NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new ones from Caroline Polachek, UK producer, rapper and filmmaker Wesley Joseph, P!NK, the Boston rock group Pile and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Caroline Polachek — Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Featured Songs: "Pretty In Possible," "Fly To You (feat. Grimes and Dido)"
2. Wesley Joseph — GLOW
Featured Songs: "COLD SUMMER," "SUGAR DRIVE (feat. Dean)"
3. Pile — All Fiction
Featured Songs: "Loops," "Poisons," "Blood," "Gardening Hours"
4. P!NK — TRUSTFALL
Featured Songs: "TRUSTFALL," "Just Say I'm Sorry (feat. Chris Stapleton)," "Kids In Love (feat. First Aid Kit)," "When I Get There"
5. Tianna Esperanza — Terror
Featured Songs: "Terror," "Lewis," "Princess Slit and the Raincoat Prince," "Granada"

Lightning Round:
crushed — extra life
Lisel — Patterns For Auto-tuned Voices and Delay
Jaimee Harris — Boomerang Town
Skrillex — Quest for Fire

Other notable releases for Feb. 17:
@ — Mind Palace Music
Anna B Savage — in|FLUX
Avey Tare — 7s
Free Range — Practice
Leon Lee Dorsey & Mike Clark — Cantaloupe Island
Lowly — Keep Up The Good Work
Ron Sexsmith — The Vivian Line
Screaming Females — Desire Pathway
Simona Premazzi — Wave In Gravity
Various Artists — Transmissions from Total Refreshment Centre


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