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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 and EPs by the Killers, Moses Sumney, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hiss Golden Messenger, Cut Copy, Metz, Chelsea Wolfe, and Young Thug with Carnage. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Luciferian Towers [Constellation]
Godspeed’s new one has just four tracks. The studio album follows their 2015 release Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress. In a statement, the Montreal-based group detailed the “grand demands” that “informed” their new LP, which include ending foreign invasions, dismantling the prison-industrial complex, and that “the expert fuckers who broke this world never get to speak again.”
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Moses Sumney: Aromanticism [Jagjaguwar]
Aromanticism is Moses Sumney’s debut album. It follows his 2016 EP Lamentations. Check out track reviews for “Indulge Me,” “Quarrel,” and “Doomed,” which was named Best New Track.
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The Killers: Wonderful Wonderful [Island]
The Killers’ Wonderful Wonderful marks their first new studio album in five years. The Battle Born follow-up was produced by Jacknife Lee, who’s known for his work with bands like Weezer, U2, and R.E.M. Check out the track review for “The Man” and check out the song’s music video here.
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Hiss Golden Messenger: Hallelujah Anyhow [Merge]
Hiss Golden Messenger’s latest record follows their 2016 album Heart Like a Levee. Frontman M.C. Taylor recorded the LP with help from Brad and Phil Cook of Megafaun, Chris Boerner, Josh Kaufman, Darren Jessee of Ben Folds Five, Michael Lewis, and Scott Hirsch. Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, Tift Merritt, Skylar Gudasz, Tamisha Waden, and John Paul White have also contributed vocals.
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Cut Copy: Haiku From Zero [Astralwerks]
Following their 2013 studio album Free Your Mind, Cut Copy are back. Haiku From Zero was recorded with help from Deerhunter and Animal Collective producer Ben Allen. Read Pitchfork’s track review for the LP’s opening song, “Standing in the Middle of the Field.”
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Chelsea Wolfe: Hiss Spun [Sargent House]
Hiss Spun is the follow-up to Chelsea Wolfe’s 2015 LP Abyss. It features prominent guitar contributions from Queens of the Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen. Check out the track review for “Vex.”
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Metz: Strange Peace [Sub Pop]
Metz, the Toronto-based noise band, have released their third album. It follows 2015’s II and was engineered by longtime collaborator Graham Walsh. Read the track review for Strange Peace’s lead single “Cellophane.”
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Young Thug / Carnage: Young Martha EP [YSL/Heavyweight/300]
Young Thug and Carnage have joined together for Young Martha. The four-song EP includes collaborations with Meek Mill and Shakka. Earlier this year, Thug released Beautiful Thugger Girls. In March, Carnage put out the Step Brothers EP with G-Eazy.
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