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New Music Releases Thread

Arkle said:
I'm still trying to catch up with the last couple of weeks of new music but, regardless, there are new albums this week from Baby Rose, Bebe Rexha, Braids, Country Westerns, Dave Hause, Gabriels, Great Lake Swimmers, Indigo de Souza, Jack Harlow, Jessie Ware, JFDR, Matt Maltese, Nabihah Iqbal, Neil Gaiman & Fourplay String Quartet, Single Mothers, Skinny Palembe, The National, Zoon, The Orb, Hawkwind, Tommy Emmanuel, The Bluebells, Rudy De Anda, Neev and Arborist.
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Dave Hause and The National for me tomorrow
 

Edgar Jones album out today. Will give The Orb a listen too. Know they're big favourites here, but The National send me to sleep.
 
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Well, I've managed to work through the last two weeks of releases, my summary...

ALL HANDS_MAKE_LIGHT: A GSBYE! and Broken Social Scene pair up. Very good this.
Xylouris White: Drums. bazouki, mournful vocals. Maybe not as compelling as previous releases.
The Tallest Man on Earth: good, basically. Acousticy songs done well.
Silver Moth: also good. Scottish supergroup.
Rose City Band: service as usual, vaguely psychedlic, sunshiney tunes.
Lael Neale: crackingly urgent singer-songwriter stuff. Very good.
El Michels Affair and Black Thought: good, good, very, very good, cinematic sounds with quality rapping.
Josienne Clarke: Jack's sister. Extremely good, not sure how to define this. Soulful not quite Americana, I guess.
Fruit Bats: very good. Their usual psychedelic mix is a bit more folk/country here.
Spencer Cullum: a companion piece to his debut. Still very good.
Cindy: shot and sweet indiepop. Decent.
Ferne Lily: good. A continuation of previous releases.
Patrick Wolf: his first release in 12 years. An EP that's high on theatricality.
Shannon Lay: covers, cracking, great voice.
Natalie Merchant: really very good, stately, an artist growing into her age gracefully
Hollow Hand: good but not as good as their last album.
Feist: I don't completely get Feist. It's quite good but not great.
James Howard: this is quality. There's a woozy psychedelicality going on and the final track, Baloo, in particular is magnifique.
Peter Case: good. Veteran singer-songwriter makes a more piano based album than usual.
Temples: likeable. There are 8 ideas per song and it's maybe a bit overlong but still enjoyable.
Brighde Chaimbeul: an album of Scottish pipes of various sorts and sizes that it really, really enjoyable.
Catt: good contemporary pop album.
Laurel Canyon: hook oriented stoner rock. Pretty good.
LIES: I'm 2 or 3 weeks adrift here but this is good. Alt rock, I guess, if you want to define it.
Rob Mazurek & the Exploding Star Orchestra: psych-jazz to the max. Really good.
Alfa Mist: Brit jazz, pretty good, at its best when he raps.
The Mars Volta: an acoustic album, surprisingly good.

Album of the fortnight: James Howard.
 
Arkle said:
Well, I've managed to work through the last two weeks of releases, my summary...

ALL HANDS_MAKE_LIGHT: A GSBYE! and Broken Social Scene pair up. Very good this.
Xylouris White: Drums. bazouki, mournful vocals. Maybe not as compelling as previous releases.
The Tallest Man on Earth: good, basically. Acousticy songs done well.
Silver Moth: also good. Scottish supergroup.
Rose City Band: service as usual, vaguely psychedlic, sunshiney tunes.
Lael Neale: crackingly urgent singer-songwriter stuff. Very good.
El Michels Affair and Black Thought: good, good, very, very good, cinematic sounds with quality rapping.
Josienne Clarke: Jack's sister. Extremely good, not sure how to define this. Soulful not quite Americana, I guess.
Fruit Bats: very good. Their usual psychedelic mix is a bit more folk/country here.
Spencer Cullum: a companion piece to his debut. Still very good.
Cindy: shot and sweet indiepop. Decent.
Ferne Lily: good. A continuation of previous releases.
Patrick Wolf: his first release in 12 years. An EP that's high on theatricality.
Shannon Lay: covers, cracking, great voice.
Natalie Merchant: really very good, stately, an artist growing into her age gracefully
Hollow Hand: good but not as good as their last album.
Feist: I don't completely get Feist. It's quite good but not great.
James Howard: this is quality. There's a woozy psychedelicality going on and the final track, Baloo, in particular is magnifique.
Peter Case: good. Veteran singer-songwriter makes a more piano based album than usual.
Temples: likeable. There are 8 ideas per song and it's maybe a bit overlong but still enjoyable.
Brighde Chaimbeul: an album of Scottish pipes of various sorts and sizes that it really, really enjoyable.
Catt: good contemporary pop album.
Laurel Canyon: hook oriented stoner rock. Pretty good.
LIES: I'm 2 or 3 weeks adrift here but this is good. Alt rock, I guess, if you want to define it.
Rob Mazurek & the Exploding Star Orchestra: psych-jazz to the max. Really good.
Alfa Mist: Brit jazz, pretty good, at its best when he raps.
The Mars Volta: an acoustic album, surprisingly good.

Album of the fortnight: James Howard.
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Scottish supergroup ignores the fact that he’s from the gwai!

The Efrim record was alright

Been to see the Flaming Lips tonight. Meh

Oh, have you reviewed Blondshell? She’s great
 
My summation of the new week's albums... football with the sound down ups my music listening possibilities and:

Indigo de Souza: she's good. There are some very fine songs on here. Short and punchy
The National: lyrics great, musically intricate but where's the excitement? The song with Taylor Swift is good but they sound prematurely middle aged.
Arborist: viva the Northern Irish singer-songwriter. Good songs, very warming, a lovely Sunday morning album.
Susanne Sundfor: she's good and this is very good. There's a track that's mostly vocals, possibly all her own, that is quite brilliant.
The Blue Aeroplanes: album number 13, approximately, over almost 40 years. They were one of my special bands when I was young so it's good that they're still making records and playing live, albeit there seem to be health issues currently. Good album anyway.
Nabihah Iqbal: a bit shoegaze, a bit ambient electronica, a lot very good.
Neil Gaiman and Four Play String Quartet: starts of a little "what's this?" but rapidly become very good. In the past, "The Problem With Saints" could have been a massive hit.
The Bluebells: album number 2, approximately, (not counting a Japanese only release and a singles collection). They're back by, er, popular demand and have made a really good album. First half is quite introspective, second half more upbeat.
Rudy de Anda: interesting. Latin influenced, hiphop influenced, rock influenced, has a swagger to it, promising.
Neev: folkish, radio palatable, nice songs.
Great Lake Swimmers: this is good, this is very good. Chuffing Neil Youngishness with lovely vocals (not very Neil) and excellent songs.
Country Westerns: enjoyable. This is at the rockier end of Americana. Sound like they'd be a good live band.
Braids: their fifth album. It's good, electronica flecked art rock with good vocals.

Album of the week: I'm going to give it Nabihah Iqbal with Gaiman, Great Lake Swimmers and Susanne Sundfor just behind. I'm maybe a bit disparaging about The National because it's a decent album but it plods along like a shire horse at times. Where's the energy of Mr November?
 
Arkle said:
My summation of the new week's albums... football with the sound down ups my music listening possibilities and:

Indigo de Souza: she's good. There are some very fine songs on here. Short and punchy
The National: lyrics great, musically intricate but where's the excitement? The song with Taylor Swift is good but they sound prematurely middle aged.
Arborist: viva the Northern Irish singer-songwriter. Good songs, very warming, a lovely Sunday morning album.
Susanne Sundfor: she's good and this is very good. There's a track that's mostly vocals, possibly all her own, that is quite brilliant.
The Blue Aeroplanes: album number 13, approximately, over almost 40 years. They were one of my special bands when I was young so it's good that they're still making records and playing live, albeit there seem to be health issues currently. Good album anyway.
Nabihah Iqbal: a bit shoegaze, a bit ambient electronica, a lot very good.
Neil Gaiman and Four Play String Quartet: starts of a little "what's this?" but rapidly become very good. In the past, "The Problem With Saints" could have been a massive hit.
The Bluebells: album number 2, approximately, (not counting a Japanese only release and a singles collection). They're back by, er, popular demand and have made a really good album. First half is quite introspective, second half more upbeat.
Rudy de Anda: interesting. Latin influenced, hiphop influenced, rock influenced, has a swagger to it, promising.
Neev: folkish, radio palatable, nice songs.
Great Lake Swimmers: this is good, this is very good. Chuffing Neil Youngishness with lovely vocals (not very Neil) and excellent songs.
Country Westerns: enjoyable. This is at the rockier end of Americana. Sound like they'd be a good live band.
Braids: their fifth album. It's good, electronica flecked art rock with good vocals.

Album of the week: I'm going to give it Nabihah Iqbal with Gaiman, Great Lake Swimmers and Susanne Sundfor just behind. I'm maybe a bit disparaging about The National because it's a decent album but it plods along like a shire horse at times. Where's the energy of Mr November?
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Some there I haven’t listened to.

Also Benedikt, Autobahn, These Foreign Kids, Tiny Ruins and Matt Maltese

Didn’t hate the National. I love them but had very low expectations
 
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