PRESS PLAY: New Albums out July 10th
The latest by Jack White, Allison Russell, The Rolling Stones, Suki Waterhouse, and more…
Jack White | photo by David James Swanson, courtesy of the artist
The heat wave has broken, the fireworks have settled, and we’re left with another week of essential new albums…
For Frozen Charlotte, his seventh solo album, Jack White let fans peek behind the curtain of his celebrated Third Man Records facility to see the process of making physical music media in an increasingly digital age. Joined by a score of friends and collaborators, Allison Russell’s singular, urgent songwriting shines on In the Hour of Chaos. Initially teased under the guise of their longtime pseudonym “The Cockroaches,” The Rolling Stones deliver sass and sleaze on album #25, Foreign Tongues. On Loveland, Suki Waterhouse riffs on the expansive ambition of her 2024 double album with a fine-tuned set of lovestruck (and lovelorn) pop.
Philly power pop favorites Hurry couple humorous and well-observed lyrics with stacked guitars on the glimmering Zoned Out. Another Philly mainstay, Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz turns to her Sad13 project for 1331, a mixtape of memorable melodies in miniature. On A ? of WHEN, their second shared-billing team-up, Panda Bear and Sonic Boom plumb cutout bin samples and push chugging analog synthesizers to their limits. Kelela reflects on her early years in the DC music scene on New Avatar; folding grunge and shoegaze textures into her signature weightless R&B style.
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
Jack White –
Frozen Charlotte
CHECK OUT: “G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs”
“Derecho Demonico”
Allison Russell –
In the Hour of Chaos
CHECK OUT: “Black Lavender”
“No Springtime”
The Rolling Stones –
Foreign Tongues
CHECK OUT: “In the Stars”
“Rough and Twisted”
Suki Waterhouse –
Loveland
CHECK OUT: “Back in Love”
“Tiny Raisin”
Hurry –
Zoned Out
CHECK OUT: “Zoned Out”
“The Dumbest Person You’ve Ever Seen”
Sad13 –
1331
CHECK OUT: “Watermelon Manicure”
“Art Institute”
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom –
A ? of WHEN
CHECK OUT: “A ? of WHEN”
“Graveyard”
Kelela –
New Avatar
CHECK OUT: “idea 1”
“linknb”
The PRESS PLAY-list
FURTHER LISTENING
Adam Lambert – Adam, Baby Jane – Winter Forever, Bring Me the Horizon – Count Your Blessings (20th Anniversary Edition), Cat Power – The Greatest (20th Anniversary Edition), Conrad Schnitzler – Conal, Effie Zilch – Higher Calling, Finn Wolfhard – Fire from the Hip, foamboy – STUPID HOT, Frost Children – Tweaker Poem EP, Gloorp – Gloorp Life, The Head and the Heart – The Head and The Heart (Live at Neumos), Hew – Your Version, Holy Wave – I’M DADA, Houndmouth – Lordy, Jesus is the Path to Heaven – Power!, Josh Joplin Group – Useful Music (The Silver Anniversary Sessions), Luluc – Sweet Thief, Magi Merlin – POWER HOUSE, Maria Minerva – Contact High EP, Mason Jennings – Dark Wings, Mo Troper – Today I Played My Guitar and Sang, My Chemical Romance – Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (Deluxe Edition), Ne-Yo – Highway 79, Pearla – Song Room, Parts & Labor – Set of All Sets, Shonen Knife – Let’s Knife Re-Cut, Sophie Wellington – Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still, The Temper Trap – Sungazer, Ultra Lights – Pleasure’s All Yours, Vorhex Angel – Drain, Wet Leg – moisturizer (deluxe), Will Sheff – Extra Mile, Xiu Xiu – Eraserhead Xiu Xiu
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