With six months behind us and the warmest days still ahead, we’re feeling festive.

Below, 10 releases to explore or revisit and savor as you settle into summer.

(Also, be sure to check out EW’sbest TV shows of 2023 so faras we charge intoEmmysseason.)

Best Albums of 2023 So Far

Amaarae, ‘Fountain Baby’.Interscope

She battles sexism while yearning for ancestral guidance.

Also well intact: the band’s trademark humor.

That question looms large on Trevor Powers' fourth album as Youth Lagoon.

Best Albums of 2023 So Far

Boygenius, ‘The Record’.Interscope

His sleight of hand is his ability to cloak even his bleakest moments in uplift or a hook.

Best Albums of 2023 So Far

Lana Del Rey, ‘Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’.Universal Music

Best Albums of 2023 So Far

Everything but the Girl, ‘Fuse’.Verve

Best Albums of 2023 So Far

Foo Fighters, ‘But Here We Are’.Roswell

Best Albums of 2023 So Far

Janelle Monáe, ‘The Age of Pleasure’.Atlantic

Best Albums of 2023 So Far

Kali Uchis, ‘Red Moon in Venus’.Geffen

Best Albums of 2023 So Far

Jessie Ware, ‘That! Feels Good!'.Interscope

Best Albums of 2023 So Far

Yo La Tengo, ‘This Stupid World’.Matador

Best Albums of 2023 So Far

Youth Lagoon, ‘Heaven Is a Junkyard’.Fat Possum