The fruits of New Music Friday must’ve spent the weekend ripening on the vine because we’re tasting some seriously sweet tunes. Alabama eight-piece St.Paul & The Broken Bones are prone to dabbling in shadowy psychedelics and boundary-pushing R&B. Their new album, Angels In Science Fiction, finds them pushing the limits of their expansive sound simultaneously further outward and inward, with their ambitious instrumentation forming a bedrock for heart-wrenching lyrics — initially penned as letters to frontman Paul Janeway’s newborn child.
Danish soul singer Coco O. (Quadron) returns with “Many Ways,” her first solo offering in two years, and June Mcdoom’s dreamy folk song “On My Way” is up for grabs as Today’s Top Tune. Plus, Stevie Wonder in the ‘80s.