With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums D∆WN, Thee Oh Sees, Justice, Gucci Mane and Future, PC Music, and E-40.
D∆WN: Redemption [Local Action/Our Dawn Entertainment]
Redemption is the second release in 2016 from D∆WN (aka Dawn Richard), following a May EP with Kingdom called Infrared. The LP also follows last year’s Blackheart. Revisit our interview “The Indivisible D∆WN.”
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Thee Oh Sees: An Odd Entrances [Castle Face]
Thee Oh Sees’ new album, An Odd Entrances, is a companion album to A Weird Exits, which was released earlier this year. Half of the profits from the album’s first pressing are being donated to Elizabeth House, a charity in Pasadena that helps homeless women with children from the San Gabriel Valley.
Listen on Apple Music
Justice: Woman [Ed Banger/Because]
Woman is French electronic duo Justice’s first new record since 2011’s Audio, Video, Disco. It features vocal contributions from Morgan Phalen, French singer Romuald, and Johnny Blake of Zoot Woman, and collaborations with the London Contemporary Orchestra. Watch the video for the record’s “Randy.”
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Gucci Mane / Future: Free Bricks 2: Zone 6 Edition [self-released]
Amid a busy year for both artists, Gucci Mane and Future reunite for a new mixtape called Free Bricks 2: Zone 6 Edition. It’s a sequel to their 2011 mixtape. The songs were all recorded less than 24 hours before the mixtape’s release. It’s Gucci’s fourth post-prison release, following Everybody Looking, GucTiggy, and Woptober. Future had already put out Purple Rain, EVOL, and Project E.T. in 2016.
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Various Artists: PC Music, Vol. 2 [PC Music]
Last year, PC Music released its first label compilation. The second edition features contributions from label head A. G. Cook, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hannah Diamond, Danny L Harle, and more.
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E-40: The D-Boy Diary: Books 1 & 2 [Heavy on the Grind]
E-40 continues his run of bulk releases with a new double album, The D-Boy Diary: Books 1 & 2. It features Gucci Mane, Lil B, G-Eazy, Nef the Pharaoh, Droop-E, Jay Rock, Kid Ink, B-Legit, Mistah F.A.B., Mozzy, K Camp, Ezale, and more.