Mitski, Spoon, and 25 more albums we can’t wait to hear in February

Plus, new releases from Animal Collective, Saba, Big Thief, Eddie Vedder, and Beach House are arriving over the next 28 days

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Mitski, Spoon, and 25 more albums we can’t wait to hear in February
Clockwise from left: Mitski (Photo: Ebril Yildiz), Saba (Photo: C.T. Robert), Eddie Vedder (Photo: Danny Clinch), Big Thief (Photo: Alexa Viscius) Graphic: Rebecca Fassola

We’ve had a few weeks to settle into 2022 at this point, and while it’s definitely still a struggle to adapt to The New Normal of pandemic life, little things like a great new album can make a world of difference. Whether it’s to cope with the winter blues or just because your nincompoop of a boss is making life unreasonably hard, we all deserve some good company—and this next month, a bunch of superlative artists are putting out records that could fill that void nicely. Looking for bangers? Conway The Machine’s long-awaited Shady Records debut is coming. In the mood for some ethereal beauty? Beach House’s Once Twice Melody project is complete in just a few days. Want to yearn? Mitski’s ready to drag you to Laurel Hell.

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previous arrowSuperchunk, Wild Loneliness [February 25] next arrow

The angry, pummeling musical left turn of 2018’s —easily Superchunk’s most ferocious collection of songs since its No Pocky For Kitty days—must have startled longtime fans. But if that record occasionally sacrificed melody for intensity, Wild Loneliness sounds like the band returning to the thoughtful, expansive indie rock that it came to embrace during the recording of Here’s To Shutting Up. And with the quartet bringing some guests into the studio, including Sharon Van Etten and Owen Pallett, it also looks to be one of their most musically far-ranging. The title may sound sad, but there’s no bout of loneliness Superchunk’s music can’t make better. [Alex McLevy]

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