Album of the Week – 24/05/24

Lenny Kravitz has released a new album! I didn’t think he still did such things. He’s 59 years old now and this is his first album in 6 years. It’s called Blue Electric Light and you can sample it below! There are some touches of Prince from the title track at least. There is also an album from another Rock God in the form of Paul Weller (66), although Paul never really stopped releasing albums!

If you’re looking for mortals instead of Gods, we have an album from Andrew Bird Trio called ‘Sunday Morning Put-On’, along with some remixes from Róisín Murphy (Hit Parade Remixes). You should really give La Luz (News of the Universe) a listen as it’s quite sweet.

For our album of the week, we’ve gone for Gastr del Sol, which is a super group of sorts featuring Jim O’Rourke and David Grubbs. Their last release was not this century, so yeah, it’s their first in a while!

Album of the Week – Gastr del Sol (feat. Jim O’Rourke and David Grubbs) – We Have Dozens of Titles

Nearly twenty-five years after disbanding, Gastr del Sol have unpacked their archive, stringing together an alternative view to their genre-melting 1993-1998 run. This assembly of previously uncollected studio recordings and beautifully captured unreleased live performances forms a spacious ode to the flux that was their métier; a further set of reinventions that continue to alter the manner in which we hear music, and literally everything else!

Albums of Note:

— Andrew Bird Trio – Sunday Morning Put-On

— Brian Eno, Holger Czukay (of Can), and J. Peter Schwalm (of Slop Shop) – Sushi! Roti! Reibekuchen!

— Gastr del Sol (feat. Jim O’Rourke and David Grubbs) – We Have Dozens of Titles

— La Luz – News of the Universe

— Róisín Murphy – Hit Parade Remixes

— Lenny Kravitz – Blue Electric Light

Albums Released on May 24th:

— Aja – Ajasphère Vol. II

— Andrew Bird Trio – Sunday Morning Put-On

— Aquaserge – La fin de l’economie

— Astrid S – Joyride

— Bess Atwell – Light Sleeper

— Bill MacKay – Locust Land

— Brian Eno, Holger Czukay (of Can), and J. Peter Schwalm (of Slop Shop) – Sushi! Roti! Reibekuchen!

— Capstan – The Mosaic

— Carlos Niño & Friends – Placenta

— The Chameleons – Where Are You? EP

— Cosmo Midnight – Stop Thinking Start Feeling

— Creed – Greatest Hits (Vinyl Reissue)

— David Bowie – Diamond Dogs (Vinyl Reissue)

— Deap Vally – (ep)ilogue EP

— Dexys – The Feminine Divine + Dexys Classics: Live!

— DIIV – Frog in Boiling Water

— EvilDead – Toxic Grace

— Fania All Stars – Latin-Soul-Rock (Vinyl Reissue)

— Faux Real – Faux Ever

— Field Guide – Rootin’ For Ya

— Finom (fka Ohmme) – Not God

— Gastr del Sol (feat. Jim O’Rourke and David Grubbs) – We Have Dozens of Titles

— Girl and Girl – Call A Doctor

— Groovy –  Crying In The Club EP

— Halima – EXU EP

— Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch

— Jimmy Eat World – Clarity: Phoenix Sessions (Vinyl Release)

— Kiesza – Dancing and Crying: Vol 1

— Kim Richey – Every New Beginning

— Kyle Andrews – The Whims of a Manic Moon

— La Luz – News of the Universe

— Lenny Kravitz – Blue Electric Light

— Liar Thief Bandit – ICON

— Lip Filler – witchescrew EP

— Low Hum – Terra Incognita

— Machinedrum – 3FOR82

— MoonKill – MoonKill

— Motorists – Touched by the Stuff

— mui zyu – nothing or something to die for

— Nathaniel Russell – Songs Of

— Nathy Peluso – GRASA

— Pardoner – Paranoid in Hell EP

— Paul Weller – 66

— Rami Gabriel – That’s What I’ve Been Sayin’

— RM (of BTS) – Right Place, Wrong Person

— Róisín Murphy – Hit Parade Remixes

— Rotting Christ – ΠΡΟ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ (Pro Xristoy)

— Sango – North Vol. 2

— Sexyy Red – Sexyy We Trust EP

— Shenseea – Never Gets Late Here

— Slow Fiction – Crush EP

— Softcult – Heaven EP

— Tim Easton – Find Your Way

— Tiny Habits – All For Something

— Travis Denning – Roads That Go Nowhere

— Twenty One Pilots – Clancy

— Vince Staples – Dark Times

— Vintage Culture – Promised Land

— Wallows – Model

— Winter – …and she’s still listening EP

— YES – Talk (30th Anniversary Edition)

— Yola – My Way EP

— Young Jesus – The Fool