New Music Friday Release Picks (4/14/23)

Our favorite new music releases from 4/14/23. Playlist is available at the bottom of the post.

Alternative

Artist: cruush*

Album: Wishful Thinker EP

Listen to First: "Sombre by the Weekend"

Artist: Eli Hurts*

Album: Ouch, Eli Hurts

Listen to First: "Them ft. Love Fame Tragedy"

Artist: MAUVEY*

Album: BEFORE THE ALBUM 2: a brief overview

Listen to First: "EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE"

Artist: Petite Noir

Album: MotherFather

Listen to First: "Blurry ft. Sampa the Great"

Artist: ther

Album: a horrible whisper echoes in a palace of endless joy

Listen to First: "impossible things"

Americana

Artist: The Wood Brothers

Album: Heart is the Hero

Listen to First: "Pilgrim"

Electronic

Artist: Grandbrothers*

Album: Late Reflections

Listen to First: "North/South"

Artist: Proc Fiskal

Album: Rt Hon EP

Listen to First: "Global Lawn"

Emo

Artist: Kicksie*

Album: Slouch

Listen to First: "Wish I Was (Anyone Else) ft. Mei"

Folk

Artist: Abraham Alexander*

Album: SEA/SONS

Listen to First: "Stay ft. Gary Clark Jr."

Hip-Hop

Artist: Prof

Album: HORSE

Listen to First: "Louisiana"

Indie

Artist: Babygirl

Album: Be Still My Heart EP

Listen to First: "Always"

Artist: Bodywash

Album: I Held the Shape While I Could

Listen to First: "Massif Central"

Artist: Brian Dunne

Album: Loser on the Ropes

Listen to First: "Bad Luck"

Artist: FEWS

Album: Glass City

Listen to First: "Strafe"

Artist: Ghosts on TV

Album: Ghosts on TV

Listen to First: "Sunshine"

Artist: Josienne Clarke

Album: Onliness

Listen to First: "Bathed in Light"

Artist: Kara Jackson

Album: Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love?

Listen to First: "dickhead blues"

Artist: lilo*

Album: I Don’t Like My Chances on the Outside EP

Listen to First: "Spit Up"

Artist: néomí*

Album: after EP

Listen to First: "red balloon"

Artist: The Tallest Man on Earth

Album: Henry St.

Listen to First: "Every Little Heart"

Artist: Temples

Album: Exotico

Listen to First: "Gamma Rays"

Jazz

Artist: Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations

Album: I Came From Love

Listen to First: "Amnesia"

Punk

Artist: NOT

Album: Stop the World

Listen to First: "Stop The World"

Artist: Penny Rich

Album: If Everyone’s An Expert…

Listen to First: "Last Meal"

Artist: Poison Ruïn

Album: Härvest

Listen to First: "Härvest"

Rap

Artist: MC Yallah

Album: Yallah Beibe

Listen to First: "Hera"

New Music Friday Release Picks Playlist

*An asterisk denotes that this release was one of our featured top 4 or 8 of the week.

This list is created by listening to all the new music Friday releases listed on Consequence with under 1 million monthly listeners. If you have an upcoming release that you’d like to be considered for a future list, please fill out the "New Artist Submission" form on our site with the above information as well as a link to listen.

Please note: all submissions will be added to our “Artist Submissions” playlist but may or may not be included on our Friday Release Picks.