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.