PRESS PLAY: New Albums out February 3rd

As the calendar turns to February, greet the new month with new music! This week’s Free at Noon guest, Sunny War, presents Anarchist Gospel; containing songs of rebellion and resilience (and a surprising Ween cover), it’s the Nashville artist’s boldest set to date. Speaking of Free at Noon, preview next week’s concert with The Day My Father Died, the guest-packed solo album from Seattle’s Brian Fennell as SYML. Adventurous Scottish trio Young Fathers unleash their fourth album, Heavy Heavy, whose beats and themes live up to its name.

For her fifth solo album, Higher Than Heaven, Ellie Goulding offers disco-ready escapism. The Go! Team‘s energetic seventh LP, Get Up Sequences Part Two, offers a companion to the British squad’s summer 2021 comeback. Grandfather Courage is Fantastic Negrito‘s acoustic re-work of last year’s White Jesus Black Problems; the stark arrangements give the songs new weight and fresh spirit.

PRESS PLAY on these new releases below. Listen for spotlights on new records like these (and more) every Friday on the XPN Morning Show and Indie Rock Hit Parade.

Sunny War – Anarchist Gospel
CHECK OUT: “No Reason” “Baby Bitch”

SYML – The Day My Father Died
CHECK OUT: “Believer” “Howling (feat. Lucius)”

Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
CHECK OUT: “Geronimo” “I Saw”

The Go! Team – Get Up Sequences Part Two
CHECK OUT: “Divebomb” “Gemini”

Fantastic Negrito – Grandfather Courage
CHECK OUT: “Highest Bidder” “Oh Betty”

FURTHER LISTENING:
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Your Future is Your Past, Grateful Dead – Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 1: Fall ’79, Ibex Clone – All Channels Clear, Korn – Requiem Mass, Las Robertas  – Love is the Answer, Mackelmore – Ben, The Men – New York City, mmeadows – Light Moves Around You, Metal Marty – Metal Mary’s Greatest Hits, Parannoul– After the Magic, RAYE – My 21st Century Blues, Robert Forster – The Candle and the Flame, Say Hi – Elocution Prattle, Shania Twain – Queen of Me, Smashing Pumpkins – ATUM: Act 2, Somebody’s Child – Somebody’s Child, Tropical Fuck Storm – Submersive Behavior EP, The WAEVE – The WAEVE