Another week in the books and Friday is here to help us celebrate and ease into the weekend with some new tunes.
Of course, nothing is really normal right now in the era of Covid-19 and the music world is no different. Last week, I wrapped up my first virtual Philadelphia Folk Festival and today I’m looking at a list of new releases from bands that I haven’t heard from in a while. I am somehow just as excited about them today as I would have been about 10 years ago.
At the top of that list is Bright Eyes and not far below comes The Killers, Cut Copy, The Front Bottoms and Nas. There are also albums by The Lemon Twigs and Tim McGraw among others.
Below, in no particular order, are my picks for new albums released today, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. My most anticipated albums are in bold.
New Album Releases – Friday, Aug. 21, 2020
Blackbear – Everything Means Nothing
Bright Eyes – Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
Bully – Sugaregg
Cut Copy – Freeze, Melt
Erasure – The Neon
The Front Bottoms – In Sickness and In Flames
The Killers – Imploding the Mirage
Lecrae Restoration
The Lemon Twigs – Songs for the General Public
Maluma – Papi Juancho
Matmos – The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form
Maya Hawke – Blush
Nas – King’s Disease
Tim McGraw – Here on Earth
Troye Sivan – In A Dream
Wafia – Good Things
H.C. McEntire – Eno Axis
Sneaks – Happy Birthday
Duckwrth -SuperGood
Nubya Garcia – Source
L.A. Witch – Play With Fire
Chuck Prophet – The Land That Time Forgot
Eight Rounds Rapid – Love Your Work
Dan Croll – Ground Plan
Guided By Voices – Mirrored Aztec
Bent Arcana – Bent Arcana
Blues Pills – Holy Moly!
Barringtone – Bonanza Plan
Meridian Brothers – Cumbia Siglo XXI
Old 97’s – Twelfth
Jerry Joseph – The Beautiful Madness
Siv Jakobsen – A Temporary Soothing
The Waterboys – Good Luck, Seeker
Less Bells – Mourning Jewelry
Stick In The Wheel – Hold Fast
No Joy – Motherhood
Dent May – Late Checkout
