springsteen, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, and more

“#8 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker, Bruce Springsteen, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, 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 and mixtapes from Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, Junglepussy, Ela Minus, Loma, Bktherula, and Magik Markers. 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.)

Adrianne Lenker: songs / instrustrumentals [4AD]

Following last year’s U.F.O.F. and Two Hands with her band Big Thief, singer-songwriter Adrianne Lenker has released a pair of records titled songs and instrumentals. (Lenker’s grandmother painted the floral cover art of both installments.) The former is a collection of 11 new tunes that Lenker recorded in April with engineer Philip Weinrobe. instrumentals comprises two pieces: the 21-minute “music for indigo” and the 16-minute “mostly chimes.” Read Pitchfork’s Best New Track review of “anything.” Plus, watch Lenker’s new “zombie girl” video.

Listen on Apple Music: songs / instrumentals
Listen on Spotify: songs / instrumentals
Listen on TIDAL: songs / instrumentals
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Listen/Buy at Bandcamp: songs / instrumentals
Buy at Rough Trade: songs and instrumentals