Every Friday, 88Nine music director Erin Wolf and Lilliput Records co-owner Tanner Musgrove tell you about the new albums you can’t miss on a new episode of On Vinyl. Check out their top picks and a list of this week’s other releases, and listen to their full conversation using the player on this page or on the 88Nine airwaves at 1 p.m. every Friday.
Unwittingly, we’re straying from stateside releases this Friday, instead opting for two from the U.K., one from Australia and one from Sweden. Maybe it’s summer travel vibes that have us dreaming of getting outta here and cruising to somewhere new? Even if it’s just in our headphones, this sort of travel is still gratifying!
On the U.K. side of things, we have a brand new full-length from the playful Nia Archives. And if you like your British vibes a little more rock-oriented, look no further than Yard Act’s newest which hits harder than anything they’ve released to date.
If you love the vibes of Courtney Barnett and Julia Jacklin, check out Winspear Records’ newest Aussie signees, Swapmeet, who share their delightfully dear and catchy compositions. Finally, we go full on fangirl with Robyn as we venture into her Complete Body Talk release. The Swede has been on fire lately, and this only fans those flames hotter.
Happy New Music Friday!
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Nia Archives, Emotional Junglist
The British musician, DJ, producer and filmmaker is back with her newest album, which sees her dip a toe further into a wide pool of genres and sounds.
Archives said she dropped the tempo a bit and was influenced by ’90s electronica, Bjork and Madonna’s Ray of Light era, but there are also some mainstream pop and rock moments in this one. Erin first became a fan of her upbeat and dance-y qualities, and thinks it’ll be interesting to hear her branch out this way. She also has some great collabs, including faves Sampha and Jorja Smith.
Vinyl variants abound for this one: a standard black, a black-and-white marble version, a smoke-and-shell picture disc, and an apparently sold-out “Bad World Exclusive,” which is sand/crushed sea-shell filled.
Yard Act, You’re Gonna Need a Little Music
The rock quartet is back with their third full-length, which includes lead single “Redeemer,” an extra intense and salty track that got us excited for the full project.
Frontman James Smith is a really mesmerizing performer on stage, as we can attest from the band’s Studio Milwaukee Session. But he’s equally so in the studio, combined with the full band’s post/dance-punk vibes and wit. He shared that “the first two records were both laptop records essentially” and that this record “was made, for the first time, as a band playing together in a room.”
They sound great on both versions of vinyl available today: a red smoke and a standard black, out on ATO and available at the shops.
Swapmeet, Mount Zero
Meeting as teenagers in the early 2020s, the Australian-based band came out the gates swinging in 2024 with their first EP release, which earned them “Best Song” and “Best Release” at the South Australian Music Awards. Now they’re the first international signee to L.A.-based indie label Winspear and are releasing debut album Mount Zero, which sounds just right for fans of Julia Jacklin and Stella Donnelly.
You can find the record (and your next favorite band?) on brown vinyl or standard black from Winspear Records at your local record hangout.
Robyn, Complete Body Talk
In 2010, Swedish singer and electropop icon Robyn released two mini albums, Body Talk Part 1 and Body Talk Part 2. Shortly after, she released a full-length titled Body Talk that served as a compilation of the best songs from both mini albums, plus four additional songs. Today, the Complete Body Talk album is being released on vinyl so you can spin all the tracks you know and love in one place.
Avowed Robyn enthusiast Tanner got her hands on Body Talk Part 1 a handful of years ago and audibly gasped when she heard this was being released. You (and her) can grab the double-LP set on Coke bottle clear vinyl at a local record store near you.
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