The Best Music of April

Published: May 2, 2022, 9 a.m.

b'April brought us albums from a re-energized Pusha T, reggae legend Horace Andy, Myra Melford\'s improvised suite, Syd\'s broken-hearted R&B ballads and Straw Man Army\'s paranoid-but-expansive post-punk.

Featured Albums:
1. Horace Andy: "Watch Over Them" from Midnight Rocker
2. Pusha T: "Dreamin of the Past" from It\'s Almost Dry
3. Myra Melford\'s Fire and Water Quintet: "VII" from For the Love of Fire and Water
4. Syd: "CYBAH" from Broken Hearts Club
5. Straw Man Army: "Human Kind" from SOS

Other notable releases for April:

\\u2022 Fontaines D.C. \\u2014 Skinty Fia
\\u2022 Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder \\u2014 Get On Board
\\u2022 Joel Ross \\u2014 The Parable of the Poet
\\u2022 Miles Okazaki\'s Trickster Quartet \\u2014 Thisness
\\u2022 Albert Ayler \\u2014 Revelations
\\u2022 Vince Staples \\u2014 Ramona Park Broke My Heart
\\u2022 Omar Apollo \\u2014 Ivory
\\u2022 Bonnie Raitt \\u2014 Just Like That...
\\u2022 The Linda Lindas \\u2014 Growing Up
\\u2022 Wet Leg \\u2014 Wet Leg

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