PRESS PLAY: New Albums out October 10th

Solo artists dominate this week’s batch of new albums, but there’s always room for collaboration.

After several years focused on production for boygenius and Chris Farren, Melina Duterte returns with a fresh batch of Jay Som tunes (featuring Hayley Williams and Jimmy Eat World’s Jim Adkins, to name a few) on Belong. Alabama soul-stirrers St. Paul & the Broken Bones bring Muscle Shoals grit to their self-titled sixth album, their first to be released on the band’s own imprint. A striking and intimate work from the accomplished guitarist, Madi Diaz presents quiet, inviting moments on Fatal Optimist. Still riding high from his time on the road opening for Oasis’s reunion shows, former Verve singer Richard Ashcroft celebrates infatuation with his seventh solo LP, Lovin’ You.

On Ace, Madison Cunningham’s follow-up to her Grammy-winning Revealer, the SoCal songwriter reflects on love and loss while occasionally trading her trademark guitar for delicate piano. Rhett Miller’s 10^th solo release, A lifetime of riding by night, arrives after a vocal surgery nearly robbed the Old 97’s singer of his signature tenor; the resulting set is vulnerable yet resilient. The Life You Save, the third album from Wye Oak offshoot Flock of Dimes, finds Jenn Wasner unfurling airy melodies and plush sonic textures. On Paw, former Girlpool singer Avery Tucker levels up his previous band’s already eclectic sound into a self-assured full-length debut.

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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The PRESS PLAY-list

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FURTHER LISTENING

Alison Shearer – In the Garden, Amber Mark – Pretty Idea, The Antlers – Blight, Asaf Avidan – Unfurl, The Autumn Defense – Here and Nowhere, Badlands – Nobody Dies, The Besnard Lakes – The Bestnard Lakes are Ghost Nation, Black Eyes – Hostile Design, Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe – Liminal, Bryan Senti – La Marea, David Garland – The Spark, Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble – Groove in the Face of Adversity, dust – Sky is Falling, Dustin O’Halloran – The Chromatic Sessions EP, Electric Guest – 10K, Emily A. Sprague – Cloud Time, Eydís Evensen – Oceanic Mirror, FONTINE – Good Buddy, Foxy Shazam – Box of Magic, Friendship Commanders – Bear, Gab Ferreira – Carrossel, Great Lake Swimmers – Caught Light, Greg Jamie – Across a Violet Pasture, HAAi – HUMANiSE, Jacob Collier – The Light for Days, Jack Ladder – Separation Rock, Jamie Woon – 3, 10, Why, When, Jenna Nicholls – The Commuter, Jerskin Fendrix – Once Upon a Time… In Shropshire, John Lennon and Yoko Ono – Power to the People, Laura Veirs – Laura Veirs and the Choir Who Couldn’t Say (Live in Angoulême), Makaya McCraven – Off the Record, Miles Kane – Sunlight in the Shadows, Mobb Deep – Infinite, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (10^th Anniversary Edition), Neti-Neti – Echo of Being / Grace in Rot, NoSo – When Are You Leaving?, Not for Radio – Melt, Olivia Barton – For Myself and For You, The Orb – Buddhist Hispters, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Crush (40^th Anniversary Edition), Other Lives – Volume V, Packaging – Packaging, Patti Smith – Horses (50^th Anniversary Edition), Robert Glasper – Keys to the City: Volume One, Robert Finley – Hallelujah! Don’t Let the Devil Fool Ya, SOHN – Albadas (Dawn Songs), Sonya Belaya – Dacha, Sophia Center – The Kids’ Table EP, Steel Beans – Steel Beans, The Telephone Numbers – Scarecrow II, Wax Jaw – It Takes Guts!, Weakened Friends – Feels Like Hell, Yellowcard – Better Days