New Music Friday: The best releases out on Sept. 15

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Corinne Bailey Rae's Black Rainbows, Mitski's The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We, a stunning debut from Ralphie Choo and more.

Featured Albums:

1. Corinne Bailey Rae — Black Rainbows

Featured Songs: "Erasure," "Peach Velvet Sky," "A Spell, A Prayer," "New York Transit Queen"

2. Mitski — The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We

Featured Songs: "I Don't Like My Mind," "When Memories Snow," "The Frost," "The Deal," "I Love Me After You"

3. Ralphie Choo — SUPERNOVA

Featured Songs: "MÁQUINA CULONA (feat Mura Masa)," "BULERÍAS DE UN CABALLO MALO," "WHIPCREAM (feat. Paris Texas)," "TANGOS DE UNA MOTO TRUCADA"

4. Vagabon — Sorry I Haven't Called

Featured Songs: "Lexicon," "Do Your Worst," "Can I Talk My S***?," "Nothing to Lose"

Lightning Round:

The Beaches — Blame My Ex

Jóhann Jóhannsson — A Prayer to the Dynamo

Killer Mike — MICHAEL (Deluxe)

Madison Beer — Silence Between Songs

Pharoah Sanders — Pharoah

Other notable releases for Sept. 15:

Baroness — Stone

Bombino — Sahel

Carlos Niño & Friends — (I'm just) Chillin', on Fire

Cleo Sol — Heaven

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram — Live In London

Demi Lovato — Revamped

Dengue Fever — Ting Mong

Explosions in the Sky — End

K. Flay — MONO

Luluc — DiamondsShakey Graves — Movie of the Week

S. Carey & John Raymond — Shadowlands

Teddy Swims — I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Pt. 1)

Vic Mensa — Victor

Woods — Perennial

Worriers — Trust Your Gut

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