New Music Friday: The best releases out on Oct. 14

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🗓️ 14 October 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the long-awaited return of M.I.A., plus new records from Tove Lo, The 1975, Mykki Blanco and more.

Featured Albums:
1. M.I.A. — Mata
Featured Songs: "The One," "Popular"
2. Tove Lo — Dirt Femme
Featured Songs: "2 Die 4," "Suburbia"
3. Mykki Blanco — Stay Close to Music
Featured Songs: "Trust A Little Bit," "Family Ties," "French Lessons," "Carry On"
4. The 1975 — Being Funny in a Foreign Language
Featured Songs: "I'm In Love With You," "When We Are Together"
5. Ryuichi Sakamoto — Exception (Original Soundtrack)
Featured Songs: "Opening For Exception," "Collusion," "Operating The Drone"

Lightning Round:
Lil Baby — It's Only Me
Mavi — Laughing So Hard It Hurts
AO Gerber — Meet Me at the Gloaming
Plains — I Walked With You a Ways
Betty Who — Big!

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0:00.0	Happy Friday everyone from NPR Music and All Songs Considered.
0:03.4	I'm Steven Thompson.
0:04.5	I'm here with NPR Music Contributor, Christina Lee.
0:07.5	Hey, Steven.
0:08.3	From Radio Milwaukee to Reek Moody.
0:10.5	Howdy, Steven.
0:11.6	And another NPR Music Contributor, Serena Torres.
0:14.6	Hey, Steven.
0:15.9	We are talking about the best albums out today,
0:18.9	starting with MIA and her new album, Mata.
0:22.3	This song is called The One.
0:24.1	Gotta ticket for the city that's by ya.
0:27.4	Take nine for the side, that fight, that,
0:30.6	add a protest light, come on and try it.
0:33.8	Put your pickin' down, come on and try it.
0:37.1	Don't want the air over in the east side.
0:40.3	Got a plane light, I'm gonna let the travel slide
0:43.6	Don't step, take it over to the west side.
0:46.8	Paperwork, yeah, I'ma get it certified.
0:49.7	Hey, let the day, I'm in the day.
0:53.4	I'm the thing that's unsimmatte.
0:56.0	You can't stop the fate, stop the weight, look away.
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