New Music Friday: The top 6 albums out on Jan. 21

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🗓️ 21 January 2022

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Summary

Emo rapper and singer iann dior, pianist Simone Dinnerstein, Americana singer-songwriter Aoife O'Donovan and more land on this week's shortlist for the best new releases out on Jan. 21.

Featured Albums:
1. iann dior — on to better things
Featured Songs: "V12" and "hopeless romantic"
2. Che Noir — Food For Thought
Featured Song: "Communion"
3. Simone Dinnerstein — Undersong
Featured Songs: Erik Satie's "Gnossienne No. 3" and Philip Glass' "Mad Rush"
4. Aoife O'Donovan — Age of Apathy
Featured Song: "Sister Starling"
5. Jana Horn — Optimism
Featured Song: "Optimism"
6. Tanya Tagaq — Tongues
Featured Songs: "Earth Monster" and "Colonizer"

Other notable releases for Jan. 21:
Aurora - The Gods We Can Touch
Boris — W
Boy Harsher — The Runner (Original Soundtrack)
Jake Xerxes Fussell — Good and Green Again
Janis Ian — The Light at the End of the Line
Pedro the Lion — Havasu
Young T & Bugsey — Truth Be Told

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0:00.0	Happy Friday everyone from InPear Music and All Songs considered.
0:02.8	I'm Robin Hilton.
0:03.6	I'm here with Christina Lee.
0:04.7	Hey, Christina.
0:05.6	Glad to be back, Robin.
0:07.2	It's new music Friday and we're doing a quick rundown of the best albums out now on
0:11.2	January 21st, starting with the singer and rapper E&D.
0:15.0	Orr.
0:16.0	His new one is called On to Better Things.
0:18.0	I'm in first, never last, never reverse.
0:21.0	It's a Thursday where I'll be dripping down the Ricky Ola Ozee verse saying I'm
0:25.2	running stretching along the to the dold.
0:27.0	It's a cold play when you get left right there I sit on golf and I'm right glad.
0:31.7	Diamonds in my smile and my necklace.
0:34.4	A lot of beer running, she a flight.
0:36.6	I'm a kid of bitty, yeah, yeah.
0:38.5	Lifting butterflies, when I get to, yeah, yeah.
0:41.3	She said I'm right glad.
0:43.3	Diamonds in my smile and my necklace.
0:45.8	Don't forget them, no one who did it first.
0:48.4	Put your hands on Friday, yeah, yeah.
0:50.2	I'm a hitter with that V12 stroke, yeah, yeah.
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