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New Music Releases Thread


I've ordered the Tolhurst/Budgie/Jacknife album to pick up tomorrow on vinyl. I seen the Black Grape album advertised on social media from Ryder a few weeks ago as being released tomorrow but I haven't heard anything else this week, so maybe it has been put back.
 
Bit disappointed with the new album by The Kills. Long time fan so hoping it'll grow on me. Still, this recent acoustic session mixing old and new songs is excellent.
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Just realised the new Michael Franti & Spearhead album is out today as well. He’s never been the same since he stopped being so political in his lyrics, but he’s still usually a decent listen.
 
mad cyril said:
The Lol Tolhurst / budgie / Jacknife Lee record is astonishingly good on first listen.
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I wouldn't know, I tried to order it from hmv click and collect so I would have it today. One wasted trip to Boro later and I still don't have it and I want to listen to it on vinyl before Spotify. Lesson learnt, next time Amazon or eBay.
 
The Great MES said:
I wouldn't know, I tried to order it from hmv click and collect so I would have it today. One wasted trip to Boro later and I still don't have it and I want to listen to it on vinyl before Spotify. Lesson learnt, next time Amazon or eBay.
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I took the Spotify route as I’m a bit dubious of so many as guest appearances, but this works really well. Sure you’ll really enjoy it
 
The Great MES said:
I wouldn't know, I tried to order it from hmv click and collect so I would have it today. One wasted trip to Boro later and I still don't have it and I want to listen to it on vinyl before Spotify. Lesson learnt, next time Amazon or eBay.
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Amazon are getting worse. I pre-ordered Devendra Banhart album in July. It was released in September. I still don't have it and expected delivery date has been shoved back. Currently it is 24th November. I'd cancel it but I used a £5 promo code. They don't seem to get the stock they once did which is inexcusable for a pre-order.
 
The Music Man said:
Amazon are getting worse. I pre-ordered Devendra Banhart album in July. It was released in September. I still don't have it and expected delivery date has been shoved back. Currently it is 24th November. I'd cancel it but I used a £5 promo code. They don't seem to get the stock they once did which is inexcusable for a pre-order.
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Well I've managed to get it from Amazon for 10 quid cheaper than HMV and it comes tomorrow, so I'll just cancel the order from hmv.
mad cyril said:
I took the Spotify route as I’m a bit dubious of so many as guest appearances, but this works really well. Sure you’ll really enjoy it
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Yeah I'll try and resist temptation to listen on Spotify till I manage to finally get it on vinyl.
 
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I always follow Pollyvinyl Records and they have an artist who has released an album this week called IAN SWEET. Listened to a song the other day by her called Emergency Contact so could be promising for those wanting to try something new

Album is called Sucker
 
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The Lol Tolhurst/Budgie/JKL album is astonishing @mad cyril . I finally got to listen to it, album of the year for me. Although I'd love to know how much input Tolhurst had because he was fkin useless in The Cure.
 
The Great MES said:
The Lol Tolhurst/Budgie/JKL album is astonishing @mad cyril . I finally got to listen to it, album of the year for me. Although I'd love to know how much input Tolhurst had because he was fkin useless in The Cure.
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Glad you agree. Even on first listen I was still half expecting a duff track to appear but it never did. Superb from start to finish and yeah, I can’t think of a better record this year.
I actually had no idea Lol Tolhurst was in the Cure :oops:
 
mad cyril said:
Glad you agree. Even on first listen I was still half expecting a duff track to appear but it never did. Superb from start to finish and yeah, I can’t think of a better record this year.
I actually had no idea Lol Tolhurst was in the Cure :oops:
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Yeah he was in The Cure but when he moved to keyboards he contributed the square root of fuck all, which makes this record even more remarkable. Although I think most of it will be down to JKL
 
My review of the week's new stuff, starting with a review of stuff that's new to me because the albums where physical releases only and I've just picked them up.

The Coral: 'Holy Joe's Coral Island Medicine Show' is a companion both to Sea of Mirrors (released on the same day) and Coral Island (thematically). It's good, some excellent songs on here, alongside short spoken word bits.
Latin Freestyle - New York/ Miami 1983 - 1992: a Pete wiggs and Bob Stanley compilation of, well, Latin freestyle from that decade. Good stuff, if a bit samey over the full set.
Bobby Gillespie Presents • I Still Can't Believe You're Gone: I think the idea is that it's chilled out tracks that Bobby G plays before going on stage. Big names (Dylan, Cave, Al Green etc.), terrific tunes.
The Auteurs: the motherload really, the complete EMI recordings box. Six discs of all the albums (including Baader Meinhof) plus B-sides, demos, live tracks etc. Superb stuff.

None of them are really valid for album of the week, however so on to the contenders...

Matmos: over the years, Matmos have made some terrific experimental records. This isn't one of them. Sounds like a ZX81 game loading mostly.
Jockstrap: more a reimagining than a remix album. This is pretty terrific, again. Very little relationship to the original album.
Viji: as recommended by @chunkyshanhawk53 last week. I like this. Slacker indie rock singersongwriter type stuff.
bar italia: good but not as good as their previous album. I still like the vocal interchanges but some of the slower songs drag a little.
Laura Veirs: very simple instrumentation, good songs, good album.
Robert Finley: held over from last week (i.e. I forgot to listen to him). A very good blues album, essentially.
New Age Doom & Tuvaband: as also recommended by @chunkyshanhawk53 last week. Proggy, post-rocky, spacey. My only previous experience of New Age Doom was their Lee 'Scratch' Perry thing. I like this.
Marnie Stern: she's back. Guitars are shredded, there's weird girly vocals, sounds like nobody else really. Very good but all too brief.
King Creosote: he's back. Cracking folkie songs leading up to an epic almost closer that leads to an even more epic 36 minute actual closer. Cracking album!
Danielle Howle: I like this a lot. Americana, basically, very good songs.
Drop Nineteens: they're back. 30 years after splitting here's album number 3 for the once hotly tipped indie rock band. Excellent, it is, as well.
Sarah Davachi: four tracks of neo-classical brilliance. Drones and strings, drones and strings, drones and strings
Jeffrey Martin: apparently recorded in his shed. There's nowhere to hide in a shed. This is an album of quite lovely songs, just Jeff and his guitar mostly.
Half Stack: more slacker indie rock. Very good, chufs away nicely.
Empty Country: indie rock with space in it. I need to check out their debut. Very good1
Kevin Drew: the Broken Social Scene main man is back. Likeable enough.
Jacknife Lee, Budgie & Lol Tolhurst: very good indeed. Guest heavy (Bobby G appears a lot), quite percussive. I like a lot.

Album of the week: I think King Creosote pips it for me.

 
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