New Music Friday: The best releases out on June 9

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new ones from Amaarae, Janelle Monáe, King Krule, Keaton Henson and more.

Featured Albums:

1. Amaarae — Fountain Baby

Featured Songs: "Counterfeit," "Angels in Tibet," "Sex, Violence, Suicide Pt. 2," "Come Home to God"

2. King Krule — Space Heavy

Featured Songs: "Hamburgerphobia," "That Is My Life, That Is Yours," "Pink Shell"

3. Jenny Lewis — Joy'All

Featured Songs: "Joy'All," "Chain of Tears," "Puppy and a Truck"

4. Janelle Monáe — The Age of Pleasure

Featured Songs: "Champagne Shit," "Black Sugar Beach," "Phenomenal (feat. Doechii)," "Lipstick Lover"

5. Keaton Henson — House Party

Featured Songs: "I'm Not There," "Holiday," "Envy," "Hooray"

Lightning Round:

Emile Mosseri — Heaven Hunters

Feeble Little Horse — Girl With Fish

Squid — O Monolith

Youth Lagoon — Heaven is a Junkyard

Other notable releases for June 9:

Andy Stack & Jay Hammond — Inter Personal

Christine and the Queens — Paranoia, Angels, True Love

The Dead Milkmen — Quaker City Quiet Pills

Dream Wife — Social Lubrication

Gabriel Ólafs — Lullabies For Piano And Cello

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit — Weathervanes

Jayda G — Guy

Jess Williamson — Time Ain't Accidental

Jonny Greenwood and Dudu Tassa — Jarak Qaribak

This Is The Kit — Careful Of Your Keepers

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