PRESS PLAY: New Albums out January 16th
All we are saying is give these new records a chance…
Courtney Marie Andrews | photo by Wyndham Garnett
After a modest start to the year, the schedule of new album releases is beginning to pick up speed.
Courtney Marie Andrews’ Valentine shows off the sunny country melodies of the Arizona songwriter, along with fine-tuned lyrics that stand proudly alongside her published collections of poetry. Working with Greta Van Fleet’s Sam Kiszkla, regional troubadour Langhorne Slim reinvents his anthemic style on the plugged-in and amped-up The Dreamin’ Kind. Staten Island family combo The Sha Da Las deliver tender vintage soul on their second LP, Your Picture.
NYC-via-Austin musician Jana Horn’s hushed compositions fall somewhere between folk and jazz, and her self-titled album is brimming with ghostly charm. For over a decade, Tyler Ramsey and Carl Broemel have crossed paths as members of Band of Horses and My Morning Jacket; on Celestun, they expand upon home recordings that were originally conceived during the pandemic. On another standout collaboration, Tragic Magic, choral vocalist Julianna Barwick and innovative harpist Mary Lattimore journeyed to Paris to record using a collection of rare vintage instruments.
Listen for spotlights on new records like these (and more) every week on the XPN Morning Show and Indie Rock Hit Parade.
PRESS PLAY on these new releases
Courtney Marie Andrews –
Valentine
CHECK OUT: “Cons and Clowns”
“Keeper”
Langhorne Slim –
The Dreamin’ Kind
CHECK OUT: “Rock N Roll”
“Dream Come True”
The Sha La Das – Your Picture
CHECK OUT: “Stop Using My Love”
“Do You Remember When”
Jana Horn – Jana Horn
CHECK OUT: “Go on, move your body”
“All in bet”
Tyler Ramsey and Carl Broemel – Celestun
CHECK OUT: “Celestun”
“In the Willows”
Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore – Tragic Magic
CHECK OUT: “Perpetual Adoration”
“Melted Moon”
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FURTHER LISTENING
Archy Marshall – A New Place 2 Drown (10th Anniversary Edition), A$AP Rock – DON’T BE DUMB, Barry Adamson – Scala!!! (Original Score), Cavetown – Running with Scissors, cub – Come Out Come Out (30th Anniversary Edition), Gylt – In 1,000 A Doppelgänger gonies, I Exist EP, The James Hunter Six – Off the Fence, Jimmy & the Rhythm Pigs – Pigus, Drunkus, Maximus, Local Weatherman – Right One EP, Peaer – Doppelgänger, Richard Marx – After Hours, Sassy 009 – Dreamer+, Sleaford Mods – The Demise of Planet X , Sylvia Black – Shadowtime, Westside Cowboy – So Much Country ‘till We Get There EP, WOO – Whichever Way You’re Going (Expanded Edition), Wormy – Shark River, Xiu Xiu – Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol. 1, Ya Tseen – Stand on My Shoulders