PRESS PLAY: New Albums out April 17th
The latest from Jessie Ware, They Might Be Giants, Adrian Younge, and more…
I’m on vacation this week but even that won’t stop new albums from being released!
Jessie Ware’s Superbloom completes a trilogy of albums themed around celebrating pleasure and desire. On their 24th studio album, They Might Be Giants remain playful and resilient; they’re rebounding from an assortment of health setbacks to both founding Johns. The culmination of a career fusing classical music with hip-hop production, Adrian Younge delivers a cinematic showstopper on Younge.
Canadian combo Arkells took a new approach on Between Us; bandleader Max Kerman worked closer with his bandmates on songwriting than on any previous release. Brooklyn singer (and recent Free at Noon guest) Yaya Bey returns with Fidelity, a companion record to last summer’s breakthrough Do it Afraid. Reemerging with Emerald Press after a 12-year absence, Massachusetts guitarist Christopher Barnes reimagines Gem Club as a solo outlet for his exploratory fretwork.
PRESS PLAY on these new releases
Jessie Ware –
Superbloom
CHECK OUT: “I Could Get Used to This”
“Automatic”
They Might Be Giants –
The World is to Dig
CHECK OUT: “Wu-Tang”
“Outside Brain”
Adrian Younge –
Younge
CHECK OUT: “Respond to Sound”
“Human Absence”
Arkells –
Between Us
CHECK OUT: “Money”
“What’s Good?”
Yaya Bey –
Fidelity
CHECK OUT: “Blue”
“Egyptian Musk”
Gem Club –
Emerald Press
CHECK OUT: “Aperture”
“Garlands”
The PRESS PLAY-list
FURTHER LISTENING
Accessory – Dust, beaming – horseshoe, Beastie Boys – To the 5 Boroughs (Deluxe Edition), Benjamin Tod – Vengeance and Grace, The Brudi Brothers – Dark & Stormy EP, The Crosses – Outlier EP, Eaves Wilder – Little Miss Sunshine, Eve Maret – Diamond Cutter EP, EZRA – Whippersnap, Foxtide – Entropy, Gary Marks – Crossroads, Honey Dijon – NightLife, I’m with Her – Sing Me Alive, ISTA – In Sound to All, John-Robert – Where Do You Wanna Go? EP, Julia Minkin – Not Ready, Kathryn Mohr – Carve, La Peste – I Don’t Know Right from Wrong: Lost La Peste 1976-1979 Vol. 1, Latchkey Kids – Year of Summers, lovetempo – There is a Light, Lucy Liyou – MR COBRA, Magus – Music for Mandrax, Marc Broussard – Chance Worth Taking, M.I.A. – M.I.7, MONT LOSER – Confessional, Motörhead – On Parole Sessions, Nick Flessa – A Different Kind of Energy, Sam Blasucci – Physical Dream, Sean Solomon – The World is Not Good Enough, Souled American – Sanctions, Tanya Donelly and Chris Brokaw – The Done Is Done Again EP, Teen Suicide – Nude descending staircase headless, This is Lorelei – Box for Buddy, Box for Star (Super Deluxe), TOMORA – COME CLOSER, Vasilis Kostas – Léna, Winston Hightower – 100 Acre Wood, Yot Club – Simpleton, Various Artists – Mother Mary: Greatest Hits (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)