Pulp. Turnstile. Little Simz. It's a packed release week, and NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is here to walk you through it, along with friend of the program Izzi Bavis of WTMD in Baltimore. Featured albums: • Turnstile, 'NEVER ENOUGH' (<a href="https://lnk.to/x707K2fQ"target="_blank" >Stream</a>) • Pulp, 'More' (<a href="https://lnk.to/Xz1zb5ak"target="_blank" >Stream</a>) • Little Simz, 'Lotus' (<a href="https://lnk.to/2OLdEEUt"target="_blank" >Stream</a>) • McKinley Dixon, 'Magic, Alive!' (<a href="https://lnk.to/cQuGpwio"target="_blank" >Stream</a>) • Lifeguard, 'Ripped and Torn' (<a href="https://lnk.to/6JY8rxzO"target="_blank" >Stream</a>) Check out the long list of albums out today and sample more than 50 of them via our New Music Friday playlist on <a href="https://www.npr.org/g-s1-70622"target="_blank" >npr.org</a>. Credits Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Izzi Bavis, WTMD Producer: Simon Rentner Editors: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

Summer '25 Album Preview

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