09.24.2021 - By NPR
NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new ones from R&B; singer Anthony Hamilton, a Sufjan Stevens collaboration with Angelo De Augustine, country singer Mickey Guyton and more.
Featured Albums:
1. Anthony Hamilton — Love is the New Black
Featured Song: "Love Is The New Black"
2. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine — A Beginner's Mind
Featured Song: "Lady Macbeth In Chains"
3. Kari Faux — Lowkey Superstar Deluxe
Featured Song: "While God Was Sleeping"
4. Hayden Pedigo — Letting Go
Featured Song: "Some Kind of Shepherd"
5. Mickey Guyton — Remember Her Name
Featured Song: "Different"
6. Solemn Brigham — South Sinner Street
Featured Songs: "Keep The Hope" and "Vice North"
7. Japanese Breakfast — Sable
Featured Songs: "Glider" and "Cartographer's Theme"
8. Ada Lea — One Hand on the Steering Wheel The Other Sewing A Garden
Featured Song: "Oranges"
Other notable releases for Sept. 24: Alessia Cara — In The Meantime; Andy Shauf — Wilds; Arturo O'Farrill — Dreaming in Lions; Caleb Landry Jones — Gadzooks Vol. 1; Laura Jane Grace — At War With Silverfish; NAO — And Then Life Was Beautiful; Poppy — Flux.