New Music Friday: The best releases out June 24

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MUNA self-titled album tops this week's shortlist of the best albums out on June 24.

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The LA electro-pop band MUNA had one of 2021's most irresistible hits with "Silk Chiffon," an ode to queer crushes that featured a guest spot by Phoebe Bridgers. Now, the group's new full-length album is out on Bridgers' label, Saddest Factory Records. MUNA kicks off this week's discussion, which highlights what already feels like one of 2022's most irresistible hits: the liberation anthem "What I Want."

We've also got new albums from R&B singer GIVĒON, country star Jimmie Allen, rapper Lupe Fiasco, Soccer Mommy and more. On this week's New Music Friday, Keanna Faircloth (host of the Artimacy podcast), contributor Christina Lee (co-host of the Bottom of the Map podcast) and NPR Music's Marissa Lorusso join guest host Stephen Thompson.

Featured Albums:

1. MUNA — MUNA
   Featured Song: "What I Want"
2. GIVĒON — Give or Take
   Featured Song: "Lost Me"
3. Soccer Mommy — Sometimes, Forever
   Featured Song: "Don't Ask Me"
4. Jimmie Allen — Tulip Drive
   Featured Song: "what i'm talkin' 'bout"
5. Lupe Fiasco — DRILL MUSIC IN ZION
   Featured Song: "AUTOBOTO (feat. Nayirah)"

Lightning Round:

• Ella Fitzgerald — Ella at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook
• Katie Alice Greer — Barbarism
• Dear Silas — It's Giving SELF LOVE!
• Regina Spektor — Home, before and after
• Luke Combs — Growin' Up
• Arooj Aftab — Vulture Prince (Deluxe Edition)
• Zola Jesus — Arkhon
• Various Artists — Elvis (OST)
• Joan Shelley — The Spur

Other notable releases for June 24:

• Alexisonfire — Otherness
• The Brian Jonestown Massacre — Fire Doesn't Grow on Trees
• Caamp — Lavender Days
• Christine McVie — Songbird
• G. Love — Philadelphia Mississippi
• Glenn Jones — Vade Mecum
• Hollie Cook — Happy Hour
• Jack Johnson — Meet the Moonlight
• Janiva Magness — Hard to Kill
• Katie Bejsiuk — The Woman on the Moon
• Peter Rowan — Calling You From My Mountain
• Porcupine Tree — CLOSURE/CONTINUATION
• Tijuana Panthers — Halfway to Eighty
• Tim Heidecker — High School
• Wolf Alice — Blue Lullaby