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Hi everybody, I'm Anne Powers, critic at NPR Music, and today we're heading into the weekend of music's biggest night, or not, depending on who you ask.

It's the Grammys. Who cares? That's a question I've been, you know what I mean? That's a question I've been hearing people ask my whole life as a music critic.

I have two of my favorite passionate music people here with me today to consider that question

or maybe to put it another way.

Who are the Grammys for?

I just want to welcome Sydney Madden hey said hey Ann and Stephen Thompson

Hello Ann

So before we get into the Grammys this is new music Friday and we want to recommend some albums released today, February 2nd,

2024.

Let's start with you, Stephen, what are you listening to that's new this week?

Well, first we've got the debut album by The Last Dinner Party called Prelude to Ecstasy.

Ann and said, I'm sure you have gotten some of the just gigantic heaps of press that have circulated around

this band for the last year or so as they've been dropping singles.

They're finally dropping the full album and Anne I Know You to Pine for the sounds of Tor Burn, which I think this band had. like Saltburn, also the whole vibe of Saltburn,

which I think this band had.

I am notably over 25, and I love Saltburn.

Oh, that's true.

So, so I think we're starting to triangulate

the sort of sound that we're working with

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