As another month draws to a close, we officially welcome the first new albums of summer! Sophie Allison makes an ambitious and razor-sharp return on Sometimes, Forever, her third album as Soccer Mommy. With Meet the Moonlight, Jack Johnson fully embraces his mystical side, partnering with producer Blake Mills for an easygoing set. Lovelorn charm abounds on Regina Spektor’s home, before and after, the songwriter’s first LP in six years. Ohio’s Caamp deliver a rousing collection of modern folk on Lavender Days. 

Los Angeles trio MUNA expand their well-honed pop to widescreen proportions on their self-titled third album. Hollie Cook blends lover’s rock with late-night cocktail jazz on the neon-lit Happy Hour. Finally, a pair of standout guests from this year’s NonComm make their long-awaited returns: Philly favorite G. Love fuses delta blues with old-school hip-hop on Philadelphia Mississippi, and Canadian glam-rock enigma Art d’Ecco upshifts his glittery anthems on After the Head Rush. PRESS PLAY on these new releases (and plenty more) below… 

Soccer MommySometimes, Forever
CHECK OUT: “Shotgun” “Bones” 

Jack JohnsonMeet the Moonlight
CHECK OUT: “One Step Ahead” “Meet the Moonlight” 

Regina Spektorhome, before and after
CHECK OUT: “Becoming All Alone” “Loveology” 

CaampLavender Days
CHECK OUT: “Believe” “Lavender Girl” 

MUNAMUNA
CHECK OUT: “Silk Chiffon (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)” “Home By Now” 

Hollie CookHappy Hour
CHECK OUT: “Full Moon Baby” “Kush Kween (feat. Jah9)” 

G. LovePhiladelphia Mississippi
CHECK OUT: “Love from Philly (feat. Schoolly D & Chuck Treece)” “Laughing in the Sunshine”

Art d’EccoAfter the Head Rush
CHECK OUT: “Only Ones” “Palm Slave” 

FURTHER LISTENING:
AlexisonfireOtherness, Arooj AftabVulture Prince (Deluxe Edition), AutomaticExcess, Boris PelekhI See it Now EP, Braxe + FalconStep By Step EP, The Brian Jonestown MassacreFire Doesn’t Grow on Trees, Christine McVieSongbird (A Solo Collection), Damien JuradoRaggae Film Star, Day WavePastlife, DIIVOshin (10th Anniversary Edition), Ella FitzgeraldElla at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook, Empress OfSave Me EP, GooseDripfield, Hackensaw BoysHackensaw Boys, James Vincent McMorrowThe Less I Knew, Jessica BoudreauxI Think My Heart Loves to Break EP, Joan ShelleyThe Spur, Katie Alice GreerBarbarism, MadonnaFinally Enough Love, Martin CourtneyMagic Sign, Mikey ErgLove at Leeds, Peter RowanCalling You from My Mountain, Petrol GirlsBaby, Porcupine TreeCLOSURE / CONTINUATION, Redd KrossNeurotica (35th Anniversary Edition), Sun’s SignatureSun’s Signature EP, Tijuana PanthersHalfway to Eighty, Tim HeideckerHigh School, WeezerSZNZ: Summer EP, WireNot About to Die (Studio Demos 1977-1978), Young GuvGUV IV