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 Solange, Hand Habits, 2 Chainz, Little Simz, Octo Octa, Mereba, and Lomelda. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week.
Solange: When I Get Home [Columbia]
After some teasers, Solange has dropped her follow-up to 2016’s A Seat at the Table. The record—written, performed, and executive produced by Solange—is stacked with features, including Panda Bear, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler the Creator, Gucci Mane, Playboy Carti, Sampha, and much more.
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Hand Habits: placeholder [Saddle Creek]
placeholder marks the second full-length album from Hand Habits (aka singer/songwriter Meg Duffy). The follow-up to 2017’s Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void) features songs “about accountability and forgiveness,” according to Duffy.
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2 Chainz: RAP OR GO TO THE LEAGUE [Def Jam]
RAP OR GO TO THE LEAGUE is 2 Chainz’s follow-up to 2017’s Pretty Girls Like Trap Music. It’s A&R’d by LeBron James. Last year, 2 Chainz released two EPs: The Play Don’t Care Who Makes It and Hot Wings Are a Girl’s Best Friend.
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Little Simz: GREY Area [Age 101/AWAL]
English rapper Little Simz is back with her first LP since 2016’s Stillness in Wonderland. GREY Area features contributions from Chronixx, Michael Kiwanuka, and others. Check out Pitchfork’s track review of “Offence.”
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Octo Octa: For Lovers EP [Technicolour]
The For Lovers EP follows Brooklyn-based producer Octo Octa’s 2017 record Where Are We Going? The three-track EP includes “Bodies Meld Together,” which Octo Octa called “a song about physically connecting with the people you love.” Read Pitchfork’s review of “I Need You,” named Best New Track.
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Mereba: The Jungle Is the Only Way Out [Interscope]
Atlanta-bred/Los Angeles-based artist Mereba makes her full-length debut with The Jungle Is the Only Way Out. It includes guest appearances from J.I.D and 6LACK. Read Pitchfork’s track review of “Planet U.”
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Lomelda: M for Empathy [Double Double Whammy]
Lomelda is the recording project of Texas musician Hannah Read. Her new album, M for Empathy, follows 2017’s Thx. “My new album M for Empathy is mostly things said or shoulda said,” Read said in a statement. “Much of it, and it’s just a lil of all that’s coming, came to me, or outta me, outta a deepening silence.”
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