Today, as the summer chugs along, we have another day of new releases. Seven of them are highlighted down below by the TND writers, and we hope you'll find something you like in this eclectic mix!

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Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out [Roc Nation Distribution]

Clipse fans rejoice: the first album in 16 years from the Virginia Beach duo is finally here. Comprised of brothers Pusha T and Malice, Let God Sort Em Out was bubbling under for the past few years, after they reunited on Kanye West’s Jesus Is King track “Use This Gospel” in 2019. Since then, the sibling made appearances at award show performances and music festivals, and officially announced their fourth album arrives following two East Coast hip-hop tracks “Ace Trumpets” and “So Be It”. While long-time confidant Pharrell Williams produced the record (previously credited with The Neptunes on all former records, including Hell Hath No Fury) the tracklist is rounded out by features from Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Tyler, the Creator, John Legend, The-Dream, and more. – Jaeden Pinder

Floating – Hesitating Lights [Transcending Obscurity]

On their sophomore album, Swedish duo Floating combine death metal with post-punk. While a novel idea in its own right, Floating push the concept into progressive waters, drawing from groups like Edge of Sanity. Hesitating Lights is a muted affair by death metal standards, toning down the abrasive edges and speed, but it doesn't relinquish the genre entirely. This gives the post-punk elements more room to breathe, evident on "Cough Choir", which sounds like a goth take on death'n'roll. There are plenty of underground death metal albums dropping today, but none are as idiosyncratic as Hesitating Lights. – Colin Dempsey

Gina Birch – Trouble [Rough Trade]

It took Gina Birch almost 40 years to release a debut solo album after her post-punk era-defining band The Raincoats first went their separate ways, but only two years to follow it up. Picking up where 2023’s I Play My Bass Loud left off, Trouble draws from a wider palette of sounds, sometimes fiery and direct, at other times content to float in more spaced-out production, taking in post-punk, trip hop, dub, and the more experimental side of indie rock. “It’s a bit out there, a bit off the tracks, and I always like to go there,” says Burch of the album’s eleven songs. “I unofficially subtitled the album ‘Trouble I've Caused and Trouble I'm In’, so the songs are based around that feeling — that dangerous place to be.” – Alan Pedder

Gwenno – Utopia [Heavenly Recordings]

On her new album Utopia, Gwenno Saunders has largely set aside the Welsh and Cornish lyrics of her previous three solo albums, writing songs predominantly in English to tell the almost larger-than-life story of her young adulthood – a topic she acknowledges that most people deal with on their debuts. “It’s taken me so long to digest it,” she says. “I needed 20 years just to make sense of things.” Gwenno’s storytelling encompasses everything from her wild teenage days as a dancer in Las Vegas and her days as a member of indie-pop band The Pipettes, through to her return to Wales and becoming a wife and mother and uncovering her own heritage. The songs may be more diaristic and accessible than before, but Saunders keeps the imaginative twists and turns of her earlier work coming. — Alan Pedder

Justin Bieber – Swag [Ithaca Holdings/Def Jam]

Omnipresent pop star Justin Bieber surprise-dropped his seventh studio album last night, his first in four years. Heavily featuring production from R&B trailblazer Dijon (as well as his protege Mk.gee), Swag is Bieber's most soulful project yet. With features from Gunna, Cash Cobain, Sexyy Red, and more, Bieber finds himself appealing to the hip-hop heads of the world during a tumultuous moment in his high-profile career. With nods to his recent viral run-in with paparazzi, Bieber is making sure the spotlight delicately swings back in his direction. – Leah Weinstein

MF Tomlinson –  Die To Wake Up From A Dream [PRAH Recordings]

Singer, songwriter, producer, musical wunderkind MF Tomlinson has released his third record, Die To Wake Up From A Dream. Completing a trilogy of self-produced records – following his 2021 debut Strange Time and 2023's We Are Still Wild Horses – Tomlinson is back with a hefty dose of genre-defying music. With songs dabbling in folk, spacious prog, shoegaze, experimental country, and everything in between and around, Tomlinson mixes instrumental odysseys alongside more lyric-focused songs, always spinning multiple sonic plates at once. Songs range from four minutes to nearly 15, constituting a heady journey from point a to point b, across these nine sojourning songs. – Jeremy J. Fisette

The Swell Season – Forward [ATC]

The Swell Season – the acclaimed, Oscar-winning duo of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (Once) – have returned with their first album in 16 years, Forward. Produced by Irglová's husband Sturla Mio Thorisson and recorded at their Masterkey Studios in Iceland, the eight song collection features original Swell Season members Marja Gaynor and Bertrand Galen (strings) and Joseph Doyle (bass), alongside newcomer Piero Perelli (drums and percussion). – Nic Huber

Wet Leg – moisturizer [Domino]

Following their Grammy-winning self-titled debut in 2022, Wet Leg's sophomore record. moisturizer, shifts from the cheeky, indie pop lewdness heard in hits like "Chaise Longue", "Wet Dream", and "Ur Mum", to a brasher, rockier, unapologetic rallying call. The lyrics and vocals are classic Wet Leg: witty, sex-positive, and self-empowering, delivered in a monotone, confident speech-song. The first single "catch these fists" channels the dynamism of early Franz Ferdinand as its heavy guitar, thumping drums, and punchy vocals boil with rage and adrenaline. The second single "CPR" also gives off an edgier, grungier energy, developing its sharp backbone in a gritty, catchy electric guitar riff. In the words of Wet Leg: "We're so back." – Victoria Borlando