NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Nature's World from the Chicago hip-hop duo Mother Nature, FKJ's VINCENT, a meditative album from Japanese composer Midori Takada and more.
Featured Albums:
1. FKJ \u2014 VINCENT
Featured Songs: "Let's Live," "Greener"
2. ELUCID \u2014 I Told Bessie
Featured Songs: "Ghoulie," "Smile Lines"
3. Nick Mulvey \u2014 New Mythology
Featured Songs: "Mecca," "Star Nation"
4. Mother Nature & Renzell \u2014 Nature's World
Featured Song: "Midnight Garden"
5. Midori Takada \u2014 You Who are Leaving to Nirvana and Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter
Featured Songs: "Kannon Daiji," "Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter (In the Morning)"
Lightning Round:
BTS \u2014 Proof
Flora Purim \u2014 If You Will (physical release)
Julius Rodriguez \u2014 Let Sound Tell All
Shearwater \u2014 The Great Awakening
Other notable releases for June 10:
Bloomsday \u2014 Place to Land
Carrie Underwood \u2014 Denim & Rhinestones
Free the Robots \u2014 Kaduwa
George Ezra \u2014 Gold Rush Kid
Joyce Manor \u2014 40 Oz. to Fresno
Judah & The Lion \u2014 Revival
Mapache \u2014 Roscoe's Dream
Max Richter \u2014 The New Four Seasons
Moonchild Sanelly \u2014 Phases
Vance Joy \u2014 In Our Own Sweet Time
Yann Tiersen \u2014 11 5 18 25 18
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