New Music Friday: July 31

NPR Music's picks for the week's best new releases include Brandy's first new album in eight years, a stunning debut from rapper and singer Dominic Fike, retro-country from Charley Crockett and more.

Featured Albums:

1. Brandy — B7

Featured Song: "Say Something"

2. Alanis Morissette — Such Pretty Forks in the Road

Featured Song: "Smiling"

3. Charley Crockett — Welcome to Hard Times

Featured Song: "Welcome to Hard Times"

4. Dominic Fike — What Could Possibly Go Wrong

Featured Song: "Joe Blazey"

5. Max Richter — Voices

Featured Songs: "Murmuration," "All Human Beings" and "Mercy"

6. Land of Talk — Indistinct Conversations

Featured Songs: "Look to You (Intro)" and "Look to You"

7. Mirah — You Think It's Like This, But Really It's Like This (20 Year Anniversary)

Featured Songs: "100 Knives" and "Of Pressure" performed by Mount Eerie

8. Thanya Iyer — Kind

Featured Song: "My Mind Keeps Running"

9. Charles Tolliver — Connect

Featured Song: "Blue Soul"

Other notable releases for July 31: Fontaines D.C. — A Hero's Death; Madeline Kenney — Sucker's Luch; Makaya McCraven — Universal Beings E&F; Sides; Trevor Powers — Capricorn; The Psychedelic Furs — Made of Rain.

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