Bartees Unusual’s Horror is considered one of our favourite albums out Feb. 14.
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Bartees Unusual’s Horror is considered one of our favourite albums out Feb. 14.
Elizabeth De La Piedra/Courtesy of 4AD
It is Friday, which implies dozens of recent albums hit streaming companies in the course of final evening. NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson welcomes Nate Chinen of Philadelphia’s WRTI to New Music Friday to debate one of the best data out on Valentine’s Day 2025.
The Beginning 5
Different notable albums out Feb. 14:
Pop
- Drake & PartyNextDoor, $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U
- Mallrat, Mild hit my face like a straight proper
- Alessia Cara, Love and Hyperbole
- Morgan Saint, Out of the Blue
Rock/Alt/Indie
- Horsegirl, Phonetics On And On
- The Lumineers, Computerized
- Richard Dawson, Finish of the Center
- Cathedrale, Poison
- Cryogeyser, s/t
- Das Beat, Frau Deadly
- Doves, Constellations for the Lonely
- James Felice, The Little Ones
- Mereba, The Breeze Grew a Fireplace
- Oracle Sisters, Divinations
- Saint Motel, Symphony within the Sky
- Thala, Avalanche
- The Delines, Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom
- The Velveteers, A Million Knives
- The Wombats, Oh! The Ocean
- Winona Fighter, My Apologies to the Chef
Nation/Folks/Americana
- The Struggle & Treaty, Plus One
- Kevin Kaarl, Extremely Sodada
- Chatham Rabbits, Be Actual With Me
- Ron Pope, American Man, American Music
R&B/Soul
- John Glacier, Like A Ribbon
- The Altons, Heartache in Room 14
- Candi Staton, Again To My Roots
- THEY., LOVE.JONES
Rap/Hip-Hop
- Brother Ali & Ant, Happy Soul
- OhGeesy, Paid N Full
- skaiwater, #mia
- Westside Gunn, 12
Jazz
- Anna Gréta, Some Different Time
- Sachal Vasandani, Finest Life Now
- Mathias Eick, Kristjan Randalu, Ole Morten Vågan, Hans Hulbækmo, Lullaby
- Yuval Cohen Quartet, Winter Poems
Classical
- Lei Liang, Dui
- London Symphony Orchestra, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Le Baiser de la fée (Divertimento)
Digital/Out There
- Raven, GNOSIS
- Anish Kumar & Hagop Tchaparian, KINO EP
- BLOND:ISH, By no means Stroll Alone
- GAIKO, GAIKO
- Immersion & SUSS, Nanocluster Vol. 3
- Jean Claude Vannier, et son orchestre de mandolines
Credit
- Host: Stephen Thompson
- Visitor: Nate Chinen (WRTI)
- Producer: Simon Rentner
- Editor: Otis Hart
- Govt Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Vice President, Music & Visuals: Keith Jenkins