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New Music Friday: The best releases out on March 24

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πŸ—“οΈ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Atlanta rapper and singer 6LACK, Lana Del Rey, R&B singer Yaya Bey, the veteran rock group Depeche Mode and more are among the artists dropping our picks for the best new albums out this week.

Featured Albums:
1. 6LACK β€” Since I Have A Lover
Featured Songs: "Inwood Hill Park," "Cold Feet," "Talkback," "Chasing Feeling"
2. Lana Del Rey β€” Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
Featured Songs: "Peppers (feat. Tommy Genesis)," "Jon Batiste Interlude," "Margaret (feat. Bleachers)," "Judah Smith Interlude," "A&W"
3. Yaya Bey β€” Exodus the North Star
Featured Songs: "when saturn returns," "exodus the north star"
4. Lankum β€” False Lankum
Featured Songs: "Clear Away in the Morning," "Fugue III," "Lord Abore and Mary Flynn"
5. Depeche Mode β€” Memento Mori
Featured Songs: "My Cosmos Is Mine," "Always You," "People Are Good," "My Favourite Stranger"

Lightning Round:
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily β€” Love in Exile
Benny Sings β€” Young Hearts
Caroline Rose β€” The Art of Forgetting
Fall Out Boy β€” So Much (For) Stardust
Kele β€” The Flames, Pt. 2
Lemar β€” Page In My Heart
Pink Floyd β€” The Dark Side of the Moon (50th Anniversary)
RosalΓ­a and Rauw Alejandro β€” RR
Sophie B Hawkins β€” Free Myself

Other notable releases for March 24:
03 Greedo β€” Halfway There
Babymetal β€” The Other One
The HIRS Collective β€” We're Still Here
Jimin β€” FACE
Kate Davis β€” Fish Bowl
Meg Myers β€” TZIA
Nickel Creek β€” Celebrants
Purling Hiss β€” Drag on Girard
Spectacular Diagnostics β€” Raw Lessons

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, I'm Robin Hilton from In Pier Music.

0:04.6

I am here with Ann Powers.

0:06.0

Hey Ann.

0:06.5

Hello Robin.

0:08.1

WBGO's Nicole Swini.

0:10.3

Hey there Robin.

0:11.4

And from Radio Milwaukee, Tariq Moody.

0:13.7

Howdy Robin.

0:14.6

It's March 24th, New Music Friday, and we've got a bunch of new albums out today that we

0:19.1

want to flag for you starting with the rapper and singer Black.

0:22.4

He's back with his first new album in five years.

0:25.0

It's called Since I Have A Lover.

0:27.1

This is the song In Wood Hill Park.

0:57.3

Hey I'm gonna say it's defeat.

0:58.6

I'm gonna say it's a win.

0:59.8

I'm gonna love you for free.

1:01.1

They gon' think it's pretend.

1:02.2

They don't know the truth.

1:03.1

They're one I have more ideas than I have dollars.

1:05.8

Now I say I'm proud with your name.

1:07.2

It's a product.

1:08.8

I look around and pull, let's all try to.

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