PRESS PLAY: New Albums out March 22nd

From longtime local favorites to genre legends, this week brings new albums from an eclectic variety of artists. Four years after the triumphant Saint Cloud, Waxahatchee’s Tigers Blood is a masterclass in modern Americana crafted alongside talented collaborators. The latest step in the ongoing evolution of his blues-based sound, Gary Clark Jr.’s JPEG RAW is an arresting and urgent fusion of rock, rap, and jazz. Few songwriters have a way with words and melody like Adrianne Lenker; the Big Thief guitarist’s latest solo album, Bright Future, is an entirely analog recording created with a small group of friends. Coinciding with the 40^th anniversary of their debut single, reinvigorated noise-pop icons The Jesus and Mary Chain reconvene for their first LP in seven years, Glasgow Eyes.

Having recently relocated from Philly to North Carolina, Rosali makes her Merge debut with her charming and measured fourth album, Bite Down. Los Angeles mainstay Empress Of breaks away from the confines of the label system with the self-released (and guest packed) For Your Consideration. Experimental pop conjurer Julia Holter’s Something in the Room She Moves melds Glass-esque minimalism with inviting harmonies for an otherworldly set. New York-based Colombian duo Salt Cathedral deploy a globetrotting effervescence on their second album, Before it’s Gone.

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

Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
CHECK OUT: “Bored” “Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman)”

Gary Clark Jr. – JEPG RAW
CHECK OUT: “Maktub” “Alone Together (feat. Keyon Harrold)”

Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
CHECK OUT: “Sadness as a Gift” “Free Treasure”

The Jesus and Mary Chain – Glasgow Eyes
CHECK OUT: “jamcod” “Chemical Animal”

Rosali – Bite Down
CHECK OUT: “Rewind” “Bite Down”

Empress Of – For Your Consideration
CHECK OUT: “What’s Love (feat. MUNA)” “Kiss Me (feat. Rina Sawayama)”

Julia Holter – Something in the Room She Moves
CHECK OUT: “Spinning” “Sun Girl”

Salt Cathedral – Before it’s Gone
CHECK OUT: “Terminal Woes” “Off the Walls”

FURTHER LISTENING:
A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, and Failure – Cinquanta, Alice Coltrane – The Carnegie Hall Concert, Alice in Chains – Jar of Flies EP (30^th Anniversary Reissue), Boris & Coaltar of the Deepers – hello there, Butthole Surfers – PCPPEP (Reissue) / Psychic…Powerless…Another Man’s Sac (Reissue) / Rembrandt Pussyhorse (Reissue), Cakes da Killa – Black Sheep, Charlie Parr – Little Sun, Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer – But Who’s Gonna Play the Melody?, Close Talker – The Sprawl, Claire Dickinson – The Beholder, Cody Jinks – Change the Game, Courtney Bell – Microdose, crêpe girl – Stargazing EP, The Cure – Paris (30^th Anniversary Edition), Elbow – Audio Vertigo, Fears – affinity, Glass Beams – Mahal EP, Good Morning – Good Morning Seven, Gossip – Real Power, Illiterate Light – Slow Down Time EP, The K’s – I Wonder if the World Knows, Odetta Hartman – Swansongsrosa, Olivia Chaney – Circus of Desire, Operator Music Band – Four Singles EP, Pearl Harbour – Don’t Follow Me, I’m Lost Too (Reissue), Prefuse 73 – Modern Crime Vol. 1, Restorations – Restorations, Rosie Tucker – Utopia Now!, Ruston Kelly – Weakness, Etc. EP, Sam Evian – Plunge, Sam Morrow – On the Ride Here, Shakira – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, Shalom – Sativa EP, Sierra Ferrell – Trail of Flowers, Thee Sinseers – Sinseerly Yours, The Staves – All Now, VR Sex – Hard Copy, Wye Oak – Shriek: Variations