PRESS PLAY: New Albums out August 25th

After last week’s over-abundance of new releases, August wraps up with… another remarkably crowded release day!

North Carolina folk-rockers Hiss Golden Messenger shimmer and shine on Jump for Joy. Chicago’s Ratboys recruited former Death Cab for Cutie member Chris Walla to give The Window a radio-ready gloss. Ahead of their appearance at XPNFest, Old Crow Medicine Show‘s Jubilee coincides with the group’s silver anniversary.

As his band Big Thief continues its limitless ascent, co-leader Buck Meek shows off his knack for cosmic balladry on his third solo LP, Haunted Mountain. True to its name, Bite is a ferocious (and futuristic) concept album by Austin glam-punks A Giant Dog. Nashville-based Becca Mancari offers uplifting anthems on Left Hand, which features contributions from their Bermuda Triangle bandmate Brittany Howard.

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.

Hiss Golden Messenger – Jump for Joy
CHECK OUT: “Nu-Grape” “Shinbone”

Ratboys – The Window
CHECK OUT: “It’s Alive!” “Morning Zoo”

Old Crow Medicine Show – Jubilee
CHECK OUT: “Miles Away (feat. Willie Watson)” “One Drop (feat. Mavis Staples)”

Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain
CHECK OUT: “Haunted Mountain” “Cyclades”

A Giant Dog – Bite
CHECK OUT: “I Believe” “Different Than”

Becca Mancari – Left Hand
CHECK OUT: “Over and Over” “Don’t Even Worry (feat. Brittany Howard)”

FURTHER LISTENING:
Ariana Grande – Yours Truly (10th Anniversary Edition), Alice Cooper – Road, Be Your Own Pet – Mommy, Bebel Gilberto – João, Bleachers – Live at Radio City Music Hall, Candlebox – The Long Goodbye, Cindy Wilson – Realms, Danger Mouse and Jemini – Born Again, Drab Majesty – An Object in Motion, Erin Rae – Lighten Up & Try: Live & From the Heart, Fat Tony and Taydex – I Will Make A Baby in this Damn Economy, Filter – The Algorithm, Georgia Mooney – Full of Moon, Grain – We’ll Hide Away: Complete Recordings 1993–1995, Grandaddy – Sumday: Excess Baggage, Handsome Ghost – Handsome Ghost, Hannah Georgas – I’d Be Lying If I Said I Didn’t Care, Helicopter Leaves – Get Stuck In, Hüsker Dü – Tonite Longhorn, Ida Mae – Thunder Above You, Islands – And That’s Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs, Kendra Morris – I am What I’m Waiting For, Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get it On (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), Mason Jennings – Under the Roses, Mipso – Book of Fools, Morgan Wade – Psychopath, Nellie McKay – Hey Guys, Watch This, Nora Kelly Band – Rodeo Clown, Open Mike Eagle – Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering, Pleasure Forever – Distal, Prewn – Through the Window, Shania Twain – Come On Over (25th Anniversary Edition), Sid Sriram – Sidharth, Sonny and the Sunsets – Self-Awareness Through Macramé, SPELLLING – SPELLLING & the Mystery School, Strawberry Runners – Strawberry Runners, Sun Ra – A Celebration of Sun Ra’s Poetry, Sun’s Signature – Sun’s Signature EP (Extended Edition), Tim McGraw – Standing Room Only, Velvet Starlings – Pacific Standard Time, William Shatner – Ponder the Mystery Revisited, Who is She? – Goddess Energy, Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan