An overview of upcoming albums in pop and classical music. Highlights include Central Cee's debut album, FKA twigs' new concept album, and Lady Blackbird's latest release.
From stadium gigs by Linkin Park and Lana Del Rey to Central Cee ’s long-awaited debut album, there’s plenty to look out for from pop’s A-list – while in classical, there’s a Festen opera and more. Central Cee has looked like UK rap’s biggest hope, not least because he’s achieved what no UK rapper has since Monie Love: genuine commercial success in the US. Both Doja and Sprinter went platinum there, and he’s been tapped by J Cole and Ice Spice for feature slots on their hit singles.
It means expectations run high for Can’t Rush Greatness, a title that reflects this is his debut album, eight years after his first releases.As usual, FKA twigs’ first album in five years comes wrapped in a concept – Eusexua apparently suggests a state of ecstasy so intense that you transcend human form – while the singles so far released suggest a distinct dancefloor focus, inspired by the club scene of her adopted hometown of Prague. Given that it was co-produced by veteran DJ Sasha, the title track deals in trancey techno, while the Stargate collaboration Perfect Stranger throws a distinct UK garage influence (and huge pop chorus) into the mix, and Drums of Death offers dark-hued, potent electro.Ever since Marley Munroe took the stage name Lady Blackbird – from the Beatles song she recorded in the wake of George Floyd’s murder – her star has spiralled upwards. She’s a fantastic vocalist, whose background in jazz doesn’t preclude the influence of gospel, soul, folk and psychedelia. On her 2024 album, Slang Spirituals, she shifted away from the covers that dominated its predecessor,, and her self-penned material turned out to be great: that there’s no shift in quality between her own songs and the album’s solitary cover – an epic reworking of Bettye Swan’s 70s soul classic When the Game Is Played On You – tells its own stor
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