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 projects from the Smile, Ty Segall, Evilgiane, Torres, Astrid Sonne, Angry Blackmen, Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel, and Office Dog. 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.)
The Smile: Wall of Eyes [XL]
Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner return for their second full-length album as the Smile. Wall of Eyes goes deeper into the band’s subconscious, both lyrically and musically. The trio explores jazz and prog with a light touch, bending these songs into strange places that never feel eerie, just enchanting. As singles “Friend of a Friend” and “Bending Hectic” made clear, Yorke and Greenwood sound as relaxed in their latest project as they do energized, and Skinner is letting curiosity guide his movements. The Smile isn’t a Radiohead side-project as much as it is an outlet for nurtured experimentation and growth, and Wall of Eyes is proof.
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Ty Segall: Three Bells [Drag City]
