PRESS PLAY: New Albums out July 28th

Cloistering yourself up next to the open refrigerator with a bunch of new albums is certainly one way to beat the heat. With Natural Disaster, Bethany Cosentino steps away from Best Coast with a strong set of jangly Americana produced by Butch Walker. Deft harmonies are always the main draw of a new Darlingside record; on Everything is Alive each member is given their own moment in the spotlight. Strings and electronic rhythms get folded into The Clientele’s signature chamber pop sound on I am Not There Anymore. After records produced by Toro y Moi and Wye Oak, Bay Area musician Madeline Kenney imbues her fourth album, A New Reality Mind, with bold textures to compliment her open-hearted lyrics.

New Orleans jazz virtuoso Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott) trades his trumpet for a handmade harp to honor his Xodokan Nation heritage on Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning. Following an 11-year break (and the Fall 2021 death of drummer Dee Pop), New York no wave mainstays Bush Tetras team up with Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley for the aggressive and adventurous They Live in My Head. A favorite among the ‘deep listening’ for his ’80s Keyboard Fantasies, Beverly Glenn-Copeland turns in a stylish and cinematic set on The Ones Ahead.

PRESS PLAY on these new releases below. Listen for spotlights on new records like these (and more) every Friday on the XPN Morning Show and Indie Rock Hit Parade.

Bethany Cosentino – Natural Disaster
CHECK OUT: “It’s Fine” “For a Moment”

Darlingside – Everything is Alive
CHECK OUT: “Eliza I See” “All the Lights in the City”

The Clientele – I am Not There Anymore
CHECK OUT: “Blue Over Blue” “Claire’s Not Real”

Madeline Kenney – A New Reality Mind
CHECK OUT: “Superficial Conversation” “I Drew a Line”

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning
CHECK OUT: “Blood Calls Blood” “Xodokan Iko – Hu Na Ney”

Bush Tetras – They Live in My Head
CHECK OUT: “Things I Put Together” “They Live in My Head”

Beverly Glenn-Copeland – The Ones Ahead
CHECK OUT: “Africa Calling” “Stand Anthem”

FURTHER LISTENING:
Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760 EP, Billy Idol – Billy Idol (Expanded Edition), Brad – In the Moment That You’re Born, The Budos Band – Frontier’s Edge EP, Burnside Project – The Networks, The Circuits, The Streams, The Harmonies (20th Anniversary Expanded Edition), Carly Rae Jepsen – The Loveliest Time, Daniel Rossen – Live in Pioneertown & Santa Fe, Dexys – The Feminine Divine, DJ Koze – Wespennest EP, Echosmith – Echosmith, Georgia – Euphoric, Hailey Whitters – I’m in Love EP, High Pulp – Days in the Desert, Jessy Lanza – Love Hallucination, Joni Mitchell – AT NEWPORT, Nick Lowe – Dig My Mood (25th Anniversary Edition), Peter Frampton – Frampton@50, Post Malone – Austin, Primal Scream – Reverberations (Travelling in Time), The Prodigy – The Fat of the Land: 25th Anniversary Remixes, PWNT – Play What’s Not There, Richard Wright – Wet Dream (Reissue), Ruth Mascelli – Non-Stop Healing Frequency, Soft Cell – *Happiness now completed / *Happiness now extended, Sore Dream and Hisham Akira Bharoocha – Sore Dream x Hisham Akira Bharoocha, Steve Gunn, John Truscinski, and Bill Nace – Glass Band, Stevie Nicks – Complete Studio Albums & Rarities, SUSTO – My Entire Life, Travis Scott – Utopia, William the Conqueror – Excuse Me While I Vanish, Various Artists – Raised by Rap: 50 Years of Hip Hop