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 Touché Amoré, Future Islands, Mary Lattimore, Headie One, Cut Worms, and Gunn-Truscinski Duo. 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.)
Touché Amoré: Lament [Epitaph]
The title notwithstanding, Touché Amoré’s fifth album Lament finds the post-hardcore band in a hopeful headspace. On their last album, Stage Four, Touché Amoré grappled with grief, and the death of vocalist Jeremy Bolm’s mother. On the new LP, recorded with producer Ross Robinson, the band explores the aftermath of that sorrow with empathy.
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Future Islands: As Long as You Are [4AD]
As Long as You Are is Future Islands’ first album as a quartet, with drummer Mike Lowry joining Samuel T. Herring, William Cashion, and Gerrit Welmers in the official lineup. The group co-produced the record with engineer Steve Wright at his Wrightway Studios in Baltimore.
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