New Music Friday: The best albums out Aug. 7

Ravyn Lenae. Margaret Glaspy. Overmono. Host Stephen Thompson chats with Liz Warner from WDET in Detroit about their favorite albums out Friday, August 7. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round. The Starting 5 (00:54) Album No. 1 - Ravyn Lenae, 'Blue Island' (08:03) Album No. 2 - Overmono, 'Pure Devotion' (15:26) Album No. 3 - Margaret Glaspy, 'I Am Both' (21:42) Album No. 4 - Man/Woman/Chainsaw, 'Cannonball' (27:36) Album No. 5 - Arun Sood & Angeline Morrison, 'Donn/Dubh' (32:43) The Lightning Round - The Mountain Goats, 'Days' - Ceremony, 'Tell Me You're Dream' - Cletus Strap, 'rappers suck.' - Various Artists, 'Sittin' With Blaze: A Tribute To Blaze Foley' - Roy Montgomery & Martha Skye Murphy, 'Nebular' Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist and see our Long List of notable releases on NPR.org Credits Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Liz Warner, WDET Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell Digital Producer: Dora Levite Editors: Otis Hart, Elle Mannion Special thanks to Lars Gotrich, Sheldon Pearce and Ann Powers Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy