A Future Classic for Alt Black Queer Folks
Plus: Cain Culto shredding on the fiddle like the devil went down to Lexington, and vocals that sound like a gremlin suffocating inside a steel box.
Welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the weekly feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we review a handful of new records catching our attention. As music journalists, the question we get most often from friends is how to stay on top of what’s happening now. This is our attempt to provide a practical answer.
Maybe it’s because we were big haters last week, but this week’s Five Albums is heavy on the love. We’re stacked with Must Hears, from generational artists like Kelela making bold moves outside their usual sounds, to a French duo crafting dystopian trip-hop descended from the genre’s darkest classics. And let’s not forget Tasha’s sunlit fourth record filled with smallish pleasures, and a chaotic micro mixtape from Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis.
