Every week, Consequence rings in New Music Friday by highlighting new albums to stream.
Among the many highlights as we speak is a large field set reissue of Speaking Heads’ debut album, and Primal Scream’s first album in eight years, together with contemporary music from Woman Scout and XG. Plus, Ab-Soul is again with a features-heavy report, and The Physique have put out an thrilling ninth album.
Listed here are six new albums to stream as we speak.
Ab-Soul – Soul Burger
Ab-Soul is again with Soul Burger, and he’s introduced some pals together with him: Vince Staples, Doechii, JID, Ty Dolla $ign, and Lupe Fiasco are all friends on the album, in addition to TDE label boss Punch. However Ab-Soul is entrance and heart, and the Los Angeles rapper works nicely within the highlight.
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The Physique – The Crying Out of Issues
Experimental excessive steel duo The Physique are again with a model new album of punishing tunes, The Crying Out of Issues. The ninth full-length from masterminds Chip King and Lee Buford, the report follows their 2021 launch I’ve Seen All I Have to See, in addition to their collaboration with Dis Fig from earlier this yr, Orchards of a Futile Heaven.
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Woman Scout – Headache EP
Swedish indie rock quartet Woman Scout are again with one other spectacular assertion, and this one’s bought some hearth. Headache is a brief-but-gigantic doc of frustration, with a few of their most rousing, brazen songs but. Lead single “I Simply Wanted You to Know” — which landed on our listing of the very best songs of 2024 up to now — is a good place to begin.
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Primal Scream – Come Forward
Come Forward is Primal Scream’s first new album in eight years, and it arrives with an undercurrent of disillusionment and rage. The band’s Bobby Gillespie described its theme as “one among battle, whether or not inside or outer,” and lead single “Love Riot” positively carries that weight.
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Speaking Heads – Speaking Heads: 77 (Tremendous Deluxe Version)
47 years after their debut Speaking Heads: 77, Speaking Heads are releasing a 4xLP field set of the album. This deluxe reissue includes a remastered model of the album, never-before-heard demos, dwell recordings from their 1977 present at CBGB’s, an acoustic model of “Psycho Killer,” and extra. In case you’re a giant Speaking Heads fan, this album is a must have.
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Purchase: Vinyl
XG – AWE
Smack within the midst of an ongoing world tour (seize tickets right here), worldwide pop group XG are rolling out their newest assortment of music. Coming off the heels of the hard-hitting 2024 single “WOKE UP” and brighter “IYKYK,” the latter of which seems on the album, AWE is ready to showcase what makes the seven-member lady group so distinctive. Their assemblage of star energy, robust vocalists, and assured rappers has made them not possible to disregard.
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Purchase: Vinyl | CD