"With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week's batch includes new albums from Oneohtrix Point Never; Tobias Jesso Jr.; De La Soul; Sharp Pins; the Hellp; Aya Nakamura; Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover; Wrens; Fabiano do Nascimento; and Max Richter."
"Daniel Lopatin made his name on degradation, but when a library of commercial sample CDs from the 1990s vanished from the Internet Archive, the producer went on a preservationist kick. Tranquilizer may be the densest Oneohtrix Point Never album yet, evoking trips to the dentist's office and the laser light show, Pure Moods informercials and Sunday morning cartoons. Though, as Philip Sherburne wrote in Pitchfork's review, "Lopatin appears less interested than usual in investigating the cultural codes inherent in specific eras or subgenres; instead, he seems to be working largely intuitively, motivated by the sheer expressive potential of his sounds.""
"Shine is Tobias Jesso Jr.'s second solo album, but, in the decade since his debut, Goon, the Canadian singer-songwriter has become an industry veteran. In notching up co-writing credits for Adele, Dua Lipa, Bon Iver, and Haim, as well as a Grammy-winning turn on Harry Styles' Harry's House, Jesso has nonetheless shied from the spotlight."
A broad set of new albums spans experimental electronic, singer-songwriter pop, hip-hop, R&B, indie folk, and contemporary classical. Oneohtrix Point Never's Tranquilizer uses preservationist sampling from vanished 1990s commercial sample CDs and creates dense, evocative soundscapes recalling dentist visits, laser shows, Pure Moods infomercials, and cartoons, with a largely intuitive approach focused on expressive sound. Tobias Jesso Jr.'s Shine is his second solo album; his decade since Goon includes co-writing for Adele, Dua Lipa, Bon Iver, and Haim and a Grammy-winning contribution to Harry Styles, while he has remained relatively out of the spotlight. Additional releases include De La Soul, Sharp Pins, the Hellp, Aya Nakamura, Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover, Wrens, Fabiano do Nascimento, and Max Richter.
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