Album of the Week – 13/03/20

Despite the madness going on in the world, there’s some great new music released this week! There’s a new album from Deap Lips who are a combination of Deap Valley and The Flaming Lips. There’s also work from Hilary Woods (Birthmarks). Porridge Radio is a new name to me at least, bu their new album Every Bad is definitely worth exploring.

This week, we went for the first album in 8 years from Ultraísta.

Album of the Week – Ultraísta – Sister

Ultraísta – consisting vocalist / producer Laura Bettinson (FEMME / lau.ra), multi-instrumentalist/producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead) and drummer/producer Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M., Atoms for Peace) – have confirmed details for their new LP. Sister will be released on March 13th via Partisan Records and will be the group’s first album of new music in nearly eight years. 

Much of the music on Sister grew out of sporadic improv sessions, with Godrich ultimately paring everything down to its bare essentials at his London studio space. The resulting nine songs create a cinematic sci-fi soundscape that’s both exhilarating and laser-focused. Behind Bettinson’s warm, inviting vocal delivery and anchored by Waronker’s sophisticated percussion work, Sister easily stands tall among the impressive and extensive careers of each band member.

“All three of us have so many transferable skills,” explains Godrich, “and Ultraísta is an opportunity to do something outside what we’d normally be doing. It’s all of us wearing different hats. For me, when I’m working with another creative force my point of entry into the music is completely different. With this project it can take a lot longer because we’re able to be more self-indulgent. It’s a control freak’s dream!”

Albums to Explore –

— Blanck Mass – Calm With Horses – Original Score

— Deap Lips (Deap Valley and The Flaming Lips) – Deap Lips

— Hilary Woods – Birthmarks

— Porridge Radio – Every Bad

— Ultraísta (feat. Nile Godrich) – Sister

Released – March 13th:

— ABBA – Live at Wembley Arena

— The Academy of Sun – The Parts That Need Replacing

— Acid Tongue – Bullies

— Al Di Meola – Across the Universe

— Alex Nicol – All For Nada

— Alien Tango – Friends! EP

— Architectural Genocide – Cordyceptic Anthropomorph

— Åskväder – Åskväder

— Astroturf Noise – Astroturf Noise

— Belmont – Reflections EP

— Benevolent Like Quietus – Kill the Bliss

— Big Freedia – Louder EP

— Blanck Mass – Calm With Horses – Original Score

— The Boomtown Rats – Citizens of Boomtown

— Bone Church – Acid Communion

— Broken Witt Rebels – OK Hotel

— Caitlyn Smith – Supernova

— Charlotte Dos Santos – Harvest Time EP

— Christopher Sky – What It Is, It Isn’t

— Circa Waves – Sad Happy

— Circles Around the Sun – Circles Around the Sun

— C.M. “Carty” Talkington – Not Exactly Nashville

— Code Orange – Underneath

— Crimson Shadows – The Resurrection EP

— Curren$y and Fendi P – Smokin’ Potnas

— D Aphelium – Profetian om Dygden och Plikten

— Dan Snake – Mosquito EP

— Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini – Illusion of Time

— Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans – Ozark Original Soundtrack (Seasons 1 & 2)

— Dave Simonett – Red Tail

— David Reece – Cacophony of Souls

— Deap Lips (Deap Valley and The Flaming Lips) – Deap Lips

— Death the Leveller – II

— Deathless Legacy – Saturnalia

— Devin Townsend Project – By A Thread – Live in London 2011

— Dirt Woman – The Glass Cliff

— The Districts – You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere

— DomJord – Sporer

— Earth Drive – Helix Nebula

— Ed’s Not Dead – Hamell Comes Alive! (20th Anniversary Edition)

— Ella Fitzgerald – The Complete Piano Duets

— Espers – Espers (Reissue)

— Espers – The Weed Tree (Reissue)

— Ethan Braun – Read Me

— First Responder – Birds of Prey

— The Flatmates – The Flatmates

— Fletcher Gull – Remember That You’re Gone EP

— Foley & The Fire – Springsteen on the Radio

— Fotocrime – South of Heaven

— Four Tet – Sixteen Oceans

— Gabe Lee – Honky Tonk Hell

— The Garden – Kiss My Super Bowl Ring

— Gerry Gareau – Every Last Minute Counts EP

— The Golden Age of TV – The Golden Age of TV EP

— The Goners – Good Mourning

— m – The Yellowbird and the Umbrella

— Grouplove – Healer

— The Hanged Man – As the Tower Fell

— Hilary Woods – Birthmarks

— Honey Cutt – Coasting

— Horse Lords – The Common Task

— Human Impact – Human Impact

— Huntsmen – Mandala of Fear

— In the Fire – The Living Horror Show

— Inspired & the Sleep – Inspired & the Sleep

— ITUS – Primordial EP

— Jah9 – Note to Self

— Jordan Mackampa – Foreigner

— Jordan Rakei – Origin (Deluxe Edition)

— Joyfultalk – A Separation Of Being

— Joywave – Possession

— JZ Replacement – Disrespectful

— KHOST – Buried Steel

— KillKount – Konflict & Terror

— King Solomon Hicks – Harlem

— Kleenex Girl Wonder – Ponyoak (20th Anniversary)

— KOKO – Follow EP

— L.A. Takedown – Our Feeling of Natural High

— Lauren Ruth Ward – Vol. II

— Leather Party – Images of Gianfranco EP

— Lily Konigsberg – It’s Just Like All the Clouds EP

— Louis Prince – Thirteen

— Luke De-Sciscio – Good Bye Folk Boy

— Luttrell – Some Other Time

— Lychgate – Futura

— Magalena Bay – A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling EP

— Melting Psalms – Abyss

— Mild Minds – Mood

— Monophonics – It’s Only Us

— Mundy’s Bay – Lonesome Valley

— Nazar – Guerilla

— Niall Horan – Heartbreak Weather

— The Nile – The Meridian

— Oath Of Damnation – Fury And Malevolence

— Orphan Donor – Old Patterns

— OXZ – Along Ago: 1981-1989

— The Pathetx – The Pathetx – 1981

— Pathogens – Soiled Cogs Forever Grinding

— Pestifer – Expanding Oblivion

— Peter Bjorn and John – Endless Dream

— Porches – Ricky Music

— Porridge Radio – Every Bad

— Puta Volcanco – Amma

— Rain Lust – Choir of Babel

— Rich the Kid – Bossman

— Rookie – Rookie

— Roomful of Blues – In a Roomful of Blues

— Rotting Kingdom – A Deeper Shade of Sorrow

— The Roozalepres – The Roozalepres

— Ruin Lust – Choir of Babel

— Saint Hill – Essence

— Sam Doores – Sam Doores

— Sam Gendel – Satin Doll

— Sandwick – Reconstruct

— Sass Jordan – Rebel Moon Blues

— Sex Cells – That’s Life

— Shabaka & The Ancestors – We Were Sent Here By History

— Shasta – Roaming Hearts EP

— Ship Wrek – Mirror Mirror EP

— Sicarius – God of Dead Roots

— The Snuts – Mixtape EP

— Solemia – Powerslide

— SORAIA – Dig Your Roots

— Stitched Up Heart – Darkness

— Tomorrow Is Lost – Therapy

— Tonne – Bridey Murphy EP

— Tracks Haven – Can I Have a Moment

— Two Feet – Pink

— Ultraísta (feat. Nile Godrich) – Sister

— The Unity – Pride

— Vaisseau – Horrors Waiting in Line

— Various Artists – Songs for Australia (Digital Release)

— Various Artists – Trolls: World Tour (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

— Vulcano – Eye in Hell

— Vundabar – Either Light

— The Wants – Container

— Wishing Well – Do or Die

— Yumi Zouma – Truth or Consequences

— ZombieKing – Dead to Life EP