New Music Friday: The Top 10 Albums Out On Oct. 23

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🗓️ 23 October 2020

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NPR Music's shortlist of the best new albums out on Oct. 23 includes Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You, a new concept record from Gorillaz, the electronic artist known as Actress and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Gorillaz — Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
Featured Song: "The Valley of the Pagans"
2. Actress — Karma & Desire
Featured Song: "VVY"
3. Songhoy Blues — Optimisme
Featured Song: "Assadja"
4. Keaton Henson — Monument
Featured Song: "Ambulance"
5. Junglepussy — JP4
Featured Song: "Spiders"
6. Bruce Springsteen — Letter to You
Featured Song: "Ghosts"
7. clipping. — Visions of Bodies Being Burned
Featured Song: "96 Neve Campbell"
8. Raye Zaragoza — Woman in Color
Featured Song: "The It Girl"
9. Laura Veirs — My Echo
Featured Song: "Freedom Feeling"
10. Xavier Omär — If You Feel
Featured Song: "Find Me"

Other notable Oct. 23 releases: Adrianne Lenker — Songs; Adrianne Lenker — Instrumentals; Ben Harper — Winter is for Lovers; Ela Minus — Acts of Rebellion; The Elwins — The Elwins IV; Fuzz — III; Jeff Tweedy — Love is King; Joel Ross — Who Are You; Luluc — Dreamboat; The Mountain Goats — Getting Into Knives; No Thank You — Embroidered Foliage; PUP — This Place Sucks Ass; Sam Amidon — Sam Amidon; Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings — Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Rendition Was In; TechN9ne — Fear Exodus; This is the Kit — Off Off On.

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0:21.7	Happy Friday everyone from NPR Music and all songs considered.
0:24.7	I'm Robin Hilton.
0:25.7	It's new music Friday.
0:26.7	I'm here with Ann Powers.
0:27.7	Hello, Robin.
0:28.7	And WXPN's John Morrison.
0:30.7	Hey, what's up, Robin?
0:32.7	We're looking at the best albums out now on October 23rd.
0:35.7	It's yet another packed week.
0:36.7	We've got new music from Bruce Springsteen and a whole lot more.
0:40.7	But we start with Gorillas.
0:41.7	They're back with a new one called Song Machine, Season 1, Strange Times.
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1:00.7	Let's go.
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