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 projects from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Destroy Lonely, Doechii, Jon Hopkins, Coco & Clair Clair, YFG Fatso, Lia Kohl, Seefeel, Cold Gawd, and Why Bonnie. 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.)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Wild God [PIAS]
Nick Cave is blunt in his assessment of his new Bad Seeds album, Wild God. “There’s no fucking around with this record,” he’s said. “When it hits, it hits. It lifts you. It moves you. I love that about it.” He’s also proud of the singles. “The sheer exuberance of a song like ‘Frogs,’” he exclaimed. “It just puts a big fucking smile on my face.” Set aside four and a half minutes for “Frogs,” and 40 more for the full album, to see if you, too, are grinning like the ebullient man you see pictured above.
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