With so much good music released all the time, it can be difficult to determine what to listen to first. Every week Pitchfork offers a number of important new releases for streaming services. This week it features new albums from Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra, Armand Hammer and the Alchemist, Lost Girls, serpentwithfeet, Chris Corsano and Bill Orcutt, and Floatie. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All of the publications featured here are independently selected by our editors. However, if you buy something through our affiliate links, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)
Floating point numbers /. Pharoah Sanders /. The London Symphony Orchestra:: promise [Luaka Bop]
Promises is a 46-minute, nine-movement suite by the spiritual jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, Floating Points and the London Symphony Orchestra. The project has been in progress for five years. Sanders and Shepherd record their roles together in Los Angeles. It is also Sanders’ first new studio recording in more than a decade.
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Armand Hammer /. The alchemist:: Haram [Backwoodz Studioz]
Rappers ELUCID and Billy Woods work under their Armand Hammer umbrella and join producer The Alchemist for Haram. The record, the couple’s first album to work with a single producer, also features guest appearances from Earl Sweatshirt, Quelle Chris, and others. Armand Hammer released their previous album Shrines last June, around the same time as Alfredo, the alchemist’s joint LP with Freddie Gibbs.
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