Kacey Musgraves | photo by Adrienne Raquel
PRESS PLAY: 8 New Albums out September 10th!
Whether or not you’re ready for knit sweaters and pumpkin carving, there’s no denying the bountiful cornucopia of new albums out this week. Kacey Musgraves leads the way with her multimedia event, star-crossed. The highly anticipated follow-up to Golden Hour is not-so-secretly inspired by the last few years of the singer’s personal life; ups and downs and all. After a few years going solo, Erika Wennerstrom reunites with Heartless Bastards for the sharp and glossy A Beautiful Life. The thirteenth album from acclaimed Minnesota duo Low, Hey What is a towering achievement in sculpted sound and inventive song structures. Los Angeles rocker Colleen Green shows off her effortlessly aloof songwriting on the aptly titled Cool.
As the founder and creative force behind the Spacebomb label, it’s no surprise that Matthew E. White‘s K Bay is a sonic delight. Scorching guitar riffs and occasionally humorous lyrics punctuate Samantha Fish‘s Faster. Produced by Mark Ronson, Dawn is a brilliant debut for soulful singer Yebba. Collecting songs from their recent series of element-themed EPs, Bomba Estéreo present Deja, their first album in six years. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Metallica‘s self-titled “black” album, devotees like Phoebe Bridgers and Jason Isbell pay respects on The Metallica Blacklist. PRESS PLAY on these new releases (and so many more) below…
Kacey Musgraves – star-crossed
WE LOVE: “Justified” “Breadwinner” “Easier Said”
Heartless Bastards – A Beautiful Life
WE LOVE: “How Low” “You Never Know”
Low – Hey What
WE LOVE: “Days Like These” “More”
Colleen Green – Cool
WE LOVE: “I Wanna Be a Dog” “It’s Nice to Be Nice”
Matthew E. White – K Bay
WE LOVE: “Genuine Hesitation” “Nested”
Samantha Fish – Faster
WE LOVE: “Twisted Ambition” “Better Be Lonely”
Yebba – Dawn
WE LOVE: “October Sky” “All I Ever Wanted”
Bomba Estéreo – Deja
WE LOVE: “Agua” “Conexión Total (feat. Yemi Alade)”
Various Artists – The Metallica Blacklist
WE LOVE: Phoebe Bridgers – “Nothing Else Matters” Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – “Sad But True”
EXTENDED PLAYS…
Amyl & the Sniffers – Comfort to Me, Andrew W.K. – God is Partying, Béla Fleck – My Bluegrass Heart, Berry – Vault of Light, Common – A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2, Daniel Romano’s Outfit – Cobra Poems, Elvis Costello – Spanish Model, Foy Vance – Signs of Life, Gurrumul – The Gurrumul Story, Homeshake – Under the Weather, Illinois – Shady Lane, Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders – Hijack!, James Blake – Friends That Break Your Heart, King Krule – You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down, Laura Nyro – Go Find the Moon: The Audition Tape, Manic Street Preachers – The Ultra Vivid Lament, Martin Sexton – 2020 Vision EP, Martina Topley-Bird – Forever I Wait, 박혜진 Park Hye Jin – Before I Die, Rufus Wainwright – Unfollow the Rules: The Paramour Sessions, Saint Etienne – I’ve Been Trying to Tell You, Sam Barron – A Prayer for a Field Mouse, Sleigh Bells – Texis, Slothrust – Parallel Timeline, Sneaker Pimps – Squaring the Circle, Spencer. – Are U Down?, Steve Hackett – Surrender of Silence, The Stranglers – Dark Matters, The Vaccines – Back in Love City, The Way Down Wanderers – More Like Tomorrow, We Were Promised Jetpacks – Enjoy the View, Various Artists – Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads