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

By Gabrielle Sanchez, Tim Lowery, Gil Macias, Alison Foreman, Jack Smart, William Hughes, Peter Helman | May 30, 2022 | 11:00am

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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.

Wire, Not About To Die [June 24]

No, it’s not a new new album by the famed art-punk outfit. It’s not filled with new material, we mean. Rather, Not About To Die is a cleaned-up, remastered version of demos that the band recorded between 1978’s Chairs Missing and 1979’s 154, ones that were passed around on an apparently shoddy, muddy, lo-fi bootleg in the ’80s. We say apparently, as we’ve yet to hear it. But if “Stepping Off Too Quick (Not About To Die) [6th Demo],” from this collection, released on the band’s pinkflag imprint, is any indication, we’re in for a treat. It’s frenetic, smart, economical (an all-killer-no-filler 1 minute and 22 seconds!)—in other words, classic early Wire, with a warm, full sound so you can appreciate the group’s dynamics. [Tim Lowery]

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