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 Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREDon’t Be Dumb: The top 5 features on A$AP Rocky’s new album The rise of ‘Britainicana’: How Westside Cowboy are reshaping UK indieR!R!Riot is Taiwan’s pluggnb princessWhen did UK underground rap get so Christian? Why listening parties are everywhere right nowA night out with Feng, the ‘positive punk’ of UK UgDoppel-gäng gäng gäng: 7 times artists used body doublesWesley Joseph is the Marty Supreme of R&B (only nicer) How Turnstile are reinventing hardcore for the internet ageWill these be the biggest musical moments of 2026?Rising singer Liim is the crooning voice of New York CityFrench producer Malibu is an ambient antidote for the chronically online