New Music Friday: The best releases out on May 6
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🗓️ 6 May 2022
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Summary
Featured Albums:
1. Jack Harlow — Come Home The Kids Miss You
Featured Tracks: "Nail Tech," "First Class"
2. Ibeyi — Spell 31
Featured Tracks: "Made of Gold," "Sister 2 Sister"
3. Arcade Fire — WE
Featured Tracks: "Age of Anxiety I," "End of the Empire"
4. IDK & KAYTRANADA — Simple.
Featured Track: "Dog Food"
5. Sharon Van Etten — We've Been Going About This All Wrong
Featured Tracks: "Headspace," "Born"
Other notable releases for May 6:
!!! — Let It Be Blue
Bad Bunny — Un Verano Sin Ti
Belle And Sebastian — A Bit of Previous
Bryan Ferry — Love Letters
Ella Mai — Heart On My Sleeve
Emile Sandé — Let's Say For Instance
Jermiside & The Expert — The Overview Effect
JOYFULTALK — Familiar Science
Kikagaku Moyo — Kumoyo Island
Midland — The Last Resort: Greetings From
Otoboke Beaver — Super Champon
Suki Waterhouse — I Can't Let Go
Sunflower Bean — Headful of Sugar
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| 0:00.0 | Happy Friday everyone from Infier Music and alsoings considered I'm Robin Hilton |
| 0:03.7 | I am here with Christina Lee. Hey Robin. WXPN's John Morrison. Hey what's up Robin. |
| 0:10.4 | Infier Music's Rihanna Cruise. Howdy Robin. And Steven Thompson. Hello Robin. |
| 0:16.3 | It's new music Friday and we're taking a quick look at the best albums out on May 6th |
| 0:21.2 | including new ones from Arcade Fire and Sharon Van Etten. But we start with Jack Harlow's Come Home |
| 0:26.4 | The Kids Miss You. My nail tag knows how to keep it a little secret. I don't wish for my success. I |
| 0:33.6 | speak it. I caught a buzz and you did too but you tweaked. I look like I've been getting money. |
| 0:38.3 | How wreaking. You smell me. That's LV. Walk around with my chest out of my skin smooth. I'm healthy. |
| 0:43.8 | I'm in the mix and I'm hands shaking but most of y'all can't help me. |
| 0:47.2 | Most of y'all ain't wealthy. Most of y'all just dress like it. I cut the vibe that y'all |
| 0:51.2 | give and I'm trying to make myself less like it. This chick got a little porch body. I might let the |
| 1:05.2 | bro test drive it. It's hard for me to get excited. I love music and stress body. My city honing. I'm |
| 1:07.3 | coasts on in this wave coming up next. I run around in this shot gunner. Her test is hanging both of my legs. |
| 1:13.2 | Jack Harlow's Come Home The Kids Miss You is one of those super closely guarded albums leading up to it. |
| 1:12.8 | To release we weren't able to hear all of it before taping this show but let's talk about what we do |
| 1:17.0 | at this point. Christina will start with you. So this album follows up his platinum selling debut. |
| 1:22.9 | That's what they all say, right? That's where you probably heard West Poppin which is the song that |
| 1:27.6 | earned him his first Grammy nomination. You might even know this guy from his feature on Lil Nas X's |
| 1:34.1 | industry baby. But there are folks out there who have literally watched Jack Harlow come up from |
| 1:41.6 | sixth grade essentially. Their YouTube videos floating out there where he's riffing off of Drake's |
| 1:48.0 | starter from the bottom as a grade scholar. Talking about how his favorite singer was Fergie and he |
| 1:54.1 | was skinny as if he still wasn't a kid at this point. With this album he's at the final stage |
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