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New Music Releases Thread


The Smiles' Wall Of Eyes is fantastic. Talk of it being a grower but was love at first play for me. The break from Nigel Godrich has worked out extremely well.
 
Went to see Ginger Wildheart last night. He was excellent, and his dog stole the show. Never been to a gig where the 2 support acts and headliner play fetch with the healdiner’s dog during their sets 😂

Anyway, the second support act was Carol Hodge (she was actually performing as a duo with Ginger’s backing guitarist), and I’ve been listening to the album she put out last year today and it’s very good! Piano-pop/synth-pop/theatrical-indie-pop stuff.
 
Mickdundee said:
Went to see Ginger Wildheart last night. He was excellent, and his dog stole the show. Never been to a gig where the 2 support acts and headliner play fetch with the healdiner’s dog during their sets 😂

Anyway, the second support act was Carol Hodge (she was actually performing as a duo with Ginger’s backing guitarist), and I’ve been listening to the album she put out last year today and it’s very good! Piano-pop/synth-pop/theatrical-indie-pop stuff.
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Just saw a post about the dog on another site.
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The Music Man said:
Just saw a post about the dog on another site.
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That bloke was clearly at Ginger Wildheart in Dundee last night. Thread was started this morning, he said it was last night and mentions a yellow squeaky ball.

Edit - just clicked on their profile on that link and it says “from Dundee” so he definitely was
 
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Weekly review time now Only Connect has finished... might be a little top heavy.

Ty Segal: very good, stately psych rock, quite varied.
Gruff Rhys: lovely loveliness abounds. Might turn out to be his best solo album. Exceptional.
Future Islands: I reckon this is their best since Singles. A lot better than I thought it would be.
NewDad: there's something good going on in Ireland at the moment. Shoegazey indie rock, very likeable.
Office Dog: Kiwi indie rockers, a little bit psychedelic, a lot good. Well worth a listen.
The Smile: a cracking album, arguably better than the first. Seems a little more organic, if that makes sense.
Katy Kirby: her second album at least equals the second. Maybe a little more varied in style.
William Elliott Whitmore: his umpteenth (anout 9th) album of lo-fi-ish country blues. Another cracker,
Tapir!: absolutely cracking stuff. I was only aware of one track previously. Folky, psych MOR harmony weirdness.
Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes: I remember when he was relevant. This is drab alt rock. Not very good.
Courting: quite Cribsy. Pretty good.
Early Life Forms: Belgian psych, prog jazz recorded live. Decent.
The Umbrellas: very enjoyable janglesome indie pop. I like.
Torres: quite synthy. I'm enjoying this a lot more than their last couple of albums.
Elena Setien: Spanish singer-songwriter based in Denmark. This is a lovely quirky album, get it listened to.
Nehan: Japanese ambient psych weirdness featuring a member of Ghost (the Japanese psych rockers). Two long tracks, the first is quite bagpipe heavy.
Chemtrails: I can't yet decide whether they're tremendous or not. Post-punky pop basically.
Cabane: French bloke makes orchestrated down beat folkish album with British vocalists (Kate Stables,Sam Genders). The world swoons!
Cary Morin: Americana singer-songwriter stuff from a native American singer. High quality if maybe a little one paced.

Album of the week: clearly not Frank Carter. There's a lot that's very good there but I think Gruff just shades it for me.
 
I can't get into the new The Smile album. Like the first one and I've listened to this one a few times but nothing is sticking so far. I'll persevere.
 
Arkle said:
Weekly review time now Only Connect has finished... might be a little top heavy.

Ty Segal: very good, stately psych rock, quite varied.
Gruff Rhys: lovely loveliness abounds. Might turn out to be his best solo album. Exceptional.
Future Islands: I reckon this is their best since Singles. A lot better than I thought it would be.
NewDad: there's something good going on in Ireland at the moment. Shoegazey indie rock, very likeable.
Office Dog: Kiwi indie rockers, a little bit psychedelic, a lot good. Well worth a listen.
The Smile: a cracking album, arguably better than the first. Seems a little more organic, if that makes sense.
Katy Kirby: her second album at least equals the second. Maybe a little more varied in style.
William Elliott Whitmore: his umpteenth (anout 9th) album of lo-fi-ish country blues. Another cracker,
Tapir!: absolutely cracking stuff. I was only aware of one track previously. Folky, psych MOR harmony weirdness.
Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes: I remember when he was relevant. This is drab alt rock. Not very good.
Courting: quite Cribsy. Pretty good.
Early Life Forms: Belgian psych, prog jazz recorded live. Decent.
The Umbrellas: very enjoyable janglesome indie pop. I like.
Torres: quite synthy. I'm enjoying this a lot more than their last couple of albums.
Elena Setien: Spanish singer-songwriter based in Denmark. This is a lovely quirky album, get it listened to.
Nehan: Japanese ambient psych weirdness featuring a member of Ghost (the Japanese psych rockers). Two long tracks, the first is quite bagpipe heavy.
Chemtrails: I can't yet decide whether they're tremendous or not. Post-punky pop basically.
Cabane: French bloke makes orchestrated down beat folkish album with British vocalists (Kate Stables,Sam Genders). The world swoons!
Cary Morin: Americana singer-songwriter stuff from a native American singer. High quality if maybe a little one paced.

Album of the week: clearly not Frank Carter. There's a lot that's very good there but I think Gruff just shades it for me.
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I really enjoyed the Umbrellas, got that C86 Indy sound to it.
 
Arkle said:
Weekly review time now Only Connect has finished... might be a little top heavy.

Ty Segal: very good, stately psych rock, quite varied.
Gruff Rhys: lovely loveliness abounds. Might turn out to be his best solo album. Exceptional.
Future Islands: I reckon this is their best since Singles. A lot better than I thought it would be.
NewDad: there's something good going on in Ireland at the moment. Shoegazey indie rock, very likeable.
Office Dog: Kiwi indie rockers, a little bit psychedelic, a lot good. Well worth a listen.
The Smile: a cracking album, arguably better than the first. Seems a little more organic, if that makes sense.
Katy Kirby: her second album at least equals the second. Maybe a little more varied in style.
William Elliott Whitmore: his umpteenth (anout 9th) album of lo-fi-ish country blues. Another cracker,
Tapir!: absolutely cracking stuff. I was only aware of one track previously. Folky, psych MOR harmony weirdness.
Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes: I remember when he was relevant. This is drab alt rock. Not very good.
Courting: quite Cribsy. Pretty good.
Early Life Forms: Belgian psych, prog jazz recorded live. Decent.
The Umbrellas: very enjoyable janglesome indie pop. I like.
Torres: quite synthy. I'm enjoying this a lot more than their last couple of albums.
Elena Setien: Spanish singer-songwriter based in Denmark. This is a lovely quirky album, get it listened to.
Nehan: Japanese ambient psych weirdness featuring a member of Ghost (the Japanese psych rockers). Two long tracks, the first is quite bagpipe heavy.
Chemtrails: I can't yet decide whether they're tremendous or not. Post-punky pop basically.
Cabane: French bloke makes orchestrated down beat folkish album with British vocalists (Kate Stables,Sam Genders). The world swoons!
Cary Morin: Americana singer-songwriter stuff from a native American singer. High quality if maybe a little one paced.

Album of the week: clearly not Frank Carter. There's a lot that's very good there but I think Gruff just shades it for me.
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Gruffs album is superb. Up there with his American interior album. That cover up the cover up song is so beautifully relevant. Stunning
 
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