3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: HEALTH, This Is Lorelei, and Nas & DJ Premier
There’s so much good music out in the ether that sometimes it’s difficult to parse through all of it. Every week The Daily Music Report will do the hard work for you and highlight the best releases available on streaming services.
This week we’re highlighting new music from HEALTH, This Is Lorelei, and Nas & DJ Premier.
HEALTH – CONFLICT DLC
HEALTH lean fully into the chaos on CONFLICT DLC, their sixth studio album and a brutal continuation of 2023’s Rat Wars. Released December 11, 2025 via Loma Vista, the record doubles down on the band’s industrial fury—more uptempo, more aggressive, and more unhinged—while keeping the same scorched sonic palette. Framed as the C and D sides of Rat Wars and cheekily named after video game downloadable content, CONFLICT DLC channels dread, anger, and dark humor into 12 relentless tracks. Produced by Drew Fulk, Lars Stalfors, and Stint, the album feels sharper and more desperate, yet strangely more fun, underscoring HEALTH’s message that the future may be bleak—but it’s still loud enough to scream back.
Standout Songs: ‘ORDINARY CHAOS,’ ‘VIBE COP,’ ‘ANTIDOTE,’ ‘SHRED ENVY,’ and ‘THOUGHT LEADER.’
7.1
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This Is Lorelei – Holo Boy
Nate Amos’ sprawling Bandcamp archive could feel overwhelming, but Holo Boy reframes it with clarity and ease. For his second proper LP as This Is Lorelei, the New York–based songwriter—also half of Water From Your Eyes—re-records 10 songs written between 2014 and 2021, pulling from yacht rock, power pop, and more experimental corners of his catalog. Recorded quickly and instinctively in his Bed-Stuy apartment, the album isn’t a greatest-hits set so much as a self-assured snapshot of Amos in 2025: breezy, melodic, and playful, with a sharp ear for hooks and a sense of humor that ties everything together. Drawn from nine different releases, Holo Boy stands as its own cohesive work while inviting new listeners to dig deeper into the world Amos has been quietly building for years.
Standout Songs: ‘But You Just Woke Me Up,’ ‘SF & GG,’ ‘Name the Band,’ and ‘Holo Boy.’
6.8
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Nas & DJ Premier – Light-Years
Light-Years is a collaborative studio album by Nas and DJ Premier, released December 12, 2025, via Mass Appeal as the seventh and final installment in the label’s Legend Has It… series. Long rumored since Nas first announced the project in 2006, the album pulls together newly recorded material alongside older tracks dating back to the project’s earliest sessions. Guest appearances come from AZ and the Steve Miller Band, and the record follows the 2024 single ‘Define My Name,’ released to mark Illmatic’s 30th anniversary. After years of anticipation and incremental updates, Light-Years arrived to a favorable critical reception, closing out Mass Appeal’s ambitious 2025 rollout in definitive fashion.
Standout Songs: ‘My Life is Real,’ ‘NY State of Mind Pt. 3,’ ‘Madman,’ ‘Writers,’ and ‘Bouquet (To The Ladies).’
6.7
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