Another solid month of new releases comes to a close with… yet another solid week of new releases. Recent Free at Noon guests Seratones launch their galactic funk into the cosmos on Love and Algorhythms. Longtime XPN favorites The Head and the Heart employ a broad sonic palette on Every Shade of Blue, their fifth full-length. On Forgiveness, formerly Philly-based duo Girlpool dip into glowering atmospheres and nocturnal anthems. Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews struts back into the spotlight with Lifted, his first album in five years.  

Chaz Bear’s seventh album as Toro y Moi, MAHAL, is bursting with rubbery basslines and locked-in beats. On her second LP, i don’t know who needs to hear this…, Tomberlin expertly spins a web of intimate indie folk. Diane Coffee returns with their glamorous fourth album, With People; produced by Shaun Fleming’s former Foxygen bandmate Jonathan Rado. PRESS PLAY on these new releases (and plenty more) below… 

SeratonesLove and Algorhythms
CHECK OUT: “Good Day” “Pleasure” 

The Head and the HeartEvery Shade of Blue
CHECK OUT: “Virginia (Wind in the Night)” “Every Shade of Blue” 

GirlpoolForgiveness
CHECK OUT: “Dragging My Life Into a Dream” “Lie Love Lullaby” 

Trombone ShortyLifted
CHECK OUT: “Come Back” “What it Takes (feat. Lauren Daigle)” 

Toro y MoiMAHAL
CHECK OUT: “Postman” “Magazine (feat. Salami Rose Joe Louis)” 

Tomberlini don’t know who needs to hear this…
CHECK OUT: “happy accident” “tap” 

Diane CoffeeWith People
CHECK OUT: “Forecast (feat. Deep Sea Diver)” “The Great Escape” 

FURTHER LISTENING: 

Ann WilsonFierce Bliss, Bloc PartyAlpha Games, BlossomsRibbon Around the Bomb, Caroline SpenceTrue North, Chelsea JadeSoft Spot, Congotronics InternationalWhere’s the One?, Dumb Numbers and MelvinsBroken Pipe EP, Eli “Paperboy” ReedDown Every Road, Flora PurimIf You Will, Frog EyesThe Bees, FrontpersonParade, Golden ApplesGolden Apples, Gus EnglehornDungeon Master, HoneyglazeHoneyglaze, Julie Doiron and Dany PlacardJulie & Dany, Karen ElsonGREEN, Let’s Eat GrandmaTwo Ribbons, Lola KirkeLady for Sale, Loose FitSocial Graces, Low HumLive at Sunset Sound, The MellonsIntroducing… The Mellons!, Melody’s Echo ChamberEmotional Eternal, Miranda LambertPalomino, MJ LendermanBoat Songs, Neil YoungOfficial Release Series Volume 4, Norah JonesCome Away with Me: 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition, Penguin CafeA Matter of Life… 2021, polyheDrenPsychic, PJ MortonWatch the Sun, RammsteinZeit, Robert FrippWashington Square Church, Robin TrowerNo More Worlds to Conquer, RöyksoppProfound Mysteries, Scout Gillettone to ten EP, Shilpa RayPortrait of a Lady, SparksBalls / Lil’ Beethoven / Hello Young Lovers (Vinyl Reissues), Subway SectMoments Like These, William Basinski and Janek Schaefer…on reflection, Willie NelsonA Beautiful Time