New Music Friday: The Top 6 Albums Out On June 11
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ποΈ 11 June 2021
β±οΈ 28 minutes
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Summary
Featured Albums:
1. Marina β Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land
Featured Songs: "Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land" and "Goodbye"
2. Skyzoo β All The Brilliant Things
Featured Song: "St. James Liquors"
3. Sleater-Kinney β Path of Wellness
Featured Song: "Path of Wellness"
4. Jesse Markin β Noir
Featured Song: "This Is A Testament"
5. Dustin O'Halloran β Silfur
Featured Song: "Opus 17"
6. Ches Smith & We All Break β Path of Seven Colors
Featured Song: "Here's The Light"
Other notable releases for June 11: Dean Blunt β Black Metal 2; Garbage β No Gods, No Monsters; Migos β Culture III; Mind Maintenance β S/T; Polo G β Hall of Fame.
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| 0:23.0 | Happy Friday everyone from NPR Music and All Songs Considered. |
| 0:26.0 | I'm Robin Hilton. I'm here with Serena Turoz. |
| 0:28.0 | Hey Serena. |
| 0:29.0 | Hey Robin. |
| 0:30.0 | It's new music Friday, that day the week when most new albums and EPs come out. |
| 0:34.0 | On this episode we're looking at the best releases for June 11th, starting with the singer Marina. |
| 0:39.0 | Her new one out today is called Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land. |
| 1:39.0 | This is Marina, the singer Marina. |
| 1:55.0 | Her new record is called Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land. |
| 1:57.0 | And this is a bit of the title cut to the record. |
| 2:00.0 | And for anyone who's managed to miss her previous work over the past 10 plus years now, |
| 2:05.0 | she's a Welsh pop singer, she's a massed millions of followers, billions of streams. |
| 2:10.0 | Yeah, Marina Diamandis used to record as Marina in the Diamond. |
| 2:13.0 | So if this is names not ringing a bell, that's probably why. |
| 2:16.0 | And one thing I love about Marina's work is the way that she unpacks the expectations of womanhood with these ideas that we unconsciously absorb from the media and society. |
| 2:29.0 | And she's really good at finding this balance between those big picture concepts and weaving in more of a personal narrative alongside of it. |
| 2:37.0 | Yeah, these are really songs about rejecting the status quo, rejecting norms particularly as you say gender norms and the collective expectations were all brought up with. |
| 2:47.0 | But what do you make of the sound of the record? |
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