The summer soundtrack continues to heat up on this week’s New Music Friday for Aug. 8, 2025.
Ethel Cain delivers a hauntingly beautiful Southern gothic tale with “Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You,” her most personal and cinematic release yet.
The Black Keys return with “No Rain, No Flowers,” a gritty and soulful collection that brings garage rock back into bloom.
Gunna is back in full form on “The Last Wun,” merging melodic flows with sharp Atlanta production.
Good Charlotte crashes in with “Motel Du Cap,” their first full-length in years, blending pop-punk nostalgia with modern polish.
Roc Marciano and DJ Premier, link up for the dark and dusty “The Coldest Profession,” reminding us why both are legends in the game.
As always, the entire list of albums released today, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025 is below in no particular order. My most anticpated albums are in bold.
Let me know what you’re listening in the comments below and on social media @highnoteblog.
New Album Releases – August 8, 2025
Ada Lea – When I Paint My Masterpiece
Amaarae – Black Star
Ashley Monroe – Tennessee Lightning
Attack Attack! – Attack Attack! II
Babymetal – Metal Forth
Bad Suns – Accelerator
Bailey Zimmerman – Different Night Same Rodeo
Big Freedia – Pressing Onward
The Black Keys – No Rain, No Flowers
Bryson Tiller – The Vices
Charley Crockett – Dollar a Day
Craig David – Commitment
Dropout Kings – Yokai
Ethel Cain – Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You
Good Charlotte – Motel Du Cap
Google Earth (John Vanderslice and James Riotto) – Mac OS X 10.11
Gunna – The Last Wun
Guy Sebastian – 100 Times Around the Sun
Halestorm – Everest
JID – God Does Like Ugly
Jonas Brothers – Greetings from Your Hometown
Lydia – Night Parody of Pleasure
Meg Washington – Gem
MGK – Lost Americana
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer
Osees – Abomination Revealed at Last
Phil Elverum and Arrington de Dionyso – Giant Opening Mouth on the Ground
Roc Marciano and DJ Premier – The Coldest Profession
Wombo – Danger in Fives
Young Nudy – Paradise
Yves – Soft Error
Westside Cowboy – This Better Be Something Great
For Those I Love – Carving the Stone
Blackbraid – Blackbraid III
No Joy – Bugland
Anamanaguchi – Anyway
The Royston Club – Songs For The Spine
Field Medic – Surrender Instead
Gordi – Like Plasticine
