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\n\tFrom Ethel Cain\u2019s long-awaited sophomore album to Lucy Dacus\u2019 surprise new singles, check out just a few of our favorite releases from this week below:<\/p>\n
\n\t\tEthel Cain, Willoughby Trucker, I\u2019ll Always Love You<\/em>\t<\/h2>\n\n\tWith Preacher\u2019s Daughter<\/em>, singer-songwriter Hayden Anhed\u00f6nia introduced the world to the tragic, brutal story of Ethel Cain, the first in what she promised would become a trilogy of stories about her family. But Willoughby Trucker, I\u2019ll Always Love You<\/em>, the long-awaited follow-up to Cain\u2019s breakout album, zigs where audiences thought Cain might zag. Telling the story of a doomed romance earlier in her character\u2019s life, Cain spends this expansive album touching on the fragility and intensity of young love over a set of songs that create a sense of warm \u2014 but still somewhat sinister \u2014 ambiance for you to bask in. <\/p>\n\n\t\tLucy Dacus, \u201cBus Back to Richmond\u201d \/ \u201cMore Than Friends\u201d\t<\/h2>\n \n\tWho doesn\u2019t love a set of bonus tracks? After releasing her critically beloved new album Forever Is a Feeling<\/em> in March, Lucy Dacus decided to give fans a little something extra with the release of her new pair of singles, \u201cBus Back to Richmond\u201d and \u201cMore Than Friends.\u201d Over gentle harmonies, Dacus continues her songwriting hot streak with some truly heartbreaking lines on both her new tracks. Whether insisting that \u201cYou said, \u2018please give me a chance\u2019\/ You didn\u2019t know that I already had\u201d on \u201cRichmond,\u201d or singing that \u201cWhen you die, I\u2019ll be a wreck\/ When I die, don\u2019t pine until you\u2019re dead\u201d on \u201cFriends,\u201d Dacus continues to show what a generational songwriting star she is on these lovely new songs. <\/p>\n\n\t\tSasha Keable, Act Right<\/em>\t<\/h2>\n\n\tProjects about heartbreak may be all too common in R&B, but Sasha Keable is bringing her distinct voice to the well-trodden format. On her stunning new project Act Right<\/em>, Keable places her extremely expressive voice front and center, as she charts a path through betrayal and rage to find herself again on the other side of heartbreak. With smart production choices and a unique perspective, Keable wastes no time getting to the heart of the issue on Act Right<\/em>, solidifying herself as a name to watch. <\/p>\n\n\t\tBig Thief, \u201cLos Angeles\u201d\t<\/h2>\n \n\tIn hard times, it\u2019s good to celebrate the good in the world around you. That\u2019s exactly what Big Thief sets out to do on \u201cLos Angeles,\u201d their sun-soaked, beautiful new ballad that sees the band offering a simple, uncomplicated song about an enduring, powerful love. Lush live instrumentation and vocals (courtesy of Adrianne Lenker), \u201cLos Angeles\u201d feels instantly enchanting as the band jams their way through this stunning track. <\/p>\n
\n\t\tDaya, \u201cAgnostic\u201d\t<\/h2>\n \n\tDaya is back, baby. With her latest single \u201cAgnostic,\u201d the pop singer is trading in the bright sound that defined so much of her early career for a moodier, alternative take on the format. Crooning over a slick bass line, Daya paints a vivid portrait of a loss of faith in love, as she declares to her ex that the end of their relationship has her questioning everything. For all the uncertainty that \u201cAgnostic\u201d revels in, we can\u2019t help but feel the opposite as the singer sets her sights on a new musical era. <\/p>\n
\n\t\tBig Freedia, Pressing Onward<\/em>\t<\/h2>\n\n\tNew Orleans bounce icon Big Freedia has never been shy about creating communal spaces out of every audience she performed in front of; so it should come as no surprise that the performer knows how to make an excellent gospel album. On Pressing Forward<\/em>, Freedia manages to blend her iconic dance sound seamlessly into the worship genre, while also leaving space for her to grieve the loss of her long-term partner earlier this year. From top to bottom, the album is emotionally arresting, sonically ambitious and a phenomenal encapsulation of everything that makes Big Freedia the celebrated artist that she is. <\/p>\n\n\tCheck out all of our picks on Billboard\u2019s Queer Jams of the Week playlist below:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n