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 from MJ Lenderman, Nala Sinephro, Laila!, Toro y Moi, Max Richter, the Dare, Dummy, Hinds, Isik Kural, Chow Lee, Masayoshi Fujita, and Molchat Doma. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)
MJ Lenderman: Manning Fireworks [Anti-]
MJ Lenderman continues his ascent on his latest solo album, Manning Fireworks. As showcased on the twangy singles “She’s Leaving You,” “Joker Lips,” and “Wristwatch,” the guitarist and singer-songwriter performs nearly every instrument on the album while singing about self-doubt with the humor and affability that’s earned him so much adoration. Manning Fireworks is not just a worthy follow-up to 2022’s Boat Songs, but also a reintroduction to Lenderman as a guitar virtuoso, Wednesday bandmate, and in-demand session musician who, as Jeremy D. Larson writes in his review, comes off “so endearing he could convince you to savor the feeling of a warm beer.”
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Nala Sinephro: Endlessness [Warp]
