Featured New Releases for
April 28, 2023

Album cover for That! Feels Good! by Jessie WareEditors' Choice
Jessie Ware

That! Feels Good!

EMI / Interscope
Pop/Rock
Accurately titled, this is suited for a disco bigger and more opulent than the one evoked on the singer's preceding LP.

— Andy Kellman

Album cover for Blómi by Susanne SundførEditors' Choice
Susanne Sundfør

Blómi

Bella Union
Pop/Rock
The Norwegian singer/songwriter hits another career peak on this uplifting and philosophical set.

— Timothy Monger

Album cover for Savoy by Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal

Savoy

Stony Plain
Blues, Jazz, Vocal
With his old friend, producer John Simon, the great bluesman delivers a collection of finger-popping covers evoking the famed ballroom's greatest era.

— Thom Jurek

Album cover for Gasms by Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson

Gasms

TLR
R&B
Warm thoughts, some worthy of Marvin Sease, fill the Motown icon's first album of original material in 14 years.

— Andy Kellman

Album cover for Proof of Life by Joy OladokunEditors' Choice
Joy Oladokun

Proof of Life

Amigo / Republic / Verve Forecast
Folk, Pop/Rock
The Arizona-born singer/songwriter continues to expand her sonic and emotional palette on her fourth album.

— Matt Collar

Album cover for Dreamer by Nabihah IqbalEditors' Choice
Nabihah Iqbal

Dreamer

Ninja Tune
Pop/Rock, Electronic
The writer and DJ returns with her most introspective, emotionally vivid work, encompassing dreamy indie pop, post-punk, and blissful deep house.

— Paul Simpson

Album cover for Bebe by Bebe Rexha
Bebe Rexha

Bebe

Warner Music / Warner Records
Pop/Rock
Her most fully realized vision to date, this third set channels disco, funk, and Fleetwood Mac for maximum escapist effect.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Album cover for Legacies by Arturo O'Farrill
Arturo O'Farrill

Legacies

Blue Note
Jazz, Latin
On his first piano trio date in nearly 20 years, the great bandleader and his trio reinvent standards and a couple of complex originals.

— Thom Jurek

Album cover for Euphoric Recall by Braids
Braids

Euphoric Recall

Secret City Records
Pop/Rock
The trio reconnect with their intuitively blissful roots on this testament to love's powers of renewal.

— Heather Phares

Album cover for Damn Love by Kip Moore
Kip Moore

Damn Love

MCA / MCA Nashville
Country
An unfussy, forceful collection designed to sound equally good in a barroom or on the open road.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album cover for Bekka Ma'iingan by Zoon
Zoon

Bekka Ma'iingan

Paper Bag Records
Pop/Rock
Ambitious second album from Daniel Monkman's shoegaze project, with string-heavy arrangements drifting away from conventional rock songwriting.

— Paul Simpson

Album cover for All of This Will End by Indigo De Souza
Indigo De Souza

All of This Will End

Saddle Creek Records / Saddle Creek Uk
Pop/Rock
While not without its rants and sonic squalls, the follow-up to the traumatized Any Shape You Take makes room for reflection and healing.

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for hipernatural by Melati ESP
Melati ESP

hipernatural

Carpark Records
Pop/Rock
Lush, atmospheric pop drawing from liquid drum'n'bass and ambient house, by Indonesian-American artist Melati Malay (Young Magic, Asa Tone).

— Paul Simpson

Album cover for Cruisin' by Bernice
Bernice

Cruisin'

Telephone Explosion
Pop/Rock
The jazz-pop collective documents pandemic-induced loneliness with heartfelt songwriting and hallucinatory sounds.

— Heather Phares

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