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PRESS PLAY: New Albums out April 10th

The latest from Joe Jackson, Fantastic Cat, Sierra Hull, and more…

April 09, 2026

Joe Jackson | photo by Frank Veronsky, courtesy of the artist

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If Vinyl Day inspired you to freshen your own record collection, perhaps one of this week’s new releases will spin you right ‘round…

With a characteristically eclectic sound that he describes as “bicoastal Latin jazz funk rock,” Joe Jackson spins a tale about life in a fictional English seaside town on Hope and Fury. Power-pop hydra Fantastic Cat’s Cat Out of Hell is an addictive showcase of the band’s four songwriters’ distinctive (yet complementary) talents.

Following a series of live performance recitals, bluegrass virtuoso Sierra Hull presents a captivating classical-fusion suite, The Movements. In January 1986, the Gregg Allman Band played a barnstorming set at Philadelphia’s Chestnut Cabaret; a recently unearthed recording is the latest in a series of archival releases from the late guitar icon.

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

Joe Jackson –
Hope and Fury

CHECK OUT: “Fabulous People”
“After All This Time”

Fantastic Cat –
Cat Out of Hell

CHECK OUT: “Donnie Takes the Bus”
“Don’t Let Go”

Sierra Hull –
The Movements

CHECK OUT: “Movement 3”
“Movement 2”

Greg Allman Band –
Great as Ever: Live in Philadelphia ’86

CHECK OUT: “Don’t Want You No More”
“Ain’t My Cross to Bear”

The PRESS PLAY-list

FURTHER LISTENING

Alicia Lázaro – There is no end to anything round, Brown Horse – Total Dive, Craig Wedren – The Dreaming Dream Deluxe, El Ten Eleven – Nowhere Faster, ESYA – Chasing Desire, Flyboys – The Complete Flyboys 1978-1980, Gary Klebe – Out Loud, Gnaw – Inside a Machine That’s Glistening EP, Gracie and Rachel – If We Could, Would We, Hannah Lew – Another Twilight, Holly Humberstone – Cruel World, I Am the Avalanche – The Horror Show, Iguana Death Cult – Guns Out, Juni Habel – Evergreen in My Mind, Kumail – Mudbrown, Laufey – Matter of Time: The Final Hour, Lime Garden – Maybe Not Tonight, Mac N Cheese – Pizza Party, Makthaverskan – Glass and Bones, Marika Che – Bright Flame, Mei Semones – Kurage EP, Rachel Love – Picture in Mind (Reissue) / Lyra (Reissue), Robot Slide – Chimps, Pictish Trail – Life Slime, Prince Daddy & the Hyena – Hotwire Trip Switch, Prism Shores – Softest Attack, The Props – Arrow EP, Punchbag – I am Obsessed EP, Sparkler – Glidewinder, Squarepusher – Kammerkonzert, Steve Gunn – Shape of a Wave EP, Summer Cannibals – Full of It (10th Anniversary Edition), Tenille Townes – The Acrobat, Touché Amoré – Stage Four (10th Anniversary Edition), Truckfighters – Masterflow, Weezer – Weezer (Coloring Book) (Box Set), Wesley Joseph – Forever Ends Someday, WU LYF – A Wave That Will Never Break

Still not enough new music?? For previous editions of PRESS PLAY, click HERE.

This ain’t no foolin’ around, it’s the first batch of new albums for April!

Mercury Prize winner Arlo Parks explores the dark side of the city at night on her trip-hop-inspired third album, Ambiguous Desire. With songs co-written by Bob Weir and Robert Hunter, Bruce Hornsby honors his history as a Grateful Dead associate while forging ahead on Indigo Park. On Distracted, bass virtuoso Thundercat expands his sonic palette, as well as his impressive roster of collaborators, including Tame Impala and the late Mac Miller. Riding high on an influx of attention to their microtonal grooves, Montreal duo Angine de Poitrine show off locked-in chops on Vol. II.

Prolific country crooner Charley Crockett delivers Age of the Ram, the final installment in a thematic trilogy of albums following the misadventures of a fictional gunslinger. An accomplished guitarist in the worlds of experimental folk and jazz, Wendy Eisenberg leans into melody (without sacrificing exploration) on her self-titled LP. On his first official solo release, Joe Pernice teams up with Aimee Mann and Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake to give Sunny, I Was Wrong a rootsy warmth. Multi-instrumentalist John Andrews spends most of his time supporting other artists (Woods, Quilt, Cut Worms); on his own as John Andrews & the Yawns, he offers catchy homespun pop on STREETSWEEPER.

Arlo Parks –
Ambiguous Desire

CHECK OUT: “2SIDED”
“Heaven”

Bruce Hornsby –
Indigo Park

CHECK OUT: “Indigo Park”
“Ecstatic”

Thundercat –
Distracted

CHECK OUT: “I Did This to Myself”
“I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time”

Angine de Poitrine –
Vol.II

CHECK OUT: “Mata Zyklek”
“Fabienk”

Charley Crockett –
Age of the Ram

CHECK OUT: “Kentucky Too Long”
“Fastest Gun Alive”

Wendy Eisenberg –
Wendy Eisenberg

CHECK OUT: “Meaning Business”
“Old Myth Dying”

Joe Pernice –
Sunny, I Was Wrong

CHECK OUT: “I’d Rather Look Away”
“Deep into the Dawn”

John Andrews & the Yawns –
STREETSWEEPER

CHECK OUT: “Something to Be Said”
“Goodbye Dirty Snow”

FURTHER LISTENING

A Place to Bury Strangers – Rare and Deadly 2015-2025, Anthony Pena – 4, Asher Brinson – Midnight Hurricane, Beatrice Deer – Inuit Legend, Billy Fuller – Fragments, Cindy – Another Country, Commitment – Fear Of, Common People – Games EP, David Aaron Greenberg – Trap Poems, deary – Birding, Elizabeth & the Catapult – Responsible Friend, Gabriel Kahane x Roomful of Teeth – Elevator Songs, Grade 2 – Talk About It, Hiding Places – The Secret to Good Living, How to See Know and Fall – Ecologies, Joseph Arthur – You’re Not a Ghost Anymore: Faith, Katie Alice Greer – Perfect Woman Sound Machine, Vol. 1, Kronos Quartet – Glorious Mahalia, Lantlôs – Nowhere in Between Forever, Makthaverskan – Glass and Bones, Poison Ruin – Hymns from the Hills, PS Goner – there’s an atm inside, Robber Robber – Two Wheels Move the Soul, The Shits – Diet of Worms, Spaceport – Cut the Lake, Sunn O))) – Sunn O))), TAURO – Act I, Thrillhouse – Smile, Zachary Baker – Dark Horse