Below, find Wet Thud's picks for the best albums, songs, and videos released throughout April, May, and June of this year. Three months of releases whittled down to just ten full-length records, fifteen standalone singles, and fifteen music videos for your perusal, including new music from:
AMBER MARK / BAT FOR LASHES / BEYONCÉ / BILLIE EILISH / BILLY RAY CYRUS / BJÖRK / CARLY RAE JEPSEN / CAROLINE POLACHEK / CHANNEL TRES / CHARLES BRADLEY / CHARLI XCX / CHARLY BLISS / CLAIRO / DEVON WELSH / FKA TWIGS / GESAFFELSTEIN / HATCHIE / HOT CHIP / JAI PAUL / JAMES BLAKE / KACEY MUSGRAVES / KAYTRANADA / KYGO / LIL NAS X / LIZZO / LUCY DACUS / MADONNA / MALUMA / MAXO KREAM / MEGAN THEE STALLION / THE NATIONAL / NICKI MINAJ / PHANTOGRAM / PHARRELL WILLIAMS / PUP / ROBYN / RÓISÍN MURPHY / ROSALÍA / SHURA / SLEATER-KINNEY / TAME IMPALA / VAMPIRE WEEKEND / VANJESS / WEYES BLOOD / WHITNEY HOUSTON
Dig in. There's plenty to digest.
ALBUMS
Beyoncé Homecoming (Parkwood/Columbia)
Includes: “Before I Let Go”
Carly Rae Jepsen Dedicated (604)
Includes: “No Drug Like Me,” “Now That I Found You,” “Too Much,” “Julien,” “Want You In My Room”
Charly Bliss Young Enough (Barsuk)
Includes: “Capacity,” “Chatroom,” “Hard To Believe”
Hatchie Keepsake (Ivy League)
Includes: “Without A Blush,” “Stay With Me,” “Obsessed,” “Her Own Heart”
Hot Chip A Bath Full Of Ecstasy (Domino)
Includes: “Hungry Child,” “Melody Of Love,” “Spell”
Lizzo Because I Love You (Nice Life/Atlantic)
Includes: “Cuz I Love You,” “Juice,” “Soulmate,” “Jerome,” “Tempo” [f. Missy Elliott]
The National I Am Easy To Find (4AD)
Includes: “You Had Your Soul With You,” “Rylan,” “Light Years,” “Hairpin Turns”
PUP Morbid Stuff (Little Dipper)
Includes: “Kids,” “Free At Last,” “Morbid Stuff,” “Sibling Rivalry”
Vampire Weekend Father Of The Bride (Sony)
Includes: “Harmony Hall,” “This Life,” “Sunflower” [f. Steve Lacy], “Big Blue,” “Unbearably White,” “Sympathy”
Weyes Blood Titanic Rising (Sub Pop)
SONGS
Amber Mark “Mixer” (Jasmine/PMR)
Bat For Lashes “Kids In The Dark” (AWAL)
Charles Bradley “Lucifer” (Innit)
Clairo “Bags” (FADER)
Devon Welsh “Faces” (You Are Accepted)
Jai Paul “He” (XL)
KAYTRANADA x VanJess “DYSFUNCTIONAL” (self-released)
Kygo x Whitney Houston “Higher Love” (RCA)
Lucy Dacus “Forever Half Mast” (Matador)
Maxo Kream x Megan Thee Stallion “She Live” (RCA)
Phantogram “Into Happiness” (Republic)
Róisín Murphy “Incapable” (Mickey Murphy’s Daughter/Loaded)
Shura “religion (u can lay your hands on me)” (Secretly Canadian)
Sleater-Kinney “Hurry On Home” (Mom+Pop)
Tame Impala “Borderline” (Modular)
VIDEOS
Billie Eilish “bad guy” (Darkroom/Interscope)
Director: Dave Meyers
Björk “Tabula Rasa” (One Little Indian)
Director: Tobias Gremmler
Caroline Polachek “Door” (Columbia)
Directors: Caroline Polachek x Matt Copson
Channel Tres “Sexy Black Timberlake” (GODMODE)
Director: Goodwin
Charli XCX x Lizzo “Blame It On Your Love” (Asylum UK)
Directors: Bradley & Pablo
FKA twigs “Cellophane” (Young Turks)
Director: Andrew Thomas Huang
Gesaffelstein x Pharrell Williams “Blast Off” (Columbia)
Director: Warren Fu
James Blake x Rosalía “Barefoot In The Park” (Polydor)
Directors: Diana Kunst x Mau Morgó
Kacey Musgaves “Oh, What A World” (MCA Nashville)
Director: TRIPPYOGI
Lil Nas X x Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road [Remix]” (Columbia)
Director: Calmatic
Madonna x Maluma “Medellín” (Boy Toy/Live Nation/Interscope)
Directors: Diana Kunst x Mau Morgó
Madonna “Dark Ballet” (Boy Toy/Live Nation/Interscope)
Director: Emmanuel Adjei
Madonna “God Control” (Boy Toy/Live Nation/Interscope)
Director: Jonas Åkerlund
Nicki Minaj “MEGATRON” (Young Money/Cash Money)
Director: Mike Ho
Robyn “Ever Again” (Konichiwa/Interscope)
Director: Colin Solal Cardo
