The week's best new albums include a genre-spanning masterpiece from singer Margo Price, a tribute to the '80s from Seven Davis Jr., Belle and Sebastian, jazz trumpeter Derrick Gardner and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Margo Price — Strays
Featured Songs: "Light Me Up," "Time Machine," "Radio," "Anytime You Call"
2. Seven Davis Jr. — savedbythebell
Featured Songs: "zero press," "wendy & lisa," "savedbythebell"
3. poolblood — mole
Featured Songs: "my little room," "wfy," "beam"
4. Belle & Sebastian — Late Developers
Featured Songs: "So In the Moment," "When You're Not With Me," "Late Developers"
5. Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets — Pan Africa
Featured Songs: "The Sixth Village," "Djemba Kan," "Highlife Suite"

Lightning Round:
Jamee Cornelia — Art School Dropout
Joesef — Permanent Damage
Lusillón — Pensando mucho y mal
Obituary — Dying of Everything
Whitehorse — I'm Not Crying, You're Crying

Other notable releases for Jan. 13:
BabyTron — Bin Reaper 3: New Testament
Declaime & Madlib — In the Beginning Vol. 3
Gaz Coombes — Turn the Car Around
Julia Wolf — Good Thing We Stayed
Lincoln — Everything Is Wrong
Skyzoo — The Mind of a Saint
Stile Antico — The Golden Renaissance: William Byrd

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on Jan. 13

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