Here are the week’s stellar collection of new releases.
Cistern New Standard
From a group featuring members of N0V3L and Crack Cloud comes a 5-track display of DIY-rock anthem recorded on an 8-track tape machine. The band are defined by tight musicianship, harmonious and dissonant instrumentation, do-it-yourself recording and experimentation.
The Attendant Unit EP
Pete Astor of The Loft and Weather Prophets delivers spoken-word narratives – off kilter poetic monologues plucked from some lost art movie of the memory – against a drum-machine-propelled textural swirl delivered by Pete alongside multi-instrumentalist-producer Ian Button (Death in Vegas, Wreckless Eric, Go Kart Mozart, Thrashing Doves), bassist Andy Lewis (Spearmint Paul Weller, Blow UP club DJ).
Various TRAИƧA
Activist and music production non-profit Red Hot provide a spiritual journey across 8 chapters and 46 songs, spotlighting the gifts of many of the most daring, imaginative trans and non-binary artists working today. Among the artists appearing are Beverly Glenn-Copeland & Sam Smith, Andrew 3000, Sade, Julien Baker, Moses Sumney, Sharon Van Etten & Ezra Furman, Adrianne Lenker, Jeff Tweedy & Claire Rousay.
Dominic Waxing Lyrical Diminuet
Edinburgh-based band formed around musician and songwriter Dominic Harris. The band was created in 1994 by Dominic shortly after moving from Berlin to Edinburgh, the city of his birth. The band’s music and performances incorporate influences from The Go-Betweens, The Violent Femmes, The Leisure Society, Schubert and medieval poetry.
Kim Deal Nobody Loves You More
Every song has a story behind it, from the winter vacations with her parents in Florida Keys (‘Summerland’), wedding band covers of ‘Margaritaville’ (‘Coast’) to her mother’s dementia (‘Are You Mine?’).
Nick Carlisle Sailors on the Roiling Sea
The album takes its title from a vision Nick has of AI, at least in certain applications, as a swirling stormy sea in which all human history and culture is thrown together in a maelstrom of confusion. The song construction has hints of Sparks and Bowie to it.
Father John Misty Mahashmashana
Epic balladry and witty lyrics from Josh Tillman.
Papa M Ballads of Harry Houdini
Six years since his last LP, the all-acoustic A Broke Moon Rises, Papa M rolls into the shred zone with a fresh, fine and fat-assed set of songs.
Tashi Dorji we will be wherever the fires are lit
Ten songs, as ever, are all improvised, utilising different guitar preparations — tape for muting, metal for buzz, alternate tunings, inspirations from all over — to form a “sort of a sequel” to his 2020 album.
Michaela Turcerová Alene et
Saxophone pieces that take minutiae — the tiniest scrapes and breathiest hums — and distorts them into sprawling, collaged webs that barely resemble the instrument in its natural state
Tombstones in their Eyes Asylum Harbour
Shoegaze imbued psychedelic rockers whose album is named after a maritime phrase for a safe place to wait out a storm, ‘Asylum Harbour’ is an album of resurfacing, reflecting a new phase of healing after re-emerging from the pandemic.
Big Mountain County Deep Drives
Rome’s very own Electro-Psych outfit has a hard time pinning down their style: they kicked things off as Garage Punk, transitioned to Psych-Nouveau, and then dove headfirst into some kind of lysergic tribal disco.
Paula Tape Acid Latino EP
The project is an exploration of her rave and acid house influences, effortlessly intertwining 90s dance influences with an unpredictable Latin vibe.
Love Ghost xSKOLD Love Ghost xSKOLD
A collaboration between Love Ghost (an enigmatic Los Angeles-based indie rock band) and Tim Skold (a musician and record producer perhaps best known for his work with KMFDM, Shotgun Messiah, Marilyn Manson, and Motionless in White.)
Kristen Roos Universal Synthesizer Interface Vol III
Roos continues his homage to the early era of algorithmic music making by delving further into early MIDI sequencing software for personal computers, focusing on Intelligent Music Software founded by Joel Chadabe in 1984.
Soap&Skin Torso
Her first covers album including versions of Cat Power’s “Maybe Not”, David Bowie’s “Girl Loves Me”, Tom Waits’ “Johnsburg, Illinois”, Janis Ian’s “Stars”, “Pale Blue Eyes” by The Velvet Underground and Lana Del Ray’s “Gods & Monsters”>
Grive Tales of Uncertainty
French duo that share a passion for freedom, experimentation, and the pursuit of new sounds. There are echoes of shoegaze, slowcore and post-folk.
Warhaus Karaoke Moon
Warhaus plays with our modern views on masculinity. With subtle humour, he smoothly sidesteps discomfort, poking fun at himself and his kind with double-edged wit.
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan Ballad of the Broken Seas
Reissue of 2006 record that has remained a touchstone for fans of folk and Americana, revered for its haunting melodies, rich storytelling, and the captivating interplay between Campbell’s ethereal vocals and Lanegan’s gravelly baritone.
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Joe Goddard Neptunes EP
Hard-hitting beats, intricate synth programming, and a melodic sensibility that retains a strange and alluring aura.
Mondaze Linger
Since forming in 2018, Italy-based Mondaze have defined themselves as “heavy shoegaze”, taking inspiration from bands like genre-giants Swervedriver and Ride, but also contemporary bands pushing through the limits of the genre like Nothing and Ringo Deathstarr.
Squanderers If A Body Meet A Body
A trio of guitarists Wendy Eisenberg and David Grubbs alongside multi-instrumentalist and legendary producer Kramer.
Robin Carolan Nosferatu
Soundtrack to Robert Eggers’ forthcoming film is a haunting, gothic-infused and meticulously crafted work that draws from a vast palette of sounds, instruments, and inspirations.
Heavy Moss Dead Slow
Debut album from band including members of King Gizzard with a blend of dynamic psychedelia and dreamy pop textures.
Jack Cheshire Interloper
Multi-layered, mesmeric psych pop with cinematic flourishes, hypnotic rhythms and hallucinatory imagery.
Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom A Peace of Us
A collection of festive covers that draws from early ‘60s pop, garage, country, James Bond soundtracks, Christmas carols, and electronica.
Bill Callahan & Smog The Holy Grail: Bill Callahan’s “Smog” Dec. 10, 2001 Peel Session
Peel session on which they covered Stevie Nicks, Lou Reed and Smog.
Daryl Johns Daryl Jones
Euphoric pop music “of a certain Irish quality” from a member of Mac DeMarco’s band
Various Piano 1 / section 1
This compilation highlights the beauty and healing power of piano music, straddling the lines of contemporary classical, experimental, and ambient, including compositions from Youth Lagoon, Hand Habits and Kelly Moran.
Múr Múr
Icelandic quintet forging a new era of dark, atmospheric and boundary shattering metal, forging progressive sensibilities with jazz study.
Xandria Universal Tales
With cinematic orchestration, XANDRIA has not only reinvented themselves but also elevated their signature style, setting a new standard for modern symphonic metal.
Home Baker kitchen songs
EP whose songs were made at home amongst the flowing patterns of domesticity — alignment, harmony, discord, repetition, parallel and unified worlds, the sweetness of a shared intimate space.
Hubert Kostkiewicz Four Guitar Solos for Bemma Bar
Musician who channels his fascination with musique concrète, electroacoustic, and improvised music. His explorations are primarily carried out with the electric guitar, but he also incorporates acoustic instruments, processed field recordings, and dub-style mixing.
