Album of the Week – 26/01/24

Ok, so we went for the obvious one, what of it? Yes, it’s probably the most high-profile release of the year to date and it’s also our album of the week. Some are calling it Radiohead lite but it sounds damn good, nonetheless!

Other albums we’d happily recommend (and would possibly have won otherwise) include Future Islands (People Who Aren’t There Anymore), Gruff Rhys (Sadness Sets Me Free), Ty Segall – (Three Bells) and even William Elliott Whitmore (Silent, the Mind Breaks). Yes, it’s a damn fine week for new music…

Album of the Week — The Smile – Wall of Eyes

The Smile’s new album Wall Of Eyes is the follow up to the band’s 2022 debut LP A Light For Attracting Attention, which received critical acclaim from the likes of The Guardian, Pitchfork, The Observer, The Needle Drop, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, Uncut and MOJO, and more.

The Smile’s new album Wall Of Eyes will be released on 26th January on XL Recordings

Albums of Note:

— Future Islands – People Who Aren’t There Anymore

— Gruff Rhys (of Super Furry Animals) – Sadness Sets Me Free

— Microstoria (feat. members of Oval & Mouse on Mars) – init ding + _snd (Reissue)

— Philip Glass – Philip Glass Solo

— SLOWER (feat. members of Fu Manchu, Kyuss, Monolord, Lowrider, and Kylesa) – SLOWER

— Ty Segall – Three Bells

— William Elliott Whitmore – Silent, the Mind Breaks

Albums released on January 26th:

— Alkaline Trio – Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs

— Angry Blackmen – The Legend of ABM

— Anna Calvi – Peaky Blinders: Season 5 & 6 (Original Score)

— Benny the Butcher – Everybody Can’t Go

— Black Polish – Forest (Monsters Live in the Trees)

— Brad stank – In the Midst of You

— Caligula’s Horse – Charcoal Grace

— Chatham County Line – Hiyo

— Che Noir – The Color Chocolate Volume 1 EP

— Colin Newman (of Wire) – Bastard

— Courting – New Last Name

— Craig Warden – The Dream Dreaming

— Das Body – True Vulture

— Dead Poet Society – Fission

— Dylan John Thomas – Dylan John Thomas

— Elena Setién – Moonlit Reveries

— Eye Flys – Eye Flys

— Fabiano do Nascimento and Sam Gendel – The Room

— Finnoguns Wake – Stay Young EP

— Future Islands – People Who Aren’t There Anymore

— Goth Babe – Lola

— Gruff Rhys (of Super Furry Animals) – Sadness Sets Me Free

— James Arthur – Sweet Love

— John Leventhal – Rumble Strip

— Katy Kirby – Blue Raspberry

— Lapalux – Nostalchic (Vinyl Reissue)

— Large Brush Collection – Off Center

— Longwave – The Strangest Things (Reissue)

— Lucifer – Lucifer V

— Lyrical Lemonade – All Is Yellow

— M. Ward – Duet for Guitars #2 (Vinyl Reissue)

— M. Ward – Transfiguration of Vincent (Vinyl Reissue)

— Mall Girl – Pure Love

— Maserati – Pyramid of the Sun – Anniversary Edition

— Matt Pond PA x Alexa Rose – Call and Response EP

— Microstoria (feat. members of Oval & Mouse on Mars) – init ding + _snd (Reissue)

— Militarie Gun – Life Under the Sun EP

— Mol Sullivan – GOOSE

— Myaap – Big Myaap Not the Lil One

— nehan – an evening with nehan

— New Model Army – Unbroken

— NewDad – Madra

— No-Man – Housekeeping: The OLI Years, 1990-1994

— Office Dog – Spiel

— Or Better Offer – Center

— Papooz – Resonate

— Philip Glass – Philip Glass Solo

— Office Dog – Spiel

— Quarters of Change – Portraits

— Raffaella – Live, Raff, Love (Act II) EP

— Sarah Jarosz – Polaroid Lovers

— SLOWER (feat. members of Fu Manchu, Kyuss, Monolord, Lowrider, and Kylesa) – SLOWER

— The Smile – Wall of Eyes

— Static-X – Project Regeneration: Vol 2

— Terra Twin – Head Leaking EP

— Terry Adams (of NRBQ) – Terrible (Reissue)

— They Hate Change – Wish You Were Here… EP

— Tom Odell – Black Friday

— Torres – What an enormous room

— Ty Segall – Three Bells

— The Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend

— William Elliott Whitmore – Silent, the Mind Breaks