Nala Sinephro's Endlessness — produced, arranged and engineered by the English harpist — arrived in 2024 lacking any narrative baggage, forcing listeners to uncover its secrets on their own. Tofjan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Songwriter Jessica Pratt "resides in some alternate multiverse where time is meaningless," according to NPR Music's classical expert Tom Huizenga, who counts Pratt's album Here in the Pitch among his most spun of the year. Samuel Hess/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Mystery manifests on Pratt's albums as the texture of dreams. But Here in the Pitch, her best album, feels completely lucid. Samuel Hess hide caption
You could call Dua Lipa's third album, Radical Optimism, the further adventures in the pop music time machine. Tyrone Lebon/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Kamasi Washington, Tyla and Iron & Wine. B+ / Jeremy Soma / Kim Black. Illustration by Jackie Lay./Courtesy of the artists. hide caption
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Composer, singer-songwriter and producer Julia Holter joins us to play some of her favorite music ahead of her latest album, Something in the Room She Moves, due out in March. Camille Blake/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Music Inspired By The Film Roma is on our short list of the best albums out on Feb. 8. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Jessica Pratt's Quiet Signs comes out Feb. 8 via Mexican Summer. Saamuel Richard/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Jessica Pratt's new album, On Your Own Love Again, comes out Jan. 27. Colby Droscher/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Audio for First Listens is no longer available after the album is released.