BY JOANNA C. VALENTE

Music brings people together. Communities are created and fostered through melodies, which is why it’s important to promote excellent work by musicians both popular and obscure from all over the world. As a music lover myself, I’m always searching for new music (regardless of when it was released).

Here are three of my picks for this week:

Cigarettes After Sex - “Neon Moon”

The sensual-sounding band released a new song and it’s worth playing over and over again.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Take 2

Gainsbourg released an EP of delicious songs. My favorite: “Such a Remarkable Day.”

Lee Hazlewood - The Viv Record Demos, Vol. 2 - Trouble Is a Lonesome Town

Demos Hazlewood’s were released into a compiliation and it’s worth spending an afternoon listening to. My favorite: “Long Black Train.”

Joanna C. Valente is a human who lives in Brooklyn, New York. They are the author of Sirs & Madams, The Gods Are Dead, Marys of the Sea, Sexting Ghosts, Xenos, No(body) (forthcoming, Madhouse Press, 2019), and is the editor of A Shadow Map: Writing by Survivors of Sexual Assault. They received their MFA in writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Joanna is the founder of Yes Poetry and the senior managing editor for Luna Luna Magazine. Some of their writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Them, Brooklyn Magazine, BUST, and elsewhere. Joanna also leads workshops at Brooklyn Poets. joannavalente.com / Twitter: @joannasaid / IG: joannacvalente / FB: joannacvalente