New Music Friday: May 2, 2025
This Week's New Releases, Reissues + More
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NEW RELEASES
Andy Bell | “Ten Crowns” (Erasure singer’s third solo album and first since 2010; producer: Dave Audé; guests: Debbie Harry, Sarah Potenza; new single: “Heart’s a Liar”; See here; White Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Crown Recordings)
Blondshell | “If You Asked For a Picture” (Sabrina Teitelbaum’s second album; producer: Yves Rothman; new single: “23’s a Baby”; See here; Read here; Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Partisan)
Car Seat Headrest | “The Scholars” (their first album in five years, a self-described rock opera; producer: singer/multi-instrumentalist Will Toledo; new single: “Gethsemane”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Matador)
Eric Church | “Evangeline vs. The Machine” (his eighth album; new single: “Hands of Time”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Light Blue Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; EMI Nashville)
Samantha Crain | “Gumshoe” (her seventh album; new single: “Ridin’ Out the Storm”; See here; Red Eco Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Real Kind)
The Flower Kings | “LOVE” (Swedish prog-rock band’s 17th studio album; new single: “How Can You Leave Us Now!?”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; InsideOutMusic)
Sutton Foster, Michael Urie, Brooks Ashmanskas, et al | “Once Upon a Mattress (The 2024 Broadway Cast Recording)” (Read here; Center Stage Records / Shout! Broadway)
HARDY | “COUNTRY!” (Download; five-song EP; producer: Joey Moi; new singles: “Favorite Country Song” and “Buck on the Wall”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour; Big Loud / Mercury / Republic)
Jenny Hval | “Iris Silver Mist” (Norwegian singer-songwriter’s ninth album; new single: “To be a rose”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; 4AD)
Key Glock | “Glockaveli” (Memphis rapper’s fourth album; new single: “The Grinch”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; P.R.E. / Republic)
Lights | “A6” (Canadian singer-songwriter’s sixth album; producer: Lights; new singles: “WHITE PAPER PALM TREES” and “SURFACE TENSION”; Hear here; Orange Crush Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Virgin Music)
Lucius | “Lucius” (L.A.-based indie pop band’s fourth album; producer: drummer Dan Molad; guests: Adam Granduciel, Taylor Goldsmith, Madison Cunningham, Luke Temple, Rob Moose; new single: “Gold Rush”; Hear here; Metallic Eco Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Fantasy / Concord)
Maddie & Tae | “Love & Light” (country duo’s third album; 16 songs; producers: Corey Crowder, Josh Kerr; new single: “Kissing Cowboys”; See here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Mercury Nashville)
Briston Maroney | “JIMMY” (folk rock singer-songwriter’s third album; producers: Alex Farrar, Maroney; new singles: “Tomatoes” and “Bullsh*t”; See here; Sea Blue Vinyl; Indie Exclusive Hot Pink Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Peach Pit; Atlantic)
Lael Neale | “Altogether Stranger” (L.A.-based singer-songwriter’s third album; producer: Guy Blakeslee; new single: “Tell Me How to Be Here”; See here; Read here; Lavender Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Sub Pop)
Esther Rose | “Want” (her fifth album; producer: Ross Farbe; recorded live-to-tape at the Bomb Shelter in Nashville; guests: Dean Johnson and members of Video Age, The Deslondes, Silver Synthetic; new single: “Ketamine”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; New West)
Sixpence None the Richer | “Live at Gruene Hall” (their first live recording, a 17-song set in their hometown of New Braunfels, TX; Hear here; Download released on April 18; On Tour; Flatiron Recordings)
Suzanne Vega | “Flying With Angels” (her 10th album and first LP of new songs in 11 years; producer: Gerry Leonard; new single: “Speakers’ Corner”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Cooking Vinyl)
REISSUES + MORE
Gentle Giant | “Playing the Fool: The Complete Live Experience” (Double CD + Blu-ray; 1977 album; with restored in-between-song commentary, band introductions and three bonus tracks: “Interview,” “Timing” and Ray Shulman’s solo violin; mixed and mastered from the original source tapes by producer Dan Bornemark; Triple Vinyl, with double-sided poster; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Chrysalis)
Josh Groban | “Gems” (18-song, career-spanning compilation, including two new songs: “Be Alright” and “Open Hands”; See here; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with alternate art; Clear Double Vinyl and Amazon-Exclusive Transparent Green Double Vinyl out June 13; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Las Vegas Residency; Reprise)
Aaron Neville | “Love Letters: The Allen Toussaint Sessions” (25 tracks on one CD; remastered; Sunset Blvd.)
Randy Newman | “Pleasantville (Original Motion Picture Score) [Deluxe Edition]” (1998 soundtrack; expanded to 34 tracks; Varѐse Sarabande)
Pink Floyd | “Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII” (Double CD; soundtrack to the 1972 film directed by Adrian Maben, digitally remastered and remixed by Steven Wilson; with two additional tracks, including a previously unreleased extended version of “A Saucerful of Secrets”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; DVD and Blu-ray, remastered from the original 35mm footage, featuring additional rare behind-the-scenes footage of the band beginning work on “The Dark Side of the Moon” at Abbey Road Studios; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Merch; Columbia / Legacy)
Tanya Tucker | “Delta Dawn / What’s Your Mama’s Name / Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone) / You Are So Beautiful” (1972, 1973, 1974 and 1977 albums on two CDs; Morello)
Wilco | “The Whole Love (Expanded)” (Double CD; 2011 album; with all related single, EP and bonus tracks, along with a selection from The Loft’s archive of live in-studio performances and previously unreleased alternate mixes and demos; Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; On Tour; dBpm Records)
Yusuf / Cat Stevens | “Saturnight: Cat Stevens Live in Tokyo” (recorded on June 22, 1974, at Sun Plaza Hall in Tokyo and originally only released in Japan, now making its debut in the U.S.; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Cat-O-Log Records / A&M / UMe)
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