Caroline Polachek performs a Tiny Desk concert. Elizabeth Gillis/NPR hide caption
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Caroline Polachek's second solo album, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, tops our shortlist for the best releases out this week. Aidan Zamiri/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Caroline Polachek's new album, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, comes at a particularly breathless point in the adventurous pop songwriter's career. Nedda Afsari/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Summer Walker's Over It is one of the best albums of October. Aiden Cullen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Caroline Polachek. Her new solo album, Pang is on our shortlist for the best new releases out on Oct. 18. Nedda Afsari hide caption
Caroline Polachek in the cover art from Pang (out Oct. 18), her first solo release under her own full name. Columbia Records hide caption