Music / New Music FridayMusic / New Music FridayNew Music Friday: 8 albums to hear this weekWith new records by Oklou, Sufjan Stevens, Joji, and moreShareLink copied ✔️September 25, 2020September 25, 2020TextDazed Digital Paris-based singer, songwriter, and producer Oklou has been slowly revealing her new mixtape, Galore, since July, putting out the release in three separate parts – and now, the full project is out. Galore was made in close collaboration with CaseyMQ, and the song “Girl on My Throne” also adds work from the PC Music crew, being co-written with the label’s easyFun and featuring additional production from A. G. Cook. Still, it’s ultimately Marylou Mayniel’s emotional electronic pop songwriting, captivating processed vocals, and leftfield sound that makes the mixtape so good – she’s classically trained on piano and cello, but spent years in the European underground electronic scene (she’s previously worked with the subversive club label Nuxxe, and was part of the loose DJ and radio collective TGAF), resulting in something that’s sophisticated in its composition yet totally cutting edge in its sound. Elsewhere this week, Joji’s pandemic-delayed second album Nectar finally lands, and Sufjan Stevens returns with the sprawling The Ascension. Take a listen below. JOJI, NECTAR LEFT AT LONDON, TRANSGENDER STREET LEGEND VOL. 2 MARIE DAVIDSON & L’ŒIL NU, RENEGADE BREAKDOWN MOOR MOTHER, CIRCUIT CITY OKLOU, GALORE SUFJAN STEVENS, THE ASCENSION TIM HEIDECKER, FEAR OF DEATH ZIEMBA, TRUE ROMANTIC Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE5 of the best Oklou collabs, ranked‘Alt girls get their flowers’: Oklou and PinkPantheress go head-to-headGucci AW26: Everything you missed at Demna’s blockbuster runway debutWatch: fakemink on lust, obsessive fans and his new album, Terrifiedfakemink: ‘I’m the Eminem of the UK underground’Pokémon, pigeons and a car crash: Tracing fakemink’s digital footprint GucciEsDeeKid, Fakemink and more shut down Gucci’s AW26 afterparty5 acts to know from Manchester’s musical undergroundThe 7 most bleak, hopeless and depressing Mitski songs – ranked!February 2026 playlist: All the music we loved from the last monthMagdalena Bay on romance, fate and the best advice they ever receivedEvery Gorillaz album, rankedEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy