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Best new album releases of the week

Kali Uchis is impressively lovestruck on ‘Red Moon in Venus’; British rapper Slowthai releases third album ‘Ugly’; an exploratory jazz fusion aesthetic from Total Refreshment Centre; baritone Konstantin Krimmel and pianist Hélène Grimaud perform ‘Silent Songs’ by Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov; ‘Cracker Island’ by Gorillaz strikes a downbeat note

Kali Uchis takes love as her message in Red Moon in Venus — album review
Rather than succumb to syrupy cliché, the songs bring this well-worn but inexhaustible subject to life
Slowthai introduces the ‘realest version’ of himself in new album UGLY
The British rapper embraces positive thinking on his third album, which is more rock than hip-hop
Transmissions from Total Refreshment Centre album review — a showcase for London jazz
A multi-faceted release highlights the scene’s exploratory fusion aesthetic
Silvestrov: Silent Songs album review — meditative and yearning music from Ukraine’s leading composer
Baritone Konstantin Krimmel and pianist Hélène Grimaud perform with deeply felt eloquence
Gorillaz: Cracker Island — where’s the colour and bounce?
Damon Albarn’s cartoon band release their eighth album but it lacks exuberance
Moonlight Benjamin: Wayo album review — a simmering stew of blues
The Haitian singer turns to universal themes of freedom and change in her latest release