Album of the Week – 18/11/22

It’s a quiet enough week, so we’re going ‘all in’ for Weyes Blood, with a glowing review along with our Album of the Week slot!

There are also new albums from Animal Collective (The Inspection – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Colin Stetson (The Menu – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Helen Ganya (Polish the Machine) and Pole (Tempus). Richard Dawson has returned with a new release called The Ruby Cord, which you can check out below or here.

Album of the Week – Weyes Blood – And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow

On Friday, November 18th, 2022, Sub Pop will release the astonishing new Weyes Blood full-length And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow. The album’s ten tracks were written by Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering, with album production from Mering along with Jonathan Rado on all songs except for “A Given Thing,” produced by Mering and Rodaidh McDonald. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow was mixed by Kenny Gilmore at 101 Studio, mastered by Emily Lazar and Chris Allgood at The Lodge, and features guest appearances from Meg Duffy, Daniel Lopatin, and Mary Lattimore.

The album is her follow-up to the acclaimed Titanic Rising, the first album of three in a special trilogy. Where Titanic was an observation of doom to come, And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow is about being in the thick of it: a search for an escape hatch to liberate us from algorithms and ideological chaos (spoiler alert: the next one will be about “hope”). “We’re in a fully functional shit show,” Mering says. “My heart is a glow stick that’s been cracked, lighting up my chest in an explosion of earnestness.”

Albums of Note:

— Animal Collective – The Inspection (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

— Colin Stetson – The Menu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

— Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Reset (Expanded Edition)

— RÖYKSOPP – Profound Mysteries II

— Helen Ganya – Polish the Machine

— Pole – Tempus

— Richard Dawson – The Ruby Cord

Albums Released on November 18th:

— 38 Spesh & Harry Fraud – Beyond Belief

— Adrian Quesada (of Black Pumas) – Jaguar Sound

— Amos Lee – My Ideal

— Animal Collective – The Inspection (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

— Atreyu – Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses (Vinyl Reissue)

— Badge Époque Ensemble & Lammping – Clouds of Joy: Chance of Reign

— Badlands – Call to Love

— BenBen – Algorithmia EP

— Billy Strings – ME/AND/DAD

— Born At Midnite – Alternity EP

— Busta Rhymes – The Fuse is Lit EP

— Caitlin Rose – CAZIMI

— Candlemass – Sweet Evil Son

— Colin Stetson – The Menu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

— Daniel Bachman – Almanac Behind

— Dave East – Book of David

— David Bowie – Moonage Daydream (Physical Release)

— Dezron Douglas – ATALAYA

— Disturbed – Divisive

— DJ Yoda – Prom Nite

— Doctor Doom – A Shadow Called Danger

— Dolly Parton – Dolly Parton – Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection

— Eartheater – Trinity (Deluxe Edition)

— Echo & The Bunnymen – Evergreen – 25th Anniversary Edition

— ENHYPEN – SADAME

— Eric Hilton – Present Past and Future EP

— Fletcher – Girl Of My Dreams (Deluxe Edition)

— Fousheé – softCORE

— Gatherers – ( mutilator. )

— Grace Kelly – All That I Need

— Helen Ganya – Polish the Machine

— HUNNY – Homesick EP (Deluxe Version)

— Ian Anderson – Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull (Vinyl Reissue)

— Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast (40th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue)

— isomonstrosity – isomonstrosity

— The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969

— Kaash Paige – S2ML (Soundtrack 2 My Life)

— KISS – Creatures of the Night (Super Deluxe Edition)

— Krill – Alam No Hris (Vinyl Reissue)

— The Laughing Chimes – Zoo Avenue EP

— Loreena McKennitt – “Under A Winter’s Moon

— Los Bitchos – Let The Festivities Begin! (Los Chrismos Edition)

— LOWLIFE – PAYDAY

— Malibu Babie – Malibu Babie SZN Vol 1 EP

— Mandrake Handshake – The Triple Point of Water EP

— Maria BC – Hyaline Remixes EP

— Michael Jackson – Thriller 40

— The Monkees – Headquarters (Super Deluxe Edition)

— Jim Keltner, mike watt & Mike Baggetta – Everywhen We Go

— Movulango – Mirror in Man EP

— Nadine Khouri – Another Life

— Neal Francis – Sentimental Garbage EP

— Neil Young and Crazy Horse – World Record

— Nickelback – Get Rollin’

— notfortheo – half-life EP

— Olivia O’Brien – A Means To An End

— ONO – Kate Cincinnati (Reissue)

— Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Reset (Expanded Edition)

— Pearls Before Swine – Wizard If Is (Reissue)

— Peggy Lee – Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota (50th Anniversary Edition)

— Phony Ppl – Euphonyus

— Pole – Tempus

— Poo Bear – Book of Nabeel

— The Prescriptions – Time Apart

— Queen – The Miracle Collector’s Edition

— Rich Homie Quan – Family & Mula Reloaded

— Richard Dawson – The Ruby Cord

— Roddy Ricch – Feed The Street III

— Röyksopp – Profound Mysteries III

— Ruthie Foster – Healing Time

— Sam Ryder – There’s Nothing But Space, Man!

— Savage Republic – Africa Corps Live at the Whisky A Go Go 30th December 1981

— Sneaks – The Eva EP

— Soen – Atlantis

— Solomon Burke – Don’t Give Up On Me (Reissue)

— Soulside – A Brief Moment in the Sun

— Spinefarm – Extrovert EP

— The Stone Foxes – On The Other Side

— sunking – Smug

— True Body – Temple of Song

— Tula Vera – Shape Shifter EP

— Vado – Long Run Vol. 3

— Veps – Oslo Park

— Vince Guaraldi – Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (Deluxe Edition)

— Weeping Icon – Ocelli EP

— Weyes Blood – And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow

— Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album (Vinyl Reissue)

— Willie Nelson – Willie Nelson Live At Budokan

— Wolves at the Gate – Lowborn EP

— The Wombats – Is This What It Feels Like To Feel Like This? EP

—Yoasobi – E-Side 2 EP

— YUNGMORPHEUS – Burnished Sums EP