New Music Friday: The best releases out on Jan. 27
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🗓️ 27 January 2023
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Summary
Featured Albums:
1. Kimbra — A Reckoning
Featured Songs: "la type (feat. Pink Siifu & Tommy Raps)," "save me," "foolish thinking (feat. Ryan Lott)"
2. Sam Smith — Gloria
Featured Songs: "Unholy (feat. Kim Petras)," "I'm Not Here To Make Friends," "Love Me More," "Gloria"
3. Lakecia Benjamin — Phoenix
Featured Songs: "Amerikkan Skin (feat. Angela Davis)," "Supernova (feat. Wayne Shorter)"
4. Samia — Honey
Featured Songs: "Amelia," "Pink Balloon," "Sea Lions," "Breathing Song"
5. Jonah Yano — Portrait of a Dog
Featured Songs: "Always," "So Sweet"
Lightning Round:
Bob Dylan — Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions 1996-1997 The Bootleg Series Vol. 17
Joe Henry — All the Eye Can See
Nite Bjuti — "Mood (Liberation Walk)" (single)
Popcaan — Great Is He
Other notable releases for Jan. 27:
The Arcs — Electrophonic Chronic
Ava Max — Diamonds & Dancefloors
Bass Drum of Death — Say I Won't
Elle King — Come Get Your Wife
F***** Up — One Day
Hammock — Love in the Void
Meg Baird — Furling
SG Lewis — AudioLust & HigherLove
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| 0:00.0 | Happy Friday everyone from In-Bear Music and All Songs. |
| 0:02.1 | Considered I'm Robin Hilton, I am here with In-Bear's Ann Powers. |
| 0:05.2 | Hello Robin! |
| 0:06.8 | Contributor Keanu Faircloth. |
| 0:08.5 | Hey Robin. |
| 0:09.3 | And from Radio Milwaukee, Tariq Moody. |
| 0:11.2 | Keeping it real with you Robin. |
| 0:12.7 | Absolutely. |
| 0:14.0 | It's new music Friday. |
| 0:15.4 | And we're looking at the best releases out now on January 27th, starting with Kimbera. |
| 0:19.9 | She's back with her first new album in five years. |
| 0:22.7 | It's called A Reckoning. |
| 0:24.0 | This is the song LA Type. |
| 0:25.9 | I don't wanna be a lover. |
| 0:30.8 | I don't wanna be a friend. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm here I've been seeing the ball. |
| 0:36.9 | It's like everybody's out to win. |
| 0:40.4 | Making the news, breaking the rules. |
| 0:43.5 | I'm taking the weight too far. |
| 0:46.9 | Super despise, money and cost. |
| 0:50.0 | It's popular Kimbera. |
| 0:52.5 | Yeah. |
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