PRESS PLAY: New Albums out September 16th!
Death Cab For Cutie, The Beths, Ondara, and many more new releases you need to hear today.
Got any plans for the weekend? To get you in the mood for XPNFest, here’s a look at a few of the MANY new albums out this week: Indie heroes Death Cab for Cutie return to the realm of punchy, guitar-based rock with their 10th full-length, Asphalt Meadows. New Zealand’s The Beths cook up another effervescent set on Expert in a Dying Field, their third studio album. Stepping away from his longtime group for a solo debut, Marcus Mumford confronts past traumas on (self-titled). Minneapolis-via-Nairobi singer Ondara is joined by members of Dawes on Spanish Villager No. 3, which continues the narrative of the artist’s recent graphic novel.
With a sound that sits squarely between ‘70s folk-rock and ‘80s bombast, Lissie makes a thundering return on Carving Canyons. Hailing from upstate New York, Danielle Ponder makes a powerful impression on her debut album, Some of Us Are Brave. Ahead of their XPNFest-opening performance, Philly faves The Tisburys channel the Stones, the ‘Mats and more on Exile on Main Street. As its name suggests, Words & Music, May 1965 unearths over a dozen of Lou Reed’s home-recorded demos for what would later become Velvet Underground classics. PRESS PLAY on these new releases (and so many more) below…
Death Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows
CHECK OUT: “Here to Forever” “Roman Candles”
The Beths – Expert in a Dying Field
CHECK OUT: “Silence is Golden” “Expert in a Dying Field”
Marcus Mumford – (self-titled)
CHECK OUT: “Grace” “Cannibal”
Ondara – Spanish Villager No. 3
CHECK OUT: “A Nocturnal Heresy” “An Alien in Minneapolis”
Lissie – Carving Canyons
CHECK OUT: “Night Moves” “Chasing the Sun”
Danielle Ponder – Some of Us Are Brave
CHECK OUT: “So Long” “Only the Lonely”
The Tisburys – Exile on Main Street
CHECK OUT: “Garden” “Language of Luxury”
Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965
CHECK OUT: “I’m Waiting for the Man” “Heroin”
FUTHER LISTENING:
The Black Angels – Wilderness of Mirrors, Blood Orange – Four Songs EP. Codeine – Dessau (Reissue), Cosey Fanni Tutti – Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes, Creedence Clearwater Revival – Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall, Dan Wilson – Dancing on the Moon EP, Daniele Luppi and Greg Gonzalez – Charm of Pleasure. DJO – DECIDE, Gloria de Oliveira and Dean Hurley – Oceans of Time, Gogol Bordello – Solidaritine, Horace Andy – Midnight Scorchers, The House of Love – A State of Grace, Iron and Wine – LORI EP, Jesca Hoop – Order of Romance, Joe Strummer – Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years to Honor, John Coltrane – Blue Train: The Complete Masters, Kingsley Ibeneche – Udo, LeAnn Rimes – god’s work, Little Dragon – Opening the Door EP, Marianne Faithfull – Songs of Innocence and Experience 1965-1995, The Mars Volta – The Mars Volta, The Murlocs – Rapscallion, No Age – People Helping People, Noah Cyrus – The Hardest Part, Quinn Christopherson – Write Your Name in Pink, Rhett Miller – The Misfit, Rina Sawayama – Hold the Girl, Pink Floyd – Animals (2018 Remix), The Proclaimers – Dentures Out, Ringo Starr – EP3, Starcrawler – She Said, Steve Aoki – HiROQUEST, Suede – Autofiction, Sun Ra Arkestra – The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra (60th Anniversary Edition), Whitney – SPARK, Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Super Deluxe Edition), Various Artists – ABT100: The Arbutus Record
