Album of the Week – 21/08/23

August continues, with most of the music world on holiday? Playing festivals is more likely.

It’s a slow week but we still have releases from Fran Lobo (Burning It Feels Like) and The View (Exorcism of Youth). Probably the biggest album of the week comes from Irish superstar Hozier (Unreal Unearth). There’s also a gem from King Khan (The Invaders – Original Score) which you should really check out below.

We went for the third album from Ms Margaret Glaspy, which is nice and loud!

“Fade to black, I don’t know how to act… just act natural…”

Album of the Week – Echo The Diamond by Margaret Glaspy

“Margaret Glaspy’s third album Echo The Diamond emerged from a deliberate stripping-away of artifice to reveal life for all its harsh truths and ineffable beauty. Informed by profound loss, the album finds the New York-based musician sorting through that pain to piece together indelible fragments of wisdom. Produced by Glaspy with her partner, guitarist/composer Julian Lage, it expands on the frenetic vitality of her widely acclaimed debut Emotions and Math. On the new album, Glaspy recorded with bassist Chris Morrissey (Andrew Bird, Lucius, Ben Kweller) and drummer/percussionist David King of The Bad Plus.”

Albums of Note:

— Andrew Wyatt – Someday It Won’t Feel Like Dying

— Arnold Dreyblatt & The Orchestra of Excited Strings – Resolve

— Greg Owens (of Chiodos) – Volume 1

— Hozier – Unreal Unearth

— King Khan – The Invaders – Original Score

— Mike Jones, Penn Jillette & Jeff Hamilton – Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You’re Doing?

— Fran Lobo – Burning It Feels Like

— The View – Exorcism of Youth

August 18th:

— Aerosmith – Greatest Hits

— Andrew Wyatt – Someday It Won’t Feel Like Dying

— Anitta – Funk Generation: A Favela Love Story

— Anna Tivel – Outsiders (Live in a Living Room)

— Arnold Dreyblatt & The Orchestra of Excited Strings – Resolve

— Atreyu – The Moment You Find Your Flame EP

— Bearings – The Best Part About Being Human

— Birdy – Portraits

— Bobby Rush – All My Love For You

— Boris – Heavy Rocks (2002) (Digital Reissue)

— Cautious Clay – KARPEH

— Cecil Taylor – Unit Structures (Vinyl Reissue)

— Cory Wong – The Lucky One

— cumgirl8 – Phantasea Pharm EP

— Dan Sultan – Dan Sultan

— David Dondero – Immersion Therapy

— DeYarmond Edison – Epoch

— Diners – DOMINO

— Dizzy – DIZZY

— East Forest – Music For the Deck of the Titanic

— Fiddlehead – Death is Nothing to Us

— Forager – Pipedream Firewood

— Fran Lobo – Burning It Feels Like

— Genesis Owusu – Struggler

— Giggs – Zero Tolerence

— Grace Potter – Mother Road

— Greg Owens (of Chiodos) – Volume 1

— Gregory Alan Isakov – Appaloosa Bones

— Hozier – Unreal Unearth

— Idina Menzel – Drama Queen

— Iris Ell – Undergod EP

— j-hope – Jack in the Box (HOPE EDITION)

— Jill Andrews – Modern Age

— Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros – Live at Acton Town Hall (Reissue)

— Jon Batiste – World Music Radio

— Karina Rykman – JOYRIDE

— KEY! – Marquis

— Khole Rose – The In Between EP

— Kidd Kenn – Busy Being Bad EP

— King Khan – The Invaders – Original Score

— King Tuff – Smalltown Stardust (deluxe dust)

— Kipp Stone – 66689 Blvd Prequel

— Lady Lamb – In the Mammoth Nothing of the Night

— Leon Thomas – Electric Dusk

— Lil Zay Osama – 4 The Trenches

— Magnolia Park – MoonEater EP

— Magnolia Park – SoulEater EP

— Mapache – Swinging Stars

— Margaret Glaspy – Echo the Diamond

— Mick Jenkins – The Patience

— Mike Jones, Penn Jillette & Jeff Hamilton – Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You’re Doing?

— Mipso – Book of Fools

— Miso Extra – MSG EP

— Movements – RUCKUS!

— Mr. Greg and Cass McCombs – Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children

— Naked Lungs – Pressure

— Nathan Mongol Wells (of Ottoman Turks) – From a Dark Corner

— Oblivion Protocol – The Fall Of The Shires

— The One Eighties – Minefields

— OSEES – Intercepted Message

— PÆRISH – You’re in both dreams (and you’re scared)

— Point North – Prepare for Despair

— PYNKIE – Songies

— Reneé Rapp – Snow Angel

— Rhiannon Giddens – You’re the One

— Russ – Santiago

— Shamir – Homo Anxietatem

— SKÁLMÖLD – Ýdalir

— Slipknot – Live At MSG (Vinyl Reissue)

— Sloppy Heads – Sometimes Just One Second

— Sonic Youth – Live in Brooklyn 2011

— Spirit Adrift – Ghost at the Gallows

— Spoils – Nothing For a Man EP

— Stephen Steinbrink – Disappearing Coin

— Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition)

— Taylor Ashton – Stranger to the Feeling

— Teddy Thompson – My Love of Country

— ¿Téo? – Luna

— Tribes – Rabbit Head

— UPSAHL – Vol. 3

— Victoria Canal – WELL WELL EP

— The View – Exorcism of Youth

— Yatta Bandz – TUFF LUV