Today’s 8 albums to listen to: Car seat headrest, Jenny Hubal, puppies and more

This segment presents the most notable albums each week. This is the album from May 2, 2025:

Car seat headrest, Scholar

The car seat headrest is back Scholartheir first album in five years. Follow-up for the 2020s You will no longer be able to open the door This is a self-proclaimed rock opera located at the fictional college campus, Parnassus University. The records, filled with literary references, are densely isolated and impress the hook without sacrificing the band’s tricks. The inspiration quoted in the album naturally includes Who’s Tommy And David Bowies Ziggy Stardust and Spiders Rise and Fall from Mars. “I really didn’t feel this to me as this record synchronized things with its internal collaborative energy,” explained Will Toledo. “It was a huge journey.”

Jenny Hubar, Iris Silver Mist

Norwegian musician, artist and novelist Jenny Hubar has published her ninth album. Iris Silver Mist. Follow-up for 2022 Classical Objects Inspired by Hval’s love for perfume, it took its name from the scent created by Maurice Roucel. It notifies the image, but also permeates the sound structure of the album. “We enter the album lying in our own tomb below the earth, like a root that is part of the scented iris,” Hval said of the album’s opener, “Lay Down.” “It would be the perfect time and place to listen to music, right? The fetus can smell and taste the mother’s food in the final months of pregnancy, and hear the outside of her mother’s body.

puppy, Who will take care of the dog?

The puppy is back with a new LP, Who will take care of the dog?. The Toronto Band recorded a cruelly honest and encouraging fifth album with producer John Congleton, previewed it with singles “Fantasy”, “Carrior”, “Get Dumber” and “Olive Garden.” “Our new record title, Who will take care of the dog?Singer Stephen Babcock explained. “I think it’s devastating, but I explained, ‘In sacred shit, this is harsh.” At least in the context of the lines that come before that. That’s what’s interesting for us. That exaggerated thing we all say in a dark moment can be hilarious once it cools a bit. I don’t know if anyone else finds it funny, but sometimes you have to laugh at yourself. It’s the only way out of the deep by. Trust me. “

Model/Actolis, Pirouette

Brooklyn-based 4-piece model/Actris tracked its 2023 debut. Dog bodyIt’s called a new album Pirouette. The 11-Track initiative was mastered by Matt Colton, recorded on a machine equipped with a Pawtucket magnet from Roadri, co-produced and mixed by Seth Manchester. Cole Hayden, a vocalist who channels childhood idols like Britney Spears and Mariah Carey, is proven with his club-ready industrial pop sound. “if Dog bodygrossly hiding in the dubious bathroom of a gay club, Pirouette Giliann Karon wrote in our cultural review. Read here.

Maizemon, animal

animal This is the Maise Monones debut LP that attracted our attention with last year’s impressive blend of jazz, bossa and indie rock. kabutomushi ep. The Brooklyn-based songwriter and guitarist’s new confidence shines through the efforts of the 10 tracks. “There’s no second guess or rethinking,” Semones said of her approach. “What I want to live my life is to do what’s important to me, and I think everyone should live that way.”

Blonde shell, If you ask for a photo

Blondshell released her sophomore album, If you ask for a photovia Partisan records. Sabrina Teitelbaum is once again working with producer Yves Rothman. Driving into her past with greater nuances and compassion for others, the record lifts its title from Mary Oliver’s 1986 poem called “Dog Fish.” “The poem doesn’t have to tell you everything I’ve experienced. It’s another story of someone trying to survive,” Teitelbaum explained. “What I like about songs is that they show snapshots of people and relationships, and getting a glimpse of the story is just as important as trying to capture the whole thing. Sometimes, even the whole picture is more secret than if you were trying to write it down.”

Rael Neil, A complete stranger

Just like Lael Neale’s latest album, Sound’s Lo-fi, the modest optimism A complete strangerIt was created after three years of travel between rural and urban environments. “When I returned to Los Angeles, I felt like an extraterrestrial landing on a dystopian planet, so I write in terms of existence from another realm of witnessing the idiopathic nature of humanity,” the singer-songwriter explained in the press. Crossing the LP, the perspective is strangely comforting and emerges as a form of rebellion of its own. “I love doing things the wrong way,” she said. “It’s very rare that we do that in life. Even as artists, we slowly and steadily find ourselves fit as musicians become legal. I do that too.

Lucius, Lucius

Lucius self-titled album has arrived Fantasy. Recorded by Holly Laessig, Jess Wolfe, Dan Molad and Peter Lalish Second nature The Altamira Sound in Los Angeles and follow-ups in Morado’s home studio sound like fire. “Our fourth studio album is the four of us, the same as the first time we started recording together as a band,” Lucius said collectively. “It’s a life-honest and honest, it’s like coming home. It’s something that resonates deeply with this moment in our lives. We go home in many ways in words. Over the last few years we’ve set roots, found life partners, built families, and fostered gardens. The beauty and vulnerability of human experiences can mean that this album is a self-titled.

Other albums of the day:

Yong Lean, Jonathan; Eri Winter, Light Trick; Sextel, Yes, please.; Esther Rose, want; Propagandy, In peace; pyramid, Pythagoras; James Cribikenya, Execution of beliefs; Suzanne Vega, Fly with the angel; Pet symmetry, Great symmetry; Club Night, The joy of coming down; Erikesler, Erikesler; Anthony Napoli, scanner; Sally Potter, Anatomy; Bordie James & Real Badman, Conversational; Rain mirror, Joseph, what did you do?; Keyglock, Glockaveli; Samantha Crane, Gumshoe; Melia Watlas, Almond Tree Duo; Glowing groove, Flying sequence; acre, the host; Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari, Journey to Nabta Playa; Loscil, Lake fire; The path of heaven, Transcendental Observation.