All The New Albums Coming Out In August 2021

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Keeping track of all the new albums coming out in a given month is a big job, but we’re up for it: Below is a comprehensive list of the major releases you can look forward to in August. If you’re not trying to potentially miss out on anything, it might be a good idea to keep reading.

Friday, August 6

• Andrea von Kampen — That Spell (Fantasy Records)
• Andrew Rinehart — Have Fun Idiot EP (SonaBLAST Records)
• Barbra Streisand — Release Me 2 (Legacy)
• Barney McCall — Transitive Cycles (Heavy Machinery Records)
• Benét — Game Over EP (Bayonet Records)
• Brian Jackson, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge — Brian Jackson JID008 (Jazz Is Dead)
• Catbite — Nice One (Bad Time Records)
• Circus Of Rock — Come One, Come All (Frontiers)
• Colin Hay — I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself (Compass Records)
• Crossing I’s Dotting T’s — Crossing I’s Dotting T’s EP (Riot Records)
• Damon & Naomi with Kurihara — A Sky Record (20 20 20)
• Ellen Foley — Fighting Words (Urban Noise Music)
• Eluvium — Virga II (Temporary Residence)
• Empty Streets — Age Of Regret (Cleopatra Records)
• Ethan Slater And Nick Blaemire — Edge Of The World (Broadway Records)
• Evan Giia — Endorphins EP (Astralwerks)
• Fake Laugh & Tarquin — Fake Laugh & Tarquin (Republic of Music)
• Foxing — Draw Down The Moon (Grand Paradise)
• Gerry Gibbs — Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound)
• Hippo Campus — Good Dog, Bad Dream EP (Grand Jury Music)
• Homeboy Sandman — Anjelitu EP (Mello Music Group)
• Information Society — ODDfellows (Hakatak International Records)
• Jeffrey Alexander And The Heavy Lidders — Jeffrey Alexander And The Heavy Lidders (Baked Tapes)
• John Moods — So Nice EP (Arbutus Records)
• Jordan Lehning — Three Colored Wall (Tree Tone)
• Kalie Shorr — I Got Here By Accident EP (TMWRK Records)
• Kanye West — Donda (GOOD Music)
• Khruangbin — Mordechai Remixes (Dead Oceans)
• Kississippi — Mood Ring (Triple Crown Records)
• Larsen Leap — Second Wind EP (Golden Robot Records)
• Laura Stevenson — Laura Stevenson (Don Giovanni Records)
• Leah Blevins — First Time Feeling (Crabtree Records)
• Liam Kazar — Due North (Woodsist/Mare Records)
• Liars — The Apple Drop (Mute)
• Lingua Ignota — Sinner Get Ready (Sargent House)
• Lovelorn — What’s Yr Damage (6131)
• MAY-A — Don’t Kiss Ur Friends EP (Atlantic Records)
• Nick Wilson — Now I’m Falling (Never Fade)
• Night Ranger — ATBPO (Frontiers)
• Patricia Barber — Clique (Impex Records)
• Paul Thorn — Never Too Late To Call (Thirty Tiger)
• RZA — RZA vs. Bobby Digital (Uncle Yura Records)
• Sleepersound — Idle Voices (Shimmy Disc)
• The Steoples — Wide Through The Eyes Of No One (Stones Throw)
• Stephen Chopek — Dweller (Declared Goods)
• Suncraft — Flat Earth Rider (All Good Clean Records)
• Troy Redfern — The Fire Cosmic (Red7 Records)
• Willy Mason — Already Dead (Cooking Vinyl)
• Wolf Castle — Da Vinci’s Inquest EP (Forward Music Group)
• Zachary Knowles — Tendency To Be A Loner (Fader Label)

Friday, August 13

• A Great Big Pile Of Leaves — Pono (Topshelf Records)
• Bendigo Fletcher — Fits Of Laughter (Elektra Records)
• Ben Platt — Reverie (Atlantic)
• Bikini — Motor Function EP (Northern Transmissions)
• Blackbear — Misery Lake EP (ALAMO/Columbia Records)
• Bloxx — Pop Culture EP (Chess Club Records)
• Boldy James And The Alchemist — Bo Jackson (ALC Records)
• Brandee Younger — Somewhere Different (Impulse! Records)
• Brijean — Feelings Remixes EP (Ghostly International)
• Brogan Bentley — Diapason Rex (Leaving Records)
• Charles Spearin — My City Of Starlings (Arts & Crafts)
• Chorusing — Half Mirror (Western Vinyl)
• The Cold Stares — Heavy Shoes (Mascot Records)
• Dan + Shay — Good Things (Warner Nashville)
• Devendra Banhart & Noah Georgeson — Refuge (Dead Oceans)
• Dreamers — Atlas EP (Nettwerk)
• Explorer Tapes — Explorer Tapes (Omnivore Recordings)
• Grace Vonderkuhn — Pleasure Pain (Sheer Luck Records)
• Hein Cooper — Turbulent Heart EP (Nettwerk Records)
• Jade Bird — Different Kinds Of Light (Glassnote)
• Jeremy Garrett — Wanderer’s Compass (Organic Records)
• Joey Cape — A Good Year To Forget (Fat Wreck Chords)
• Joseph Taylor Sutkowski — Of Wisdom & Folly (Danger Collective Records)
• Josienne Clarke — A Small Unknowable Thing (Corduroy Punk Tracks)
• Jungle — Loving In Stereo (Caiola Records)
• Junior Mesa — Cirque Du Freak EP (Nice Life Recording Company)
• Kalie Shorr — I Got Here By Accident EP (TMWRK Records)
• Katz — Only You EP (Dot Dash Recordings)
• The Killers — Pressure Machine (EMI)
• Lee Dewyze — Ghost Stories (RCA)
• Luke Hemmings — When Facing The Things We Turn Away From (Arista Records)
• Matthew Whitaker — Connections (Resilience Music)
• Media Jeweler — The Sublime Sculpture Of Being Alive (Fire Talk)
• Meet Me @ The Altar — Model Citizen EP (Fueled by Ramen)
• Mountain Movers — World What World (Trouble In Mind)
• Nick Garbett & Mike Majkowski — The Glider (Banksia Records)
• OhGeesy — Geezy World (Atlantic Records)
• Pachyman — The Return Of Pachyman (ATO Records)
• Pole — Tanzboden EP (Mute)
• Raven Bush — Fall Into Noise (PRAH Recordings)
• Rebel Priest — Lost In Tokyo EP (Batcave Records)
• Roy Montgomery — Rhymes Of Chance (Grapefruit Record Club)
• Sally Decker — In The Tender Dream (NNA Tapes)
• Still Woozy — If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is (Still Woozy Productions Inc.)
• Stuck — Content That Makes You Feel Good EP (Exploding In Sound)
• Supreme Love — We Are All Together EP (Animal63)
• Susanna And David Wallumrød — Live (Susanna Sonata)
• Trash Boat — Don’t You Feel Amazing? (Hopeless Records)
• Watchhouse — Watchhouse (Tiptoe Tiger Music/Thirty Tigers)
• Willie Nile — The Day The Earth Stood Still (River House Records)
• Wing Vilma — Spirit Practice (Young Heavy Souls)

Friday, August 20

• Alisa Tully — Holy Isle EP (Dalliance Recordings)
• All Good Things — A Hope In Hell (Better Noise Music)
• Anderson East — Maybe We Never Die (Low Country Sound)
• Angel Olsen — Aisles EP (Jagjaguwar)
• Badge Epoch — Scroll (Telephone Explosion)
• Bambies — Summer Soon (Spaghetty Town Records)
• Becky Hill — Only Honest On The Weekend (Polydor)
• Between The Buried And Me — Colors II (Sumerian Records)
• Black Light Animals — Playboys Of The Western World (Fat Beats Records)
• Bnny — Everything (Fire Talk)
• Chris Acker — Odd, Ordinary, & Otherwise (Gar Hole Records)
• Chris J Norwood — I Am Not Cool (State Fair Records)
• Cinema Cinema — CCXMDII (Nefarious Industries)
• Connie Smith — The Cry Of The Heart (Fat Possum Records)
• Darrin Bradbury — Artvertisement (ANTI- Records)
• David Duchovny — Gestureland (GMG/King Baby)
• The Dead Deads — Tell Your Girls It’s Alright (Rumble Records)
• Deafheaven — Infinite Granite (Sargent House)
• Debbie Gibson — The Body Remembers (Stargirl Records)
• Eric Hilton — Ceremony (Montserrat House)
• Ester Poly — Wet (Hummus Records)
• G. Brenner — Brushfire (Very Jazzed)
• George Lynch — Seamless (Rat Pak Records)
• Girlpuppy — Swan EP (Royal Mountain Records)
• James McMurtry — The Horses And The Hounds (New West Records)
• Jeremiah Cymerman — Citadels & Sanctuaries (5049 Records)
• Joe Troop — Borrowed Time (Free Dirt Records)
• Johnny Yukon — Flight Plan 001 (Elektra Records)
• The Joy Formidable — Into The Blue (Soundly Distro)
• Justus Proffit — Speedstar (B.A.R.N.O.N.E. Records)
• Khartoum — Vultures EP (Young Poet)
• Kool & The Gang — Perfect Union (Omnivore Recordings)
• Kunzite — Visuals (Lowly/Wilder Records)
• L.A. Exes — Get Some (Black Rainbow Records)
• Lorde — Solar Power (Universal)
• Lorkin O’Reilly — Marriage Material (Team Love)
• Mae Powell — Both Ways Brighter (Park the Van Records)
• Maggie Rose — Have A Seat (Starstruck Records)
• Mano Le Tough — At The Moment (Pampa Records)
• Martha Wainwright — Love Will Be Reborn (Pheromone Records/Cooking Vinyl)
• Martin Gore — The Third Chimpanzee Remixed (Mute Records)
• Mildreda — I Was Never Really There (Dependent Records)
• Molly Burman — Fool Me With Flattery EP (Prolifica Inc)
• Morly — ‘Til I Start Speaking (Cascine)
• Nathan Salsburg — Psalms (No Quarter Records)
• Occurence — I Have So Much Love To Give (Archie & Fox Records)
• Orla Gartland — Woman On The Internet (New Friends)
• Rick Hyde — Plates 2 (Black Soprano Family)
• Sam Williams — Glasshouse Children (Snakefarm)
• Shannon & The Clams — Year Of The Spider (Easy Eye Sound)
• Shining Bird — Deadlands (Spunk Records)
• Shire T — Kingdoms In Colour (Ninja Tune)
• Sierra Ferrell — Long Time Coming (Clear Summer Nights)
• Strange Bones — England Screams (FSKT/300)
• Sturgill Simpson — The Ballad Of Dood And Juanita (High Top Mountain Records/Thirty Tigers)
• Switchfoot — Interrobang (Fantasy Records)
• Telethon — Swim Out Past The Breakers (Take This To Heart Records)
• Tropical Fuck Storm — Deep States (Joyful Noise Recordings)
• Various Artists — The Bob’s Burgers Music Album Vol. 2 (Sub Pop)
• Villagers — Fever Dreams (Domino)
• Vistas — What Were You Hoping To Find? (Believe)
• Wanda Jackson — Encore (Big Machine Records)

Friday, August 27

• A Great Big World — Particles (Epic Records)
• Anamanaguchi — Summer Singles 2010/2020 (Polyvinyl Records)
• Arjuna Oakes & Serebii — First Nights EP (Innovative Leisure)
• Bendik Giske — Cracks (Smalltown Supersound)
• Ben Stalets — Everybody’s Laughing (WhistlePig Records)
• Big Red Machine — How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? (37D03D/Jagjaguwar)
• Born Without Bones — Pictures Of The Sun EP (Pure Noise Records)
• Botanist And Thief — Cicatrix/Diamond Brush (Prophecy Productions)
• Bram Weijters’ Crazy Men — The Return (SDBAN Records)
• Brian Setzer — Gotta Have The Rumble (Surfdog Records)
• The Bronx — The Bronx VI (Cooking Vinyl)
• Chubby And The Gang — The Mutt’s Nuts (Partisan Records)
• Chvrches — Screen Violence (Glassnote Records)
• Clifford / Wright — For All The Money In The World (BFD)
• Cold Hart — Every Day Is A Day (Epitaph Records)
• Comet Control — Inside The Sun (Tee Pee Records)
• Container — Creamer EP (Drone)
• E.VAX — E.VAX (XL)
• EG Vines — Through The Mirror (Nowhere Special Recordings)
• Emma-Jean Thackery — Yellow (Movementt)
• Evann McIntosh — Character Development (Mom+Pop)
• Ex Deo — The Thirteen Years Of Nero (Napalm Records)
• Eyedress — Mulholland Drive (Lex Records)
• The Faux Paws — The Faux Paws (Great Bear Records)
• Field Guide — Make Peace With That (Birthday Cake)
• Field Works — Maple, Ash, And Oaks: Cedars Instrumentals (Temporary Residence Limited)
• Fotocrime — Heart Of Crime (Profound Lore Records)
• Gord Downie — Coke Machine Glow: Songwriters’ Cabal (Arts & Crafts)
• Granfalloon — Positive Songs (Cosmic Glue)
• The Grascals — Up All Night (Mountain Home)
• Gretta Ray — Begin To Look Around (EMI)
• Halsey — If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power (Capitol Records)
• The Immediate Family — The Immediate Family (Quarto Valley Records)
• Indigo De Souza — Any Shape You Take (Saddle Creek)
• I See Hawks In L.A. — On Our Way (Western Seeds)
• Isla — The Mediterranean Gardener (Yep Roc Records)
• Jason Sharp — The Turning Centre Of A Still World (Constellation Records)
• Jinjer — Wallflowers (Napalm Records)
• Jo O’Meara — With Love (Metrophonic)
• Joakim — Second Nature (Tiger Sushi)
• Kabir Sehgal — Threshold EP (Tiger Turn)
• Kat Von D — Love Made Me Do It (KVD/Kartel Music Group)
• Kenny Garrett — Sounds from The Ancestors (Mack Avenue Records)
• Kiefer — When There’s Love Around (Stones Throw Records)
• King Calaway — Midnight EP (Stoney Creek Records)
• L’Freaq — Showgirl EP (Position Music)
• La Bonte — Don’t Let This Define Me (Anxiety Blanket)
• Lewloh — Michigan/Missinghim (Where Are The Fruits Records)
• Lindsay Munroe — Frogs And Birds (Troubadour Music)
• Low Flying Hawks — Fuyu (Magnetic Eye Records)
• Macy Rodman — Unimaginable Animals (Accidental Popstar Records)
• Madi Diaz — History Of A Feeling (Anti- Records)
• Maisie Peters — You Signed Up For This (Gingerbread Man Records)
• Marisa Anderson And William Tyler — Lost Futures (Thrill Jockey)
• Mirabai Ceiba — The Quiet Hour (Terrorbird)
• Molly Herron — Through Lines (New Amsterdam Records)
• Mouse Rat — The Awesome Album (Dualtone/Entertainment 720)
• Nite Jewel — No Sun (Gloriette)
• Ocie Elliott — A Place EP (Nettwerk)
• Opus Orange — Object Lessons (Emoto Music)
• Phinehas — The Fire Itself (Solid State Records)
• The Poppermost — Hits To Spare (Think Like A Key Records)
• Robert Ellis Orrall — Surf And Gun Club (Fixation Records/Infinity Cat Recordings)
• Roxy Girls — Roxy Girls Are In The Drink EP (Moshi Moshi Records)
• Scarypoolparty — The Act Of Forgiveness (Hollywood)
• Snowy Band — Alternate Endings (Spunk Records)
• Sonta — Chocolit (Machine Entertainment Group)
• Southern Avenue — Be The Love You Want (Renew Records/BMG)
• Spirit Adrift — Forge Your Future EP (Century Media Records)
• Steve Gunn — Other You (Matador Records)
• Straytones — Magic Green River Swimmin’ & Stunning Tarzanka Experience (Robustfellow Productions)
• Sugar Horse — The Live Long After (Small Pond)
• Suzanne Santo — Yard Sale (Soundly Music)
• Terence Blanchard — Absence (Blue Note)
• Thalia Zedek Band — Perfect Vision (Thrill Jockey)
• Thyrfing — Vanagand (Despotz Records)
• Tim Easton — You Don’t Really Know Me (Black Mesa Records)
• Trace Adkins — The Way I Wanna Go (Verge Records)
• Tré Burt — You, Yeah, You EP (Oh Boy Records)
• TSHA — OnlyL EP (Ninja Tune)
• Turnstile — Glow On (Grand Jury)
• Velvet Starlings — Technicolour Shakedown (Sound x 3 Records)
• Yann Tiersen — Kerber (Mute)

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