MusicNew Music FridayNew Music Friday: 8 albums to hear this weekWith new records by Oklou, Sufjan Stevens, Joji, and moreShareLink copied ✔️September 25, 2020MusicNew Music FridayTextDazed 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 Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREBloodz Boi: The humble godfather of Chinese underground rapA rare interview with POiSON GiRL FRiEND, dream pop’s future seerNigeria’s Blaqbonez is rapping to ‘beat his high score’Inside Erika de Casier’s shimmering R&B universe ‘Rap saved my life’: A hazy conversation with MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt7 essential albums by the SoulquariansIs AI really the future of music?The KPop Demon Hunters directors on fan theories and a potential sequelplaybody: The club night bringing connection back to the dancefloorAn interview with IC3PEAK, the band Putin couldn’t silenceFrost Children answer the dA-Zed quizThe 5 best features from PinkPantheress’ new remix album