4 albums you need to hear this week

In the age of streaming, it’s never been easier to listen to new music — but with over 60,000 new songs added to Spotify every day, it’s also never been harder to know what to put on. Every week, the team at Rolling Stone UK will run down some of the best new releases that have been added to streaming services.

This week, we’ve highlighted records by ZAYN, Jessie Ware, Nine Inch Noize and Eaves Wilder.

ZAYN – KONNAKOL

The striking artwork of Zayn’s fifth album sees the singer torn between two very worlds – which is fitting for the singer’s eclectic latest record. On one hand, he celebrates his South Asian heritage through the eponymous and traditional art of performing percussion syllables vocally. On the other songs like the lead single ‘Die For Me’ lean into dramatic Weeknd-esque R&B. The result is an exciting record that shows how this multi-faceted singer is still dancing to the beat of his own drum.

Listen on: Spotify | ‎Apple Music | TIDAL | Amazon Music

Jessie Ware – Superbloom

Across her last two albums, What’s Your Pleasure? and That! Feels Good! Jessie Ware has transformed herself from a powerful singer of stirring ballads into an unlikely but superb disco queen. On Superbloom, the evolution continues, as Ware explains:  “Since What’s Your Pleasure? I’ve been trying out this fantasy world and escapism. I’m not the most by-the-book ‘pop star’, but I do like to play with dress-up, glamour, and fun, While I love dance music, I wanted to dig deeper with this record; to connect with real relationships and appreciate the love I have, and the fears I have of losing it.” It makes an album that pumps the brakes a little on her recent glittering disco, but that rewards deeper listening as a result.

Listen on: Spotify | ‎Apple Music | TIDAL | Amazon Music

Nine Inch Noize – Nine Inch Noize

When Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize came together for the pulsating and sensual soundtrack to steamy tennis movie Challengers, an unlikely but near-perfect collaboration was born. This is furthered on Nine Inch Noize, a full-length collaborative album released between two Coachella performances. With Reznor and bandmate Atticus Ross’ dark and scything noise put next to Boys Noize’s penchant for club-ready euphoria, it’s a record that thrives on intensity and recklessness. As Reznor accurately asks: “Listen LOUD.”

Listen on: Spotify | ‎Apple Music | TIDAL | Amazon Music

Eaves Wilder – Little Miss Sunshine

The title of the debut album from Eaves Wilder was written as “a joke to myself, because I was such a bitch at the time,” the singer told Rolling Stone UK. “I was really going through it. I wasn’t nice to be around. ”Really, I was quite unhappy and really angry at the world actually, I think. I liked the idea of it, especially when you’re a woman that’s my age, it’s really not hot to be really angry or kind of a bitch or annoyed, and you need to have this sunny disposition.” Little Miss Sunshine, an album about craving escapism and truly understanding yourself, uses imagery of nature and larger than life states to transcend the every day. “I tried to use weather to describe all of these different weather fronts that were coming in and out of me at the time,” she says.

Listen on: Spotify | ‎Apple Music | TIDAL | Amazon Music