Album of the Week – 27/08/21

Are you ready for this? Yes, it’s another Friday and that means another round-up of new sounds!

One of the best live bands you’ll see, The Bronx release their new album imaginatively called The Bronx VI. How do they keep coming up with those names? Yann Tiersen has a new release (Kerber) and Big Red Machine have returned with ‘How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?’ It’s a band that includes Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner, so worth checking out! It may cross the divide between indie and mainstream thanks to “Renegade” which features Taylor Swift!

So, it’s no real surprise that we went for Steve Gunn, is it? You can read Killian’s glowing review here.

Album of the Week -— Steve Gunn – Other You

“I came up with this title when we were recording vocals and Rob was very into harmonies. There was a third part and I just couldn’t find the note. I couldn’t vocalize it. He went in and took my voice and put it into his computer program, then he could playback and “sing” the note with my voice using the computer. And he said, ‘Sing to the other you.’ So I was singing along to myself singing note I couldn’t sing”–Steve Gunn

Other You is the sixth studio album by American singer Steve Gunn that will be released August 27th on Matador. Recorded during two visits to Los Angeles in late 2020 and early 2021, the album was made with veteran producer Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith, Cass McCombs, Kurt Vile) at his Mant Studios alongside musician and longtime friend and collaborator Justin Tripp, whose credits include appearances on Gunn’s Time Off and Way Out Weather.

Albums of Note:

— Big Red Machine (Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner) – How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?

— Jason Sharp – The Turning Centre Of A Still World

— The Bronx – The Bronx VI

— John Mellencamp – The Good Samaritan Tour 2000

— Nite Jewel – No Sun

— CHVRCHES – Screen Violence

— The Bug – Fire

— Yann Tiersen – Kerber

August 27th:

— A Great Big World – Particles

— Anamanaguchi – Summer Singles 2010/2020

— Andrew Cyrill Quartet – The News

— Andrew Krull – It All Goes EP

— Angel Canales – Sabot (Reissue)

— The Anniversary – Your Majesty (Vinyl Reissue)

— Aradia – Soar EP

— Arjuna Oakes & Serebii – First Nights EP

— AU/RA – Soundtrack to an Existential Crisis

— Baba Ali – Memory Device

— Bad Suns – Disappear Here (Vinyl Reissue)

— Balance and Composure – Light We Made (Vinyl Reissue)

— BAYLI – Stories From New York EP

— Be-Bop Deluxe – Live! In The Air Age Deluxe

— Bendik Giske – Cracks

— Ben Stalets – Everybody’s Laughing

— Besatt – Supreme and True at Night

— Bicentennial Drug Lord – BDL EP

— Big Red Machine (Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner) – How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?

— Black Stone Cherry – The Human Condition (Expanded Digital Edition)

— BLK ODYSSY – BLK VINTAGE

— Boneyard – Oathbreaker

— Boris – Flood (Vinyl Reissue)

— Boris – NO (Vinyl Reissue)

— Born Without Bones – Pictures of the Sun EP

— Botanist and Thief – Cicatrix/Diamond Brush

— Bram Weijters’ Crazy Men – The Return

— Brian Setzer – Gotta Have The Rumble

— The Bronx – The Bronx VI

— Buck Owens & The Buckaroos – I Wouldn’t Live in New York City (Reissue)

— Buck Owens & The Buckaroos – The Kansas City Song (Reissue)

— Buck Owens & The Buckaroos – Your Mother’s Prayer (Reissue)

— The Bug – Fire

— Celione Cairo – Overflow

— Children Collide – Tim ee Itself

— Chubby and the Gang – The Mutt’s Nuts

— CHVRCHES – Screen Violence

— Cinders – No One’s Home

— Clifford / Wright (Doug “Cosmo” Clifford of Creedence Clearwater Revival and Steve Wright) – For All the Money in the World

— Clint Westwood – The Return To The Mothership

— CocoZandi (Alexander Beggins of Wild Child) – As Simple As a Dream

— Cold Hart – Every Day Is A Day

— Comet Control – Inside the Sun

— Container – Creamer EP

— Dakota Jones – Black Light

— Diane Warren – Diane Warren: The Cave Sessions Vol. 1

— Doktor – Dedication

— E.VAX (Ratatat’s Evan Mast) – E.VAX

— EG Vines – Through the Mirror

— Elohim – Journey to the Center of Myself Vol. 2 EP

— Emma-Jean Thackery – Yellow

— Erose – Unrealistic EP

— Evann McIntosh – Character Development

— Ex Deo – The Thirteen Years Of Nero

— Ex-Vitamins – Ex-Vitamins

— Eyedress – Mulholland Drive

— The Faux Paws – The Faux Paws

— Feng Suave – So Much For Gardening EP

— Field Guide – Make Peace with That

— Field Works – Maple, Ash, and Oaks: Cedars Instrumentals

— Flee Lord x Roc Marciano – Delgado

— Fluisteraars – Gegrepen door de Geest der Zielsontluiking

— Foodman – Yasuragi Land (Vinyl Release)

— Fotocrime – Heart of Crime

— Gord Downie (of The Tragically Hip) – Coke Machine Glow: Songwriters’ Cabal

— G Perico – Play 2 Win

— Granfalloon – Positive Songs

— The Grascals – Up All Night

— Grayscale – Umbra

— Grayson Jenkins – Turning Tides

— Gretta Ray – Begin To Look Around

— Halsey – If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power

— Hooded Menace – The Tritonus Bell

— Horte – Maa antaa yon vaientaa

— ILUITEQ – The Loss of Wilderness

— The Immediate Family – The Immediate Family

— Indigo De Souza – Any Shape You Take

— I See Hawks in L.A. – On Our Way

— Isla – The Mediterranean Gardener

— Jackboy – Jackboy 2

— Jack In Water – You Don’t Feel Like Home

— Jack Wakemen & The Dreamstriders – Visions

— Jaden – CTV3: Day Tripper’s Edition

— Jason Eady – To the Passage of Time

— Jason Sharp – The Turning Centre Of A Still World

— Javier Areal Vélez – rrrrrrrrrr tKtK

— JINJER – Wallflowers

— Jo O’Meara (of S Club 7) – With Love

— Joakim – Second Nature

— Joey Joseph – Nite Vibes

— John Mellencamp – The Good Samaritan Tour 2000

— Kabir Sehgal – Threshold EP

— Kal-El – Dark Majesty

— Karellen – Mesrum

— Kat Von D – Love Made Me Do It

— Kenny Garrett – Sounds from the Ancestors

— Kiefer – When There’s Love Around

— King Calaway – Midnight EP

— L’FREAQ – Showgirl EP

— La Bonte – Don’t Let This Define Me

— Lawson Hull – Hangin’ Out With Cowboys EP

— Leprous – Aphelion

— lewloh – michigan/missinghim

— Lindsay Munroe – Frogs and Birds

— Low Flying Hawks – Fuyu

— Lyle Mays – Eberhard

— Macy Rodman – Unimaginable Animals

— Madeleine Peyroux – Careless Love (Deluxe Edition)

— Madi Diaz – History Of A Feeling

— Magma – ESKÄHL 2020 Bordeaux – Toulouse – Perpignan

— Maisie Peters – You Signed Up For This

— Makoto Kubota & The Sunset Gang – Hawaii Champroo (Reissue)

— Marc Johnson – Overpass

— Marcel Sletten – Vicious Kisses

— Marisa Anderson and William Tyler – Lost Futures

— Matt Jaffe – Kintsugi

— Meedon – Purge

— Mega Bog – Life and Another (Vinyl Release)

— Michael Mayer – Brainwave Technology EP

— Mikaela Finne – Time Stands Still

— Mirabai Ceiba – The Quiet Hour

— Modern English – After the Snow: Live from Indigo at the O2

— Modern Rites – Monuments

— Molly Herron – Through Lines

— The Mommyheads – Age Of Isolation

— Moon Unit – Dinosaurs and Everything In Between

— Morray – Shottaz 4Eva

— Mouse Rat – The Awesome Album

— Nite Jewel – No Sun

— NMB (Neal Morse Band) – Innocence & Danger

— Ocie Elliot – A Place EP

— Opus Orange – Object Lessons

— Osi and the Jupiter – Stave

— Our Place of Worship Is Silence – Disavowed, and Left Hopeless

— OutKast – ATLiens (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

— Ouzo Bazooka – Dayla

— Oxygen Destroyer – Sinister Monstrosities Spawned By the Unfathomable Ignorance of Humankind

— Penelope Scott – Hazards EP

— Phil Fresh – L.A.T.E. EP

— Phinehas – The Fire Itself

— QRTR – infina ad nausea

— The Poppermost – Hits to Spare

— Rakhi Singh – Quarry EP

— Ravenlight – Intermission EP

— Rival Order – Beyond the Ashes EP

— Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe – Candyman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

— Robert Ellis Orrall – Surf And Gun Club

— Roxy Girls – Roxy Girls Are In The Drink EP

— Ruin – Spread Plague Death

— Sadie Campbell – Darkroom EP

— Scarypoolparty – The Act of Forgiveness

— Sculptured – Liminal Phase

— Smash Into Pieces – A New Horizon

— Snowy Band – Alternate Endings

— Sons Of Alpha Centauri – Push

— Sonta – Chocolit

— Southern Avenue – Be The Love You Want

— Spirit Adrift – Forge Your Future EP

— Steve Gunn – Other You

— Straytones – Magic Green River Swimmin’ & Stunning Tarzanka Experience

— Sugar Horse – The Live Long After

— Supergrass – In It For The Money (Remastered Expanded Edition)

— Suzanne Santo – Yard Sale

— Terence Blanchard – Absence

— TesseracT – P O R T A L S

— Thalia Zedek Band – Been Here and Gone (Reissue)

— Thalia Zedek Band – Perfect Vision

— Thief – The 16 Deaths of My Master

— Threshing Floor – Threshing Floor

— Thyrfing – Vanagand

— Tim Easton – You Don’t Really Know Me

— Tina Guo – Dies Irae

— Toxic Ruin – Nightmare Eclipse

— Trace Adkins – The Way I Wanna Go

— Tré Burt – You, Yeah, You EP

— TSHA – OnlyL EP

— Turnstile – Glow On

— Various Artists – HOMEROOM: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture

— Veil of Conspiracy – Echoes of Winter

— Velvet Starlings – Technicolour Shakedown

— Venues – Solace

— Water From Your Eyes – Structure

— Web Web – WEB MAX

— Wilder. – Bad Bad Luck EP

— Wormwood – Arkivet

— Yann Tiersen – Kerber