PRESS PLAY: New Albums out March 4th!

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