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New Music Friday: The top 5 albums out on Feb. 18

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πŸ—“οΈ 18 February 2022

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Summary

The week's best new music includes the deep grooves and heady soul of Khruangbin and Leon Bridges, an epic tale in sound from Beach House, the return of queer country pioneers Lavender Country and more.

Featured Albums
1. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges β€” Texas Moon
Featured songs: "B-Side" and "Doris"
2. Beach House β€” Once Twice Melody
Featured song: "Modern Love Stories"
3. Hurray for the Riff Raff β€” LIFE ON EARTH
Featured song: "POINTED AT THE SUN"
4. Kendra Morris β€” Nine Lives
Featured song: "Dry"
5. Lavender Country β€” Blackberry Rose
Featured song: "All Disillusions Behind"

Other notable releases for Feb. 18:
Anwar HighSign β€” Live N*gga Prophecy
Big K.R.I.T. β€” Digital Roses Don't Die
MAITA β€” I Just Want to Be Wild For You
Metronomy β€” Small World
Rokia KonΓ© & Jacknife Lee β€” Bamanan
Sally Shapiro β€” Sad Cities
The Shout Out Louds β€” House
Shovels & Rope β€” Manticore
Tennyson β€” Rot

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0:00.0

Happy Friday everyone from In Pierre Music and All Songs considered.

0:02.6

I'm Robin Hilton. It's February 18th and I'm here with Ann Powers. Hey Ann.

0:06.6

Hello Robin. WB Easy and Vocaloid Radio's Iyana Contreras.

0:11.0

Hello. And WXFian's John Morrison.

0:13.5

Hey what's up Robin. It's new music Friday and we're doing a quick look at the best

0:17.3

albums out this week starting with Cung Bin and Leon Bridges. They're back together with

0:22.0

a new one called Texas Moon.

0:52.0

In the night the place all I'm thinking of just can't get enough.

1:01.2

They are here. They're where I go.

1:19.4

I can't take it down. I keep thinking I gotta I can't walk over this.

1:32.8

Now just keep playing it. Let's keep it rolling.

1:35.6

That's just the whole show.

1:40.8

This is Cung Bin and Leon Bridges together again on a new one called Texas Moon.

1:50.7

The song is B-side. So follow up to a record they put out around this time a couple years ago called Texas Sun.

1:57.2

And Iyana I kept thinking of you because when we were first meeting and getting to know each other

2:01.4

I asked what kind of music you like and you said groove based music.

2:04.6

Yeah I mean I think that that sounds really vague but it's not. I mean groove music is

2:09.6

inclusive with so many different sounds and if you talk about what a groove is like that is it right yeah

2:14.5

I love this pairing I think they're perfect for each other in so many ways.

2:19.2

I think that B-side the Afro beat flavor of it it feels like dancing on the savanna but then I mean if

2:26.2

you go to some of these expanses of Texas it gives me that same flavor it's adventurous it's a romp

2:32.1

that I love. There's this texture to music from that region of the country and it has

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