Why jump into a big pile of leaves when you can jump into this week’s newly released albums? Sufjan Stevens returns to his orchestral folk roots on his pensive and stirring 10th solo album, Javelin. West Coast singer-songwriter Tré Burt’s third album, Traffic Fiction, is brimming with rich production flourishes and captivating lyrical stories. Peerless harpist Mary Lattimore is joined by members of The Cure and Slowdive on Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, a set of six compositions inspired by the artist’s acceptance of inevitable change.

For his second solo album, Parquet Courts co-leader A. Savage worked again with Sympathy for Life producer John Parish to give Several Songs About Fire a raw yet vivid sonic palette. After co-writing material on all three of Harry Styles’ blockbusters, Mitch Rowland steps into the spotlight on his own solo debut, Come June. This week’s list of releases is heavy on reissues, from Tom Waits to Meat Puppets, but for fans of Elliott Smith there’s no more essential archive than The Music of Heatmiser, which boasts a long overdue repress of the Portland group’s rare handmade demo.

PRESS PLAY on these new releases below. Listen for spotlights on new records like these (and more) every Friday on the XPN Morning Show and Indie Rock Hit Parade.

Sufjan StevensJavelin
CHECK OUT: “Will Anybody Ever Love Me?” “So You Are Tired”

Tré BurtTraffic Fiction
CHECK OUT: “Santiago” “Traffic Fiction”

Mary LattimoreGoodbye, Hotel Arkada
CHECK OUT: “And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me” “Horses, Glossy on the Hill”

A. SavageSeveral Songs About Fire
CHECK OUT: “Elvis in the Army” “Thanksgiving Prayer”

Mitch RowlandCome June
CHECK OUT: “Here Comes the Comeback” “Come June”

HeatmiserThe Music of Heatmiser
CHECK OUT: “Lowlife” “Bottle Rocket”

FURTHER LISTENING:
Alex LaheyThe Answer is Always Yes (Expanded Edition), Axis: SovaBlinded by Oblivion, BlondshellBlondshell (Digital Deluxe Edition), The Blood BrothersBurn, Piano Island, Burn (20th Anniversary Reissue), Colbie CaillatAlong the Way, Darius RuckerCarolyn’s Boy, The DarknessPermission to Land… Again, Depeche ModeDelta Machine | The 12″ Singles, DogstarSomewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees, DrakeFor All the Dogs, Earl Sweatshirt and The AlchemistVoir Dire, Gabe AdelsTime Out, Georgia Gets ByFish Bird Baby Boy EP, Glassercrux, Hannah DiamondPerfect Picture, Hello JuneArtifacts, Howard Jones – Celebrate it Together: The Very Best of Howard Jones, IncubusMorning View XXIII, Joe BonamassaBlues Deluxe Vol. 2, John CarpenterAnthology II (Movie Themes 1976-1988), Jolie HollandHaunted Mountain, Joni MitchellJoni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975), La ChingaPrimal Forces, Lily & MadelineNite Swim, Meat PuppetsCamp Songs (Live) / In a Car EP (Reissue) / Up on the Sun (Reissue), Mutual BenefitGrowing at the Edges, Neil FrancesIt’s All a Bit Fuzzy, Omar ApolloLive For Me EP, Open CityHands in the Honey Jar, Pale SaintsIn Ribbons (30th Anniversary Reissue), Reba McEntireNot That Fancy, Roger WatersThe Dark Side of the Moon Redux, The Rural Alberta AdvantageThe Rise & the Fall, Tom WaitsThe Black Rider (Reissue) / Bone Machine (Reissue), Truth ClubRunning From the Chase, Van HalenThe Collection II, YesYessingles, Various Artists – Allen Ginsberg’s The Fall of America Volume II, Various Artists – The NID Tapes: Electronic Music from India 1969-1972