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 Kali Uchis, Nyokabi Kariũki, Kate NV, Young Nudy, Chunky, Morgan Garrett, Majesties, and BabyBaby_Explores. 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.)
Kali Uchis: Red Moon in Venus [Geffen]
Kali Uchis has described her new album, Red Moon in Venus, as “a timeless, burning expression of desire, heartbreak, faith, and honesty, reflecting the divine femininity of the moon and Venus.” It includes lead single “I Wish You Roses,” which Pitchfork’s Isabelia Herrera says conjures “the lissome ethereality of soul legend Minnie Riperton, but also the low, plangent melancholy of jazz titan Sarah Vaughan.” Read Herrera’s profile, “Welcome to Kali Uchis’ High-Femme Fantasy.”
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Nyokabi Kariũki: Feeling Body [Cmntx]
