PRESS PLAY: New Albums out May 2nd
Have a look and listen to these new bloomin’ releases…
No need you ask for permission to check out this week’s new albums, of course you MAY!
After recent stints as supporting vocalists for Brandi Carlile, Ringo Starr, and The War on Drugs, Lucius return to the spotlight on their canine-friendly self-titled fourth album. Will Toledo’s latest Car Seat Headrest outing, The Scholars, is an ambitious concept record about the mysterious occurrences at a fictional university. Reflecting on the breakout success of her 2023 debut, Blondshell’s If You Asked for a Picture charts Sabrina Teitelbaum’s ongoing untangling of her newfound fame.
Toronto favorites PUP continue to push punk boundaries on Who Will Look After the Dogs?, with humorous lyrics colliding with pit-ready energy. On Flying with Angels, her first album of all-new songs in over a decade, Suzanne Vega shows off her stylistic versatility across ten songs dealing with various societal struggles. Altogether Stranger is another captivating collection of drone-pop meditations from Lael Neale; the album serves as Neale’s farewell to Los Angeles as she relocates to her family’s Virginia farmland.
Listen for spotlights on new records like these (and more) every week on the XPN Morning Show and Indie Rock Hit Parade.
PRESS PLAY on these new releases
Lucius – Lucius
CHECK OUT: “Gold Rush” “Old Tape”
Car Seat Headrest – The Scholars
CHECK OUT: “Gethsemane” “The Catastrophe (Good Luck with That, Man)”
Blondshell – If You Asked for a Picture
CHECK OUT: “What’s Fair” “23’s a Baby”
PUP – Who Will Look After the Dogs?
CHECK OUT: “Hallways” “Paranoid”
Suzanne Vega – Flying with Angels
CHECK OUT: “Rats” “Speakers’ Corner”
Lael Neale – Altogether Stranger
CHECK OUT: “Tell Me How to Be Here” “Down on the Freeway”
The PRESS PLAY-list
FURTHER LISTENING
Andy Bell – Ten Crowns, Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet – HausLive 4, Carriers – Every Time I Feel Afraid, Clem Snide – Oh Smokey, Club Night – Joy Coming Down, Dope Lemon – Golden Wolf , Eric Church – Evangeline vs. The Machine, Esther Rose – Want, The Farm – Let the Music (Take Control), Gentle Giant – Playing the Fool: The Complete Live Experience, Gringo Star – Sweethearts, James Krivchenia – Performing Belief, Jenny Hval – Iris Silver Mist, Josh Groban – Gems, Låpsley – I’m a Hurricane and I’m a Woman in Love, Messer Chups – Don’t Worry, Be Creepy EP, Model/Actriz – Pirouette, Pet Shop Boys – Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live at the Royal Arena Copenhagen, Pet Symmetry – Big Symmetry, Pink Floyd – Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXI, Propaghandi – At Peace, Punchbag – I’m Not Your Punchbag EP, Real Estate – The Wee Small Hours: B-Sides and Other Detritus 2011-2025, RÜFÜS DU SOL – Inhale / Exhale Remixed, Sally Potter – ANATOMY, Samantha Crain – Gumshoe, Say Sue Me – Time is Not Yours EP, Sextile – yes, please, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Naturally (20th Anniversary Edition), Yarn – Live Yarn: Vol. 1, Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Saturnight: Live from Tokyo (Reissue)
