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New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On Feb. 26

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4.33.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

NPR Music's picks for the best new albums out this week include Julian Baker's Little Oblivions, the warped pop of Jimmy Edgar, stirring protest songs from Chris Pierce, a debut from Sam Dew and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Julien Baker — Little Oblivions
Featured Song: "Highlight Reel"
2. Karima Walker — Waking The Dreaming Body
Featured Song: "Window I"
3. Chris Pierce — American Silence
Featured Song: "Sound All The Bells"
4. Don Cherry — Cherry Jam
Featured Song: "You Took Advantage Of Me"
5. Jimmy Edgar — Cheetah Bend
Featured Song: "Cheetah"
6. Sam Dew — Moonlit Fools
Featured Song: "Rap Shit"
7. Adrian Younge — The American Negro
Featured Song: "James Mincey Jr."
8. A Winged Victory For The Sullen — Invisible Cities
Featured Songs: "The Merchant Of Seven Nations" and "The Celestial City"

Other notable releases for Feb. 26: Blanck Mass — In Ferneaux; Cloud Nothings — The Shadow I Remember; Glitterer — Life Is Not A Lesson; Lucy Spraggan — Choices; Nick Hakim — Will This Make Me Good (Remixes)

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I'm here with Marissa Luruso.

0:25.6

Hey Robin!

0:26.7

It is New Music Friday and we're doing a quick run through the best albums out now on February 26th,

0:32.2

starting with Julian Baker's Little Oblivions.

0:35.4

I passed out in the back of a cab.

0:40.2

Could you pull over?

0:42.4

I think it'll try.

0:46.0

I don't do what I do.

0:48.6

Beat on the glass.

0:51.7

No, you know I'm the shoulder.

0:56.6

Could you help me get out?

1:00.2

Oh, it's not my way to go.

1:06.2

Oh, it's my way to go.

1:09.4

I'm a shoulder.

1:32.7

This is Julian Baker.

1:33.9

Her new record is called Little Oblivions in the Song Areharing from it is Highlight Real.

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