With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums and EPs from Bruce Springsteen, Duval Timothy, Glorilla, Run the Jewels, Dream Unending, Smut, and Colin Stetson. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)
Bruce Springsteen: Only the Strong Survive [Columbia]
For his latest album, Only the Strong Survive, Bruce Springsteen has covered 15 soul songs, including tracks popularized by the Walker Brothers, transgender pioneer Jackie Shane, Jimmy Ruffin, and more. “I wanted to make an album where I just sang,” he explained. “My goal is for the modern audience to experience its beauty and joy, just as I have since I first heard it. I hope you love listening to it as much as I loved making it.” Only the Strong Survive is Springsteen’s first covers collection since 2006’s We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions and follows his 2020 album Letter to You.
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