With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums and EPs from Future, Animal Collective, Jens Lekman, Ryan Adams, Sun Kil Moon, Bing & Ruth, the Courtneys, and Visible Cloaks.
Future: FUTURE [Epic/A1/Freebandz]
Future is back on short notice with a new self-titled album. The follow-up to 2016’s EVOL contains no features.
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Animal Collective: The Painters EP [Domino]
Last year, Animal Collective released their album Painting With. Their EP is a companion to that project. It features three new songs recorded around the same time as the 2016 LP and a cover of Martha and the Vandellas’ “Jimmy Mack.” The Painters EP includes the previously shared opening track “Kinda Bonkers.”
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Jens Lekman: Life Will See You Now [Secretly Canadian]
The new Jens Lekman record is his first since 2012’s I Know What Love Isn’t. Life Will See You Now features “What’s That Perfume That You Wear?” and "Evening Prayer."
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Ryan Adams: Prisoner [Pax Am/Blue Note]
After releasing 1989, a song-for-song remake of Taylor Swift’s album of the same name, Ryan Adams is back with a new album. It’s his first full-length album with new music since 2014’s Ryan Adams. The album includes the previously shared songs “Doomsday,” “Do You Still Love Me?,” and “To Be Without You.”
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Sun Kil Moon: Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood[Rough Trade/Caldo Verde]
Mark Kozelek’s latest as Sun Kil Moon is called Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood. It's the follow up to last year's collaboration with Jesu.
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Bing & Ruth: No Home of the Mind [4AD]
Bing & Ruth’s first album on 4AD is called No Home of the Mind. It’s a follow-up to 2014’s Tomorrow Was the Golden Age.
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The Courtneys: Courtneys II [Flying Nun]
As the name suggests, Courtneys II is the Courtneys’ second self-titled album. Read Pitchfork’s reviews of “Silver Velvet” and “Minnesota,” the latter of which was named Best New Track.
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Visible Cloaks: Reassemblage [RVNG Intl.]
Reassemblage is the new album from ambient act Visible Cloaks. Read Pitchfork’s reviews of “Terrazzo” featuring Motion Graphics and “Neume” featuring Matt Carlson.
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