Album of the Week – 07/07/23

Was it always going to be PJ Harvey this week? Yes, it was! It’s a reason for celebration, as this is PJ’s first album in seven years. Hopefully, you have all secured your tickets to see her in the 3Olympia later this year.

There’s also the chance to see what Jim O’Rourke is up to now! He’s just released the soundtrack to a film I know little about called Hands That Bind. Will Oldham is in it (the film, that is), so it’s worth watching out for.

Other albums worthy of your time and effort include Grouplove (I Want It All Right Now), Julie Byrne (The Greater Wings) and Local Natives (Time Will Wait for No One).  It’s been a long time since Local Natives released their debut Gorilla Manor in 2009! Where do the years go….

Album of the Week — PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year

“The songs are short and slight, but it works, in a similar way to Nick Cave’s Push The Sky Away. A summer soundtrack this is not, it’s for quiet nights in.” – Killian Laher – From our review here.

Albums of Note:

— ANOHNI and the Johnsons – My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross

— Jim O’Rourke – Hands That Bind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

— Grouplove – I Want It All Right Now

— Julie Byrne – The Greater Wings

— Local Natives – Time Will Wait for No One

July 7th:

— 12 Rods – If We Stayed Alive

— African Head Charge – A Trip to Bolgatanga

— Aluna – MYCELiUM

— AMAARA – Child of Venus

— ANOHNI and the Johnsons – My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross

— Astra King – First Love EP

— Bad History Month – Delusion EP

— Bloodbound – Tales From the North

— Butcher Babies – … Eye For an Eye…

— Butcher Babies – …’Till the World’s Blind

— Chris Stamey (of The dB’s) – The Great Escape

— CIEL – Make It Better EP

— Citizen Cope – The Victory March

— Conway the Machine – Conway The Machine Presents: Drumwork The Album

— Feuerschwanz – Fegefeuer

— Fit of Body – Far From the Rhythm

— Delilah Holliday – Invaluable Vol. 1 EP

— Dominic Fike – Sunburn

— Emma Ruth Rundle – Live at Roadburn 2022

— The Far Outs – The Far Outs

— Garrett Saracho – En Medio (Vinyl Reissue)

— Golden Features – Sisyphus

— Grouplove – I Want It All Right Now

— Gus Dapperton – HENGE

— Guslit – Carnal

— Hans Zimmer – The Last Samurai (Original Motion Picture Score) (Vinyl Reissue)

— Hot Tuna – 3

— Jim O’Rourke – Hands That Bind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

— Julie Byrne – The Greater Wings

— KennyHoopla – BLINK AND YOU’LL MISS IT// EP

— Lauren Bousfield – Salesforce

— Laurence Guy – Living Like There’s No Tomorrow, But Killing Yourself In The Process

— Little Dragon – Slugs of Love

— Local Natives – Time Will Wait for No One

— Longings – Dreams In Red

— ME LOST ME – RPG

— The Mighty Bard – Beyond the Gate

— Miles Miller – Solid Gold

— Misogi – Escape Artist

— Nita Strauss – The Call of the Void

— Noble Oak – When It Finds You

— Nothing But Thieves – Dead Club City

— Penguin Cafe – Rain Before Seven…

— Pigeon Wigs – Rock By Numbers

— PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year

— Projexx – Grim Mixtape: Vol. 2

— Rare Americans – Strawberries: The Story of Jongo Bongo – Act III

— The Raven Age – Blood Omen

— Sad Park – No More Sound

— The Stranglers – 4

— Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)

— Tony Allen – JID018

— Treeboy & Arc – Natural Habitat

— Various Artists – The Endless Coloured Ways – The Songs of Nick Drake

— Wham! – Wham! The Singles: Echoes From The Edge Of Heaven

— Withering Scorn – Prophets of Demise

— Yawning Balch (Yawning Man and Bob Balch of Fu Manchu) – Volume One

— Yellowcard – Childhood Eyes EP