PRESS PLAY: New Albums out March 4th!
MICHELLE | photo by Sophia Wilson, courtesy of the artist
February 2022 was one of the busiest months for album releases in recent memory. If you were hoping that March would offer some reprieve, well I have got bad (good) news. Recent Free at Noon guests MICHELLE make their hook-filled debut with After Dinner We Talk Dreams. Things Are Great is the bright and sparkling sixth album from Band of Horses; their first in six years. London artist Nilüfer Yanya packs in a mountain of ideas (and makes it sound easy) on PAINLESS. Seattle party-starters The Dip get things shaking on Sticking With It.
Trailblazing vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant‘s Ghost Song is a collection of haunted originals and cursed covers. Contrasting last year’s Ignorance, The Weather Station returns with the sparse and arresting How is it That I Should Look at the Stars. Finally a few new Philly-area releases to note: Kristine Leschper (fka Mothers) makes her baroque solo debut, and familial retro rockers Ceramic Animal make a fine match with Dan Auerbach. PRESS PLAY on these new releases (and plenty more) below…
MICHELLE – After Dinner We Talk Dreams
CHECK OUT: “Expiration Date” “Pose”
Band of Horses – Things Are Great
CHECK OUT: “Crutch” “In Need of Repair”
Nilüfer Yanya – PAINLESS
CHECK OUT: “stabilise” “the dealer”
The Dip – Sticking With It
CHECK OUT: “Paddle to the Stars” “When You Lose Someone”
Cécile McLorin Salvant – Ghost Song
CHECK OUT: “Thunderclouds” “Until”
The Weather Station – How is it That I Should Look at the Stars
CHECK OUT: “Endless Time” “To Talk About”
Kristine Leschper – The Opening, or Closing of a Door
CHECK OUT: “Ribbon” “Picture Window”
Ceramic Animal – Sweet Unknown
CHECK OUT: “Sweet Unknown” “Up in Smoke”
FURTHER LISTENING:
Bahamas – Live to Tape, Volume III EP, Bob Moses – The Silence in Between, Cloud Cult – Metamorphosis, Cy Dune – Against Face, Diplo – Diplo, Dolly Parton – Run, Rose, Run, El Ten Eleven – New Year’s Eve, Guided By Voices – Crystal Nuns Cathedral, Ilhan Ersahin, Dave Harrington, and Kenny Wollesen – Invite Your Eye, KAINA – It Was a Home, Landon Lloyd Miller – Light Shines Through, Madi Diaz – Same History, New Feelings EP, Matisyahu – Matisyahu, Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs – External Combustion, Miles Francis – Good Man, Peach Pit – From 2 to 3, Songs: Ohia – Live: Vanquishers, Stereophonics – Oochya!, Suz Slezak – Wings May Be Featherless, Telefís and Jah Wobble – Falun Gong Dancer EP