Mitski’s Cat Lady Masterpiece
Plus: Underground rap's next star, a Ghanaian pop musician blending tradition with the future, and more.
Welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the weekly feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we discuss 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.
We’ve got two Must Hear albums this week, plus some visionary flips on underground club sounds, Ghanaian handclap rhythms, and music that Ryan describes as “what would happen if Billy Woods and Nourished By Time’s Marcus Brown conspired with a neoclassical chamber quartet in a rocky riverbed.” I’m ready!
