Lyra Pramuk’s “Rewild,” from her newest album HYMNAL, is without doubt one of the songs we will not cease enjoying this week.
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Leonardo Scotti
Likelihood is you were not anticipating to get a brand new album from Stereolab this yr. The a lot beloved avant-pop group hasn’t launched any new music in 15 years. However they lately lit up the Stereolab fan-world with information that Prompt Holograms On Steel Movie, the band’s eleventh full-length, will arrive on Could 23. On this week’s Contenders, we hear the primary single, “Aerial Troubles,” a tune that touches on a number of acquainted themes for Stereolab, with warnings about out-of-control consumerism, a dying planet and a future that appears more and more bleak.
We have additionally bought probably the most unpredictable and thrilling rock cuts of the yr from a band referred to as feeble little horse, a relentlessly infectious earworm from the artist Yaeji, the digital composer Lyra Pramuk and extra.
NPR Music editor Hazel Cills joins host Robin Hilton as they replace our working record of the yr’s finest songs.
Featured artists and songs:
1. Stereolab: “Aerial Troubles,” from Prompt Holograms On Steel Movie
2. Yaeji & E Wata: “Pondeggi” (single)
3. Snuggle: “Mud” (single)
4. feeble little horse: “This Is Actual” (single)
5. Lyra Pramuk: “Rewild,” from Hymnal
