6 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: A. G. Cook, Armani Caesar, Slauson Malone, and More
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, projects, and EPs from A. G. Cook, Armani Caesar, Slauson Malone, Deradoorian, Steve Arrington, and Fenne Lily. 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.)
A. G. Cook: Apple [PC Music]
PC Music founder A. G. Cook is following his expansive, 49-track release 7G with Apple, a new album that consists of music written by Cook himself. When sharing lead single “Oh Yeah,” Cook admitted that Apple was partly inspired by Shania Twain, as well as “the notion of pure, classic songwriting.”
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A. G. Cook: Apple
Armani Caesar: THE LIZ [Griselda]
Buffalo rapper Armani Caesar—aka the First Lady of Griselda Records—has released her very first project on the label. THE LIZ (the cover of which prominently features a triclops Elizabeth Taylor) features contributions from Griselda founder Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, Benny the Butcher, DJ Premier, and more. Armani Caesar dropped her first Griselda single “Simply Done” last month.
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Armani Caesar: The Liz Tape
Slauson Malone: Vergangenheitsbewältigung (Crater Speak) EP [Grand Closing]
Slauson Malone, aka producer Jasper Marsalis, follows last year’s A Quiet Farwell, 2016–2018 (Crater Speak) with the new Vergangenheitsbewältigung (Crater Speak) EP. The nine-song release is packed with lush arrangements on flute, cello, saxophone, tuba, and more. Both releases accompany his book Crater Speak, with page references and annotations scattered across the tracklists.
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Slauson Malone: Vergangenheitsbewältigung (Crater Speak) EP
Deradoorian: Find the Sun [ANTI-]
Find the Sun is the latest solo album from Los Angeles–based artist Angel Deradoorian, following 2017’s Eternal Recurrence and 2015’s The Expanding Flower Planet. Ahead of the new LP, Deradoorian shared lead single “Saturnine Night,” as well as “Monk’s Robes.” Find the Sun is influenced by the music of Can, Damo Suzuki, Pharoah Sanders, and Sun Ra. “Overall, a lot of these songs are about trying to reach yourself—how to be your most brilliant self,” Deradoorian said in press materials. “Because we come from a culture that doesn't actually support this.”
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Deradoorian: Find the Sun
Steve Arrington: Down to the Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions [Stones Throw]
Down to the Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions is the first solo album from funk veteran Steve Arrington in over a decade. The LP includes production from Knxwledge, Mndsgn, Jerry Paper, Shibo, and more. Down to the Lowest Terms is the follow-up to Arrington’s 2009 record Pure Thang.
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Steve Arrington
Fenne Lily: BREACH [Dead Oceans]
BREACH is the sophomore LP from Bristol-based musician Fenne Lily, following her 2018 debut On Hold. Lily has said the new record deals with “loneliness, and trying to work out the difference between being alone and being lonely.”
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Fenne Lily: BREACH
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