Loud-Ass Guitars for a Crumbling Planet
Plus Pile’s most ambitious work, Kaytranada’s return to form, and a Faye Webster associate who channels Holden Caulfield
Welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the weekly feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we recommend a handful of new records that you need to hear. As music journalists, the question we get most often from friends is how to stay on top of what’s new and cool. This is our attempt to provide a practical answer.
By happenstance, this week’s column feels particularly rock heavy. I know it’s real when Dylan’s rap pick, the freshly dropped Polo Perks album, features hella shredding. Fry my brain, Fender god!!! Quick, before summer’s over.
