New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On Feb. 19

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🗓️ 19 February 2021

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NPR Music's picks for the best new albums out on Feb. 19 include the disco euphoria of SG Lewis, soaring, instrumental rock from Mogwai, the Somali supergroup 4 Mars, Tash Sultana and more.

Featured Artists And Albums:
1. SG Lewis — times
Featured Song: "Back to Earth"
2. Pauline Anna Strom: Angel Tears In Sunlight
Featured Song: "Temple Gardens At Midnight"
3. Mogwai — As The Love Continues
Featured Song: "F*** Off Money"
4. Tash Sultana — Terra Firma
Featured Song: "Crop Circles"
5. Lava La Rue — Butter-Fly
Featured Song: "Magpie"
6. 4 Mars — Super Somali Sounds From The Gulf Of Tadjoura
Featured Song: "Dhulka Hooyo"
7. Cassandra Jenkins — An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
Featured Song: "Crosshairs"
8. The Hold Steady — Open Door Policy
Featured Song: "Unpleasant Breakfast"

Other notable releases for Feb. 19: Animal Collective — Crestone; Another Michael — New Music And Big Pop; David Gray — Skellig; Hand Habits — Dirt; Indigo Sparke — Echo; Katy Kirby — Cool, Dry Place; Wild Pink — A Billion Little Lights.

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0:00.0	This episode of LifeKit, we're getting intimate.
0:02.9	Exploring yourself is a really great way to one past the time,
0:07.6	but also just to get to know yourself better.
0:09.8	Understanding the power of touch and self-pleasure,
0:12.8	how self-appreciation can spark deeper engagement with ourselves and the world,
0:17.3	with now to NPR's LifeKit.
0:20.4	Happy Friday, everyone from InPear Music and All Songs.
0:23.0	Considered I'm Robin Hilton. I'm here with Christina Lee.
0:25.9	Hi, Robin.
0:27.1	It is New Music Friday, that day of the week, when most new albums,
0:30.6	EPs, mix tapes, and more come out.
0:32.9	And we're doing a quick run through the best releases out now on February 19th,
0:36.9	starting with SG Lewis, his debut album is called Times.
1:37.9	This is SG Lewis's debut album is called Times.
1:58.4	The song we're hearing from it is called Back to Earth.
2:01.2	And Christina, I don't know about you, but I found myself absolutely beaming
2:05.9	through this entire record. It is just pure dance pop joy, totally unbound and euphoric.
2:11.8	Yeah, absolutely. I think the bigger concept behind this album is, as you said,
2:16.2	harmony, whether that's in the music, or really just bridging generations of dance pop together.
2:21.9	Yeah, I did read that SG Lewis was inspired as much by the mindset of disco as the actual music
2:27.3	itself. Because of the magical community it creates, right? If I channeled Dan Power,
2:32.4	she'd be here schooling me about how the dance floor was a unifying utopia.
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