Introduction

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new ones from Amaarae, Janelle Monáe, King Krule, Keaton Henson and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Amaarae — Fountain Baby
Featured Songs: "Counterfeit," "Angels in Tibet," "Sex, Violence, Suicide Pt. 2," "Come Home to God"
2. King Krule — Space Heavy
Featured Songs: "Hamburgerphobia," "That Is My Life, That Is Yours," "Pink Shell"
3. Jenny Lewis — Joy'All
Featured Songs: "Joy'All," "Chain of Tears," "Puppy and a Truck"
4. Janelle Monáe — The Age of Pleasure
Featured Songs: "Champagne Shit," "Black Sugar Beach," "Phenomenal (feat. Doechii)," "Lipstick Lover"
5. Keaton Henson — House Party
Featured Songs: "I'm Not There," "Holiday," "Envy," "Hooray"

Lightning Round:
Emile Mosseri — Heaven Hunters
Feeble Little Horse — Girl With Fish
Squid — O Monolith
Youth Lagoon — Heaven is a Junkyard

Other notable releases for June 9:
Andy Stack & Jay Hammond — Inter Personal
Christine and the Queens — Paranoia, Angels, True Love
The Dead Milkmen — Quaker City Quiet Pills
Dream Wife — Social Lubrication
Gabriel Ólafs — Lullabies For Piano And Cello
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit — Weathervanes
Jayda G — Guy
Jess Williamson — Time Ain't Accidental
Jonny Greenwood and Dudu Tassa — Jarak Qaribak
This Is The Kit — Careful Of Your Keepers




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