New Music Releases Thread

My take on the week's newish (and not so newish) releases:

Sinead O'Brien: I'm enjoying this. It's a little spoken word poetry over music at times. A good debut! (someone did a bit of a hatchet job on it in yesterday's Obserever though)
Avalanche Kaito: the first of three African releases this week. Something of a sound clash. Basically, a Burkinabe griot chanting over post-punk and post-rock sounds. Very good!
The Utopia Strong: just the kind of prog-techno weirdness you expect from Steve Davis and his mates. Really good TBH. I await John Parrot's dub step album with fascination.
L'Exotighost: kitsch adventures in easy listening. A strange album, not as good as their previous release but still quite listenable.
Vieux Farka Toure: marvellous TBH. Kora and guitar meshing together to produce some spectacularly good tracks.
The Dream Syndicate: enjoying this a lot (they're a very good band). If you like the opening track from last week's Drive By Truckers album, listen to this.
Deliluh: a bit art rock at times but still very engaging. Sort of post-punk. I like the singer's semi-spoken delivery.
Congotronics International: a collaboration between Konono No 1, Kasai Allstars and "like minded" western acts (Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Wildbirds & Peacdrums amongst them). This is near enough a live album. Very good. A lot of energy.
Maria Chiara Argiro: laidback, synths, occasional vocals. A very Sunday morning album (well, mini-album, it's only 27 minutes long).
Shearwater: mildly orchestrated, rich Americana. Very pure vocals, excellent songs.
Yann Tiersen: electronic compositions, quite upbeat, a little soundtracky at times (as you expect from Yann Tiersen). Enjoyable!
Adrian Quesada: intriguing. Spanish language album, lots of guest vocals. At times it sounds like Black Pumas with Spanish vocals, at times a little more Latin.
Soul Glo: not new (out for 2 or 3 months now) but listed in The Guardian's best of the year so far. Shouty hardcore that's very enjoyable TBH.
Neneh Cherry: redone versions of her own songs with, largely, guest vocalists. Robyn, Anohni, Sudan Archives, Green Tea Peng amongst them.

Album of the week: Vieux Farka Toure
 


Arkle said:
My take on the week's newish (and not so newish) releases:

Sinead O'Brien: I'm enjoying this. It's a little spoken word poetry over music at times. A good debut! (someone did a bit of a hatchet job on it in yesterday's Obserever though)
Avalanche Kaito: the first of three African releases this week. Something of a sound clash. Basically, a Burkinabe griot chanting over post-punk and post-rock sounds. Very good!
The Utopia Strong: just the kind of prog-techno weirdness you expect from Steve Davis and his mates. Really good TBH. I await John Parrot's dub step album with fascination.
L'Exotighost: kitsch adventures in easy listening. A strange album, not as good as their previous release but still quite listenable.
Vieux Farka Toure: marvellous TBH. Kora and guitar meshing together to produce some spectacularly good tracks.
The Dream Syndicate: enjoying this a lot (they're a very good band). If you like the opening track from last week's Drive By Truckers album, listen to this.
Deliluh: a bit art rock at times but still very engaging. Sort of post-punk. I like the singer's semi-spoken delivery.
Congotronics International: a collaboration between Konono No 1, Kasai Allstars and "like minded" western acts (Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Wildbirds & Peacdrums amongst them). This is near enough a live album. Very good. A lot of energy.
Maria Chiara Argiro: laidback, synths, occasional vocals. A very Sunday morning album (well, mini-album, it's only 27 minutes long).
Shearwater: mildly orchestrated, rich Americana. Very pure vocals, excellent songs.
Yann Tiersen: electronic compositions, quite upbeat, a little soundtracky at times (as you expect from Yann Tiersen). Enjoyable!
Adrian Quesada: intriguing. Spanish language album, lots of guest vocals. At times it sounds like Black Pumas with Spanish vocals, at times a little more Latin.
Soul Glo: not new (out for 2 or 3 months now) but listed in The Guardian's best of the year so far. Shouty hardcore that's very enjoyable TBH.
Neneh Cherry: redone versions of her own songs with, largely, guest vocalists. Robyn, Anohni, Sudan Archives, Green Tea Peng amongst them.

Album of the week: Vieux Farka Toure
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I like your reviews as they are pretty descriptive and helpful. I must say you're a very positive chap. You never say anything is shit😄
 
Arkle said:
My take on the week's newish (and not so newish) releases:

Sinead O'Brien: I'm enjoying this. It's a little spoken word poetry over music at times. A good debut! (someone did a bit of a hatchet job on it in yesterday's Obserever though)
Avalanche Kaito: the first of three African releases this week. Something of a sound clash. Basically, a Burkinabe griot chanting over post-punk and post-rock sounds. Very good!
The Utopia Strong: just the kind of prog-techno weirdness you expect from Steve Davis and his mates. Really good TBH. I await John Parrot's dub step album with fascination.
L'Exotighost: kitsch adventures in easy listening. A strange album, not as good as their previous release but still quite listenable.
Vieux Farka Toure: marvellous TBH. Kora and guitar meshing together to produce some spectacularly good tracks.
The Dream Syndicate: enjoying this a lot (they're a very good band). If you like the opening track from last week's Drive By Truckers album, listen to this.
Deliluh: a bit art rock at times but still very engaging. Sort of post-punk. I like the singer's semi-spoken delivery.
Congotronics International: a collaboration between Konono No 1, Kasai Allstars and "like minded" western acts (Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Wildbirds & Peacdrums amongst them). This is near enough a live album. Very good. A lot of energy.
Maria Chiara Argiro: laidback, synths, occasional vocals. A very Sunday morning album (well, mini-album, it's only 27 minutes long).
Shearwater: mildly orchestrated, rich Americana. Very pure vocals, excellent songs.
Yann Tiersen: electronic compositions, quite upbeat, a little soundtracky at times (as you expect from Yann Tiersen). Enjoyable!
Adrian Quesada: intriguing. Spanish language album, lots of guest vocals. At times it sounds like Black Pumas with Spanish vocals, at times a little more Latin.
Soul Glo: not new (out for 2 or 3 months now) but listed in The Guardian's best of the year so far. Shouty hardcore that's very enjoyable TBH.
Neneh Cherry: redone versions of her own songs with, largely, guest vocalists. Robyn, Anohni, Sudan Archives, Green Tea Peng amongst them.

Album of the week: Vieux Farka Toure
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I like shouty hardcore but I must say I don’t get the Soul Glo hype.
 
There are new releases this week from Alanis Morrissette (a meditation album), Bartees Strange, Foals, Greg Puciato, Grey Daze, Hercules & Love Affair, Jesse Buckley & Bernard Butler, Joey Bada$$, Lizzo, Logic. Mt. Joy, Perfume Genius, Spencer Krug, TV Priest, XAM Duo, Wild Up, Sound of Ceres, Revelators Sound System, Mapache, Dylan Moon and Nick Cave (a 10" vinyl only thing I think).
 
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Arkle said:
There are new releases this week from Alanis Morrissette (a meditation album), Bartees Strange, Foals, Greg Puciato, Grey Daze, Hercules & Love Affair, Jesse Buckley & Bernard Butler, Joey Bada$$, Lizzo, Logic. Mt. Joy, Perfume Genius, Spencer Krug, TV Priest, XAM Duo, Wild Up, Sound of Ceres, Revelators Sound System, Mapache, Dylan Moon and Nick Cave (a 10" vinyl only thing I think).
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You might also be interested in the new EP by the Bobby Lees that Apple Music reckons was released today.

Also, a new album from Pete Yorn (although I wasn’t a massive fan of his last one) and a debut solo album from The Living End frontman Chris Cheney (from the singles it appears to be more of an 80s style pop-rock than the punk/pub-rock/new-wave/rockabilly of his main band).
 
Arkle said:
There are new releases this week from Alanis Morrissette (a meditation album), Bartees Strange, Foals, Greg Puciato, Grey Daze, Hercules & Love Affair, Jesse Buckley & Bernard Butler, Joey Bada$$, Lizzo, Logic. Mt. Joy, Perfume Genius, Spencer Krug, TV Priest, XAM Duo, Wild Up, Sound of Ceres, Revelators Sound System, Mapache, Dylan Moon and Nick Cave (a 10" vinyl only thing I think).
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Liking the Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler album a lot. She's got some voice, and the arrangements are great.
 
My summary of new and newish stuff I've listened to:

The Bobby Lees: an excellent EP. Cracking cover of The Waterboys "Be My Enemy" closes it.
XAM Duo: modular synth instrumentals. Toward the post-rockier end of electronica. Worth a listen.
Will Samson: singer-songwriter stuff with added swathes of electronics. Pretty mellow.
Revelators Sounds System: MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger and producer Cameron Ralston doing jazzish instrumentals. Entertaining.
Dylan Moon: one of those sort of bedroom producer albums that were in vogue a few years back. Takes in prog, psych, pop and electronica.
Foals: their party album following losing two members. Quite poppy and pretty good.
Chastity Brown: US based singer-songwriter. She's kind of roots rock goes a bit soul. Strong voice.
Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler: excellent. Good songs, well arranged, reminds me a lot of Laura Marling. BB's guitar not as much to the fore as with some of his other collaborations.
Hercules & Love Affair: a strong album. They've moved away from the dance culture they started in to being a really good sort of electronic art rock band. Anohni guests on about half of the songs.
Perfume Genius: a big move away from the mainstream he was almost breaking into to something that's almost more composerish. Thrilling at times.
Alison Cotton: drone folk, I guess but largely instrumental. Interesting but a mile away from what a lot of people would look for in an album.
Interlopers: way back in the 80s, there was a Scottish band called The Big Dish. They released 3 albums and had one minor hit single. I remember liking their debut single "Prospect Street". Anyway, this is a solo project from their singer. It's very good, reminiscent of The Blue Nile in parts.
Mapache: guitar and harmonies duo. They have a sort of Everly Brothers/Simon & Garfunkel thing going on. This is their third album and their best yet. Three or four songs in Spanish. Recommended.
Sound of Ceres: I think they're a dream pop band in origin but they've swept wider here. In parts a bit latter day Flaming Lips (but with female vocals). The conceptual artist Marina Abramovic guests/narrates.
MJ Lenderman: he operates at the intersection between alt-rock and Americana and has a voice that's almost Gordon Gano but not quite. Very American. This is a really, really good album. Echoes of Sparklehorse, Dinosaur Jr, Husker Du, early Teenage Fanclub. Seriously proper!
TV Priest: their second album is a big improvement on their first, which was decent. They remind me of a slightly less sleazy Viagra Boys but, arguably, with stronger songs.
Bartees Strange: his second album. Reminds me a lot of The Dears. Enjoyable!

Album of the week: some strong competition but I think MJ Lenderman shades it from Jessie & Bernard, Mapache and TV Priest.
 

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