Sneak Peaks: New Album Releases 6-16-17 – 6-22-7

Alison Moyet – Other
Arve Henriksen – Towards Language
Avenue Eight – Funk Me Up
Beth Ditto – Fake Sugar
Big Boi – Boomiverse
Chain & The Gang – Chain and the Gang The Best of Crime Rock
Chihei Hatakeyama – Mirage
Com Truise – Iteration
Dead Heavens – Whatever Witch You Are
Denai Moore – We Used to Bloom
Dyslexic Postcards – Joe Frazier
Ekoplekz – Bioprodukt
Goldie – The Journey Man
Hey Violet – From the Outside
Hidden Orchestra – Dawn Chorus
Hundredth – RARE
Iced Earth – Incorruptible
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – The Nashville Sound
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – On The Echoing Green
Kevin Morby – City Music
Lorde – Melodrama
Michael Nau – Some Twist
Nickelback – Feed the Machine
Oh Wonder – Ultralife
Palm – Shadow Expert
Peacers – Introducing The Crimsmen
Peaking Lights – The Fifth State of Consciousness
Portugal. The Man – Woodstock
Regina Spektor – Live on Soundstage
Ride – Weather Diaries
Royal Trux – Platinum Tips & Ice Cream
Royal Blood – How Did We Get So Dark?
Steffi – Fabric 94
The Drums – “Abysmal Thoughts”
Tombs – The Grand Annihilation
UMFANG – Symbolic Use Of Light
White Suns – Psychic Drift
Comment: Least Anticipated Album Of The week is won by Nickelback but with the hipster delight bearded folkers Fleet Foxes a close second. Most anticipated album of the week is a not really difficult but I’ll walk you through it anyway. The Drums last album was brilliant but what I’ve heard of the new one is disappointing, Royal Trux are a great rock band who we haven’t heard much from, Regina is a live take of a sad concert tour, Goldie is a UK legend for excellent reason -a drums and bass master, Beth Ditto splits the singles already released but she has the voice to carry anything, ditto Alison Moyet. But it is between Jason Isbell and Lorde. The four singles I’ve heard off this album, even though none is as great as “24 Frames,” they are much more consistent than the last album. Any other week I’d go with Jason for MAAOTW, however… Lorde was superb at Governors Ball last week, and every song off the new album kicks in hard eventually and the latest “Sober,” no less than any of the others. Melodrama is the most anticipated album of the week.
Leave a Reply