New Music Friday: The top 6 albums out on Jan. 21

Published: Jan. 21, 2022, 10 a.m.

b'Emo rapper and singer iann dior, pianist Simone Dinnerstein, Americana singer-songwriter Aoife O\'Donovan and more land on this week\'s shortlist for the best new releases out on Jan. 21.

Featured Albums:
1. iann dior \\u2014 on to better things
Featured Songs: "V12" and "hopeless romantic"
2. Che Noir \\u2014 Food For Thought
Featured Song: "Communion"
3. Simone Dinnerstein \\u2014 Undersong
Featured Songs: Erik Satie\'s "Gnossienne No. 3" and Philip Glass\' "Mad Rush"
4. Aoife O\'Donovan \\u2014 Age of Apathy
Featured Song: "Sister Starling"
5. Jana Horn \\u2014 Optimism
Featured Song: "Optimism"
6. Tanya Tagaq \\u2014 Tongues
Featured Songs: "Earth Monster" and "Colonizer"

Other notable releases for Jan. 21:
Aurora - The Gods We Can Touch
Boris \\u2014 W
Boy Harsher \\u2014 The Runner (Original Soundtrack)
Jake Xerxes Fussell \\u2014 Good and Green Again
Janis Ian \\u2014 The Light at the End of the Line
Pedro the Lion \\u2014 Havasu
Young T & Bugsey \\u2014 Truth Be Told


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