New Music Friday: The best releases out on July 7

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the return of PJ Harvey, the continued arrival of Dominic Fike, Little Dragon, Aluna and more.

Featured Albums:

1. Aluna — MYCELiUM

Featured Songs: "The Way I'm Wired," "Kiss It Better"

2. Dominic Fike — Sunburn

Featured Songs: "Sick," "How Much Is Weed?" "Ant Pile"

3. ANOHNI and the Johnsons — My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross

Featured Songs: "Rest," "It Must Change," "Sliver Of Ice"

4. Little Dragon — Slugs of Love

Featured Songs: "Slugs of Love," "Kenneth," "Tumbling Dice"

5. PJ Harvey — I Inside the Old Year Dying

Featured Songs: "Lwonesome Tonight," "Seem an I," "A Child's Question, August"

Lightning Round:

Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band — Kings Highway

The Japanese House — In The End It Always Does

Julie Byrne — The Greater Wings

Sampha — "Spirit 2.0" (Single)

Other notable releases for July 7:

AJ Suede — Ark Flashington

Alayna — Self Portrait Of A Woman Unraveling

Alice Phoebe Lou — Shelter

Jim O'Rourke — Hands That Bind (OST)

Local Natives — Time Will Wait For No One

The Pink Spiders — Freakazoid

Taylor Swift — Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

Various — The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs Of Nick Drake

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