As we approach the start of Spring, this week’s collection of new albums is a meadow of variety. Indie duo Mattiel return with the sharp and darkly humorous Georgia Gothic. Raised is the third album in as many years from country songwriting mainstay Hailey Whitters. Texas folk-rockers Midlake pay tribute to their psychedelic forefathers on For the Sake of Bethel Woods.
Pop fans will have a field day with glittery new releases by superstar Brit Charli XCX and ever-mutating New Zealanders Yumi Zouma. In the realm of reissues, Sonic Youth unearth rare recordings from their final decade, and Dan Auerbach breathes new life into a nearly 60 year-old lost record by blues originator Son House. PRESS PLAY on these new releases (and plenty of others) below…
Mattiel – Georgia Gothic
CHECK OUT: “Jeff Goldblum” “Lighthouse”
Hailey Whitters – Raised
CHECK OUT: “Everything She Ain’t” “The Neon”
Midlake – For the Sake of Bethel Woods
CHECK OUT: “Meanwhile…” “Bethel Woods”
Charli XCX – CRASH
CHECK OUT: “New Shapes (feat. Christine and the Queens & Caroline Polachek)” “Baby”
Yumi Zouma – Present Tense
CHECK OUT: “Where the Light Used to Lay” “Mona Lisa”
Sonic Youth – In/Out/In
CHECK OUT: “In & Out” “Social Static”
Son House – Forever On My Mind
CHECK OUT: “Forever On My Mind” “Empire State Express”