With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from 2hollis, Ecco2k, Armand Hammer, and U2. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)
2hollis: Pirouette [Interscope]
Underground-to-mainstream export 2hollis has successfully translated the ragged energy of post-rage into a bona fide pop career. Pirouette meets his skyrocketing profile head-on, going bigger in every possible department. It’s longer, the files are more complicated, the lore is headier, and the sonic profile itself is vast: Emo, pop rock, twee revival, ambient, and choral music all slot into a larger umbrella of pop-EDM. Tying it all together is charismatic Hollis, who matures on sultry, tactile tracks like “Skin” (“Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you”) and “Sex” (need I elaborate?). Though the album is largely self-produced, Mk.gee notches a writing and production credit on “Human After All.”
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