Lambrini Ladies, ‘Firm Tradition’
All issues patriarchal, capitalistic and obtuse are targets for Lambrini Ladies, the gleefully obstreperous English punk duo Phoebe Lunny and Lilly Macieira. “Firm Tradition,” a blast at office harassment from their debut album, “Who Let the Canines Out,” revs up instrumentally for almost a full minute — clattery drums, buzz-bombing bass, dissonant guitar — earlier than Lunny lets unfastened a brutally sarcastic tirade: “Human assets say I’m asking for it,” she barks. PARELES
Spellling, ‘Portrait of My Coronary heart’
Chrystia Cabral, a California songwriter who data as Spellling, proclaims “I don’t belong right here!” with mounting vehemence in “Portrait of My Coronary heart,” which would be the title observe of her fourth album, due in March. She sings a few psychological and non secular disaster — “I would like a stroke of luck / ’Trigger I kicked down all my angels to the grime” — in a crescendo of uneven drums, layered guitars and orchestral strings, exulting within the drama. PARELES
Dangerous Bunny, ‘Baile Inolvidable’
Heartache and heritage mingle on Dangerous Bunny’s new album, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” (“I Ought to Have Taken Extra Images”). Like a lot of its songs, “Baile Inolvidable” (“Unforgettable Dance”) morphs between present and classic sounds, underscoring the multigenerational continuity of Puerto Rican music. “Baile Inolvidable” begins as a blurred dirge of synthesizer strains and Dangerous Bunny’s vocals, mourning a misplaced romance; “I believed we’d develop outdated collectively,” he sings in Spanish, and admits, “It’s my fault.” However the observe switches to an old-school salsa jam, with natural percussion and horns and a jazzy piano; the teachings of the girlfriend who taught him “methods to love” and “methods to dance” have stayed with him. PARELES
SZA, ‘What Do I Do’
In “What Do I Do” — from “Lana,” her album-length addition to her album “SOS” — SZA solutions her cellphone to listen to an unintentionally dialed name and the sounds of her boyfriend with one other lady. A lean, finger-snapping observe backs her as she grapples with the shock briefly, colliding phrases: outdated loyalties, new anger, damage, disgust and the clear realization that “It’ll by no means be the identical once more.” PARELES
Cymande that includes Jazzie B, ‘How We Roll’
The Caribbean-rooted British band Cymande, whose first three albums had been launched within the early Seventies, is about to place out a brand new one, “Renascence,” after many years of listening to its music recycled as samples. “How We Roll” brings again the group’s hand-played, Afro-Anglo-Caribbean grooves and hardheaded idealism: “We mustn’t ever lose dedication.” Its affected person, cymbal-tapping beat and electric-piano chords trace at Miles Davis’s “In a Silent Means,” whereas the horn strains look towards Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s Afrobeat. And deep-voiced visitor raps from Jazzie B, the founding father of Soul II Soul, join throughout British R&B generations. PARELES
