New releases - April 19 2019, a very good Friday

Music
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Kelsey Lu! Lizzo! Heather Woods Broderick! Bananrama!

Maybe even people that aren’t women too,

What else?

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Heather Woods Broderick record is beautiful.

Also very interested in the Johanna Samuels ep

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Dead to a Dying World have a new album out.
A mix of black/death and post metal.

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Gonna give the new Loyle Carner album a go later (UK hip hop)

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Fat White Family. The first 2 singles are bangers so looking forward to it.

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Looking forward to hearing the Lizzo record but slightly irked by the lack of a physical release.

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Going to give the new Wand album a go in a minute. Seems to have very mixed reviews.

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There’s a new Self Defence Family ep.

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the new Field Medic record fade into the dawn is out today. Lo-fi singer songwriter signed to Run For Cover. It’s got a wonky alt country/americana feel to it with glitchy electronic elements. FFO Rhett Miller, John K Samson

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Jay-Jay Johanson has a new album out. He’s Swedish and begins with a J and has a deep crooning voice so j always associate him with Jen’s Lekman.

Tune-Yards appear to have an album out, as a soundtrack to a film. The one song I’ve listened to was very good.

Some EP by a band called Eyre Llew is also on my Spotify release radar, but I forget who they are. Sounds Sigur Ros-esque.

An album by someone called Warming. They’re on my Great Escape list of bands to check out/maybe see. Seems catchy enough stuff.

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New Drudkh album out today as well, and a Thou live EP.

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The album is amazing, the ep is too much of a Sigur Ros clone.

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All about Kelsey Lu for me today.

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All about the Fat Whites for me today.

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oh…and The Tallest Man On Earth has his new one out, for those not familiar he is a Swedish singer songwriter heavily indebted to Dylan. His music is bloody lovely. Not heard the new one but have high hopes

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sorry just noticed you mentioned The Tallest Man On Earth already

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Not much to add, but Scottish band L-Space are worth a try and there’s a Gang of Four record out too. Anyone who likes Calypso stuff might want to check out a new Mighty Sparrow compilation!

Mostly looking forward to Loyle Carner today.

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Listening to the Lizzo album, like the homage to Creep on Jerome! It’s all great so far though

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I think the Tallest Man on Earth is out digitally today, and the physical release is in June

Sunn O))) out today as well

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Kelsey Lu - Blood

as I posted in the other thread;

the new album ‘Blood’ is sublime, huge and drifting, intimate & precise

There’s one incongruous track on it though, a sort of disco pastiche that sounds like an over-produced Donna Summer track and really doesn’t fit among the fine strings & dulcimers of the rest of the album.
Listening closely to the lyrics though it would seem that this track is a kind of fuck you to being asked by the label/her a&r/manager to produce a radio friendly pop hit single. The track’s called Poor Fake and there’s a spoken word bit where she says

As I stare into its frame, slowly approaching
At first glance, this is the finest painting I’ve ever laid eyes on
As they all say, it truly is one of a kind
I lift my magnifying glass to its smooth lines
Taking a closer look, inspection is key
What do we have here? Could this be a forgery?

and the chorus

Listen
Is this real or just a poor fake?
Listen
Is this real or just a poor fake?

I absolutely love this woman

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