Album of the Week – 30/06/23

Did somebody say Supergroup? I know you didn’t but just run with me. Depending on your definition of a Supergroup, The Baseball Project could be one, or they could just be most of R.E.M. with (Peter Buck, Mike Mills and kinda Scott McCaughey) with some other folks (Steve Wynn and Linda Pitmon). They’ve just released a new one called Grand Salami Time! Maybe they should just ask Mr Stipe if he’s available?

There are also new releases from A Place to Bury Strangers (Live at Levitation), Angelo De Augustine (Toil and Trouble) and bdrmm (I Don’t Know). Grian Chatten (Chaos for the Fly) got a lot of love for this release in our review here.

After much deliberation, Brigid Mae Power came out on top with her new release Dream from the Deep Well. As the name suggests, it is a dreamy one, which is perfect for the languid summer nights…

Album of the Week –

Dream From The Deep Well’ is the new album from celebrated Irish singer songwriter Brigid Mae Power. Recognised as a purveyor of dreamier pop with folky leanings, this new album is a departure; a unique marriage of traditional stylings and very modern melodies; a breath-taking soundtrack which underpins her gorgeous vocal.

Filled with personal tales of offspring and grandparents, the lovelorn and the lost, it’s the essence of re-imagined folk music, from the traditional intro and outro that act as bookends. It’s folk music, but not as we know it. In these ever-confusing and often annoying times, Brigid brings us modern folk for modern folk, with her evocative vocal, doubling back on itself with strings, steel guitar, horns and mellotron adding to its baroque loveliness. It’s waving back at her rootsy past, daubing new colours on a much-loved canvas. ‘Dream From The Deep Well’ is a new visionary beginning from a gifted songwriter.

It’s an album that’s politically primed and socially aware; a broadside for us all, this is Brigid Mae Power’s most complete album yet.

Albums of Note:

— A Place to Bury Strangers – Live at Levitation

— Alchemist – Flying High

— Angelo De Augustine – Toil and Trouble

— bdrmm – I Don’t Know

— The Baseball Project (Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, and Linda Pitmon) – Grand Salami Time!

— Grian Chatten (of Fontaines D.C.) – Chaos for the Fly

— Neko Case – Wild Creatures (Physical Release)

June 30th:

— 49th & Main – B.O.A.T.S

— A Place to Bury Strangers – Live at Levitation

— Alchemist – Flying High

— Alex G – Live from Union Transfer

— Alex Nicol – Been A Long Year EP

— Angelo De Augustine – Toil and Trouble

— Bandmanrill, MCVERTT, and Sha EK – Defiant Presents: Jiggy In Jersey

— The Baseball Project (Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, and Linda Pitmon) – Grand Salami Time!

— bdrmm – I Don’t Know

— Big Girl – Big Girl Vs. God

— Bill Evans Trio – Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Vinyl Reissue)

— Bill Evans Trio – Waltz for Debby (Vinyl Reissue)

— Blossom Dearie – Discover Who I Am: The Fontana Years London 1966-70

— THE BLSSM – INFINITY H(OURS) EP

— Body of Light – Bitter Reflection

— Charlie Watts – Anthology

— Chuck Johnson – Music From Burden Of Proof

— Divide and Dissolve – Systemic

— The Durutti Column – Time Was Gigantic… When we were kids (Reissue)

— Frank Zappa – Funky Nothingness

— FRND CRCL – Suburban Dictionary

— Grateful Dead – Here Comes Sunshine 1973

— Grian Chatten (of Fontaines D.C.) – Chaos for the Fly

— Hataałii – Singing Into Darkness

— Hayden Pedigo – The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored

— The Hu – Rumble of Thunder: Deluxe Album

— The Japanese House – In the End It Always Does

— JD Pinkus & Tall Tall Trees – Ponder Machine

— The Jins – It’s A Life

— Joanna Sternberg – I’ve Got Me

— Johanna Heilman – When We Were Electric

— John Caroll Kirby – Blowout

— Kevin Gates – Khaza (Vinyl Reissue)

— Klara Lewis and Nik Colk Void – Full-On

— Lil Uzi Vert – Pink Tape

— Loma Prieta – Last

— Lucinda Williams – Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart

— Matisyahu – Live in Brooklyn

— Mong Tong 夢東 – Tao Fire

— Neko Case – Wild Creatures (Physical Release)

— Niki & The Dove and The Greys – This Is the Music EP

— Olivia Dean – Messy

— Pierre Kwenders – Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love Deluxe

— Pill Super – Hard Return

— The Pink Stones – You Know Who

— Ralph – 222 EP

— Shady Bug – What’s the Use? EP

— Six Finger Satellite – The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird (Reissue)

— Spine – Raíces

— Sun Ra – Space Is The Place (Vinyl Reissue)

— Suzie True – Sentimental Scum

— Sweeping Promises – Good Living Is Coming For You

— Thomas Headon – Six Songs That Thomas Headon Likes And Thinks That You Would Like Too

— Throw the Fight – Strangeworld

— Tiberius b – DIN EP

— tofusmell – Humor

— Virgin Steele – The Passion of Dionysus

— The Weeknd – The Idol Vol. 1 (Music From the HBO Series)

— Will Rainer – Wobble to the Moon