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- Amythyst Kiah
Wary + Strange
An intensely personal document, the Tennessee singer and guitarist’s third album examines the realities of being a Southern Black LGBTQ+ woman in songs both defiant and vulnerable.
- TWICE
Taste of Love
Continuing to mature into a more grown-up image, the nine-member K-pop girl group balances self-contentment and romantic confidence with breezy summer thrill-seeking.
- Phosphorescent
The BBC Sessions EP
A set of intimate, in-studio performances from Matthew Houck’s creative breakthrough in the early 2010s reveals new meaning and intensity in his tough-hearted songs.
- TIBSLC
Delusive Tongue Shifts - Situation Based Compositions
His name is short for “The International Billionaire’s Secret Love Child,” and his ambient pieces are weightless as a sigh, splotchy as a bruise, both cozy and unsettling.
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