The best new albums out July 25

Now that it’s Friday, it’s time to highlight brand-new albums that go beyond President Martin Van Buren’s contentious addition to the world’s language. In the most recent episode of New Music Friday with Joe Kendrick of the public radio station WNCW in Western North Carolina, we listened to over fifty new releases that were released today, July 25, and listed our top five picks.

Appalachia gave birth to two of today’s best records: Indigo De Souza’s victorious Precipice and Roots singer Tyler Childers’ blatantly angry Snap Hunter. We also talk about albums that you’ve undoubtedly heard of. Ryan Davis and Yoshika Colwell are two names you have most likely never heard of before, and Patty Griffin is back.

No matter where you get your podcasts, you can listen to New Music Friday starting at 3 a.m. ET by continuing to scroll down to see all of the week’s major releases.

The Starting Five

The best songs and backstories from the following albums are shared by our hosts:

Tyler Childers, Stream’s Snipe Hunter

• Recommended If You Like: Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell

Crown of Roses (Stream), Patty Griffin

• RIYL: Brandi Carlile, Alison Krauss

Indigo De Souza, Stream’s Precipice

• RIYL: boygenius, Mitski

The Roadhouse Band and Ryan Davis, “New Threats From the Soul” (Stream)

• RIYL: Silver Jews, Will Oldham

On the Wing by Yoshika Colwell (Stream)

• RIYL: Laura Marling, Aldous Harding

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The Lightning Round

We wish we had more time to talk about six more albums on the podcast:

Alfredo 2: Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist

Don’t tap the glass, Tyler, the creator.

I Love People, by Cory Hanson

Quinnie, paper doll

Unspoken Customs and Resilience

Gaudencia, Debmaster, and MC Yallah

Check out our New Music Friday playlists on Spotify, Apple, or any other music streaming service to hear the greatest tracks from each album.

The Long List

Here are this week’s new CDs, arranged by genre, for those who like to delve even further:

Rock/Alt/Indie

• Folk Bitch Trio,
  
  Now Would Be a Good Time
  
• Kurt Vile & Luke Roberts,
  
  Classic Love
  
  EP
• Michael Beach,
  
  Big Black Plume
  
• Far Caspian,
  
  Autofiction
  
• Nihilistic Easyrider,
  
  DELUXE EDITION
  
• Golomb,
  
  The Beat Goes On
  
• Heatmiser,
  
  Mic City Sons (30th Anniversary Remaster)
  
• Matching Outfits,
  
  Ditch Me
  
• Night Moves,
  
  Double Life
  
• Paul Weller,
  
  Find El Dorado
  
• Alice Cooper,
  
  The Revenge of Alice Cooper
  
• GWAR,
  
  The Return of Gor Gor
  
• Clifford,
  
  Golden Caravan
  
• dog eyes,
  
  blue bird rain cloud
  
  EP
• Post Animal,
  
  Iron
  
• Rebecca Schiffman,
  
  Before The Future
  
• Bleary Eyed,
  
  Easy
  
• Boneflower,
  
  Reveries
  
• Fortunato Durutti Marinetti,
  
  Bitter Sweet, Sweet Bitter
  
• Luke Haines & Peter Buck,
  
  Going Down To The River… To Blow My Mind
  
• Oog Bogo,
  
  Cowgirls
  
• Pete Astor,
  
  Unsent Letters Home Recordings 1984-2024
  
• Pretty Bitter,
  
  Pleaser
  
• Julian Cubillos,
  
  s/t
  
• Quadeca,
  
  Vanisher, Horizon Scraper
  
• Talking Heads,
  
  More Songs About Buildings and Food (Super Deluxe Edition)
  
• EELS, Electro-Shock Blues (Reissue)

Country/Folk/Americana

• Alice,
  
  Ch teaux Faibles
  
• Nick Drake,
  
  The Making Of Five Leaves Left
  
• Hudson Westbrook,
  
  Texas Forever
  
• Why Bonnie,
  
  The Bedroom
  
  EP
  
  

Electronic/Out There

• Stars of the Lid,
  
  Music For Nitrous Oxide (30th Anniversary Remastered)
  
• Fever Ray,
  
  The Year Of The Radical Romantics
  
• Bicep,
  
  TAKKUUK
  
  (Original Soundtrack)
• Safe Mind (Boy Harsher/Cooper B. Handy),
  
  Cutting the Stone
  
• John Also Bennett,
  
  o E / Ston Elai na
  
• DJ Narciso,
  
  Cap tulo Experimental
  
• Bitterviper,
  
  s/t
  
• Kommune,
  
  Oast
  
• Clay Kin,
  
  Vevey
  
• Editrix,
  
  The Big E
  
• Pharaoh Overlord,
  
  Louhi
  
• Wevie Stonder,
  
  Sure Beats Living
  
• Duke Dumont,
  
  Union
  
• Nuovo Testamento,
  
  Trouble
  
  EP
• Ember Knight,
  
  Water Can Fly!
  
• Emika,
  
  Frames
  
  EP
• The Blaze,
  
  FOLK
  

Global

• Samantha Schm tz & Adrian Younge,
  
  Samantha e Adrian
  
• The Mighty Rootsmen,
  
  s/t
  
• Aymen,
  
  s/t
  
• M d Kuti,
  
  Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From?
  

Pop

• Madonna,
  
  Veronica Electronica
  
• Aidan Bissett,
  
  Shut Up and Love Me
  
• Alessi Rose,
  
  Voyeur
  
  EP
• Fitz and The Tantrums,
  
  Man on the Moon
  

R&B/Soul

• Mabel,
  
  Mabel (Mixtape)
  
• Tasha Cobbs Leonard,
  
  TASHA
  
• Frida Touray,
  
  Homebody
  
  EP

Rap/Hip-Hop

• YoungBoy Never Broke Again,
  
  MASA
  
• Hanumankind,
  
  Monsoon Season
  
• Homeboy Sandman & Sonnyjim,
  
  Soli Deo Gloria
  
• Paul Wall & DJ.Fresh,
  
  The Tonite Show
  
• Tommy Genesis,
  
  Genesis
  
• Lelo,
  
  New Detroit
  

Classical

• Katie Yao Morgan,
  
  Echoes of the Orient
  
• Teddy Abrams,
  
  Preludes
  

Give credit to

• Host: Stephen Thompson
• Guest: Joe Kendrick, WNCW
• Producer: Simon Rentner
• Editor: Otis Hart
• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed

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