PRESS PLAY: 7 New Albums Out March 26th!

It’s a smattering of old friends and new favorites on this week’s PRESS PLAY, with sketchy, the newest album by celebrated duo tune-yards, at the top of the heap. An icon of the Hammond B-3, Dr. Lonnie Smith is joined by an unlikely collaborator, Iggy Pop, on Breathe. First Aid Kit and friends pay a wide-ranging tribute to Leonard Cohen on Who By Fire, recorded over two nights in Stockholm in 2017. Josiah Wise aka serpentwithfeet offers a stirring new collection, DEACON, featuring contributions from Sampha and NAO. A new EP from Real Estate finds the long-running New Jersey band expanding on the psychedelic textures of their last album. Anna Fox Rochinski, longtime vocalist/guitarist of Quilt, steps out with her glittering solo debut, Cherry. Philly favorites Great Time round out the pack with their new EP, Sounds Like __ [Vol. 1], which recently debuted on our local show. PRESS PLAY on this week’s new releases below…

tune-yards – sketchy
We LOVE: “hold yourself.” “hypnotized” “nowhere, man”

Dr. Lonnie Smith – Breathe
We LOVE: “Sunshine Superman” “Why Can’t We Live Together?” “Bright Eyes”

First Aid Kit – Who By Fire
We LOVE: “Suzanne” “You Want it Darker” “Bird on the Wire”

serpentwithfeet – DEACON
We LOVE: “Fellowship” “Same Size Shoe” “Heart Storm”

Real Estate – Half a Human EP
We LOVE: “Half a Human”

Anna Fox Rochinski – Cherry
We LOVE: “Everybody’s Down” “Cherry” “No Better”

Great Time – Sounds Like __ [Vol. 1]
We LOVE: “I Know” “Starr”

EXTENDED PLAYS (a few more notable releases out this week):
Xiu Xiu – OH NO, Noga Erez – KIDS, Ben Howard – Collections from the Whiteout, Sunny War – Simple Syrup, Sara Watkins – Under the Pepper Tree, The Antlers – Green to Gold, Fitz – Head Up High, Sunday, Someday (Get Better Records compilation)