{"id":58019,"date":"2026-02-13T15:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/12-new-albums-you-should-listen-to-now-charli-xcx-feng-and-more\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:26:31","slug":"12-new-albums-you-should-listen-to-now-charli-xcx-feng-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/12-new-albums-you-should-listen-to-now-charli-xcx-feng-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"12 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Charli XCX, Feng, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week\u2019s batch includes new albums from Charli XCX, Feng, Jill Scott, August Ponthier, and more. Subscribe to Pitchfork\u2019s<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/newsletter\"><em>New Music Friday newsletter<\/em><\/a> <em>to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Charli XCX:\u00a0<em>Wuthering Heights<\/em>\u00a0[Atlantic]<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-fkZDUs kHRAYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eEeytc eRSvCP asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-zEXFr koTknX responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cIfZLr fHIkTW asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cGZhnX jwYQWO AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cIfZLr fHIkTW asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When director Emerald Fennell needed to hire a musician to score her <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/charli-xcx-announces-new-album-wuthering-heights-shares-new-song-chains-of-love-listen\/\"><em>Wuthering Heights<\/em><\/a> adaptation, only one person came to mind: <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/29761-charli-xcx\/\">Charli XCX<\/a>. Not only did the British pop star accept the offer, but she used her soundtrack to capture love in all of its grandiose, moody, and elusive ways. As she described the soundtrack on her <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/itscharlibb.substack.com\/p\/running-on-the-spot-in-a-dream\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/itscharlibb.substack.com\/p\/running-on-the-spot-in-a-dream&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/itscharlibb.substack.com\/p\/running-on-the-spot-in-a-dream\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Substack<\/a>, it\u2019s a \u201cdive into persona, into a world that felt undeniably raw, wild, sexual, gothic, British, tortured and full of actual real sentences, punctuation and grammar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/wuthering-heights\/1852566184\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/wuthering-heights\/1852566184&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/wuthering-heights\/1852566184\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-aps-asin=\"1852566184\" data-aps-asc-tag=\"pitchfo2020-20\">Listen on Apple Music<\/a><br \/><a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4oniyB3TRFhjglVSqVgy9e\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4oniyB3TRFhjglVSqVgy9e&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4oniyB3TRFhjglVSqVgy9e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Listen on Spotify<\/a><br \/><a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/tidal.com\/album\/497934606\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/tidal.com\/album\/497934606&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/tidal.com\/album\/497934606\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Listen on Tidal<\/a><br \/><a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/albums\/B0G25YVB8K\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/albums\/B0G25YVB8K&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/albums\/B0G25YVB8K\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-aps-asin=\"B0G25YVB8K\" data-aps-asc-tag=\"pitchfo2020-20\">Listen on Amazon Music<\/a><br \/><a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/en-us\/product\/charli-xcx\/wuthering-heights-1\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/en-us\/product\/charli-xcx\/wuthering-heights-1&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/en-us\/product\/charli-xcx\/wuthering-heights-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buy at Rough Trade<\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Feng:\u00a0<em>Weekend Rockstar<\/em>\u00a0[Regularisperfect]<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-fkZDUs kHRAYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eEeytc eRSvCP asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-zEXFr koTknX responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cIfZLr fHIkTW asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cGZhnX jwYQWO AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cIfZLr fHIkTW asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feng Weekend Rockstar\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eNxvmU cfBbTk responsive-image__image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.pitchfork.com\/photos\/698a4ec506eeaefa8f76c421\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/Feng-Weekend-Rockstar.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/media.pitchfork.com\/photos\/698a4ec506eeaefa8f76c421\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/Feng-Weekend-Rockstar.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/media.pitchfork.com\/photos\/698a4ec506eeaefa8f76c421\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/Feng-Weekend-Rockstar.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/media.pitchfork.com\/photos\/698a4ec506eeaefa8f76c421\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/Feng-Weekend-Rockstar.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/media.pitchfork.com\/photos\/698a4ec506eeaefa8f76c421\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/Feng-Weekend-Rockstar.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/media.pitchfork.com\/photos\/698a4ec506eeaefa8f76c421\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/Feng-Weekend-Rockstar.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/media.pitchfork.com\/photos\/698a4ec506eeaefa8f76c421\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/Feng-Weekend-Rockstar.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/media.pitchfork.com\/photos\/698a4ec506eeaefa8f76c421\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/Feng-Weekend-Rockstar.jpeg\"\/><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/10-new-albums-you-should-listen-to-now-charli-xcx-feng-and-more\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. 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