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 from Bitchin Bajas, Pi’erre Bourne, Mo Troper, SSWAN, Bill Orcutt, and Lou Turner. 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.)
Bitchin Bajas: Bajascillators [Drag City]
Bajascillators is the first full-length of originals from Bitchin Bajas in five years. The Chicago-based instrumental trio of Cooper Crain, Rob Frye, and Dan Quinlivan issued their last LP Bajas Fresh back in 2017, followed by a Sun Ra cover album called Switched on Ra in 2021. Their new double album was recorded with an array of instruments including 19 distinct keyboards, reeds, woodwinds, percussion, and Laurie Spiegel’s Music Mouse program. Spiegel’s software was prominently used on the lead single “Amorpha.”
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Pi’erre Bourne: Good Movie [SossHouse/Interscope]