PRESS PLAY: 9 New Albums out June 4th

The new month brings a new crop of albums to your waiting ears. A longtime Philadelphia favorite (and recent XPN Artist to Watch), Michelle Zauner follows her bestselling memoir Crying in H Mart with the third full-length from her band Japanese Breakfast. True to its name, Jubilee is an exuberant collection of synth- and guitar-driven melodies, coupled with Zauner’s personal and evocative lyrics. Making a welcome return after an 11-year break, Soberish reaffirms Liz Phair‘s legacy as a figurehead of effortlessly cool guitar pop. Now five years removed from his formal departure from Vampire Weekend, omnivorous writer-producer Rostam delivers his second solo album, Changephobia. Veteran pop purveyors Crowded House stage their own return with Dreamers Are Waiting, the first release from the Neil Finn-fronted group since 2010. Producers Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad continue their ongoing Jazz is Dead series, this time partnering with 86 year-old bossa nova titan João Donato for the project’s seventh installment. Tristen‘s Aquatic Flowers melds the ear-catching melodies of the Nashville singer’s early releases with adventurous textures and atmospherics. Laysongs is the first completely solo album from Chris Thile, a showcase for the Nickel Creek member’s peerless mandolin virtuosity. English rockers Wolf Alice deliver crunch and glitter on Blue Weekend, their third full-length. Finally, The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four gives the pioneering Leeds quartet (and its late guitarist) the tribute treatment from IDLES, Warpaint, Gary Numan, and more . PRESS PLAY on these new albums and others below…

Japanese Breakfast – Jubilee
WE LOVE: “Be Sweet” “Posing in Bondage” “Savage Good Boy”

Liz Phair – Soberish
WE LOVE: “Spanish Doors” “Good Side” “Hey Lou”

Rostam – Changephobia
WE LOVE: “From the Back of a Cab” “4Runner”

Crowded House – Dreamers Are Waiting
WE LOVE: “To the Island” “Playing with Fire”

João Donato, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – João Donato JID007
WE LOVE: “Forever More” ” Não Negue Seu Coracão”

Tristen – Aquatic Flowers
WE LOVE: “Complex” “Wrong With You”

Chris Thile – Laysongs
WE LOVE: “Dionysus” “Laysong”

Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend
WE LOVE: “No Hard Feelings” “The Last Man on Earth”

Various Artists – The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four
WE LOVE: Warpaint – “Paralysed” IDLES – “Damaged Goods”

EXTENDED PLAYS (even more new albums out this week)
Sam Filiatreau – Sam Filiatreau, Black River Delta – Shakin’, Overcoats – Used to Be Scared of the Dark EP, Gary Louris – Jump for Joy, Raheem DeVaughn & Apollo Brown – Lovesick, Hildegard – Hildegard, James – All the Colours of You, Loraine James – Reflection, Jonny Kosmo – Pastry, Juana Molina – Segundo (21st Anniversary Remaster), Billy F. Gibbons – West Coast Junkie, JOMORO – Blue Marble Sky