NPR Music New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 6
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Feb 6, 2026 
Erin Wolf, Radio Milwaukee contributor and 88.9 FM music curator, guides listeners through the best new albums out Feb. 6. Short takes on Ratboys' twangy indie rock, Beverly Glenn-Copeland's warm theatrical return, Daphni's club-ready dance reinvention, Charlotte Day Wilson's deep R&B, John Craigie’s Laurel Canyon storytelling, plus rapid-fire picks from the week.
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Therapy Shapes Ratboys' Sound
- Ratboys channel emotional openness by using therapy-style rehearsed conversations in their songwriting.
- Producer Chris Walla pulls that vulnerability into expansive, twangy indie-rock arrangements.
Dementia Framed As Radical Joy
- Beverly Glenn Copeland's Laughter in Summer frames dementia as a prompt for radical joy and musical testament.
- The record balances theatrical community singing with sincere, celebratory warmth rather than grief.
Beverly Glenn Copeland's Life And Collaboration
- Beverly Glenn Copeland is an early-80s Black trans man, classically trained, who wrote Keyboard Fantasies in 1986.
- He collaborated on this album with his wife Elizabeth, who sings on many tracks recorded largely in one take.