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6 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Dry Cleaning, Zach Bryan, and More<\/h1>\n
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With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week\u2019s batch includes new albums from Dry Cleaning, Max B and French Montana, Winged Wheel, Zach Bryan, the Cribs, and Jenny on Holiday. Subscribe to Pitchfork\u2019s<\/em>New Music Friday newsletter<\/em>to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dry Cleaning: Secret Love<\/em> [4AD]<\/h2>\n
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With each album serving as one big swing above home plate, Dry Cleaning use their third LP, Secret Love<\/em>, to confirm they\u2019ve got one of the most consistent batting averages in modern post-punk. The South London quartet allows each member to lean closer to the forefront and show off their sleek form, from Florence Shaw\u2019s crisp deadpan quips in \u201cCruise Ship Designer\u201d to Lewis Maynard\u2019s polished, wooden-like bass tone across \u201cHit My Head All Day.\u201d Produced by Cate Le Bon and composed by the band inside studios owned by Jeff Tweedy and Gilla Band, Secret Love<\/em> would be a return to form, but Dry Cleaning never fell out of shape in the first place.<\/p>\n

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French Montana & Max B:\u00a0Coke Wave 3.5: Narcos<\/em> [Coke Boys]<\/h2>\n
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It\u2019s been a long time since French Montana and Max B launched their Coke Wave<\/em> mixtape series\u201417 years, to be exact. Now that Max B has been released from prison following a 16-year-long sentence, the close friends and collaborators have picked up where they left off in the form of Coke Wave 3.5: Narcos<\/em>. For those keeping track, no, you\u2019re not losing your mind about the chronology; their latest collaboration is the fourth mixtape in the series, following 2009\u2019s Coke Wave<\/em> and Coke Wave 2<\/em>, as well as 2019\u2019s Coke Wave 4<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Winged Wheel: Desert So Green<\/em> [12XU]<\/h2>\n
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Everyone in Winged Wheel knows their grouping doesn\u2019t make sense, least of all geographically; hence why members of Sonic Youth, Tyvek, Matchess, and more turned to remote file-trading from their different abodes to pull it off. All six members of the band\u2014Whitney Johnson, Cory Plump, Matthew J. Rolin, Steve Shelley, Lonnie Slack, and Fred Thomas\u2014poke and prod one another to keep their sound evolving through experimental indie rock, post-punk, krautrock, and beyond, often refining arrangements after tracking the music itself. Their third album, Desert So Green<\/em>, is more aggressive than last year\u2019s Big Hotel<\/em>, yet it\u2019s arguably the best jumping-off point for their discography, welcoming new listeners into the fold to see where and how they get where they\u2019re going.<\/p>\n

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Zach Bryan:\u00a0With Heaven on Top<\/em> [Warner]<\/h2>\n
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We\u2019re barely a week into 2026 and Zach Bryan is already having one of his most memorable years. Following a New Year\u2019s Eve marriage ceremony in Spain, the country star has dropped his sixth full-length album, With Heaven on Top<\/em>. The follow-up to 2024\u2019s The Great American Bar Scene<\/em> is a sprawling 25 songs long, alternating between rustic confessionals and trumpet-dotted uptempo numbers. On the whole, it sounds like it cuts straight to the heart and strips away frilly layers \u2013\u00a0more or less in line with its rural, pond-side cover art.<\/p>\n

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The Cribs:\u00a0Selling a Vibe<\/em> [PIAS]<\/h2>\n
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Exactly 25 years into their long career as one of England\u2019s consistently charting rock bands, the Cribs are not only still going strong, but know the strongest currency is hooks with simple immediacy.\u00a0Welcome their ninth album and its winking title, Selling a Vibe<\/em>, which shoots the band\u2019s guitar riffs through a sunny filter, giving listeners their daily vitamins in the form of bubbly earworms like \u201cNever the Same\u201d and \u201cSummer Seizures.\u201d Produced by former Chairlift musician Patrick Wimberly, Selling a Vibe<\/em> embraces its pop construction, relaxed attitudes, and desire to readjust the Cribs\u2019 rock status to leave room for a softer peace of mind.<\/p>\n

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Jenny on Holiday:\u00a0Quicksand Heart<\/em> [Transgressive]<\/h2>\n
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Let\u2019s Eat Grandma spent nearly a decade making surreal synth-pop. Now, under the moniker Jenny on Holiday, Jenny Hollingworth peels off as one half of that duo to release her own solo debut, Quicksand Heart<\/em>. Drawing inspiration from Prefab Sprout, the Replacements, and Cyndi Lauper, Jenny on Holiday uses her expressive vocals to stamp an impression on life\u2019s flickering moments. Born from Let\u2019s Eat Grandma\u2019s brooding synth-pop but still light on its toes to match the alt-pop of the present, Quicksand Heart<\/em> sounds like a refreshing commitment to greet the day despite its shadows.<\/p>\n

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Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly noted the year Zach Bryan\u2019s last album was released. It was 2024 not 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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