PRESS PLAY: New Albums out May 16th

I think it’s safe to say that we’ve recovered from the whirlwind week of NonComm. But with several recent guests releasing new albums this week, the glow hasn’t worn off just yet…

Centered around homemade grooves from living room dance parties, Tune-Yards’ Better Dreaming is a lively and loopy set from the Oakland duo. Cautious Clay delivers a diaristic mixtape on The Hours: Morning, charting inspiration from daybreak to noontime. After collaborating with choreographer Andrea Miller for a New York City Ballet piece, Lido Pimienta presents the classical-rooted La Belleza. Philadelphia favorites Friendship take their country-rock sound to expansive new heights on Caveman Wakes Up.

After an extended medical scare, Ezra Furman returns to Chicago (and to producer Brian Deck, who helmed her earliest records) for the raw and rugged Goodbye Small Head. For Blest, his full-length debut, Jacksonville’s Yuno fuses warm bedroom beats with playful pop melodies. Sounding as strong as ever, Chapel Hill power pop vets The Mayflies USA re-emerge with Kickless Kids, their first new album in over 20 years.

Listen for spotlights on new records like these (and more) every week on the XPN Morning Show and Indie Rock Hit Parade.

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The PRESS PLAY-list

FURTHER LISTENING

Animé – 13 Months of Sunshine, Arm’s Length – There’s a Whole World Out There, Ava Maybe – Orange Drive EP, Avicii – Avicii Forever, Barenaked Ladies – In Flight / Carry On EP, Ben Frost – Under Certain Light and Atmospheric Conditions, Billy Nomates – Metalhorse, Britney Spears – Oops!… I Did it Again (25^th Anniversary Edition), bug crush – Somehow I Go in Circles All the Time EP, Charlie Musselwhite – Look Out Highway, Dan Mangan – Natural Light, The Dandy Warhols – Rock Remaker EP, EKKSTACY – Forever, Erin Durant – Firetail, Farmer’s Wife – Faint Illusions, Gold Dust – In the Shade of the Living Light, Grails – Miracle Music, Gruff Rhys – American Interior (2025 Remastered Bonus Edition), JIN – Echo, José James – 1978: Revenge of the Dragon, Kilo Kish – Negotiations EP, M(h)aol – Something Soft, Miso Extra – Earcandy, Mourning [A] BLKstar – Flowers for the Living, Paper Castles – I’m Sad as Hell and I’m Not Going to Fake it Anymore, Peter Baumann – Nightfall, Peter Doherty – Felt Better Alive, Pink Martini – Bella Ciao EP, Sir Woman – If it Doesn’t, Slow Joy – A Joy So Slow at Time I Don’t Think it’s Coming, Spill Tab – Angie, Swimming Bell – Somnia EP, Theo Bleak – Bad Luck is Two Yellow Flowers EP, Throbbing Gristle – Live at the Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005, Triathalon – Funeral Music, Your Grandparents – The Dial