Big day!
First off, why don’t you Get Fucked
(Noisy garage punk from Australia. FFO: Smoko)
New Mountain Goats
Last couple of albums have slipped by me but this sounds good on first listen. FFO: The Mountain Goats:
New Hot Chip will no doubt be on many radars today
CLAMM - Care Noise-Punk from Melbourne
What else have you got?
Dawnwalker
Oneida - Success
Woah, Oneida are still going.
Cass McCombs - Heartmind
New one from the brilliant US alt-country singer-songwriter.
Russian Circles - Gnosis
8th album from the Chicago post-rock instrumentalists.
There’s a new Silversun Pickups album out.
Die Welttraumforscher - Liederbuch
Heard these via @BMS1 a while ago I think. My notes say that they are a German language version of Casiotone For The Painfully Alone.
Anna Tivel - Outsiders
And this one I found from @stickboy posting about a live album of hers last year. Looking forward to listening to a proper non-live album. Lovely voice and music.
Au Suisse - Au Suisse
“Immersive Soundscapes Using A Patchwork Of Electro, Synthpop, Funk And Disco”, debut album on City Slang.
Nand- Sonnenmilch EP
German synthy poppy trumpetty jazzy sort of mix of sounds.
Phoebe Green - Lucky Me
Manchester electro-poppy artist.
Gordi - Inhuman EP
Australian singer-songwriter, with a bit of synthy sounds and nice music. Quite like this.
Yann Tiersen - Avant La Chute EP
A re-release of a hard-to-get EP of his from 25 years ago, so some nice traditional Yann Tiersen sounding Yann Tiersen songs.
Blacklab - In A Bizarre Dream
The ‘doom witch duo from Osaka’. I loved the Black-Sabbath-meets-Stereolab lead single which featured Laetitia Sadier on vocals. Looking forward to the rest.
Various Artists (Milk! Records Projects) - Here And There: B-Sides, Live Tracks + Demos
In conjunction with Here And There Festival and Milk! Records, Courtney Barnett has curated a limited-edition compilation to raise money for organisations supporting reproductive justice in the USA.
Featuring Courtney Barnett, Sleater-Kinney, Julia Jacklin, Faye Webster, The Beths, Caroline Rose, Bedouine and Hana Vu.
https://milkrecordsprojects.bandcamp.com/album/here-and-there-b-sides-live-tracks-demos
Why Bonnie - 90 In November
“Shoegazeicana” from Austin, Texas. Lot of 90s indie rock influences going on here.
LIFE - North East Coastal Town
Spiky post-punk third album from the Hull band
THICK - Happy Now
New York DIY garage rock
Since forming in 2014, THICK have triumphed at turning the harshest truths into wildly exhilarating punk songs. On their second album, Happy Now, vocalist/guitarist Nikki Sisti, vocalist/bassist Kate Black, and vocalist/drummer Shari Page deliver their most complex and confessional work yet, exploring everything from self-sabotage and insecurity to victim-blaming and destructive relationships. It’s raw, irreverent, and brutally honest. Happy Now offers both joyful catharsis and much-needed instruction for living well in turbulent times.
https://louderthanwar.com/thick-happy-now-album-review/
Also, the previously mentioned Phoebe Green, Anna Tivel and Russian Circles.
Beat me to the draw. Should be excellent
New Szun Waves album out today!
Luke abbot’s side project……
Spielbergs. Someone on here turned me on to them. First album was great and they’re a load of fun live so I’ll be checking this out first today i think.
Listening to Life now, have really liked the singles so far.
Germain Bourque - Tour de Piste
Circus music. Thought this would be my interesting curio of the week that I had a brief flick through and then moved on, but it’s got a bit more about it. This is music composed for European circus performances, it feels like a film soundtrack album, and it’s got a surprising amount of emotional heft.
Szun Waves as mentioned ^
Only other one on my radar is the new one by 4AD/Cocteau Twins loving SRSQ. Bombastic 80s style gothy synth pop. Loved her last album, so interested to see where this one goes…
Is excellent
Conan
FFO: Doom, stoner metal, guitars tuned to C
Kirinji
FFO: light, bright, breezy Japanese indie-dance-pop
Hot Chip and Conan for me this week.
Might play the Yann Tiersen reissue if the evening heads in a mellow direction.
Aye go on then
Damn what a glut of releases today
Terence etc album is decent