| | | | | | All Songs Considered's Robin Hilton runs through this week's essential new releases with NPR Music's Ann Powers and Stephen Thompson. This week we manage to go from Justin Timberlake's Man Of The Woods to the abstract sounds of Efrim Menuck from Godspeed You! Black Emperor, contemporary country from Montgomery Gentry, Roxy Music and more. If you don't already, subscribe to our podcast to listen! | | Get The Podcast | | First Listen First Listen: Son Lux, 'Brighter Wounds' Ryan Lott is both a classically-trained musician and composer, and an inventive sound designer adept at beat production. For years, he's blurred genre lines with his scores for film and dance, and of course, with his moniker-turned-band, Son Lux. Son Lux's new album, Brighter Wounds, takes a darker turn. Written and recorded in the wake of the 2016 election and the tumultuous year that followed - a period during which Lott also experienced the birth of his first child and the tragic loss of a close friend to cancer - Brighter Wounds establishes an ominous tone early and across these 10 songs. Hear The Full Album |  | Tiny Desk Vicente García: Tiny Desk Concert Singer-songwriter Vicente García is still relatively under the radar, but performances like the one he gave at the Tiny Desk are starting to turn some heads. García's music isn't dominated by his native Dominican Republic, but you can hear it in every note. His poetic lyrics are like short stories, sung by a voice both plaintive and evocative, yet always distinct. See The Tiny Desk Performance |  | All Songs Considered Kendrick Lamar And The Weeknd Team Up For 'Pray For Me' Just days after Kendrick Lamar shared the official tracklist to Marvel's Black Panther soundtrack, the rapper and Toronto R&B star The Weeknd unleash their collaboration from the album, "Pray For Me." Produced by Sounwave, CuBeatz, Cardo and Matt Schaeffer, the new song sounds like a bonus track off Weeknd's 2016 album Starboy: futuristic and fast-paced. Though Kendrick lends his talents by adding in a rap verse, this song was clearly made for The Weeknd to run with. Hear The New Track |  | All Songs TV Chvrches Is Back With The Ambitiously Poppy 'Get Out' With tightly packed electronic hooks and Lauren Mayberry's soaring soprano, Chvrches went for the jugular on its sophomore album Every Open Eye. Up until this point, the electronic trio from Scotland has been self-produced, featuring band members Iain Cook and Martin Doherty's off-center, pulsating beats. This time around, the band has teamed up with Greg Kurstin, who's fresh off of a repeat win for producer of the year at the Grammys for his work with the Foo Fighters, Beck, Adele and Sia. Hear The New Track |  | | | | | | | |
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