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Showtime Goma's debut album, Smiley Face, comes out June 16. Showtime and Luxie Productions/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Showtime Goma's 'Secret NRG' Is A Triumphant Rallying Cry

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Clarence Clarity's self-released Leave Earth comes out later this year. Dempsey Thomas/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Clarence Clarity, 'Fold 'Em'

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Perfume Genius' new album, No Shape, comes out May 5. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Perfume Genius, 'Slip Away'

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Colouring's new single, Heathen, is out now. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Colouring, 'Heathen'

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Don't Believe

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Sui Zhen's new album, Secretly Susan, is out now via Twosyllable Records. Prue Stent/Courtest of the artist hide caption

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Sui Zhen, 'Hangin' On'

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Anna Wise Shares 'Coconuts,' A Video For Female Unity

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Half Waif's new EP, form/a, comes out Feb. 24. Landon Speers/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Half Waif's 'Frost Burn' Reckons With Retreat

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Nnamdi Ogbonnaya's new album, DROOL, comes out March 3. Johnny Fabrizio/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Nnamdi Ogbonnaya's New Song Is Your 2017 Cheer Squad

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Becca Stevens' new album, Regina, comes out March 24. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Becca Stevens Gives 'Queen Mab' A Nightmarish Reading

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