New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 8

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🗓️ 8 April 2022

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Summary

It's a crazy-packed release day with new albums from Camila Cabello, Omar Apollo, an all-star collaboration with Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., Girl Talk and Smoke DZA, Syd's Broken Hearts Club and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Omar Apollo — Ivory
Featured Songs: "Talk," "En El Ovido"
2. Syd — Broken Hearts Club
Featured Song: "BMHWDY"
3. Girl Talk, Big K.R.I.T., Wiz Khalifa, Smoke DZA — Full Court Press
Featured Song: "Fly the Coop"
4. Camila Cabello — Familia
Featured Song: "Psychofreak"
5. BANKS — Serpentina
Featured Song: "Meteorite"

Other notable releases for April 8:
Calexico — El Mirador
Coi Leray — Trendsetter
Deer Scout — Woodpecker
Father John Misty — Chloe and the Next 20th Century
Fivio Foreign — B.I.B.L.E.
Hiatus Kaiyote — Mood Variant (The Remixes)
Jack White — Fear of the Dawn
Johnnyswim — Johnnyswim
Kae Tempest — The Line Is A Curve
The Linda Lindas — Growing Up
Orville Peck — Bronco
Son Lux — Everything Everywhere All At Once (OST)
Vince Staples — Ramona Park Broke My Heart
Wet Leg — Wet Leg

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0:00.0	Happy Friday everyone, Rock Chalk Jayhawk from If You're Music and All Songs Considered
0:04.7	I'm Robin Hilton.
0:06.5	It's April 8th and an absolutely bonkers amount of new music is dropping today.
0:11.0	Here to talk about it is in pure music's Anamaria Sayer.
0:13.9	Hey, what's up?
0:14.9	Andrew Slim Truth.
0:15.9	Hey Robin.
0:16.9	Also joining this is contributor Christina Lee.
0:19.7	Hello, hello, hello.
0:21.4	And radio Milwaukee's Tereek Moody.
0:23.4	Howdy.
0:24.4	We're talking about the best albums out today starting with Omar O'Polo, his new and
0:28.2	is called Ivory.
0:58.2	I'm not a bit too sunbathe.
1:05.2	I see a book in sunbathe.
1:08.2	I got a fix when we all alone.
1:11.2	All I want to do is kiss it.
1:13.2	When I get in home, I don't know but I can text you.
1:15.2	When I'm in the street, look good.
1:16.2	Take a picture.
1:17.2	Take a picture.
1:18.2	Take a picture.
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