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New Music Friday: Our Top 6 Albums Out On May 31

NPR | By Robin Hilton,
Stephen Thompson, Sidney Madden, Tom Huizenga
Published May 31, 2019 at 3:00 AM MDT
R&B singer Raveena. Her new album, <em>Lucid, </em>is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on May 31.
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R&B singer Raveena. Her new album, Lucid, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on May 31.

Our list of the best new albums out this week includes Kishi Bashi's moving remembrance of Japanese internment camps during World War II, a sometimes surreal but lucid dream from R&B singer Raveena, stark solo piano pieces from the electronic artist Eluvium, veteran of the U.K. grime scene Skepta and more. Host Robin Hilton is joined by NPR Music's Tom Huizenga, Sidney Madden and Stephen Thompson as they share their picks for the best new albums out on May 31.

Featured Albums

  • Kishi Bashi: Omoiyari
    Featured Songs: "Penny Rabbit & Summer Bear" and "A Meal For Leaves"

  • Raveena: Lucid
    Featured Songs: "Stronger," "Nani's Interlude" and "Petal"

  • Eluvium: Pianoworks
    Featured Song: "Masquerade"

  • Daniel Wohl: État
    Featured Song: "Melt"

  • Skepta: Ignorance Is Bliss
    Featured Song: "No Sleep"

  • Christelle Bofale: Swim Team
    Featured Song: "Moving On, Getting On"

    • Other notable releases for May 31: Apex Manor: Heartbreak City; Denzel Curry: Zuu; Fujiya & Miyagi: Flashback; The Gotobeds: Debt Begins at 30; Lee Scratch Perry: Rainford; Pip Blom: Boat; Sinkane: Dépaysé; Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith: The Peyote Dance; Thomas Rhett: Center Point Road.

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    Robin Hilton
    Robin Hilton is a host and senior producer for the All Songs Considered podcast and Tiny Desk, a series he helped create -- and named -- in 2008.
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    Stephen Thompson
    Stephen Thompson is a host, writer and reviewer for NPR Music and Pop Culture Happy Hour. He appears frequently on All Songs Considered and NPR newsmagazines.
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    Sidney Madden
    Sidney Madden is a reporter and editor for NPR Music. As someone who always gravitated towards the artforms of music, prose and dance to communicate, Madden entered the world of music journalism as a means to authentically marry her passions and platform marginalized voices who do the same.
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    Tom Huizenga
    Tom Huizenga is a music producer for NPR Digital Media.
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