It’s Friday, time for the playlist of new music of the week!
When spring is slow to appear, temperatures remain low and the weather capricious, we can always count on musical releases! And this Friday, in this new week of April, several new releases can be noted on streaming listening platforms and the bins of our music stores. Difficult to miss the phenomenon Taylor Swiftwho unveils his highly anticipated new project, a double album called The Tortured Poets Department.
Also note this Friday April 19 the new EP from the singer Voyou, but also the album of remixes by Mylène Farmer. Plug in the speakers, turn up the volume, here is the playlist of this week’s releases:
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
Superstar Taylor Swift is releasing her highly (much?) anticipated new album this Friday, called The Tortured Poets Department and that counts… 31 pieces. A nice surprise for Swifties – Taylor Swift fans, who discovered at midnight that this record was in fact a double album. “I had written so much tortured poetry over the past two years and I wanted to share it all with you, so here is the second installment of The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. 15 additional songs”, writes the singer on social networks.
Mylène Farmer – Remix XL
Singer Mylène Farmer publishes this Friday Remix XL, his cover album: a total of 21 revisited songs, some of which benefited from a re-recording of his voice. Among the artists to have taken part in the remix game, the cream of the French electro scene, from Arnaud Rebotini to Feder via The Avener, Cut Killer or The Magician, and up to the director David Lynch. Mylène Farmer will be in concert at the Stade de France on September 27, 28 and October 1, 2024 – three full dates.
Thug – Alone
After its sold-out Olympia last January, Voyou continues its momentum and unveils a new EP called Alone and counting six pieces, including his duet with Vanessa Paradis on Prom and another, unpublished, with the singer Pi Ja Ma and entitled The nipples. We also discover Aloneeponymous title, which the artist had already tested in concert, and rightly so.
Cigarettes After Sex – Dark Vacay
The Americans from Cigarettes After Sex continue to announce their upcoming album with a new single called Dark Vacay. A piece in the captivating and haunting pop continuity that makes the group successful, for a new taste of X’s, announced in stores on July 12. Cigarettes After Sex will be in concert at the Accor Arena in Paris on November 16 and at the Hall Tony Garnier in Lyon on November 17.
Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
We end with the rock release of the week, Pearl Jam’s twelfth studio album: Dark Matter. Composed of eleven tracks, the album had already been announced with three singles: Running, Dark Matter the eponymous song and Wreckage. Formed in 1990, the group led by Eddie Vedder offered for this project the services of the famous American producer Andrew Watt who has worked with artists like Justin Bieber, Post Malone, Miley Cyrus, The Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne and Iggy Pop .