New Music Friday: The best releases out Sept. 22

Published: Sept. 22, 2023, 9 a.m.

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Doja Cat's Scarlet, Kylie Minogue's Tension, yeule's genre-hopping softscars and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Doja Cat \u2014 Scarlet
Featured Songs: "Demons," "97," "Go Off," "Often"
2. Mykki Blanco \u2014 Postcards From Italia
Featured Songs: "Tequila Casino Royale," "Holidays In The Sun," "Love Fell Down Around Me," "Magic On My Back"
3. yeule \u2014 softscars
Featured Songs: "4ui12," "software update," "x w x," "dazies," "fish in the pool"
4. Kylie Minogue \u2014 Tension
Featured Songs: "You Still Get Me High," "Padam Padam," "10 Out Of 10," "Story"
5. Loraine James \u2014 Gentle Confrontation
Featured Songs: "Let U Go (ft. keiyaA)," "Gentle Confrontation," "Glitch the System (Glitch Bitch 2)," "I DM U," "One Way Ticket To the Midwest (Emo) [feat. Corey Mastrangelo]"

Lightning Round:
Doechii \u2014 "Pacer" (single)
DUFFY x UHLMANN \u2014 Doubles
Moemaw Naedon and C. Scott \u2014 Yinztroducing...
The National \u2014 Laugh Track

Other notable releases for Sept. 22:
Bakar \u2014 Halo
Bibio \u2014 Sunbursting (EP)
The Breeders \u2014 Last Splash (30th Anniversary Edition)
Brent Cobb \u2014 Southern Star
CHAI \u2014 CHAI
Chappell Roan \u2014 The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Devendra Banhart \u2014 Flying Wig
Grails \u2014 Anches En Maat
Grrrl Gang \u2014 Spunky!
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids \u2014 Afro Futuristic Dreams
KEN mode \u2014 VOID
Lydia Loveless \u2014 Nothing's Gonna Stand In My Way Again
Pkew Pkew Pkew \u2014 Siiick Days
Roosevelt \u2014 Embrace
Teenage Fanclub \u2014 Nothing Lasts Forever

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