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NPR Music’s Ann Powers and Hazel Cills dig into Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department,’ which hit streaming services last night, and share a handful of other new albums out Friday, April 19.
Featured Albums:
• Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department
• Bbymutha, Sleep Paralysis
• claire rousay, sentiment
• Pearl Jam, Dark Matter
Other notable albums out April 19:
• Stephanie Lambring, Hypocrite
• Cadence Weapon, ROLLERCOASTER
• Tei Shi, Valerie
• Ekko Astral, pink balloons
• Bill Frisell, Orchestras
• BIG BRAVE, A Chaos of Flowers
• Blue Lab Beats, Blue Eclipse
• Chanel Beads, Your Day Will Come
• Local Natives, But I’ll Wait For You
• Gangrene (The Alchemist & Oh No), Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
• Brian Eno, Eno
• Cloud Nothings, Final Summer
• Melvins, Tarantula Heart
• Mozzy, CHILDREN OF THE SLUMS
• Lucy Rose, This Ain’t The Way You Go Out
• Pillow Queens, ‘Name Your Sorrow’
• A Certain Ratio, It All Comes Down To This
• Cavalier, Different Type Time
• Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds, That Delicious Vice
• T Bone Burnett, The Other Side