New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 7

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🗓️ 7 February 2025

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Summary

Sharon Van Etten headlines this week's new releases, but she's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. On this episode, NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Robert Moore of Kansas City public radio station 90.9 The Bridge, where Robert hosts the underground rock show Sonic Spectrum.

Featured Albums:

• Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, s/t

• Adrian Crowley, 'Measure of Joy'

• Heartworms, 'Glutton for Punishment'

• Nadia Reid, 'Enter Brightness Now'

• Squid, 'Cowards'

Check out our long list of Feb. 7 releases and stream our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org.

CREDITS:

• Hosts: Stephen Thompson and Robert Moore (90.9 The Bridge)
• Producer: Simon Rentner
• Editor: Otis Hart
• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins

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0:00.0	Happy Friday, everyone from NPR Music.
0:07.4	It's New Music Friday.
0:09.0	I'm Stephen Thompson, here with Robert Moore from 90.9, The Bridge in Kansas City.
0:13.3	Hey, Robert.
0:14.0	How's it going, Steve?
0:15.4	We've got a ton of great new music on this week's show, including new albums by Squid and Nadia Reed and heartworms and
0:22.8	Adrian Crowley.
0:24.3	It's funny I never knew.
0:29.9	The true measure of joy.
0:33.8	So, Robert, I swear it is just a coincidence that we asked you on this show right as Kansas City is about to play in the Super Bowl.
0:40.8	But I have it on good authority.
0:42.1	You are not actually a lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan.
0:46.2	No, I grew up in Southern California, so I've been a lifelong San Diego now L.A. Chargers fan.
0:51.3	But I've come to love the Chiefs in recent years just because of certain
0:55.0	players and what they do for the city here, as well as especially this year, the bizarre hatred
1:00.6	towards the franchise.
1:02.8	It's amazing how quickly our underdogs become hated Goliaths.
1:07.1	Oh, definitely.
1:18.4	First, we wanted to talk about the new self-titled album by Sharon Van Etton and The Attachment Theory.
1:25.5	How much do you take to start Regeneration
1:41.3	I love this new record.
1:43.3	I mean a solid, solid backup band.
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