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New Music Friday: The best releases out on June 10

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πŸ—“οΈ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Nature's World from the Chicago hip-hop duo Mother Nature, FKJ's VINCENT, a meditative album from Japanese composer Midori Takada and more.

Featured Albums:
1. FKJ β€” VINCENT
Featured Songs: "Let's Live," "Greener"
2. ELUCID β€” I Told Bessie
Featured Songs: "Ghoulie," "Smile Lines"
3. Nick Mulvey β€” New Mythology
Featured Songs: "Mecca," "Star Nation"
4. Mother Nature & Renzell β€” Nature's World
Featured Song: "Midnight Garden"
5. Midori Takada β€” You Who are Leaving to Nirvana and Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter
Featured Songs: "Kannon Daiji," "Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter (In the Morning)"

Lightning Round:
BTS β€” Proof
Flora Purim β€” If You Will (physical release)
Julius Rodriguez β€” Let Sound Tell All
Shearwater β€” The Great Awakening

Other notable releases for June 10:
Bloomsday β€” Place to Land
Carrie Underwood β€” Denim & Rhinestones
Free the Robots β€” Kaduwa
George Ezra β€” Gold Rush Kid
Joyce Manor β€” 40 Oz. to Fresno
Judah & The Lion β€” Revival
Mapache β€” Roscoe's Dream
Max Richter β€” The New Four Seasons
Moonchild Sanelly β€” Phases
Vance Joy β€” In Our Own Sweet Time
Yann Tiersen β€” 11 5 18 25 18

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0:26.1

Hey everybody, happy Friday from NPR music and all songs considered. I'm Robin Hilton. I'm here with WB Easy and Vocalo Radio's Iyana Contreras.

0:33.3

Hello.

0:34.5

Christina Lee.

0:35.9

Hey Robin.

0:37.0

And Radio Milwaukee's Tereek Moody.

0:39.1

Good day.

0:40.1

It's new music Friday and we're looking at the best albums out now on June 10th.

0:44.5

Starting with the artist known as FKJ, his new and is called Vincent.

0:48.4

This is the song Let's Live.

0:50.1

I feel it.

0:57.1

So I don't waste it all and be wrong.

1:05.1

I have nothing but my mind keeps lying.

1:12.1

I feel it.

1:22.1

I just feel like listening to this.

1:49.1

Let's just let's do this tomorrow.

1:51.1

Sometimes a record feels unfinished.

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