13 albums you need to hear in June, from Angel Olsen to Weezer

Also get excited for new Carrie Underwood tracks, Bartees Strange's sophomore album, and a bootleg collection from Wire

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13 albums you need to hear in June, from Angel Olsen to Weezer
L-R: Muna, Perfume Genius, Angel Olsen, Bartees Strange Photo: Emma McIntyre

June brings a plethora of promising new album releases, from Angel Olsen’s country-esque venture Big Time, to a glittery new Carrie Underwood album, to an EP from Weezer fittingly titled Sznz: Summer. We’ve got a full roundup of albums that are perfect for hiding away from the blistering heat, or blasting bevvys on a breezy patio. So dive in and enjoy, the season’s just getting started.

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Soccer Mommy and Oneohtrix Point Never: two great tastes that taste great together. Sophie Allison enlisted OPN mastermind Daniel Lopatin to lend his production skills to Sometimes, Forever, the follow-up to her masterful 2020 album color theory, and the result proves to be an unlikely but potent combination. “It’s a coexistence of light and dark, not only lyrically but tonally,” Allison says of the album. “Dan once called it the angels and demons record lol.” From the swooning lead single “Shotgun,” a dizzily melodic alt-rocker about the joys of losing yourself in love, to its evil twin “Unholy Affliction,” a dark and slithering industrial electronic groove recalling ’90s touchstones like Portishead, Sometimes, Forever subtly expands Soccer Mommy’s sonic palette without sacrificing any of the specificity of Allison’s incisive songwriting. [Peter Helman]

13 Comments

  • elsewhere-av says:

    The whitest collection of new music. 

    • luasdublin-av says:

      huh?

    • maulkeating-av says:

      Finest. Have Thelma Plum’s new track. Kamilaroi/Gamilaraaay/Gomeroi woman from the teeny, tiny NSW town of Delungra, now residing in the small country town of 2.5 million people, Brisbane, which is where the vid’s shot.

    • houlihan-mulcahy-av says:

      Always straight to the demographic tally-marking.  

  • ruefulcountenance-av says:

    What’s a Penelope Lowenstein?

    • triohead-av says:

      Well it’s not quite a horse, and it’s not quite a girl, but man… heheheh
      So, to answer your question, I don’t know.

  • blackwolfjohnoates-av says:

    I have no idea if Horsegirl is any good, but is highlighting competent bass playing and a drummer using a ride cymbal REALLY the best selling point?

  • minsk-if-you-wanna-go-all-the-way-back-av says:

    Why would anyone claim I need to hear a new Weezer album?

  • ghostofghostdad-av says:

    Weezer is what you have to suffer through to see the band you actually came for.

  • fireupabove-av says:

    Horsegirl is soooooooooo good. They’ve got about half an hour’s worth of singles up on streaming over the past few years, and I compiled them into a playlist called “The Horsegirl Album” not knowing if an actual album was coming, so this is super news.

  • jmg619-av says:

    I’m digging Angel Olsen since her last album and I can’t wait for this new one. She took awhile to grow on me but I’m loving her evolution. Can’t wait to also see her in concert with Sharon Van Etten in August.

  • murrychang-av says:

    Benevento by Marco Benevento on the 10th:Dripfield by Goose on the 24th:

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