Exploring Contrasts and Unadorned Moments in a Hardcore Record

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 — Scarlet
Featured Songs: "Demons," "97," "Go Off," "Often"
2. Mykki Blanco — Postcards From Italia
Featured Songs: "Tequila Casino Royale," "Holidays In The Sun," "Love Fell Down Around Me," "Magic On My Back"
3. yeule — softscars
Featured Songs: "4ui12," "software update," "x w x," "dazies," "fish in the pool"
4. Kylie Minogue — Tension
Featured Songs: "You Still Get Me High," "Padam Padam," "10 Out Of 10," "Story"
5. Loraine James — 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 — "Pacer" (single)
DUFFY x UHLMANN — Doubles
Moemaw Naedon and C. Scott — Yinztroducing...
The National — Laugh Track

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

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