PRESS PLAY: New Albums out August 15th

This week’s batch of new albums includes an upcoming XPNFest guest and a group making their Free at Noon debut. On So Long Little Miss Sunshine, her first album since dissolving her bluegrass combo Golden Highway, Molly Tuttle pivots to sharp Americana-laced pop while still leaving room for her virtuosic guitar work. A surprise release arriving just months after Everything Must Go, Goose’s Chain Yer Dragon features studio takes of live staples and fan favorites alongside brand-new cuts. Fresh off a reissue campaign of his early records, Bay Area songwriter Cass McCombs reunites with some of his first collaborators on his 11^th album, Interior Live Oak. Not only does Alison Goldfrapp deliver irresistible dance anthems on her second solo album, she does so on her own terms; Flux arrives on Goldfrapp’s own recently launched label, A.G. Records.

Working with several Chicago contemporaries, including Jamila Woods and Vic Mensa, Chance the Rapper draws inspiration from world travel and historical figures on Star Line. New Radiations is the tenth album by Marissa Nadler; Nashville’s foremost gothic songwriter conjures a stark, ghostly tapestry with frequent collaborator Randall Dunn. Quirky hitmaker Stephen Bishop draws the curtain on nearly 50 years of eclectic music making on his 20^th album, THIMK. Featured in World Café’s Sense of Place visit to Provo, Utah, The Aces go out on the town with their glittery fourth album, Gold Star Baby.  

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

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FURTHER LISTENING

Angelsaur – The Girls are Stressed, Autoheart – Heartlands, Big Noble – It’s Later Than You Think, Bret McKenzie – Freak Out City, Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Massage Parlor, Charles Shadle – Choctaw Places, Chicago Underground Duo – Hyperglyph, d4vd – WITHERED DELUXE: MARCESCENCE, Dijon – Baby, Doc Pomus – You Can’t Hip a Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos Box Set, Drifting in Silence – Beautiful Chaos of Truth, Evidence – Unlearning Vol. 2, Fletcher Tucker – Kin, Georgia Harmer – Eye of the Storm, Kerosene Heights – Blame it on the Weather, Joseph Decosimo – Fiery Gizzard, KAYTRANADA – AIN’T NO DAMN WAY!, Maroon 5 – Love is Like, OneRepublic – The Collection, Panopticon – Laruentian Blue / Songs of Hiraeth, Pile – Balance Beams, Pinc Louds – You Can’t Eat the Moon and Be a Werewolf Too, Pool Kids – Easier Said Than Done, Racing Mount Pleasant – Racing Mount Pleasant, Radiohead – Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009), ROREY – Dysphoria EP, Small Shake – Platonics EP, Steve Gunn – Music for Writers, Tom Cox – Modal Fixture