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New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On Aug. 27

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πŸ—“οΈ 27 August 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out on Aug. 27 include new ones from CHVRCHES, Indigo De Souza, Terence Blanchard and more.

Featured Albums
1. CHVRCHES β€” Screen Violence
Featured Song: "Final Girl"
2. Madi Diaz β€” History Of A Feeling
Featured Song: "Woman In My Heart"
3. Chapel Hart β€” The Girls Are Back In Town
Featured Song: "You Can Have Him Jolene"
4. TrΓ© Burt β€” You, Yeah, You
Featured Song: "Sweet Misery"
5. GRIP β€” I Died For This?!
Featured Song: "The Lox! (feat. Tate 228)"
6. Indigo De Souza β€” Any Shape You Take
Featured Song: "Way Out"
7. Terence Blanchard β€” Absence
Featured Song: "The Elders"
8. Andrew Cyrille Quartet β€” The News
Featured Song: "Go Happy Lucky"

Notable releases for Aug. 27: Halsey β€” If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power; Big Red Machine β€” How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?; Steve Gunn β€” Other You; Marisa Anderson & William Tyler β€” Lost Futures; The Bug β€” Fire; Yann Tiersen β€” Kerber; Mouse Rat β€” The Awesome Album; Nite Jewel β€” No Sun; Southern Avenue β€” Be The Love You Want; Carlos Henriquez β€” The South Bronx Story; Kenny Garrett β€” Sounds From The Ancestors

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0:23.1

I'm Stephen Thompson.

0:24.3

It is new music Friday and for August 27th we've got fantastic new albums by Matt

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D.D. as Terrence Blanchard, Tray Burt, Indigo, Dessousa and more.

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At first here's the band churches and their new album Screen Violence.

1:04.3

I can wash it down, I can drown it out.

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By filling up the signs with an organ sign and by writing sentences I used to think we're

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quite profound.

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That's final girl from Screen Violence by the Scottish Synth Pop Band churches.

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This is church's fourth album and it's full of thoughtful but scathing insights on gender,

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the internet, the entertainment industry all set against huge hooks joining me from

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Atlanta to talk about churches.

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Is writer Gavin Godfrey welcome back Gavin?

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What's going on Stephen?

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It is great to have you so Screen Violence is church's first album since 2018's Love

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is Dead.

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Sonically it picks up where that record left off, the sound is catchy and driving is

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