Lucy Dacus | photo by Ebru Yildiz
PRESS PLAY: 10 New Albums out June 25th!
As album release dates go, this week has got to be the busiest of this year so far! Returning for her third solo album (and first release since relocating to Philly), Lucy Dacus showcases her intricate lyrics on the autobiographical Home Video. Quietly Blowing It is the 10th full length by Hiss Golden Messenger, and it features more of the consistently sharp songwriting that leader MC Taylor has honed over the past decade and a half. Following a brief hiatus from the studio, Modest Mouse turn in the kaleidoscopic The Golden Casket, channeling their signature indie thump through a psychedelic lens. On Our Extended Play, beabadoobee teams up with members of The 1975 for a bite-sized celebration of ’90s Britpop. Joshua Karpeh makes his long-awaited debut as Cautious Clay on Deadpan Love, featuring many of the adventurous singer’s previously released singles alongside new highlights. Philly favorites Hurry perfect their brand of shimmering guitar-pop on Fake Ideas. Boston’s Squirrel Flower, led by singer Ella Williams, chart a course to Planet (i) with an intimate and arresting set. The Mountain Goats recorded Dark in Here at the storied Muscle Shoals outpost Fame Studios, with legendary session players joining John Darnielle and company. New York’s Pom Pom Squad make their effervescent debut with Death of a Cheerleader, packing equal parts sugar and spikes. Soulful Los Angeles combo The Marías step out on Cinema, their debut LP. PRESS PLAY on these releases and so, so many more below…
Lucy Dacus – Home Video
WE LOVE: “Hot & Heavy” “Brando” “VBS”
Hiss Golden Messenger – Quietly Blowing It
WE LOVE: “Sanctuary” “Hardlytown” “Mighty Dollar”
Modest Mouse – The Golden Casket
WE LOVE: “We Are Between” “Leave a Light On”
beabadoobee – Our Extended Play EP
WE LOVE: “Last Day on Earth” “Cologne”
Cautious Clay – Deadpan Love
WE LOVE: “Dying in the Subtlety” “Karma & Friends”
Hurry – Fake Ideas
WE LOVE: “It’s Dangerous” “Where You Go, I Go”
Squirrel Flower – Planet (i)
WE LOVE: “Hurt a Fly” “I’ll Go Running”
The Mountain Goats – Dark in Here
WE LOVE: “Mobile” “The Slow Parts on Death Metal Albums”
Pom Pom Squad – Death of a Cheerleader
WE LOVE: “Head Cheerleader” “Crying”
The Marías – Cinema
WE LOVE: “Hush” “Un Millón”
EXTENDED PLAYS (if you can believe it, even MORE new things out this week)…
2nd Grade – Wish You Were Here Tour Revisited, Anushka – Yemaya, Big Paul Ferguson – Virtual Control, Bill Evans – On a Friday Evening, Cedric Burnside – I Be Trying, Daniel Avery – Together in Static, Faye Webster – I Know I’m Funny haha, Gaspard Augé – Escapades, Goo Goo Dolls – Rarities, Gong Gong Gong 工工工 – Phantom Rhythm Remixed, The Grid + Robert Fripp – Leviathan, Helvetia – Essential Aliens, Hiatus Kaiyote – Mood Valiant, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – This is a Mindfulness Drill, Ida Maria – Dirty Money EP, John Caroll Kirby – Septet, John Grant – Boy from Michigan, Joni Mitchell – The Reprise Albums (1968-1971), LoneLady – Former Things, Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – Hope, Matthew Dear – Preacher’s Sigh & Potion: Lost Album, Michael Cormier – More Light!!, Michael League – So Many Me, Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne, Mother Mother – Inside, The Murlocs – Bittersweet Dreams, Roger Chapman – Life in the Pond, Rose City Band – Earth Trip, The Rubinoos – The CBS Tapes, Saint Motel – The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Saint Sister – Where I Should End, SAULT – Nine, Six Organs of Admittance – The Veiled Sea, SPELLLING – The Turning Wheel, Split Single – Amplificado, T. Hardy Morris – The Digital Age of Rome, Tim O’Brien – He Walked On, UB40 – Bigga Baddariddim, William Fitzsimmons – Ready The Astronaut, Various Artists – Black Waves of Adrenochrome: The Sisters of Mercy Tribute