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New Music Friday: The top 5 albums out on April 1

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πŸ—“οΈ 1 April 2022

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Summary

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new ones from the Bronx rapper T-Shyne, Sondre Lerche, the Canadian pop singer known as LIGHTS and more.

Featured Albums:
1. T-Shyne β€” Confetti Nights
Featured Track: "Feed the Fam"
2. Pillow Queens β€” Leave the Light On
Featured Track: "Be By Your Side"
3. Sondre Lerche β€” Avatars of Love
Featured Track: "Summer in Reverse"
4. LIGHTS β€” PEP
Featured Track: "Money in the Bag"
5. GGGOLDDD β€” This Shame Should Not Be Mine
Featured Track: "Spring"

Other notable releases for April 1:
Big Cheeko β€” Block Barry White
Carpenter Brut β€” Leather Terror
Christian Lee Hutson β€” Quitters
Duster β€” Together
Field Works β€” Stations
Meshuggah β€” Immutable
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway β€” Crooked Tree
Night Palace β€” Diving Rings
PUP β€” THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND
Red Hot Chili Peppers β€” Unlimited Love

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0:00.0

Happy Friday, everyone, from InPear Music and all songs considered. I'm Robin Hilton.

0:04.4

It's Friday. I'm here with Christina Lee. Hey, Robin.

0:07.6

Serena Turos. Hey, Robin.

0:10.0

And Radio Milwaukee's Tereek Moody. Howdy. It's new music Friday and we're looking at the best

0:15.0

albums out now on April 1st, starting with the rapper T-Shine. His new one is called Confetti Nights.

0:22.1

I just want to grind till I shine with my dogs. Running out of time. I'm trying to find how to love.

0:27.6

I just met this girl. She got my mind in the rush. Trying to keep in private doing lines in the club.

0:33.0

When my brother died, you know we had to let out loves. Look up to the sky. He gonna protect me from above.

0:38.6

I remember growing up, sitting on a bus. It was hard to fit in just like OJ Hand and the glove.

0:44.0

Now I'm standing out and I got fans. I can't see myself going against a fan.

0:49.0

I can never see myself telling all my men. Counting up this money, I got the bands inside my hands.

0:54.4

And I got some hosts on my dick. They ain't a trend. And they dripped up rockin' you.

0:58.4

You know that shit front your pen. And I got this girl with me. She from the motherland.

1:02.8

I don't niggas catch your bodies like this on a sand. Came along when I'm happy.

1:07.6

That was plenty of niggas that really tried to backstab me. Who'da thought the skinny nigga would

1:11.8

dress that would let be. Would really get a chance of life to feed his whole family.

1:16.8

I can't you hate on anybody trying to feed a fan. I was really young. The black dude went never

1:21.5

hate me. This is the rapper T-Shine. His new mixtape is confetti nights. The song is feed the fan.

1:28.4

As I said, he's a rapper from the Bronx. And I don't know if you'd call this a concept record,

1:33.3

but it kind of tells a story that draws on his life and blends a bit of fact in fiction.

1:39.6

Right, right, Robin. So the thing to note here is that yes, we are calling this a mixtape. We're

1:46.4

calling it a project. A project. I'm very careful to not call this a debut album of sorts.

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