Albums Out Today to Listen To: Pulp, Addison Rae, Turnstile, and More
In this segment, we showcase the most notable albums out each week. Here are the albums out on June 6, 2025:
Pulp, More
Pulp are back with More, their first album in 24 years. Working with producer James Ford, Jarvis Cocker, drummer Nick Banks, guitarist Mark Webber, and keyboardist Candida Doyle recorded the album in just three weeks at the end of 2024. Though desperation abounds, the record buzzes with romanticism, luxurious production, and Cocker’s typically offbeat humour, as heard in the early singles ‘Spike Island’ and ‘Got to Have Love’. “When we started touring again in 2023, we practiced a new song called ‘Hymn of the North’ during sound checks and eventually played it at the end of our second night at Sheffield Arena,” Cocker recalled. “This seemed to open the floodgates: we came up with the rest of the songs on the album during the first half of 2024. A couple are revivals of ideas from last century.”
Addison Rae, Addison
Every single leading up to Addison Rae’s debut album – ‘Diet Pepsi’, ‘Aquamarine’, ‘High Fashion’, ‘Headphones On’, and ‘Fame Is a Gun’ – has been impressive. Now, the full record is here to show the full scope of the rising star’s musical and emotional range. Some songs are airy and vulnerable, others sweaty and glamorous, but none quite fully dissolve into the ether – it’s pop music that sticks. “I have this luxury now to be able to play and explore,” Rae told The New York Times. “To be weird or be introspective or be playful and curious and like a chameleon.”
Turnstile, Never Enough
Turnstile return as energized as ever on Never Enough, the follow-up to their 2021 breakthrough Glow On. Ahead of its release, the Baltimore crew previewed the record with the singles ‘Look Out For Me’, ‘Seein’ Stars’, and ‘Birds’, and debuted ‘I Care’ and ‘Dull’ on Fallon. As those singles hinted, it dials up the dreaminess, even wistfulness, that was an undercurrent on Glow On, but remains vibrant and infectious all the way through. Brendan Yates airs out feelings of detachment, insecurity, and heartbreak, using the music – call it “post-hardcore” if you must – as a vehicle for both expression and catharsis.
Lifeguard, Ripped and Torn
Chicago three-piece Lifeguard have released their debut album, Ripped and Torn, via Matador. Though the band specializes in an explosive blend of punk, dub, and various strains of indie rock, here they augment the songs’ nervous energy by doubling down on their most cacophonous and improvisational tendencies. Produced by No Age’s Randy Randall, the record was preceded by the singles ‘Like You’ll Lose’, ‘Under Your Reach’, and ‘It Will Get Worse’. “The physical element is something we’re all very together on,” explained guitarist and singer Kai Slater (who produced the idiosyncratic solo debut by Stranger Things actor Finn Wolfhard, Happy Birthday, also out today). “The immediacy of making music. The instant pleasure and satisfaction of it.”
Little Simz, Lotus
Little Simz has dropped her sixth studio LP, Lotus. Raw and daring, the follow-up to 2022’s No Thank You and last year’s Drop 7 EP features guest appearances from Obongjayar, Moonchild Sanelly, Lydia Kitto, Moses Sumney, Miraa May, Yukimi Nagano, Wretch 32, Cashh, Michael Kiwanuka, Yussef Dayes, and Sampha. “I was lonely making an album/ Till I realised I’m all I needed to get through,” she raps on highlight ‘Lonely’. In an interview with I May Destroy You creator Michaela Coel, she said: “It’s taken me six albums to understand I can do things in a way that feels truthful to me in all areas of my work, and still feels like just Simbi. It’s taken me a minute to get my head around that.”
McKinley Dixon, Magic, Alive!
McKinley Dixon’s fifth LP, Magic, Alive!, centers on the story of three kids who wrestle with the loss of their best friend. Following 2021’s For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her and 2023’s Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?, the record features guest contributions from Anjimile, Pink Siifu, trombonist Reggie Pace, harpist Eli Owens, and more. Though it starts out somber, it’s sonically animated and grandiose to the point of almost – but never quite – feeling overproduced. “I believe that the way to live forever is to write stuff that is dedicated to children,” Dixon said in press materials. “Having this story feature kids made sense, because I could start at a point and end at never. I’m still growing.”
Other albums out today:
Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe, Lateral and Luminal; Finn Wolfhard, Happy Birthday; Hayden Pedigo, I’ll Be Waving as You Drive Away; Lil Wayne, Tha Carter VI; Marina, Princess of Power; Wavves, Spun; Phoebe Rings, Aseurai; Ben LaMar Gay, Yowzers; Purelink, Faith; For Your Health, This Bitter Garden; Caamp, Copper Changes Colors; Hailey Whitters, Corn Queen; Black Moth Super Rainbow, Soft New Magic Dream;
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