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New Music Releases Thread


Big fan of Marika Hackman's Big Sigh. She's playing at The Cluny in March - been a while since she's been up here, but it's worth the wait, very good live.

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Will look at Sprints and Marika Hackman at others’ recommendations. But man oh man BRJ, just had the first listen through this morning (couldn’t wait) and it’s really wonderful. I didn’t think I’d like the direction change from Yawn as I really enjoyed that but it’s such a complex arrangement and has so much depth to it. I think it’ll get a lot of plays from me this year
 
Another newly signed up member of the Sprints fan club here. That record is great from start to finish, really enjoyed it. Must be doing alright cos from a quick glance a lot of their tour dates in the UK are already sold out a few month in advance.

Start of the year is always thin but never really mind too much because an album like that might have passed me by if it was released a few months down the line when there's a stack of releases out.
 
MarcoG said:
Another newly signed up member of the Sprints fan club here. That record is great from start to finish, really enjoyed it. Must be doing alright cos from a quick glance a lot of their tour dates in the UK are already sold out a few month in advance.

Start of the year is always thin but never really mind too much because an album like that might have passed me by if it was released a few months down the line when there's a stack of releases out.
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It's great, really enjoying it.
BRJ not so much though, might be more of a grower.
 
Joe Jacksons latest release is interesting to say the least.
He's always had a penchant for putting out something different now and again.
Max Champion is very music hall based but I'm going to persevere as it has been rewarding in the past.
 
My weekly review:

Bill Ryder-Jones: already discussed a lot in the thread. It's excellent, lovely songs and really warm.
Marika Hackman: very good also. Maybe not as engaging as BRJ.
The Vaccines: pretty mundane, chugs along competently.
Aron & The Jeri Jeri Band: a melange of jazz, afrobeat and electronica. A nice album
Nailah Hunter: interesting. She's a multi-instrumentalist and composer and this is kind of sophisticated and layered. A good listen.
Minhwi Lee: she's a Korean who, more often than not, makes film scores but this is a more conventional album. Jazz inflected songs in Korean. Good.
Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band: this has been out since October but I've only just listened to it. An excellent album. Reminds me of Silver Jews and Bill Callahan at their best.

Album of the week: Bill Ryder-Jones probably just nudges out Ryan Davis (whose album is from 2023).

 
Arkle said:
A bit late today - there are new releases this week from Birthmark, Green Day, Sleater-Kinney, Packs, The Fauns, Black Grape, Mary Halvorson, Keyon Harrold, Brown Horse, Brittany Spencer, Ultrasonic Grand Prix, Conchur White, Yin Yin and Slift.
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Ilion is tremendous like.
Touring back end of February - Leeds, Manchester, Brighton, London. Think I'll pop along to London gig.
 
My usual weekly review of the new stuff I've been listening to over the weekend:

Birthmark: this is tremendous. A liottle bit electronic, a little bit funky, pop hooks all over the place. Not sure of the best reference points.
Slift: France's top psych-progonauts return with a terrific slab of rock. Excellent.
Yin Yin: a good album, but maybe not a great one. They don't quite hit the heights of their debut here.
Conchur White: I like this. Upbeat Sufjan is the obvious comparison. A very good debut.
Brittney Spencer: debut album of very good country/Americana. Well worth a listen.
Sleater-Kinney: the return continues. This is maybe a little more downbeat than its predecessors but still very good.
Brown Horse: terrific Americana from, er, Norwich. This is an excellent debut.
Keyon Harrold: this is good. Jazz with flourishes of hip-hop and funk.
Mary Halvorson: more traditional, largely instrumental jazz from Scandinavia. Pretty good.
Black Grape: they're nothing if not entertaining. There's a groove to this and Ryder's usual lyrics.
Affection Place: French post-punk veterans return with a very listenable album. Quite rocky (a tad Killoing Joke).
Victoria Hume: weird electro-folk from the excellent Lost Map Records. More of a mini-album than full album.
Don Leisure & Amanda Whiting: they said that trip-hop beats and the harp didn't go together. They were wrong. A lovely album of chill out type stuff.
Abstract Concrete: the latest album from Charles Hayward of This Heat. This starts superbly but doesn't quite last the pace.
Daniel Donato: Driving Americana. It's good if a little overlong (15 tracks and just over an hour). Still, worth a listen.

Album of the week: Birthmark shade Slift and Brown Horse. All three are exceptionally good though.
 
Arkle said:
and Ryder's usual lyrics.
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can't say i've listened to ryder much in the recent decade or two, however i suspect he peaked lyrically with the 1996 (euros) anthem of 'England's Irie'... lyrics up there with the great Tim Rice...

My wife's lactating and I'm spectating It's a football thing :cool:
 
errant said:
can't say i've listened to ryder much in the recent decade or two, however i suspect he peaked lyrically with the 1996 (euros) anthem of 'England's Irie'... lyrics up there with the great Tim Rice...

My wife's lactating and I'm spectating It's a football thing :cool:
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I'd just assumed that was a Hal David line.
 
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