New Music Friday: The best releases out on May 20

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🗓️ 20 May 2022

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Summary

The best albums out this week include Harry's House from Harry Styles, jazz pianist Joey Alexander's Origin, new ones from R&B singer Ravyn Lenae, rapper Boldy James, Porridge Radio and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Harry Styles — Harry's House
Featured Tracks: "Music for a Sushi Restaurant," "Grapejuice"
2. Joey Alexander — Origin
Featured Tracks: "Remembering," "Summer Rising"
3. Ravyn Lenae — Hypnos
Featured Tracks: "3D," "Inside Out," "Xtasy"
4. Porridge Radio — Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky
Featured Tracks: "Back to the Radio," "End of Last Year"
5. Boldy James & Real Bad Man — Killing Nothing
Featured Track: "Game Time"

Other notable releases for May 20:
Charlie Hickey — Nervous At Night
Craig Finn — A Legacy of Rentals
Flume — Palaces
Hanson — Red Green Blue
Joe Rainey — Niineta
Kronos Quartet — Mỹ Lai
Lykke Li — EYEYE
Mary Lattimore & Paul Sukeena — West Kensington
mxmtoon — rising
SOAK — If I never know you like this again
Uffie — Sunshine Factory

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0:00.0	Happy Friday everyone from InPear Music and All Songs.
0:03.5	Considered I'm Robin Hilton, I'm here with Christina Lee.
0:06.5	Hey Robin.
0:07.7	Serena Turos.
0:09.0	Hey Robin.
0:10.2	And Keanu Ferra Klauth.
0:11.7	Hey Robin.
0:12.7	It's new music Friday and we're looking at the best albums out now on May 20th,
0:16.9	starting off with the new and the just dropped from Harry Styles.
0:20.2	It's called Harry's House.
0:21.5	This is the opening cut music for a sushi restaurant.
0:24.4	Watch out!!
0:54.4	Oh, just because I love you babe, you never kind away, just a little taste.
1:04.3	Oh, I love you babe.
1:23.2	Those horns are sick.
1:25.2	These are real hard for that earthen fire vibe.
1:29.2	When I press play, I don't think this is what I was expecting by any means.
1:33.8	I'm so used to all these rock tuxedos that he's carried through one direction to his solo career.
1:40.1	So when I hear those horns, like you said, Rob, and I was like, wait a second.
1:43.6	What is happening here?
1:45.0	I think with this album, he's thinking a lot about life outside of music.
1:50.8	I've heard him say that he wants to spend more time with family, but he doesn't always get a chance to do that.
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