Album of the Week – 22/05/20
Tim Burgess has created something quite lovely with his album listening parties! It’s an exploration of music, new and old and gives many insights into the albums you won’t hear anywhere else. He’s also just released a new album called “I Love the New Sky” which is certainly very chirpy and positive-sounding. There’s also a new release from Badly Drawn Boy which sadly doesn’t quite capture his former glories.
Kristin Hersh returns with another album under the guise of Throwing Muses called Sun Racket. It’s actually their 10th album and considering she releases under her own name along with 50FootWave and the odd book, she certainly keeps busy!
This week we went for a relatively new A.O. Gerber’s debut release…
Album of the Week — A.O. Gerber – Another Place to Need
“To me, this record is about fantasy,” explains A.O. Gerber of her debut LP, Another Place To Need. “It’s about fantasy and loneliness, and about how living in the fiction of your own head can make you lonely.” The Los Angeles-based artist will peak interest from fans of Angel Olsen and Big Thief thanks to her thought-provoking songwriting, as punchy and inspiring as it is intimate and deft. The A.O. Gerber story is just beginning and with Another Place To Need she is aligning herself as one of the most captivating newcomers to appear this year.
Albums of Note
— A.O. Gerber – Another Place to Need
— Badly Drawn Boy – Banana Skin Shoes
— Indigo Girls – Look Long
— Tim Burgess (of The Charlatans) – I Love the New Sky
— Throwing Muses – Sun Racket
Albums Released on May 22nd:
— The 1975 – Notes on a Conditional Form
— A.O. Gerber – Another Place to Need
— Aārp – Propaganda
— American Slang – Death Drive
— Ameriglow – Slavic Tongue, American Film
— Ami Dang – Meditations Mixtape Vol. 1
— Anchor & Braille – Tension
— Andy and the Odd Socks – Who’s In the Odd Socks?
— Ann McMillan – Gateway Summer Sound (Reissue)
— Archie Shepp, Raw Poetic, and Damu The Fudgemunk – Ocean Bridges
— The Airborne Toxic Event – Hollywood Park
— Audrey and Hugh – Sisterman
— Badly Drawn Boy – Banana Skin Shoes
— Banfi – Colour Waits in the Dark
— Banana Gun – Rules EP
— Barren Womb – Lizard Lounge
— Beauty in Chaos – The Storm Before the Calm
— Best Ex – Good At Feeling Bad EP
— Bill Nace – Both
— The Blam Blams – Opening Night
— The Blossom – Bleeding Buttercup EP
— Blue Eyed Christ – World On Fire
— The Brazilian Gentlemen – L & L
— Breland – Breland EP
— Brigid Dawson & The Mothers Network – Ballet of Apes
— Caligula’s Horse – Rise Radiant
— Cauldron Black Ram – Slaver
— Christian Sands – Be Water
— Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers – Vodou Alé
— Close the Hatch – Modern Witchcraft
— Cody Purvis – Boots on the Ground EP
— Commando – Loan Shark EP
— Connor Fiehler – Generation Flee
— Craig Kupka – Crystals (Reissue)
— Crossfaith – Species EP
— Dagny – Side A
— Darren Hayman – Home Time
— Deathing – All Hail the Decay EP
— Dennis DeYoung – 26 East, Vol. 1
— Devil With No Name – Devil With No Name
— Die Kreatur – Panoptikum
— Dimitrije Vasiljević – Us
— The Dirty Clergy – In Waves
— Donny Benét – Mr Experience
— Dreamwalkers Inc – A Night at the Theatre
— Duñe x Crayon – Hundred Fifty Roses
— Duski – Make a Wish
— Dylan Menzie – Lost in Dreams
— Emile (of The Sonic Dawn) – The Black Spider/Det Kollektive Selvmord
— Emile Mosseri – Homecoming—Music from the Amazon Original Series
— Emily Keener – I Do Not Have to Be Good
— [Evertrapped] – The Last Extinction
— Fall Out Boy – Believers Never Die – Greatest Hits (Vinyl Release)
— Féleth – Depravity
— Florida Georgia Line – 6-Pack EP
— Forgive – Mirrors
— Fretland – Fretland
— From Hell – Rats & Ravens
— Ghetto Kumbé – Ghetto Kumbé
— Gia Woods – Naive
— Grocer – Little Splash
— Gunna – Wunna
— H. Moon – Trustblood
— Hayley Ross – Come Back: The Remixes EP
— Her Chariot Awaits – Her Chariot Awaits
— Hexenbrett – Zweite Beschwörung: Ein Kind zu töten
— High Waisted – Sick of Saying Sorry
— Hobbyist – Side Fx
— Indigo Girls – Look Long
— Iron City Houserockers – Have a Good Time (But Get Out Alive) (40th Anniversary Reissue)
— Jabee – The World Is So Fragile and I’m Glad I Got You
— Jah Sun – Magic & Madness
— JAMS the Flava Child – Clarity EP
— Jarrod Dickenson – Ready the Horses
— Jason Simon – A Venerable Wreck
— Jeff Healey – Heal My Soul: Deluxe Edition
— Jhené Aiko – CHILOMBO (Deluxe Edition)
— John-Robert – Bailey Barely Knew Me EP
— Jordan Davis – Jordan Davis EP
— Kape Yeel – Reptyle Party S01E07 EP
— Katie Von Schleicher – Consummation
— Kidbug (feat. members of Eerie Wanda, Swans, and Best Coast) – Kidbug
— King Ropes – Go Back Where They Came From
— Kiran Kai – XYZ EP
— KSI – Dissimulation
— L’Eclair – Noshtta
— Lemaitre – JGM EP
— Lindy Vopnfjörd – State of the Heart
— Lorelei Rose Taylor – Versailles EP
— Los Cumpleaños – Agua EP
— Love-Songs – Nicht Nicht
— Love Sport – And Justice For All
— MaelstroM – Of Gods and Men
— Marhold – A Homemade World
— Marie Dahlstrom – Like Sand
— Marsicans – Ursa Major
— Max – Colour Vision
— Methods Body – Methods Body
— Mike Farley Band – B-Sides and Rarities
— Mother Island – Motel Rooms
— MXXWLL – Sheeesh
— My Own Private Alaska – Amen (Reissue)
— Nathan Barr – The Great—Original Series Soundtrack
— Nation of Language – Introduction, Presence
— The Nixons – Sonic Boom EP
— Old Roger’s Revenge – Vengeance of Blackbeard
— One Desire – Midnight Empire
— Oxidize – Dark Confessions
— Oz – Forced Commandments
— Phil Ochs – The Best Of the Rest: Rare and Unreleased Recordings
— Pile of Priests – Pile of Priests
— Plague Years – Circle of Darkness
— Phoebe Katis – It’s OK To Cry
— Pretty Maids – Maid In Japan – Future World Live 30th Anniversary
— project .44 – The System Doesn’t Work (15th Anniversary Edition)
— The Prototypes – Shadows
— Putrid Offal – Sicknesses Obsessions
— Rachele Lynae – Every Reason
— Rafael Anton Irisarri – Peripeteia
— Reckless Kelly – American Girls
— Reckless Kelly – American Jackpot
— Rett Smith – Giving Up on Quitting
— Revenge – Strike.Smother.Dehumanize
— RG Lowe (of Balmorhea) – Life of the Body
— Roadside Graves – That’s Why We’re Running Away
— Rock Mafia – Songs for the Eternal Optimist EP
— Roo Panes – Pacific EP
— Sandunes – Spare Some Time EP
— Satori vs. Dr. Echo – Dub Defender Sessions
— Shirley Scott – Queen of the Dragon (Reissue)
— Sister Species – Light Exchanges
— Skooly – Nobody Likes Me
— Slow Coming Day – Quarantine Sessions
— The Sonic Dawn – Enter the Mirage
— Steve Earle & The Dukes – Ghosts of West Virginia
— Suburban Living – How To Be Human
— TALsounds – Acquiesce
— Temnein – Tales: Of Humanity And Greed
— Throwing Muses – Sun Racket
— Tim Burgess (of The Charlatans) – I Love the New Sky
— Todd Goldstein (of ARMS and Harlem Shakes) – Memory Foam
— Tøronto – Under Siege
— TrenchMobb – Mobb Ties
— Various Artists – Cali Roots Riddim
— Various Artists – Pacific Breeze 2: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1972-1986
— Vesicarum – Reign of Terror
— War Cloud – Earhammer Sessions
— Wild Nothing – Gemini: 10th Anniversary Verision
— Wolftooth – Valhalla
— Woods – Strange to Explain
— X Alfonso – Inside
— Zola Blood – Two Hearts EP
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