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 Lil Uzi Vert, Joanna Sternberg, Lucinda Williams, Sweeping Promises, Tainy, Veeze, Chester Watson, and Hayden Pedigo. 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.)
Lil Uzi Vert: Pink Tape [Generation Now/Atlantic]
Lil Uzi Vert announced Pink Tape, their official follow-up to 2020’s Eternal Atake, with a samurai-themed trailer that launched them on a quest to a haunted temple, with a soundtrack of cascading vocals woven into antic beats and hyperactive metal riffs. Guests on Pink Tape include Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott, Babymetal, Bring Me the Horizon, and Don Toliver. The 26-track album, preceded by “Just Wanna Rock,” is Lil Uzi Vert’s first since pleading no contest last year to charges of assaulting their ex-girlfriend and threatening her with a firearm.
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