Album of the Week – 02/10/20

First off, how is William Shatner still making music? You have to love him really. This time he tackles “The Blues” and it kinda sounds like all his previous stuff; filled with intensity!

There are some new Irish albums of note in the form of Ailbhe Reddy (Personal History) and Alex Gough (Forever Classic). There are also some old favourites such as Matt Berninger (of The National) with Serpentine Prison and Born Ruffians with SQUEEZE.

You should check out the Floral Prince by Field Medic below as it’s quite special. In the end, it was hard to resist the quirky allures of our dear friend Elvis.

Album of the Week – Creation Myths by Elvis Perkins

“Creation Myths, produced by Sam Cohen (Kevin Morby, Guster, Benjamin Booke), will mark the first album Perkins has released since his soundtrack to the 2017’s The Blackcoat’s Daughter, a film directed by his brother, Osgood. The forthcoming LP makes subtle nods to Americana and spooky, blissed-out folk, but never lights for too long on any one spot. If there is a lyrical or thematic through-line to Creation Myths, it might simply be a longing for connection, be it romantic or spiritual. He notes, “Sometimes you do the best things when you don’t know what you’re doing yet. I called this record Creation Myths because, in a way, I really don’t know how these songs came into being. So they are the explanation of themselves.”

Albums of Note:

— William Shatner – The Blues

— Ailbhe Reddy – Personal History

— Alex Gough – Forever Classic

— Floral Prince – Field Medic

— Born Ruffians – SQUEEZE

— John Parish and PJ Harvey – Dance Hall at Louise Point (Vinyl Reissue)

— Matt Berninger (of The National) – Serpentine Prison

— Pet Shimmers – Trash Eaters

Released on October 2nd:

— 21 Savage and Metro Boomin – Savage Mode 2

— 45 Grave – Sleep in Safety (Vinyl Reissue)

— 49 Winchester – III

— Ailbhe Reddy – Personal History

— Aidan Baker – There/Not There

— Alex Gough – Forever Classic

— All Souls – Songs for the End of the World

— All Things Blue – Get Bit

— Aloe Blacc – All Love Everything

— Amanda Holden – Songs From My Heart

— Amiensus – Abreaction

— Angie McMahon – Piano Salt EP

— Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkenment

— Anna Clendening – Evolve EP

— Andrew Farriss – Love Makes the World EP

— Anne Malin – Waiting Song

— Anytime Cowboy – Damaged Brain EP

— Arch Echo – Story I EP

— Ascian – Elysion

— Baba ZuLa – Hayvan Gibi

— Badi Assad – Around the World

— Bartes Strange – Boomer

— Birdsall – Hot Money EP

— Black Capricorn – Solstice EP

— Black Mekon – The Lumpiness of Demand

— Black Nite Crash – Colony Drive EP

— BLACKPINK – The Album

— Bob Mould – Distortion: 1989-1995

— Bobby Bare – Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus

— Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi 2020

— Bonnie Whitmore – Last Will and Testament

— Born Ruffians – SQUEEZE

— Battery Operated Orchestra – Yesterday Tomorrow and You

— Brent Cobb – Keep ‘Em On They Toes

— B R I Q U E V I L L E – Quelle

— Broxson – Good Grief EP

— Bryony Williams – Dive EP

— Bryson Tiller – Anniversary

— BusCrates – Blasting Off

— Byland – Gray

— Camína – Te Quiero Mucho

— Camphor – Here Where the Light Falls

— Cartalk – Pass Like Pollen

— Carys – To Anyone Like Me EP

— Caved Mountains – Endless Myths

— Charles Bernstein – Cujo OST (Vinyl Reissue)

— Chris Smither – More From the Levee

— Clay Harper – Dirty Yard Street

— Corey Taylor (of Slipknot and Stone Sour) – CMFT

— The Cosmic Rabbit Holes – The World Is Drugs

— Cosmo’s Midnight – Yesteryear

— Coven – Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls (Vinyl Reissue)

— Crass – Crassical Collection

— Daam! – Autopilot EP

— Dagny – Strangers / Lovers

— Daja Marie – Daja Marie EP

— Dan Horne – The Motorycycle Song EP

— Dawes – Good Luck with Whatever

— Dawn Landes – ROW

— Death Valley Girls – Under the Spell of Joy

— Denise Johnson – Where Does It Go

— Denise Sherwood – This Road

— deryk – WOMb EP

— Dev Hynes – We Are Who We Are (Original Series Score)

— Dewey Ivy – Water Tower

— Dolly Parton – A Holly Dolly Christmas

— Drew Haley – Wildflower EP

— Drive-By Truckers – The New OK (Digital Release)

— Duval Timothy – Brown Loop (Reissue)

— Dylan Gilbert – I’ll Be the Lakebed

— Eartheater – Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin

— Elder Brother – I Won’t Fade on You

— eleven7four – What’s the 1174 (Side 1)

— Elizabeth Young – Ricochet EP

— Ella Fitzgerald – The Lost Berlin Tapes

— Ellefson – No Cover

— Elsa Birgitta Bekman – Once In My Life

— Elvis Perkins – Creation Myths

— Etai – Cheff Bless

— Farmer Dave Scher – Speak of Love EP

— Ferris & Sylvester – I Should Be On A Train EP

— Field Medic – Floral Prince

— Fitz and the Tantrums – Live in Chicago

— Fly the Nest – Wild Ride

— Foliage – Foliage

— Foxxxy Mulder – #312371

— Frankie and the Witch Fingers – Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters…

— Funky DL – Twenty

— Gabriel Garzón-Montano – Agüita

— Ghost Cult – Nostrum

— Gia Woods – Cut Season EP

— Graham Reynolds – The Lodger

— Groove Armada – Edge of the Horizon

— Groovie Goolies – Groovie Goolies

— The Growth Eternal – Bass Tone Paintings EP

— Harmonize – Warrior in the Night

— Hayley Thompson-King – Sororicide

— The Heliocentrics  – Telemetric Sounds

— Hello Forever – Whatever It Is

— Herb Alpert – Herb Alpert Is…

— The Holy – Mono Freedom

— Hoops – Halo

— Horse Meat Disco – Love & Dancing

— Hot Chip – Late Night Tales

— Hugar – The Vasulka Effect: Music From the Motion Picture

— The Hunna – I’d Rather Die Than Let You In

— Husky – Go Don’t Stop

— I Am Waiting For You Last Summer – Self-Defence

— Illenium – Nightlight (The Remixes Vol. 2)

— Incentive – Presence

— Infinity Song – Mad Love EP

— Ingrid Andress – Lady Like (Deluxe)

— Iwan Gronow – Out On a Limb EP

— Jack Henderson – Where’s the Revolution

— The Jaded Hearts Club Band (feat. Matt Bellamy, Graham Coxon, Miles Kane, and Nic Chester) – You’ve Always Been Here

— Jaime Lozano – Jaime Lozano & The Familia: Songs By An Immigrant

— Jake Allen – Affirmation Day

— Japandroids – Massey Fucking Hall (Physical Release)

— Jenny Owen Youngs – The Night Shift EP (Extended Edition)

— Joachim Cooder – Over That Road I’m Bound

— Jodie B – Equanimous EP

— John Parish and PJ Harvey – Dance Hall at Louise Point (Vinyl Reissue)

— John Williams – Star Wars: A New Hope Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Vinyl Reissue)

— Jon Pardi – Heartache Medication (Deluxe Version)

— Jónsi (of Sigur Rós) – Shiver

— Keith Morris & The Crooked Numbers – American Reckoning

— Kelsy Karter – Missing Person

— King Mothership (feat. members of Periphery) – The Ritual

— Kurt Vile – Speed, Sound, Lovely KV EP

— LANY – Mama’s Boy

— Lars and the Magic – Everything Looks Good From Here

— Last Giant – Let the End Begin

— Lazerbreak – Penelope

— La Récré – Ne Penser À Rien EP

— Lil Loaded – A Demon in 6lue

— Lilbootycall – 23 EP

— Locate S,1 – Stay Away From Music: Covers Under Quarantine EP

— Los Mocosos – All Grown Up

— Louis the Child – Candy 2

— Luka Kuplowsky – Stardust

— Luna Aura – Three Cheers For the American Beauty EP

— Madame Ghandi – Young Indian Reimagined

— Mariah Carey – The Rarities

— Matt Berninger (of The National) – Serpentine Prison

— Melanie C (of Spice Girls) – Melanie C

— Microfilm – Hauntology: 2010-2020

— Mike Maimone – Borrowed Tunes Vol. 1

— Milk TV – Good Food For Mean Kids

— Monsterworks – Malignment

— Montenko – Montenko EP

— Nachtblut – Vanitas

— Nehoda – But Always…

— New Order – Power, Corruption, And Lies – Definitive Edition

— The Next Great American Novelist – Carless Moon

— Nickelback – All the Right Seasons: 15th Anniversary Expanded Edition

— Niniola – Colours and Sounds

— Note Marcato – BeachBum Limbo

— NRBQ – In • Frequencies

— The Nude Party – Midnight Manor

— Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (25th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue)

— Office Romance – Holidays of Love

— Optic Sink – Optic Sink

— Order of the Toad – Re-Order of the Toad

— Pan Amsterdam – HA Chu

— Pascal Gamboni – Arva La Mar (Best of 2007-2020)

— Patricia Lalor – Covers EP1

— Peach Pit – You and Your Friends (Deluxe)

— Pet Shimmers – Trash Eaters

— Philosopher – Rhizome

— The Pilgrim – …From The Earth To The Sky And Back

— Pool Holograph – Love Touched Time and Time Began to Sweat

— Queen + Adam Lambert – Live Around the World

— Rapt – None of This Will Matter

— Rascal Flatts – Twenty Years of Rascal Flatts – The Greatest Hits

— Rassy Bugatti – Million Dollar Fugitive

— Ray Cashman – Palmetto & Pine

— Rilo Kiley – Rilo Kiley (Reissue)

— Robert Plant – Digging Deep

— Rodrigo y Gabriela – METTAVOLUTION LIVE

— Roger Waters – Roger Waters: Us + Them

— Sa-Roc – The Sharecropper’s Daughter

— Sander Cohen – Channeling Hank

— Savannah Cristina – Self Care EP

— The Self-Escape – Polarize Pt. 2 EP

— Scintii – Times New Roman EP

— Sean Nicholas Savage – Life Is Crazy

— Shamir – Shamir

— Shania Twain – The Woman in Me: Diamond Edition

— Shibalba – Nekrologie Sinistrae (Orchestral Noise Opus I)

— Shutups – 5 EP

— Shy Layers – Enter At the Edges EP

— Siiga – Gemini Rising

— Siletto Feels – Push Back

— Silver Synthetic – Out of the Darkness EP

— Six Feet Under – Nightmares of the Decomposed

— Skyless Aeons – Drain the Sun

— Soft People – Absolute Boys

— Softee – Keep On

— Spiteful Bum – Eastern Racer

— Spunsugar – ŒDrive-Through Chapel

— Starlite Campbell Band – The Language of Curiosity

— Syd + Seth (feat. members of Les Sevy Fav) – Holidays of Love

— Teenager – Good Time

— Terror – Keepers of the Faith (10th Anniversary Reissue)

— Toadeater – Bit to Ewigen Daoegen

— Trident – North

— Ultramarine – Folk

— V – Image of a Nation

— Various Artists – And She Could Be Next

— Various Artists – Compilation of Love

— Various Artists – Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (Vinyl Reissue)

— Various Artists – Disney Goes Classical

— Various Artists – Return of the Living Dead OST (Vinyl Reissue)

— Various Artists – Sleeping Village Caravan of Doom (Vol. 1)

— Westside Gunn – Who Made the Sunshine

— William Shatner – The Blues

— Willie the Kid – Capital Gains

— Women – Rarities 2007-2010 (Digital Release)

— Working Men’s Club – Working Men’s Club

— Worthitpurchase – Dizzy Age

— YG – My 4HUNNID Life

— Young@Heart – Miss You

— Zen Mother – Millennial Garbage Preach

— Zooni – Familiar Ground EP