Freidrich$ has always been known to maintain a sense of roughness in the way he approaches his music but Ready 4 The World brings that approach into an album that highlights his vocals in a far more exposed way than before. Across each of the 13 tracks, the Chicago artist combined influences from experimental folk, indie pop, dub, hip-hop, trap and R&B while letting bluesy guitar, dreamy synths, piano and layered harmonies come through without crowding his voice in the heavie

Paige Su is no stranger to using music as a way of making sense of the more challenging parts of life, with her previous work already showcasing how closely tied her songwriting is to memory, illness, love and the way those experiences linger with a person over time.On The Best of the Worst of Times, she takes that approach further by pondering on twenty years worth of songs and memories, bringing older material into an album that looks at how different those moments can feel

Nashville Exile's Hand Drawn is a debut album comprising 11 tracks that highlight the band's mix of Americana, roots-rock and classic rock influences alongside more personal songwriting. The record has been created based on the band members' long history as musicians, with songs like "The Alchemist," "Sing Our Song," "Almost Gone" and "Collide" showing how the album transitions between softer country-feeling guitar work, layered vocals, fuller harmonies and more reflective ly

Reclamation is Lurleen Ladd's way of returning to the songs she grew up listening to and recording them from the perspective she has now, decades after they once became a core part of her life. The album features renditions of well-known songs from artists like the Dire Straits, John Mellencamp and INXS with each song being reworked according to Lurleen's pacing, vocal delivery and instrumentation choice, making each track come across sounding noticeably different to their or