New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On Sept. 24

Published: Sept. 24, 2021, 9 a.m.

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new ones from R&B singer Anthony Hamilton, a Sufjan Stevens collaboration with Angelo De Augustine, country singer Mickey Guyton and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Anthony Hamilton \u2014 Love is the New Black
Featured Song: "Love Is The New Black"
2. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine \u2014 A Beginner's Mind
Featured Song: "Lady Macbeth In Chains"
3. Kari Faux \u2014 Lowkey Superstar Deluxe
Featured Song: "While God Was Sleeping"
4. Hayden Pedigo \u2014 Letting Go
Featured Song: "Some Kind of Shepherd"
5. Mickey Guyton \u2014 Remember Her Name
Featured Song: "Different"
6. Solemn Brigham \u2014 South Sinner Street
Featured Songs: "Keep The Hope" and "Vice North"
7. Japanese Breakfast \u2014 Sable
Featured Songs: "Glider" and "Cartographer's Theme"
8. Ada Lea \u2014 One Hand on the Steering Wheel The Other Sewing A Garden
Featured Song: "Oranges"

Other notable releases for Sept. 24: Alessia Cara \u2014 In The Meantime; Andy Shauf \u2014 Wilds; Arturo O'Farrill \u2014 Dreaming in Lions; Caleb Landry Jones \u2014 Gadzooks Vol. 1; Laura Jane Grace \u2014 At War With Silverfish; NAO \u2014 And Then Life Was Beautiful; Poppy \u2014 Flux.