Album of the Week – 24/09/21

This week sees a rather gorgeous 14 track release from two of the most interesting artists around today in Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine (A Beginner’s Mind). We recommend you check it out immediately and you can find it below.

There are also releases from Cold War Kids (New Age Norms 3), Anna B Savage (These Dreams EP), A Ritual Sea (A Ritual Sea),  and Public Service Broadcasting (Bright Magic). There’s even a new album from The Crayon Set (Disco Downer).

I’m sure Sufjan and Angelo will forgive us for giving our album of the week to Arrivalist’s debut album called Last of the Written Pages.

Album of the Week – Arrivalists – Last Of The Written Pages

“The music here is highly personal, there is nothing manufactured, songs are crafted with real feeling. Probably the loveliest album of the year, those who already know Pat Barrett’s music will love it, and it will hopefully drag a few more in.” – From Killian Laher’s Review which you can find here.

Words from the Arrivalists – from Pat M Barrett’s site here.

I had to sail this one alone , I had to mine through my own life , my own childhood, my memories, my siblings memories of same events , the fractured, the joyous , the arriving , the departing , a dwindling fade of 2 people who brought us to where we are now , and in many ways brought me home to finish this to write this record.

Albums of Note –

— Anna B Savage – These Dreams EP

— A Ritual Sea – A Ritual Sea

— Cold War Kids – New Age Norms 3

— The Connells – Steadman’s Wake

— Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine – A Beginner’s Mind

— Public Service Broadcasting – Bright Magic

—  The Crayon Set – Downer Disco

September 24th:

— 99 Neighbors – Wherever You’re Going I Hope It’s Great

— A Pale Horse Named Death – Infernum In Terra

— Absolutely Free – Aftertouch

— Ada Lea – one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden

— Adrianne Duncan – Gemini

— Agressor – Neverending Destiny (Vinyl Reissue)

— Agressor – Towards Beyond (Vinyl Reissue)

— Alessia Cara – In the Meantime

— Alien Weaponry – Tangaroa

— Alina Baraz – Sunbeam EP

— Alister Fawnwoda, Suzanne Ciani, and Greg Leisz – Milan

— Amon Tobin – How Do You Live

— Andrew Brooks – East

— Angel Olsen – Aisles EP (Physical Release)

— Angels & Airwaves – Lifeforms

— Angus Gill – The Scrapbook

— Anna B Savage – These Dreams EP

— Anthony Hamilton – Love Is The New Black

— Ashley Shadow – Only the End

— Aunty Social – It Looks Friendly EP

— Badflower – This Is How the World Ends

— Balsam Range – Moxie and Mettle

— Balthazar – Sand Castle Tapes EP

— Basstracks and TOBi – Good Luck For Real / Give It To You Right Back EP

— Ben Böhmer – Begin Again

— Billy Strings – Renewal

— Blu – The Color Blu(e)

— Blue Stingrays – Surf-N-Burn (Reissue)

— The Body and BIG|BRAVE – Leaving None But Small Birds

— The Bootheels – 1998: The Original Demos

— Boys Noize – +/-

— Bria – Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 EP (Digital Release)

— Brittany Howard – Jamie Reimagined (Physical Release)

— Broken Baby – Late Stage Optimism

— BUMMER – Dead Horse

— Caleb Landry Jones – Gadzooks Vol. 1

— Call Super – Cherry Drops Pt 1 EP

— Camille Peruto – Perfect Vision

— Carrie Underwood – My Gift (Special Edition)

— Christopher Paul Stelling – Forgiving It All

— Chris Roberts – Lost And Found EP

— Cognizance – Upheaval

— Cold War Kids – New Age Norms 3

— Conditioner – Conditioner

— The Connells – Steadman’s Wake

— Cripta Blue – Cripta Blue

— Crisix – The Pizza EP

— Cuneiform – Reverse

— CYAN – For King and Country

— Dan Heide – In God’s Country

— Dark Redeemer – Into the Deep Black

— Dayseeker – Sleeptalk (Deluxe)

— Dave Okumu – Knopperz

— Des Rocs – A Real Good Person in a Real Bad Place

— DJ Shadow – Endtroducing….. (Vinyl Reissue)

— Don Lets – Late Night Tales Presents Version Excursion

— Donald Fagen – The Nightfly Live!

— DROTT – Orcus

— ECHT! – INWANE

— EJ Carey – Outlier EP

— Elke – No Pain For Us Here

— Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Ella & Louis (Vinyl Reissue)

— Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Ella & Louis 2 (Vinyl Reissue)

— Erin McKeown – Kiss Off Kiss

— Esperanza Spalding – Songwrights Apothecary Lab

— Evil House Party – Grand Theft Auto EP

— Farer – Monad

— Film School – We Weren’t Here

— Flounder – I’m the Flounder

— Forgetting The Memories – Vemod

— Frames – Every Room

— The Franklin Electric – This Time, I See It

— G-Eazy – These Things Happen Too

— The Greeting Committee – Dandelion

— Grinder Blues – El Dos

— Hayden Pedigo – Letting Go

— High Low Duo – Ravel & Bartók

— High & Rising – Howl

— Hiro Kone – Silvercoat the throng

— Houndmouth – Good For You

— Howlin May Queen – Tapes from the White Ballroom

— Hush Kids – Weatherman EP

— I Was Born Twice – Neimza

— The Industry – Sweet Land

— Insect Ark – Future Fossils EP

— Invaderband – Peter Gabriel

— Iskandr – Vergezicht

— Japanese Breakfast – Sable (Original Video Game Soundtrack)

— Jeromes Dream – Presents

— Jesse Malin – Sad and Beautiful World

— Joanne Shaw Taylor – The Blues Album

— Joey DeFrancesco – More Music

— Joey Purp – UpLate

— Johnny Cash – At the Carousel Ballroom, April 24th, 1968

— The Joy – Amabutho EP

— Joyer – Perfect Gray

— Judas Knife – Death Is The Thing with Feathers

— Kari Faux – Lowkey Superstar Deluxe

— The Kernal – Listen To The Blood

— Kidd G – Down Home Boy

— Kondi Band – We Famous

— Larry Fleet – Stack of Records

— Lathums – How Beautiful Life Can Be

— Little Hag – Leash

— LLNN – Unmaker

— Loreena McKennitt – The Visit: The Definitive Edition

— Loren Allred – Late Bloomer EP

— Lucy Tatt – Provenance

— Luke James & Nu Deco Ensemble – A Live Sensation

— Luke Wild – Shoebox EP

— Lyra Pramuk – Delta

— Mac McCaughan (of Superchunk) – The Sound of Yourself

— Macie Stewart (of Ohmme) – Mouth Full of Glass

— Magic Roundabout – Up

— Mandoki Soulmates – Utopia For Realists: Hungarian Pictures

— Mandragora Scream – Nothing But the Best

— Manu Delago – Environ Me

— Marcus Atom – Love vs. War

— Mark Bishop – Some Distant Mountain

— Mathias Eick – When we leave

— Mas Aya – Máscaras

— matt pond PA – The State of Gold

— Maurice Louca – Saet El-Haaz (The Luck Hour)

— Maxshh – Bonus Flowers

— Men Without Hats – Again (Part 1) EP

— Michael James – Shelter In Place

— Michael Seyer – A Good Fool

— Mickey Guyton – Remember Her Name

— The Milk Carton Kids – Prologue (10th Anniversary Edition)

— Moderate Rebels – If You See Something That Doesn’t Look Right / PART 3

— The Muslims – Fuck These Fuckin Fascists

— Mystery Rose – Socially Distant

— Nao – And Then Life Was Beautiful

— Natalie Imbruglia – Firebird

— Nate Mercereau – SUNDAYS

— Nefariym – The Eternal

— Nina Savary – Next Level Soap Opera

— Nominee – Lowlife

— Nox Holloway – If Only The World Didn’t Spin So Much EP

— One Step Closer – This Place You Know

— The Ophelias – Crocus

— Pastor T.L. Barrett – I Shall Wear a Crown

— Pixies – Tromple Le Monde (Vinyl Reissue)

— POP. 1280 – Museum on the Horizon

— Poppy – Flux

— PSYCHO – Vulture Church

— Public Service Broadcasting – Bright Magic

— Quicksand – Distant Populations (Physical Release)

— Radiant Baby – Pantomime

— Razoreater – Purgatory EP

— The Reytons – Kids Off the Estate

— A Ritual Sea – A Ritual Sea

— Rosenblume – Rosenblume

— Rough Dreams – Disappear. Reappear.

— Ruby Fields – Been Doin’ It For A Bit

— RUDE – Outer Reaches EP

— Runscarred – The Distant Infinite

— Ryan James Brewer – Tender

— Sad Girlz Club – I Think I’m Ready EP

— Sad Park – It’s All Over

— Sam Johnson – Along the Dark Edges of Everything

— Sarah Trunzo – Cabin Fever Dream EP

— School of X – Dancing Through the Void

— The Screaming Wheels – Istramental

— Sense Fail – Let It Enfold You (Vinyl Reissue)

— Shakka – Road Trip To Venus

— The Shivas – Feels So Good // Feels So Bad

— Shortly – Dancer

— Signs of the Swarm – Absolvere

— Skepticism – Companion

— The Slang – Divide

— Sleep Token – This Place Will Become Your Tomb

— SOJA – Beauty in the Silence

— Solarius – Universal Trial EP

— Sonny & the Sunsets – Tomorrow Is Alright (Vinyl Reissue)

— Spencer Cullum – Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection

— Spirit Bomb – Tight

— Stagewar – Danger To Ourselves

— Steely Dan – Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!

— Stranded – Midnight Sun

— Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine – A Beginner’s Mind

— Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World

— SURFBORT – Keep On Truckin’

— Taranoya – Becoming

— Taylor McCall – Black Powder Soul

— Theo Croker – BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST

— Third Eye Blind – Our Bande Apart

— Tom Moran – Roommate of a Friend of Mine

— Tony Kamel – Back Down Home

— Tremonti – Marching In Time

— The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show – Blindfold

— Twinkle – A Mi Me Gusta Ser Yo * It’s OK To Be Me

— Ultrasound – Everything Picture (Reissue)

— Unto Others – Strength

— Various Artists – Dear Evan Hansen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

— Various Artists – Death Metal Power From Beyond

— Various Artists – Diana: The Musical Original Broadway Cast Recording

— Various Artists – I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico

— Various Artists – Join the Ritual

— Various Artists – Relief: A Benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund

— Velvets – Velvets

— Walk Off the Earth – Romeo Eats Vol. 1

— Wang Wen – 100,000 Whys

— Wayne Snow – Figurine

— We Butter The Bread With Butter – Das Album

— Wild Story – Into The Wild EP

— William Shatner – BILL

— Worthington – He Was Not a Micromanager (Reissue)

— Wrabel – these words are all for you

— Wraith – Undo the Chains

— YoungBoy Never Broke Again – Sincerely, Kentrell