Tracks of the Week 27.02.21

Honing in on the abandoned port town of Moynaq, the violinist and composer Galya Bisengalieva spotlights the shrinking of the Aral Sea. On her twelfth studio album Mia Doi Todd captures the vogue for shanties, while turning ancient myth and modernist Brazilian fiction in the steady direction of contemporary themes. Shelley FKA DRAM mounts a comeback. Noname spritzes a little lemonade to sweeten the heat. And there are new albums by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Smerz, and Julien Baker, while Juice WRLD, Pop Smoke, and Alan Vega open up the vault.

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Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – ‘Hand of God’

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Smerz – ‘Flashing’

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Yuko Araki – ‘Moonstroke in the Mountain’

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ELIO – ‘CHARGER’ (feat. Charli XCX)

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Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble – ‘NOW (Forever Momentary Space)’

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Noname – ‘Rainforest’

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Shelley FKA DRAM – ‘Exposure’

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Freddie Gibbs – ‘Winter in America’

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DEBBY FRIDAY – ‘RUNNIN’

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Juice WRLD – ‘Conversations’

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Galya Bisengalieva – ‘Moynaq’

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Pop Smoke – ‘AP’

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Alan Vega – ‘Nike Soldier’

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Satomimagae – ‘Numa’

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Mia Doi Todd – ‘My Fisherman’

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Half Waif – ‘Party’s Over’

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Yung Bleu – ‘Thieves in Atlanta’ (feat. Coi Leray)

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Hotboii – ‘Fuck Shit’

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slowthai – ‘adhd’

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Julien Baker – ‘Relative Fiction’