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New Music Releases Thread


Arkle said:
I seem to have listened to a lot of new stuff this weekend, mostly good...

Daniel Avery - it's been a good year for electronica and this is a fine addition. Unsettling at times, beautiful at times.
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers - female fronted Americana which rollicks along rather nicely. @Mick Dundee you might like this.
Eels - something of a return to form. Warm and comforting. I still can't take them completely seriously since I saw them at End of the Road and my friends' then 3 year old daughter started doing the moves from 'The Wheels on the Bus' to 'Mr E's Beautiful Blues'.
Goat Girl - Very good! Rough Trade signed politicised indie. 19 tracks in 40 minutes.
Hinds - more of the same from them on album 2. Lo-fi fun C86ish guitar jangle. Entertaining!
Mind Over Mirrors - probably my favourite album of the week. Droney electronica meets warm folk meets ambience. Lovely and quite exciting!
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - in which they move further into Prince-like territory. Well worth a listen!
Mien - thanks to @mad cyril for pointing this out. Psych rock. Not entirely dissimilar to The Black Angels (due to the vocals) but with more keys.
Wye Oak - they continue to move further away from their indie-folk origins. Reminds me a bit of St Vincent.
Mastersystem - thanks to @MarcoG for pointing this out. Sounds very much like a rockier Frightened Rabbit, which, again, is not entirely surprising, given the vocalist.
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Is the Hinds album better than the first one? I just couldn't get into it. Saw them at Glastonbury a few years back and most of my friends love them, but it just didn't click for me.
 
MarcoG said:
Is the Hinds album better than the first one? I just couldn't get into it. Saw them at Glastonbury a few years back and most of my friends love them, but it just didn't click for me.
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It's a bit more engaging than the first one. With their debut, there was a lot of press hype about them, which left me expecting something much better than they'd made (likewise Haim, although obviously musically they've got little in common with Hinds).
 
MarcoG said:
Is the Hinds album better than the first one? I just couldn't get into it. Saw them at Glastonbury a few years back and most of my friends love them, but it just didn't click for me.
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It’s less polished than I remember the first one being. Reminds me a bit of a more mature, female, Noise Addict in a couple of places.
 
On a side note, finally saw arcade fire last night in Manchester. I’m not breaking anything new here but they’re superb live.
The ‘in the round’ concept works brilliantly and visuals and production were first class.
Anybody seeing them in London, Birmingham and Glasgow is in for a treat.

Arkle said:
I seem to have listened to a lot of new stuff this weekend, mostly good...

Daniel Avery - it's been a good year for electronica and this is a fine addition. Unsettling at times, beautiful at times.
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers - female fronted Americana which rollicks along rather nicely. @Mick Dundee you might like this.
Eels - something of a return to form. Warm and comforting. I still can't take them completely seriously since I saw them at End of the Road and my friends' then 3 year old daughter started doing the moves from 'The Wheels on the Bus' to 'Mr E's Beautiful Blues'.
Goat Girl - Very good! Rough Trade signed politicised indie. 19 tracks in 40 minutes.
Hinds - more of the same from them on album 2. Lo-fi fun C86ish guitar jangle. Entertaining!
Mind Over Mirrors - probably my favourite album of the week. Droney electronica meets warm folk meets ambience. Lovely and quite exciting!
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - in which they move further into Prince-like territory. Well worth a listen!
Mien - thanks to @mad cyril for pointing this out. Psych rock. Not entirely dissimilar to The Black Angels (due to the vocals) but with more keys.
Wye Oak - they continue to move further away from their indie-folk origins. Reminds me a bit of St Vincent.
Mastersystem - thanks to @MarcoG for pointing this out. Sounds very much like a rockier Frightened Rabbit, which, again, is not entirely surprising, given the vocalist.
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Mind over mirrors sounds interesting . Will check out tomorrow.
 
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mad cyril said:
On a side note, finally saw arcade fire last night in Manchester. I’m not breaking anything new here but they’re superb live.
The ‘in the round’ concept works brilliantly and visuals and production were first class.
Anybody seeing them in London, Birmingham and Glasgow is in for a treat.



Mind over mirrors sounds interesting . Will check out tomorrow.
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Off to see them Friday for the 5th (I think) time.

Edit: 7th
 
Arkle said:
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers - female fronted Americana which rollicks along rather nicely. @Mick Dundee you might like this.
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Thanks. It’s taken a couple of listens I’m really enjoying this. Added the debut to my Apple Music library too for later.

Also, thanks to her wiki page, I’ve discovered there’s actually a genre called “country-punk” which sounds like it might be right up my street!
 
Stumbled across the debut album of Haley Heynderickx last week when I was reading something on Gold Flake Paint. Singer songwriter folksy sort of music. Mostly acoustic.

Probably one of my favourites of the year so far, very very good.
 
MarcoG said:
Stumbled across the debut album of Haley Heynderickx last week when I was reading something on Gold Flake Paint. Singer songwriter folksy sort of music. Mostly acoustic.

Probably one of my favourites of the year so far, very very good.
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Aye, I mentioned it a week or two back. It's very good indeed!
 
mad cyril said:
On a side note, finally saw arcade fire last night in Manchester. I’m not breaking anything new here but they’re superb live.
The ‘in the round’ concept works brilliantly and visuals and production were first class.
Anybody seeing them in London, Birmingham and Glasgow is in for a treat.



Mind over mirrors sounds interesting . Will check out tomorrow.
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Had to sell my ticket for that :evil:
 
Mick Dundee said:
Thanks. It’s taken a couple of listens I’m really enjoying this. Added the debut to my Apple Music library too for later.

Also, thanks to her wiki page, I’ve discovered there’s actually a genre called “country-punk” which sounds like it might be right up my street!
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Reminds me a bit of Blanche - Little Amber Bottles.
 
American synth band Cold Cave have just put out new single from forthcoming EP. They went a bit darn and goth for a while but new stuff is lot more accessible. A bit Depeche Modey for those into it.

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Seems like a relatively quiet week for new releases. We have albums from A Place To Bury Strangers, Brazilian Girls, Derek Smalls, John Prine, Juliana Hatfield, King Tuff, Laura Viers, Mouse On Mars, Slug, The Damned, Tinashe, Simone Felice, Josh Rouse, Josh T Pearson and Manic Street Preachers.
 
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