Happy New Music Friday! ๐
First up, Russian activist collective Pussy Riot unleashes CYKA, their explosive, official full-length debut album. Propelled by co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova's fierce defiance, the project delivers a chaotic sonic assault aimed straight at political oppression, global censorship, and the police state. Merging abrasive, blunt-force EDM with icy electronics and raw, confrontational punk, CYKA serves as an uncompromising, headline-grabbing soundtrack for modern resistance.
On the other side of the musical spectrum, indie-folk project Fruit Bats returns with The Landfill, released via Merge Records. Shifting away from solitary songwriting, Eric D. Johnson collaborates with his full touring band to capture a radiant, live-in-the-room energy at Bear Creek Studios. It is a beautifully organic record that transforms the emotional debris of the past into stunning, technicolor folk-rock.