8 New Albums Out Today: Broken Social Scene, The Lemon Twigs, Lykke Li & More

Broken Social Scene rolled out their first studio album in nearly a decade, Remember The Humans, released today through Arts & Crafts. The Canadian collective follow up to their 2017 LP, Hug Of Thunder, sees the band reuniting with producer David Newfeld, who captained their 2002 breakthrough record You Forgot It in People and the following self-titled effort. The new album sees contributions from Feist, Lisa Lobsinger, Hannah Georgas and others. Both Newfeld and BSS member Kevin Drew lost their mothers during the recording.

“Our moms would have wanted us to do this, and get it right after 20 years of not working together,” Newfeld said.

“There’s a different kind of honesty in this record,” added Broken Social Scene’s Charles Spearin. “We’ve had success, we’ve lost friends, we’ve lost parents, we’re at this ‘what happens next?’ stage in life.”

The Lemon Twigs put out their latest album, Look For Your Mind!, today through Captured Tracks. The band from Long Island featuring D’Addario brothers, Brian and Michael, brought in touring members, drummer Reza Matin and bassist Danny Ayala, as well Eva Chambers of Tchotchke to contribute to the LP. Thematically, Look For Your Mind! examines the maddening moment in time the world finds itself in.

“I do think that now is a time of insanity,” Brian D’Addario said. “You really have to hold onto your own mind if you don’t wanna lose it.”

Swedish singer Lykke Li’s swan song sixth and final album, The Afterparty, came out today on Neon Gold Records. The nine-song effort comes in under 25 minutes and features a 17-piece orchestra. The album follows her 2022 album EYEYE and 2025 Covers EP. Li wrote The Afterparty in Los Angeles and recorded in Stockholm.

“I was twirling around in love addiction for all those albums,” Li stated. “Now I’m going into my existential era. I find that we’re in an era where everyone is talking about, ‘My higher self,’ Fuck that. This is an album dealing with your lower self: your need for revenge, your shame, despair, all of it.”

New York City-based duo Ray Bull released a their second album, Please Stop Laughing, today via AWAL. Rising through viral success and their background in visual art, Aaron Graham and Tucker Elkins discovered a new medium in music. Ray Bull released their debut album, Baby Mode, in 2021.

“It almost seemed like Please Stop Laughing was going to be an identity crisis. It felt existential,” Graham stated. “The record could have been a folk record, easily. It could have been a pop record, easily.”

Los Angeles pop trio MUNA’s fourth album, Dancing On The Wall, dropped today through Saddest Factory Records. The follow-up to the Katie Gavi-fronted group’s 2022 self-titled record was largely produced by multi-instrumentalist Naomi McPherson.

British rock band Basement released WIRED through Run For Cover Records, their first album in eight years. The follow-up to 2018’s Beside Myself was produced, engineered and mixed by John Congleton at Animal Rites and mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis in London. The five-piece — vocalist Andrew Fisher, guitarists Alex Henery and Ronan Crix, bassist Duncan Stewart and drummer James Fisher — spent years writing and refining the album’s 12 tracks before entering the studio.

“I never thought Basement could sound like this,” Henery said. “But in my head, it’s what I’ve always wanted Basement to sound like.”

Detroit rapper and producer Black Milk’s CEREMONIAL album arrived today via Computer Ugly. Written, produced and performed entirely by Black Milk — with the exception of “Act Like,” produced by Brandon Myster — the album was recorded, mixed and mastered at Stank Babies Studio, with additional tracking at High Bias Recordings and F.B.T. Studios. Guest contributors include Saba on “OK… Nah” and BJ the Chicago Kid and guitarist Chris Sholar on “YOUIT (Truth Be Told),” with additional instrumentation from keyboardist Ian Fink, guitarist and bassist Sasha Kashperko, bassist RoDerrick Gaston and drummer Jarelle James.

New Zealand singer-songwriter Aldous Harding released her fifth album, Train on the Island, via 4AD. The follow-up to 2022’s Warm Chris was co-produced with longtime collaborator John Parish at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales, where the pair also recorded 2017’s Party , 2019’s Designer and 2022’s Warm Chris. Musical contributions come from pedal steel player Joe Harvey-Whyte, harpist Mali Llywelyn, synth artist Thomas Poli, drummer Sebastian Rochford and Huw Evans who appears on bass, vocals, guitar and organ.