New Music Releases Thread



Arkle said:
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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Just listened to that MJ Lenderman album off the back of this post, very good. Thanks.

Satan Club put their debut record out on Friday. It's a couple of the lads from deathcrash (plus a couple of others). Very laid back folk music, predominantly instrumental. Worth a go if that's up your alley.
 
chunkyshitehawk53 said:
Thanks for that @Arkle

I thought TV Priest was ok, can’t imagine I’ll go back to it. Perfume Genius is well….not what I was expecting.

The Pet Fox record was maybe my favourite of what was a crap week, but I’ll give a few of those a listen
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Just given one of the Pet Fox singles from the album a shot. Sounds decent enough.
James said:
Just listened to that MJ Lenderman album off the back of this post, very good. Thanks.

Satan Club put their debut record out on Friday. It's a couple of the lads from deathcrash (plus a couple of others). Very laid back folk music, predominantly instrumental. Worth a go if that's up your alley.
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Will probably give that a listen.
 
So we’re virtually at the halfway point of the year, let’s hear your albums of the year so far

Black Country, New Road is my number 1 by miles

Then I’d offer up the following in no particular order

Caroline
deathcrash
The Smile
Big Thief (really grown on me)
Kathryn Joseph
Horsegirl
Kevin “morbo” Morby
 
My top 5 for the year, probably as close to in order as I can get:
Frank Turner - FTHC
Bob Vylan - Presents the Price of Life
SG Goodman - Teeth Marks
Jeremy Ivey - Invisible Pictures
The Kernal - Listen to the Blood

Honourable mentions to Escape from the Zoo, Kevin Morby, Gizzard, Ryan Culwell and Mike Campbell.
 
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Black Country, New Road (also my favourite by a long way)
deathcrash
Caroline

Rest of them
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Porridge Radio
Kevin Morby
Let's Eat Grandma
Astrel K
Long Island Sound
Destroyer
Warpaint
Alex Cameron (grew on me)
Bonobo

As with @Arkle I'd probably have that MJ Lenderman record in there if I'd discovered before this week.
 
Deathcrash
BC,NR
The Smile
Caroline
Mitski
Big Thief
Jeff Tobias

Been giving the Horsegirl album a listen the last few days but hasn’t quite made it to my list yet. Will give the TV Priest and MJ Lenderman albums a go some time this week.
 
For all you house music connoisseurs out there Drake's just released a house album :lol: it's the best album he's made in 7 or 8 year and is still pretty much the definition of mediocre.

There is one song though that if it was on a Nicolas Jaar/Against All Logic or Dan Snaith/Caribou album or something of that ilk I would be playing on repeat on repeat on repeat, it's one of my favourite house instrumentals in the last few years. I hate how much I enjoy it.

 
Albums of the year so far

Ranked:
Aldous Harding - Warm Chris
Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There

Not ranked:
Cat Power - Covers
Sonic Youth - In/Out/In
Wet Leg - Wet Leg
Kathryn Joseph - For You Who Are The Wronged
Dana Gavanski - When It Comes
Ghost Power - Ghost Power
The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention
 
There are new releases tomorrow from Alexisonfire, CANDY, Conan Gray, Goose, Jack Johnson, JB Dunckel, Lupe Fiasco, Martin Courtney, MUNA, Noah Reid, Porcupine Tree, Regina Spektor, Soccer Mommy, Tim Heidecker, Young Guv, Zola Jesus, Noori & His Dorpa Band, Damien Jurado, Sessa, Brian Jonestown Massacre and Joan Shelley.
 
Albums of year so far,

Spiritualized
Max Cooper
Curses
Michael Head
Andy Bell

Need to listen to BCNR
Arkle said:
There are new releases tomorrow from Alexisonfire, CANDY, Conan Gray, Goose, Jack Johnson, JB Dunckel, Lupe Fiasco, Martin Courtney, MUNA, Noah Reid, Porcupine Tree, Regina Spektor, Soccer Mommy, Tim Heidecker, Young Guv, Zola Jesus, Noori & His Dorpa Band, Damien Jurado, Sessa, Brian Jonestown Massacre and Joan Shelley.
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BJM will be on repeat tomorrow
 
Arkle said:
There are new releases tomorrow from Alexisonfire, CANDY, Conan Gray, Goose, Jack Johnson, JB Dunckel, Lupe Fiasco, Martin Courtney, MUNA, Noah Reid, Porcupine Tree, Regina Spektor, Soccer Mommy, Tim Heidecker, Young Guv, Zola Jesus, Noori & His Dorpa Band, Damien Jurado, Sessa, Brian Jonestown Massacre and Joan Shelley.
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Mainly Regina Spektor for me tomorrow. I’ll probably check out Porcupine Tree, Soccer Mommy and BJM as well.
 

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