PRESS PLAY: New Albums out October 6th

Why jump into a big pile of leaves when you can jump into this week’s newly released albums? Sufjan Stevens returns to his orchestral folk roots on his pensive and stirring 10^th solo album, Javelin. West Coast singer-songwriter Tré Burt’s third album, Traffic Fiction, is brimming with rich production flourishes and captivating lyrical stories. Peerless harpist Mary Lattimore is joined by members of The Cure and Slowdive on Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, a set of six compositions inspired by the artist’s acceptance of inevitable change.

For his second solo album, Parquet Courts co-leader A. Savage worked again with Sympathy for Life producer John Parish to give Several Songs About Fire a raw yet vivid sonic palette. After co-writing material on all three of Harry Styles’ blockbusters, Mitch Rowland steps into the spotlight on his own solo debut, Come June. This week’s list of releases is heavy on reissues, from Tom Waits to Meat Puppets, but for fans of Elliott Smith there’s no more essential archive than The Music of Heatmiser, which boasts a long overdue repress of the Portland group’s rare handmade demo.

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.

Sufjan Stevens – Javelin
CHECK OUT: “Will Anybody Ever Love Me?” “So You Are Tired”

Tré Burt – Traffic Fiction
CHECK OUT: “Santiago” “Traffic Fiction”

Mary Lattimore – Goodbye, Hotel Arkada
CHECK OUT: “And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me” “Horses, Glossy on the Hill”

A. Savage – Several Songs About Fire
CHECK OUT: “Elvis in the Army” “Thanksgiving Prayer”

Mitch Rowland – Come June
CHECK OUT: “Here Comes the Comeback” “Come June”

Heatmiser – The Music of Heatmiser
CHECK OUT: “Lowlife” “Bottle Rocket”

FURTHER LISTENING:
Alex Lahey – The Answer is Always Yes (Expanded Edition), Axis: Sova – Blinded by Oblivion, Blondshell – Blondshell (Digital Deluxe Edition), The Blood Brothers – Burn, Piano Island, Burn (20th Anniversary Reissue), Colbie Caillat – Along the Way, Darius Rucker – Carolyn’s Boy, The Darkness – Permission to Land… Again, Depeche Mode – Delta Machine | The 12″ Singles, Dogstar – Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees, Drake – For All the Dogs, Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist – Voir Dire, Gabe Adels – Time Out, Georgia Gets By – Fish Bird Baby Boy EP, Glasser – crux, Hannah Diamond – Perfect Picture, Hello June – Artifacts, Howard Jones – Celebrate it Together: The Very Best of Howard Jones, Incubus – Morning View XXIII, Joe Bonamassa – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, John Carpenter – Anthology II (Movie Themes 1976-1988), Jolie Holland – Haunted Mountain, Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975), La Chinga – Primal Forces, Lily & Madeline – Nite Swim, Meat Puppets – Camp Songs (Live) / In a Car EP (Reissue) / Up on the Sun (Reissue), Mutual Benefit – Growing at the Edges, Neil Frances – It’s All a Bit Fuzzy, Omar Apollo – Live For Me EP, Open City – Hands in the Honey Jar, Pale Saints – In Ribbons (30th Anniversary Reissue), Reba McEntire – Not That Fancy, Roger Waters – The Dark Side of the Moon Redux, The Rural Alberta Advantage – The Rise & the Fall, Tom Waits – The Black Rider (Reissue) / Bone Machine (Reissue), Truth Club – Running From the Chase, Van Halen – The Collection II, Yes – Yessingles, Various Artists – Allen Ginsberg’s The Fall of America Volume II, Various Artists – The NID Tapes: Electronic Music from India 1969-1972