New Music Friday: The best albums out April 18

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Julien Baker & Torres. Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson. TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Brian Burns of North Carolina public radio station WUNC to the show to discuss the best albums out today.

Featured Albums:

• Torres & Julien Baker, 'Send a Prayer My Way' (Stream)

• Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson, 'What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow' (Stream)

• Tunde Adebimpe, 'Thee Black Boltz' (Stream)

• BEIRUT, 'A Study of Losses' (Stream)

• Sarah Siskind, 'Simplify' (Stream)

Check out our long list of records out April 18 and sample more than 50 new albums in our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music.

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0:00.0	Oh, hey there. I'm Brittany Luce. And I don't know, maybe this is a little out of pocket to say, but I think you should listen to my podcast. It's called It's Been a Minute, and I love it. And I think you will too. Over the past couple months, over 100,000 new listeners started tuning in. Find out why.
0:23.8	Listen to the It's Been a Minute podcast from NPR today.
0:26.5	Happy Friday, everyone, from NPR Music.
0:27.8	It's New Music Friday.
0:31.4	I'm Stephen Thompson here with Brian Burns from WUNC.
0:31.8	Hey, Brian.
0:32.5	What's up, Stephen?
0:33.2	Thanks for having me.
0:34.9	It is a pleasure to have you. I am a lineman for the county.
0:39.0	Now, if you're listening to this, you may be wondering why you're hearing the song, Wichita lineman.
0:44.1	Today, April 18th, is National Lineman Appreciation Day.
0:49.0	And when I think about all of the hardworking linemen in this country. I immediately think of this classic song.
0:56.6	It's one of my favorite songs of all time. I attended this at karaoke about 10 years ago,
1:01.4	and I got to say, if you're thinking about doing that, think again. It's a tough one.
1:05.7	I kind of ate it. I was doing fine until you get to the high note. And at that point, I just was like,
1:10.4	oh yeah, forgot there was this note here.
1:16.8	Karaoke is a great equalizer.
1:21.3	It's amazing how many songs I think I can sing.
1:24.1	Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
1:25.0	It really lets you know where you stand.
1:29.0	That one might have scarred me so much that I haven't done karaoke since then. I can't remember, but I respect people
1:33.5	who can really own it and who are good at it. Yeah, the secret is commitment, as it is with so many
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