Summer Music Preview: 37 Key Albums
by
Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor
– May 25, 2017
While there's still no official word on whether the summer will bring long-in-the-works new albums from Arcade Fire, Beck, LCD Soundsystem, or Queens of the Stone Age, the coming months will definitely see new releases from Lorde, Broken Social Scene, Katy Perry, Big Boi, Lana Del Rey, Phoenix, Ride, and more.
Browse our collection of the summer's most notable new albums—as well as several noteworthy re-releases and compilations—below, where you can also listen to songs from each release.
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Two years in the making, the Brooklyn art-rockers' first new studio album since 2012's Shields will be followed by a tour this fall. The band's own bassist Chris Taylor again serves as producer.
| LISTEN: | "Mourning Sound" |
| WATCH: | "Three Rings" |
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