Vince Staples. Zoh Amba. Death Cab for Cutie. Host Stephen Thompson chats with <a href="https://www.wextradio.org/people/laura-grant"target="_blank" >Laura Grant from WEXT</a> in New York about their favorite albums out Friday, June 5. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round. The Starting 5 (00:00) Album No.1Death Cab for Cutie, 'I Built You a Tower' (ANTI-Records) (08:18) Album No. 2Vince Staples, 'Cry Baby' (Loma Vista Recordings) (15:43) Album No. 3Jalen Ngonda, 'Doctrine of Love' (Daptone Records) (20:41) Album No. 4Zoh Amba, 'Eyes Full' (Matador Records) (27:19) Album No. 5Laura Misch, 'Lithic' (One Little Independent Records) (32:39) Lightning Round Recommendations • Fightmaster, 'Tolerance' (Many Hats)• Red Clay Strays, 'Grateful' (RCA)• Slippers, 'Slippers 08' (Perennial)• Suzanne Ciani, Metropole Orkest, Simon Dobson, 'CIANI/ORKEST' (AKP Recordings)• Tara Clerkin Trio, 'Somewhere Good' (World of Echo) Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist and see our Long List of notable releases on <a href="https://www.npr.org/nx-s1-5830347"target="_blank" >NPR.org</a>. Credits:Host: Stephen ThompsonGuest: <a href="https://www.wextradio.org/people/laura-grant"target="_blank" >Laura Grant, WEXT</a>Audio Producer: Noah CaldwellDigital Producer: Dora LeviteEditors: Otis Hart, Elle MannionExecutive Producer: Suraya MohamedSpecial thanks to Robin Hilton, Hazel Cills and Lars Gotrich See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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