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NPR Music's Ann Powers and Hazel Cills dig into Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department,' which hit streaming services last night, and share a handful of other new albums out Friday, April 19. Featured Albums: • Taylor Swift, 'The Tortured Poets Department' • Bbymutha, 'Sleep Paralysis' • claire rousay, 'sentiment' • Pearl Jam, 'Dark Matter' Other notable albums out April 19: • Stephanie Lambring, 'Hypocrite' • Cadence Weapon, 'ROLLERCOASTER' • Tei Shi, 'Valerie' • Ekko Astral, 'pink balloons' • Bill Frisell, 'Orchestras' • BIG|BRAVE, 'A Chaos of Flowers' • Blue Lab Beats, 'Blue Eclipse' • Chanel Beads, 'Your Day Will Come' • Local Natives, 'But I'll Wait For You' • Gangrene (The Alchemist & Oh No), 'Heads I Win, Tails You Lose' • Brian Eno, 'Eno' • Cloud Nothings, 'Final Summer' • Melvins, 'Tarantula Heart' • Mozzy, 'CHILDREN OF THE SLUMS' • Lucy Rose, 'This Ain't The Way You Go Out' • Pillow Queens, 'Name Your Sorrow' • A Certain Ratio, 'It All Comes Down To This' • Cavalier, 'Different Type Time' • Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds, 'That Delicious Vice' • T Bone Burnett, 'The Other Side' Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy