New Music Friday: The best albums out Aug. 8

Ethel Cain. Charley Crockett. J.I.D. Plug in to the week's top new releases with NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and guest DeShun Nance of WJSU's The Sipp in Jackson, Miss.

The Starting 5:

• J.I.D, 'God Does Like Ugly' (Stream)

• Ethel Cain, 'Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You' (Stream)

• Amaarae, 'BLACK STAR' (Stream)

• Charley Crockett, 'Dollar a Day' (Stream)

• Gordi, 'Like Plasticine' (Stream)

The Lightning Round:

• Hayes Carll, 'We're Only Human'

• Big Freedia, 'Pressing Onward'

• Ashley Monroe, 'Tennessee Lightning'

• Bryson Tiller, 'The Vices'

• Ada Lea, 'when i paint my masterpiece'

See our long list of albums out Aug. 8 and sample more than 50 of them via our New Music Friday playlist on the All Songs Considered blog.

Credits

Host: Stephen Thompson

Guest: DeShun Nance (WJSU's The Sipp)

Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell

Digital Producer: Elle Mannion

Production Assistant: Dora Levite

Editor: Otis Hart

Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed


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