New Music Friday: The best releases out on July 8
Brent Faiyaz's Wasteland tops our shortlist of the best albums out on July 8. Darren Xu/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
R&B singer Brent Faiyaz has always cared deeply about the gulf between the haves and the have-nots. On his latest album, Wasteland, the producer and philanthropist reflects on the darker sides of fame and considers the true price of wealth.
Hear The Songs
We've also got an epic, stirring new album from Metric this week called Formentera, named after the island the band members dreamed of escaping to during the pandemic, a meditative instrumental record about gratitude from producer Apollo Brown, a debut album from pop singer renforshort and more. WBEZ and Vocalo Radio's Ayana Contreras joins contributors Christina Lee and Cyrena Touros, along with Radio Milwaukee's Tarik Moody and host Robin Hilton to share their picks for the best albums out on July 8.
Featured Albums:
- Brent Faiyaz — WASTELAND
Featured songs: "PRICE OF FAME," "GRAVITY," "DEAD MAN WALKING" - Metric — Formentera
Featured songs: "Doomscroller" - Apollo Brown — This Must Be The Place
Featured songs: "Catching Moments" - Anna Butterss — Activities
Featured songs: "Doo Wop" - renforshort — dear amelia
Featured songs: "better off"
Lightning Round:
- Burna Boy — Love, Damini
- NoSo — Stay Proud of Me
- rei brown — Xeno
- Wu-Lu — LOGGERHEAD
Other notable releases for July 8:
- Delicate Steve — After Hours
- Emmanuel Jal — Shangah
- The Faim — Talk Talk
- Katy J Pearson — Sound of the Morning
- Laura Veirs — Found Light
- Megadeth — The Sick, The Dying... and the Dead!
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse — Toast
- Rae Morris — Rachel@Fairyland
- Rapport — Floating Through the Wonderwave
- Tye Tribbett — All Things New
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio — Mesmerism
- Vancouver Sleep Clinic — Fallen Paradise
- Wet — Pink Room