We’re officially halfway through September, and with the first day of fall happening this weekend, this week of brand new releases will help you mark the change of the season.
A host of new country albums arrive in a stampede this week, including Midland’s Barely Blue, Keith Urban’s HIGH, Chase Rice’s Go Down Singin’, Kassi Ashton’s Made From The Dirt and Mason Ramsey’s I’ll See You In My Dreams.
Elsewhere, Katy Perry returns with 143, Jamie xx drops In Waves and Hippo Campus unveil their album Flood. Plus, Louis The Child comes out with The Sun Comes Up, Manu Chao releases Viva Tu (his first album in over a decade), Bright Eyes rolls Five Dice, All Threes, K-pop group P1Harmony reveal their EP Sad Song, and Cher assembles her latest compilation album, Forever Fan.
Below, press play on 11 more notable releases, including new singles from Gwen Stefani, Bon Iver and Yola as well as full-length offerings from Future, Nelly Furtado and others.
Gwen Stefani surprised fans on Wednesday, Sept. 18 with the news of a new record: Her fifth album, Bouquet, will be released on Nov. 15. At midnight on Friday, fans got a first taste of the long-awaited LP.
Lead single "Somebody Else’s" finds the three-time GRAMMY winner looking back on a toxic relationship with an unnamed ex-flame. On the track, Stefani sings with clear-eyed perspective and not a single trace of regret.
"You’re somebody else’s/ And it doesn’t even break my heart/ You’re somebody else’s/ And I pray for them, whoever they are," she sings on the lush chorus before confessing, "Oh, every day with you was rock bottom/ Leaving you saved me, my God/ Look at me blossom/ You’re somebody else’s problem."
Future adds to his prolific catalog with MIXTAPE PLUTO, which marks his third full-length release of 2024. Despite its title, Future's latest is a full-length album rather than a mixtape.
On the heels of his two collaborative LPs with Metro Boomin from earlier this year (We Don’t Trust You and We Still Don’t Trust You), the Atlanta MC enlisted the likes of Southside to produce highlight "LIL DEMON" and Travis Scott to tease highlight "SOUTH OF FRANCE" on social media despite no guest artists being listed on the project’s 17-song tracklist.
Elsewhere, both James Brown and late Italian composer Nino Rota are included in the album's credits on "PLUTOSKI" and "TEFLON DON," respectively, while Danish singer Coco O. of electronic soul act Quadron is sampled on "TOO FAST."
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It’s been half a decade since Bon Iver released a record (2019’s I, I), and the indie folk band continue their string of alphabetically titled singles with their latest, "S P E Y S I D E." The song, which introduces Bon Iver’s newly announced three-song project SABLE, is a spare, thoughtful meditation on the unpredictability of life that features frontman Justin Vernon on vocals and guitar and Rob Moose on viola.
The Erinn Springer-directed music video matches the song’s intimate, stripped-down sound with a grayscale Vernon staring at the ceiling from a bare mattress as he forlornly confesses, "Nothin’s really happened like I thought it would."
Chris Lake and Disclosure join forces for a new collaborative single "in2minds."The hypnotic, pulsating dance track allows both acts to flex their production chops, culminating in a frenetic explosion of sound and rhythm.
The collaboration marks Disclosure’s follow-up to their single "She’s Gone, Dance On" as well as Lake’s "Summertime Blues" with Sammy Virji, both from earlier this year.
Fans have pined for the return of Nelly Furtado for nearly a decade, since the release of her 2017 album The Ride. And while the "Promiscuous" hitmaker dabbled in collaborations with the likes of Timbaland and Justin Timberlake ("Keep Going Up") and Juanes ("Gala y Dali") in recent years, she’s finally delivered her seventh studio album in the form of the appropriately titled 7.
Led by singles "Love Bites" with Tove Lo and SG Lewis and the Bomba Estéreo-assisted "Corazón," the Canadian pop legend’s new full-length is filled with the kind of inventive, dynamic dance floor bangers that feel like the spiritual successors to her smash 2006 album Loose.
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"Hollon ho!" GloRilla’s debut album, GLORIOUS, officially has a release date of Oct. 11. To celebrate the news, the GRAMMY-nominated rapper gifted fans a second single off the forthcoming full-length in the form of the gleefully peacocking "Hollon."
"I do what I want, I’m crushin’/ Don’t follow the rules, I’m rebel/ I stand out, bitch, I’m special," the Memphis MC declares before warning any would-be rivals, "Don’t start with me, bitch, I’m petty/ Line any bitch up, I’m ready/ I don’t pick and choose, it’s up with whoever."
Contrary to its title, The 3rd is, in fact, Mitchell Tenpenny’s fifth studio album. Rather than denoting its place in his discography, the country-pop crooner’s latest takes its title from the artist's full name: James Mitchell Tenpenny III.
Tenpenny further explores the legacy and expectations of his name on the thoughtful title track, and later reflects on life’s regrets on "Bigger Mistakes." Elsewhere, he attempts to move on from heartbreak on "Started Stoppin’." (He even offers up his own country-tinged interpretation of the Goo Goo Dolls’ "Iris" on the tracklist.) The guest features on the 20-track collection are equally dynamic, from a duet with Colbie Caillat on the romantic "Guess We’ll Never Know," to Underoath collaborating on the previously released "Demon or Ghost."
PLAN A may be Lil Tecca’s fifth album, but the New York native proves he’s still charting his original course through the music industry thanks to singles like "NUMER 2," NEVER LAST" and "TASTE."
The 18-track LP also includes fourth single "BAD TIME" as well as the Don Toliver collaboration "I CAN’T LET GO" and album cuts like "HOMEODY" "SELF2SELF," and closer "ALL THE TIME."
With Friend Of The Devils: April 1978, the Grateful Dead capture the early days of their landmark 1978 Spring Tour.
Across eight full concerts originally recorded by audio engineer Betty Cantor-Jackson, the 19-CD box set shows off the process of the band redefining their live show by featuring "Space" and "Drums" as can’t-miss centerpieces to the setlist, and also includes an unreleased live version of "U.S. Blues" recorded at Duke University. The collector's-edition box set is limited to just 10,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively on the jam band’s official webstore.
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Yola completely resets expectations on her new single "Future Enemies," released on Thursday (Sept. 18). Rather than deliver more of the Americana and soul of her breakout 2019 debut Walk Through Fire and its 2021 follow-up Stand for Myself, the English songstress explores a soundscape rife with atmospheric programming and dance-driven synths.
"Sometimes I think of/ How I wish I never met you/ Then I don’t have to forget you/ Why don’t we just not/ So I don’t wish I never met you/ Maybe we were never meant to," the six-time GRAMMY nominee warns a titular future enemy before letting her powerhouse voice rip and wail on the song’s crashing chorus.
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More than two decades into their career, Seether continues their legacy as one of hard rock music’s most consistent acts with their ninth album, The Surface Seems So Far.
Preceded by "Judas Mind," the band’s latest No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart, the studio effort also contains tracks like the emotionally-charged "Illusion," the questioning "Dead on the Vine" and guilt-ridden closer "Regret."