The Top rated 8 Albums Out On July 16 : All Tracks Deemed : NPR

Willow’s Currently I Feel Almost everything, a shocking turn towards pop-punk, tops our list of the greatest albums out on July 16.

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Right after releasing her relentlessly catchy debut one, “Whip My Hair” in 2010 (when she was just 9 years aged), the singer and rapper Willow went on to release more than a 50 percent-dozen albums and EPs of mostly uptempo pop and dance new music. But on her most current album, Lately I Experience Anything, the now 20-calendar year-old artist gets loud and electric with a assortment of ’90s-affected guitar rock, motivated by Wicked Wisdom, the nu-steel band her mother, Jada Pinkett-Smith, used to be in. We open up this week’s present with Lately I Really feel Every thing, and discuss about Willow’s exponential expansion as an artist.

Also on the show: the hugely expected new album from Clairo, the oh-so-’80s “sob rock” of John Mayer, a posthumous release from Alice Coltrane and extra. NPR Music’s Felix Contreras joins contributors Christina Lee, Cyrena Touros and WXPN’s John Morrison, alongside with NPR Music’s Lars Gotrich, Stephen Thompson and host Robin Hilton to share their picks for the best albums and EPs out on July 16.

Featured Albums:

  1. Willow — Lately I Feel Every thing
    Showcased Tracks: “Breakout” and “Xtra”
  2. Clairo — Sling
    Featured Song: “Zinnias”
  3. Rodrigo Amarante — Drama
    Featured Track: “Tao”
  4. John Mayer — Sob Rock
    Featured Tune: “Guess I Just Sense Like”
  5. Cakes da Killa — MUVALAND Vol. 2
    Highlighted Song: “Lite Werk”
  6. Alice Coltrane — Kirtan: Turiya Sings
    Highlighted Song: “Jagadishwar”
  7. John Vanderslice — I Can not Imagine Civilization Is Continue to Heading Below In 2021! Congratulations To All Of Us, Love DCB
    Showcased Music: “I Get A Unusual Kind Of Pleasure From Just Hanging On”
  8. John Vanderslice — Moral Jute Mouse: Missing Songs from Little Phone 2001-2021
    Featured Track: “Advancing Military Clip”

Other notable releases for July 16: Charlie Worsham — Sugarcane Ida Mae — Simply click Click on Domino Jodi — Blue Heron Karen Black — Dreaming Of You: 1971-1976 Pop Smoke — Faith.