
Bartees Unusual’s Horror is one in all our favourite albums out Feb. 14.
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Bartees Unusual’s Horror is one in all our favourite albums out Feb. 14.
Elizabeth De La Piedra/Courtesy of 4AD
It is Friday, which suggests dozens of latest albums hit streaming providers in the midst of final night time. NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson welcomes Nate Chinen of Philadelphia’s WRTI to New Music Friday to debate the perfect information out on Valentine’s Day 2025.
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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
- Califone, The Villagers Companion
- Cathedrale, Poison
- Cryogeyser, s/t
- Das Beat, Frau Deadly
- Doves, Constellations for the Lonely
- James Felice, The Little Ones
- Mereba, The Breeze Grew a Hearth
- Oracle Sisters, Divinations
- Saint Motel, Symphony within the Sky
- Thala, Avalanche
- The Velveteers, A Million Knives
- The Wombats, Oh! The Ocean
Nation/People/Americana
- The Struggle & Treaty, Plus One
- 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
- Westside Gunn, 12
Jazz
- Anna Gréta, Some Different Time
- Sachal Vasandani, Greatest 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
- 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
- Government Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Vice President, Music & Visuals: Keith Jenkins