Album of the Week – 17/11/23

This week there are new sounds from Danny Brown (Quaranta) and Homeboy Sandman (I Can’t Sell These Either), which are both worth checking out below.

If you’re looking a little closer to home, you could do worse than give the new album by David Holmes (Blind On A Galloping Horse) a listen. There is also a new album by Nealo (November Medicine) who is an artist that brings me back to Body&Soul a few months ago.

For our album of the week, we went for the spooky sounds of the Smoke Fairies, with their new album Carried in Sound.

Album of the Week — Smoke Fairies – Carried in Sound

Following on from the release of their highly-praised 2020 LP ‘Darkness Brings Wonders Home’ — which was applauded by the likes of Mojo, Clash Magazine, Q and many more — alt-folk duo Smoke Fairies return once again to announce the details behind their sixth studio album ‘Carried In Sound’, previewed by the wondrous new single “Vanishing Line”.

Continuing to pursue more of that warm and ethereal aesthetic the pair have cultivated since their earliest beginnings, “Vanishing Line” makes for a wonderfully warm and emotive introduction to their next full-length release. Accompanied by a cinematic video, the new offering tackles the difficult and intimate feelings loss and grief can have on a person and those around them.

A sense of inner strength dominates the new record. In keeping with the times that bore it, ‘Carried In Sound’ isn’t afraid to discuss darkness – but everywhere there is a longing for light. “Although the album has themes of sadness on there, it’s looking at those things from a place of strength,” says Jessica.

“We’re really excited to announce a new record, carefully home crafted to represent our core sound, with notes of reflection, grief and joy, we hope you find it an emotive, rewarding experience to listen to.”

Albums of Note:

— Acetone – I’m still waiting.

— André 3000 – New Blue Sun

— Danny Brown – Quaranta

— Homeboy Sandman – I Can’t Sell These Either

— Kurt Vile – Back to Moon Beach EP

—  Nealo – November Medicine

— MUSE – Absolution XX

— David Holmes ft. Raven Violet – ‘Blind On A Galloping Horse’

Albums Released on November 17th:

— 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne – Welcome 2 Collegrove

— 3 (Keith Emerson, Carl Palmer, and Robert Berry) – Rockin’ the Ritz: NYC 1988 (Vinyl Reissue)

— Absolutely – Cerebrum

— Abstract Concrete (feat. The Heat’s Charles Hayward) – Abstract Concrete

— Acetone – I’m still waiting.

— Airto Moreira and Flora Purim – Airto & Flora – A Celebration: 60 Years – Sounds, Dreams & Other

— Ali Sethi + Nicholas Jaar – Intiha

— André 3000 – New Blue Sun

— Auragraph – New Standard

— Babebee – A Prophecy EP

— Bad Suns – Infinite Joy

— Bastards of Soul – Give It Right Back

— Big Something – Headspace

— Billy Porter – Black Mona Lisa

— Bizzy – I Don’t Get Breakups EP

— Bob Dylan – The Complete Budokan 1978

— Boris and Merzbow – 04092001 (Vinyl Release)

— Bryan Ferry – Mamouna – Deluxe Edition

— Cyan – Pictures From the Other Side

— Cynic – Uroboric Forms (Reissue)

— Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition)

— Daniel Bachman – When the Roses Come Again

— Danny Brown – Quaranta

— Danny Daze – ::BLUE::

— Deafheaven – Sunbather (10th Anniversary Remix/Remaster)

— DijahSB – The Flower That Knew

— Divorce – Heady Metal EP

— Dolly Parton – Rockstar

— Dori Freeman – Do You Recall

— Dutch Mustard – Beauty EP

— The Dwarves – Concept Album

— EARTHGANG – Robophobia EP

— Earthside – Let the Truth Speak

— Emeli Sandé – How Were We To Know

— ENHYPEN – Orange Blood

— Evanescence – Fallen (20th Anniversary Edition)

— Fred Schneider (of The B-52s) – Destination… Christmas!

— Free Range – Loft Sessions EP

— Frost Children – Hearth Room

— Gridfailure – Shards in the Wire EP

— H31R – Headspace

— halfnoise (Paramore’s Zac Farro) – City Talk

— Homeboy Sandman – I Can’t Sell These Either

— HR (of Bad Brains) – Let Luv Lead (The Way)

— Iron & Wine – Who Can See Forever

— Jaako Eino Kalevi – Chaos Magic

— Jeremy Squires – Riddle of Stars

— Jewel – Spirit (25th Anniversary Edition)

— John Vincent III – Songs for the Canyon

— Jolie Laide (Nina Nastasia + Jeff MacLeod)  – Jolie Laide

— Josh Groban – Closer (20th Anniversary Edition)

— Josh Radnor – Eulogy I

— Joshua Van Tassel – Lullabies for Adults

— Julia Bhatt – Grab Bag EP

— Juliana Hatfield – Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO

— Julie Byrne – Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh EP

— Kanii – it was nice knowing u EP

— The Kinks – The Journey – Part 2

— Kelly Moran – Vesela EP

— Kishi Bashi – Music From the Song Film: Omoiyari

— Kurupi – Mano EP

— Kurt Vile – Back to Moon Beach EP

— Kyle Gordon – Kyle Gordon is Great

— Linying – House Mouse EP

— Lil Tony – 2 Sides 2 Every Story

— Locket – Supernatural

— Luther Dickinson (of North Mississippi Allstars) – Magic Music for Family Folk

— Made For Humans (Digital 21 and Placebo’s Stefan Olsdal) – Made For Humans II

— Madness – Theatre Of the Absurd Presents C’Est La Vie

— Madge – Boxjar

— Mia June – Don’t Forget Your Bags EP

— Milli Vanilli – The Best of Milli Vanilli (35th Anniversary)

— MJ Lenderman – And The Wind (Live and Loose!)

— Mo Troper – Troper Sings Brion

— Mock Media – Mock Media II

— Montañera – A Flor De Piel

— MUSE – Absolution XX

— Nathan Melja – With Dan!

— Neil Hamburger – Season Depression Suite

— OTF (Only the Family) – Nightmares in the Trenches

— Olivia Newton-John – Totally Hot (Reissue)

— Orbiting Human Circus (feat. Julian Koster) – Quartet Plus Two

— Ozuna – Cosmo

— Pearl Jam – Vs. (30th Anniversary Edition)

— Penelope Scott — Mysteries For Rats EP

— Plain White T’s – Plain White T’s

— The Polyphonic Spree – Salvage Enterprise

— Rich Amiri – Ghetto Fabulous

— Richard Walters – Murmurate

— Ritual King – The Infinite Mirror

— Rosanne Cash – The Wheel (30th Anniversary Edition)

— Sabrina Carpenter – Fruitcake EP

— Sango – North Vol. 2

— Saunder Jurriaans – Phantom Limb

— Shania Twain – Greatest Hits (Vinyl Reissue)

— Showtek – 360 Yellow

— Smoke Fairies – Carried in Sound

— Soars – Repeater

— Soledriver (Michael Sweet and Alessandro Del Vecchio) – Return Me to Light

— Speedy Ortiz – Major Arcana (10th Anniversary Edition)

— Spencer Zahn – Statues II

— SSD – The Kids Will Have Their Say (Reissue)

— Steve Aoki – HiROQUEST: Double Helix

— TEMIC – Terror Management Theory

— Thin Lizzy – Vagabonds of the Western World (50th Anniversary Edition)

— Toosii – Jaded

— TV Erased (feat. members of SUUNS and We Are Wolves) – if you get, I want

— United Freedom Collective – Vast Oceans, Empty Skies EP

— Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II (10th Anniversary Edition)

— Unwell – Trial & Error

— Various Artists – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Music From & Inspired By)

— Vince Clark (of Erasure) – Sound of Silence

— Walter Wolfman Washington – Feel So At Home

— Water From Your Eyes – Crushed By Everyone

— Wayne Shorter – Night Dreamer (Vinyl Reissue)

— Wind Walkers – What If I Break?

— Wrabel – based on a true story