An Early 2020 Preview: 5 Upcoming Albums We Can't Wait To Hear

By Stephen Thompson

Published January 3, 2020 at 4:04 AM CST

Kevin Parker of Tame Impala performs at Coachella in 2019. The band's latest album, <em>The Slow Rush</em>, is due out in February. — Kevin Parker of Tame Impala performs at Coachella in 2019. The band's latest album, *The Slow Rush*, is due out in February.

Even though 2019 just ended, we're already looking ahead to the albums scheduled to come out in the first half of 2020. From Moses Sumney's upcoming double album to a folk supergroup starring two of the minds behind Hadestown and Fruit Bats, here are some albums we can't wait to hear in 2020.

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Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)

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