Every Friday, The FADER's writers highlight the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on Sega Bodega's Dennis, LustSickPuppy's Carousel From Hell, Anitta's Funk Generation, and more.
Sega Bodega, Dennis
Sega Bodega begins “Elk Skin,” the third song on the electronic producer's new album, with an audio recording of Greek fans meekly asking for their voices to be sampled on the song. It's a testament to the passion and complexity of Sega Bodega's supporters that they too want to be reflected in and included in his music. The artist born Salvador Navarrete has the perfect balance of rawness and bold compositions, inspiring collaborations with Björk, Caroline Polachek and Shy Girl, and is a fascinating deconstruction of club music. He created the previous two albums “Salvador'' and “Romeo.'' Dennis is more ruminative than those previous albums, and the effect is like walking into the cool morning air after hours spent shoulder-to-shoulder at an ecstatic basement party. This effect is most evident on songs like the album's centerpiece, the piercing alt-folk song “Set Me Free, I'm an Animal.” But they also appear on more dancefloor-oriented songs like “Adulter8” and “Tears & Sighs.” Listening to Dennis' story is like staring at your own reflection in a tidal pool on another planet. Another version of yourself is sent to you in shapes and colors you never expected to see. — Jordan Darvill
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LustSickPuppy, Carousel of Hell
Tommy Hayes has been a constant presence in New York's underground scene for the past five years, haunting the stages of DIY spaces and increasingly larger venues like an enraged demon. Previous releases as LustSickPuppy have enlisted the likes of Bonnie Baxter (Kill Alters) and Andy Morin (Death Grips) to create explosive instrumentals. But their debut LP, Carousel From Hell, was entirely self-produced and represents LSP's chaotic energy in its purest and most extreme form. Even without outside influences, this is Hayes' most dynamic project to date, and their ease off the gas just a little, even if it only makes the full-throttle moments feel even more intense. Demonstrates ability. “American Healthcare” is his two-minute middle finger to a broken system. But even there, between cutting shrieks and frenetic bars, trance-like passages keep the track from tumbling off a cliff into a cacophonous cacophony. And on “Blisster,” sung passages connect the chorus, which ends with LustSickPuppy delivering the line “FEEL MY FUCKING RAGE!!” With more death metal screams than anything Corey Taylor can currently muster. — Raphael Helfand
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Anitta, Funk Generation
Before Anitta became the “Queen of Brazilian Pop,” she was a favela choir girl surrounded by raucous baile funk parties playing funk cariocas. Combining elements of hip-hop, samba, rave, bossa nova and traditional African music, this sound is a melting pot of sounds closely associated with Brazil's working class communities and bombastic DIY street parties. , Anitta included this on her sixth studio album, Funk Generation. . As a twist on the genre's Top 40, club-ish songs like “Funkrave” naturally emerge, overshadowing the more gruesome elements of the genre in favor of big-tent EDM and reggaeton. Masu. But for the most part, Anitta does a surprisingly good job of balancing catchy pop hooks with funk carioca grit on songs like “Double Team” and “Joga Pra Lua.” And it's this careful use of Miami bass loops, samba-like percussion, and the occasional guest rapper that makes the Funk Generation less like a candy-coated carioca and more like a Latin Grammy-nominated superstar. Ultimately, it feels like a genuine desire to return to one's hometown. — Sandra Song
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Hobdy, hobdy
This double album is often a reserve for artists with an overarching concept of grand ambition. Charlie Martin and Will Taylor's fifth album as Hovvdy is a more modest effort, but the 19 songs on their self-titled new album are simply a testament to their confidence in their craft. It reflects the rise. The duo combines beams of indie pop and slowcore with gently sunny melodies over a bittersweet core. There are songs about how familial relationships change with age ('Make Ya Proud' and 'Jean') and moments of gratitude that come from deep, loving relationships (the wonderful 'Meant'). There's a simple joy in hearing one song end and the next one begin. — David Renshaw
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Be sure to listen to other projects released today
15 15: Naegi EP
Adult Jazz: Sorry So Slow
Anysia: Princess Pop That
Beibhoven: The water is inside you
Brian Eno: Eno
Bullion: love
Sew: Novella
Corridor: Mimi
Ellis: There's no place like this.
Fat White Family: Forgiveness Is Yours
Full of Hell: Congealed Bliss
Gabe Nandes: Object Persistence
Joe Chase: Solo
Joye: Song of the Night
Justice: Hyperdrama
Kriegshaeg: Love and Revenge
Lunch box: Lunch time
Mandy: Lawn Girl
Maria Chiara Argillo: Closer
Microwave: Let the degeneration begin
Nisa: Shapeshifting
Oren Ambarki, Johann Bertling, Andreas Werlin: Ghosted II
Owen: Sioux Falls
Papo2oo4 and subject 5: Don't miss it
Party next door: P4
Personal Trainer: What used to be?
Pet Shop Boys: Despite
Fresh Boys Wag: VIP
Poriji: Teasing
RV: The Fresh Prince of Tottenham 2
Sean Nicholas Savage: Trilogy
Shygirl: Fabric Present Shygirl
Six organs of admission: time is glass
Skilla Baby: Coldest
St. Vincent: Everything is born screaming.
Tara Jean O'Neill: A cloud of cool okay
Thom Yorke: Confidenza
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: Challengers (Official Score)
VHOOR, Leseña