New Music Friday: May 30, 2025
This Week's New Releases, Reissues + More
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NEW RELEASES
Anberlin | “Nevertake” (a rerecording of their 2005 album “Never Take Friendship Personal,” with Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire on lead vocals; Vinyl; Download released on March 21; Apple Music; On Tour; Equal Vision)
Matt Berninger | “Get Sunk” (second solo album from The National vocalist-lyricist; producer: Sean O’Brien; guests: Booker T. Jones, Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy, Ronboy’s Julia Laws, Kyle Resnick, Garret Lang, Sterling Laws, Harrison Whitford, Mike Brewer, The Walkmen’s Walter Martin and Paul Maroon; new single: “Bonnet of Pins”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Book / Concord)
Bono | “Stories of Surrender EP” (Download; three songs from the Apple Original Film, which premieres May 30 on Apple+; Trailer; Apple Music; Merch; Island)
Caroline | “caroline 2” (London-based eight-piece rock band’s sophomore album; new single: “Tell me I never knew that,” feat. Caroline Polachek; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Rough Trade)
CIVIC | “Chrome Dipped” (Australian rock band’s third album; producer: Kirin J. Callinan; new single: “Chrome Dipped”; See here; Silver Smoke Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; ATO)
Miley Cyrus | “Something Beautiful” (her ninth album; producer: Cyrus; new single: “End of the World”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Clear Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Translucent Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Columbia)
The Dead Daisies | “Lookin’ For Trouble” (their first full-length blues album; producer: Marti Frederiksen; new single: “Crossroads”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Fame / Malaco)
Djo | “The Crux” (musical outfit of “Stranger Things” star Joe Keery; producers: Keery, Adam Thein; recorded at Electric Lady Studios in NYC; new single: “Basic Being Basic”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download released on April 4; Apple Music; On Tour; AWAL Recordings)
Anderson East | “Worthy” (songs co-written with Lori McKenna, Natalie Hemby, Trent Dabbs, Ashley Monroe, et al; producers: East, Dave Cobb; guests: Foy Vance, Bonnie Bishop; new single: “Say I Love You”; See here; Read here; Translucent Sea Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Rounder / Concord)
Gloria Estefan | “Raíces” (her first Spanish-language album in 18 years and the 30th album in a 50-year career; See here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; Crescent Moon Records / Sony U.S. Latin)
Garbage | “Let All That We Imagine Be the Light” (their eighth studio album; producers: Garbage, Billy Bush; new single: “There’s No Future in Optimism”; See here; Read here; Orange Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Orange Vinyl, with signed print; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; BMG Rights Management)
GROUPLOVE | “Rock N’ Roll You Won’t Save Me (Live)” (Download; 26 tracks, recorded during their 2024 tour; Apple Music; Glassnote)
David Lowery | “Fathers, Sons and Brothers” (Double CD; 28-track solo album from the Cracker frontman is a musical autobiography, celebrating his youth, family, friends and the highs and lows of his 40-year career in the music business; new single: “I Wrote a Song Called Take the Skinheads Bowling”; Red, White and Blue Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Cooking Vinyl)
The Minus 5 | “Oar On, Penelope!” (recorded and mixed by legendary engineer Ed Stasium; guests: Peter Buck, Patterson Hood, Debbi Peterson, Kurt Bloch, Spencer Tweedy; Wine Dark Sea Swirl Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Yep Roc)
Mt. Joy | “Hope We Have Fun” (L.A.-based indie rockers’ fourth album; new single: “God Loves Weirdos”; Hear here; Read here; Coyote Brown Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Futures Music Group)
MRCY | “VOLUME 2” (London-based soulful duo’s second album; new single: “Man”; See here; Yellow Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Dead Oceans)
Grace Potter | “Medicine” (shelved album she recorded with producer T Bone Burnett 18 years ago; new single: “Before the Sky Falls”; Hear here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Hollywood)
Dylan Scott | “Easy Does It” (country singer-songwriter’s third album; new single: “I Hate Whiskey”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Curb)
SEVENTEEN | “HAPPY BURSTDAY” (K-pop group’s fifth album; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with photo card; Merch; PLEDIS Entertainment)
Swans | “Birthing” (Double CD; their 17th album; new single: “I Am a Tower”; See here; Read here; Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Mute / Young God)
yeule | “Evangelic Girl Is a Gun” (Singaporean singer-songwriter’s fourth album; producers: yeule, A.G. Cook, Chris Greatti, Mura Masa, Clams Casino, Fitnesss, Kin Leonn; new single: “Skullcrusher”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Cigarette Ash Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Ritual Salt Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Ninja Tune)
Plus … Watchhouse | Shura | Aesop Rock | The Airport 77s | The Castellows | Sarah Mary Chadwick | Fly Anakin | Michael Frank & Spearhead … and many more
REISSUES + MORE
Mariah Carey | “The Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition)” (Download; 2005 album, featuring “We Belong Together,” “Shake It Off,” “Don’t Forget About Us” and “It’s Like That”; won three Grammys, including Best Contemporary R&B Album; with 22 bonus tracks; Read here; Japanese Edition; Double Vinyl, with a bonus track, “We Belong Together [Mimi’s Late Night Valentine’s Mix]”; Vinyl Box Set, five LPs, featuring three discs of remixes; Apple Music; Merch; Island / Def Jam / UMe)
Miles Davis Quintet | “Miles Davis Quintet 1965-’68: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings” (six-CD box set; lineup includes Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams; Amazon UK; Merch; Music on CD)
The Donnas | “The Atlantic Years 2002-2005” (three-CD set includes two full-length albums, plus singles, B-sides, acoustic version, live tracks, etc.; Read here; Amazon UK; HNE / Cherry Red)
Bryan Ferry | “Olympia” (2010 album; reissued for the first time on CD since 2010, in a Japanese-style, oversized package with updated artwork overseen by Ferry, with two bonus tracks; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; BMG Rights Management)
Grateful Dead | “The Music Never Stopped” (three-CD compilation consisting of at least one song from every show featured in the 60-CD box set “Enjoying the Ride”; Hear here; Vinyl, six-LP box set; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Merch; Grateful Dead Productions / Rhino)
Vince Guaraldi | “Oh Good Grief!” (1968 album, featuring his re-interpretations of his Peanuts classics; mastered by Kevin Gray; Vinyl; Omnivore Recordings)
Hothouse Flowers | “The Older We Get: The London Years” (eight-CD clamshell box set, spanning 1987-1999, featuring four complete albums, with single versions, rare B-sides, live tracks and previously unreleased demos; sourced from the London Records tape archives; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; On Tour; Cherry Red)
The Lovin’ Spoonful | “A’s and B’s” (two CDs, 56 tracks; remastered; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; BGO)
Melanie | “Wow and Flutter” (handpicked rarities and outtakes collection that was released as a digital album in 2020, with 11 bonus tracks; Cleopatra)
The Pale Fountains | “The Complete Virgin Years” (four-CD clamshell box set contains two complete albums, with B-sides, mixes and previously unreleased material; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Cherry Red)
Rain Parade | “Crashing Dream (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 1985 album; remastered, with 14 unreleased bonus tracks and alternate versions; Label 51 Recordings)
Renaissance | “Running Hard: The Albums 1974-1976” (four-CD clamshell box set; Read here; Amazon UK; Esoteric Antenna / Cherry Red)
Sufjan Stevens | “Carrie & Lowell (10th Anniversary Edition)” (2015 album; with seven previously unreleased demos, including “Mystery of Love,” and a 40-page booklet; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Asthmatic Kitty)
Johnnie Taylor | “Who’s Making Love: The Stax Singles A’s & B’s 1966-1970” (27 tracks on one CD; remastered; Hear/Read here; Amazon UK; Kent / Ace)
Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call An Era: The Albums 1980 > 1984” (U.K. release; four-CD set celebrates 72 classic albums with one track featured from each one – and none of them were U.K. hits; Deluxe Hardcover Book; Triple Vinyl, 40 tracks on blue, white and pink vinyl; Amazon UK; Sony Music / EMI)
Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call the 70s” (five-CD, 100-track collection; Triple Vinyl, 46 songs on orange, beige and brown LPs; Amazon UK; Sony Music / EMI)
Various artists | “Springsteen’s Country” (20-track collection of Bruce Springsteen songs interpreted by Johnny Cash, Travis Tritt, Kenny Chesney, The Mavericks, John Anderson, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Steve Earle, et al; Hear/Read here; Amazon UK; Merch; Ace)
Wall of Voodoo | “The Lost Tapes Live” (16 unreleased tracks from 1988; Hear here; Label 51 Recordings)
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