Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by The National, Joy Oladokun, Taj Mahal, Josh Ritter, Stephen Stills and a covers tribute to Doc Watson.
The National’s first album in four years, First Two Pages Of Frankenstein, is out today. The album features marquee guest stars including Taylor Swift, Sufjan Stevens, and Phoebe Bridgers, but the band didn’t bring any of them along for their release-night performance on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show. Instead, they played “Eucalyptus,” the best of the album’s advance singles.