Album of the Week – 09/08/24

As the weeks drift past, and the summer slowly slips into autumn, it’s difficult not to wonder where the time goes. Despite this thoughtful and slightly sorrowful start, we can still provide some new sounds for you to dance through the weekend. In fact, if you can’t dance to this…

There are new albums from Amos Lee (Transmissions), Elles Bailey (Beneath The Neon Glow) and Fucked Up (Another Day). You can also hear the new album from Belong which we reviewed here.

For our album of the week, we’ve gone for a heavy wall of guitar fun with the return of And So I Watch You From Afar and their new album MEGAFAUNA.

Album of the Week –  And So I Watch You From Afar – MEGAFAUNA

“An all-encompassing aural assault, a force as unstoppable and fiercely alive as the tide. The post-rock powerhouse known as AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR have returned with their 7th studio album, ‘Megafauna’.

A tribute to the two places the collective call home, their beloved Portrush on the Irish North Coast and the beating heart that is Belfast; ‘ Megafauna’ is headstrong exploration and heartfelt appreciation with all the intuition, intimacy and humour of four firm friends approaching their 20th year as a band.”

Albums of Note:

— Amos Lee – Transmissions

— Belong – Realistic IX

—  Elles Bailey – Beneath The Neon Glow

— Fucked Up – Another Day

— tUnE-yArDs – Nikki Nack (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

August 9th:

— 16 Underground – Drifting Deeper EP

— Alex Lifeson (of RUSH) – Victor (Reissue)

— Amos Lee – Transmissions

— And So I Watch You From Afar – MEGAFAUNA

— Andy Wood – Charisma

— Asake – Lungu Boy

— Belong – Realistic IX

— Big Sean – Better Me Than You

— Bill Wyman (of The Rolling Stones) – Drive My Car

— D’Banj – Entertainer – The Sequel

— Dark Funeral – Dark Funeral (30th Anniversary Edition)

— Destroy Boys – Funeral Soundtrack #4

— Elvis Presley – MEMPHIS

— FireHouse – FireHouse (Vinyl Reissue)

— four year strong – analysis paralysis

— Fucked Up – Another Day

— Futurebirds – Easy Company

— Geddy Lee (of RUSH) – My Favourite Headache (Reissue)

— Godsmack – Faceless (Vinyl Reissue)

— Grace Bowers – Wine On Venus

— Grateful Dead – Dick’s Picks Vol. 12—Providence Civic Center 6/26/74 & Boston Garden 6/28/74

— Grinspoon – whatever, whenever

— Hammerfall – Avenge the Fallen

— Heilung – Lifa Iotungard

— J Balvin – Rayo

— Jefferson Airplane – Woodstock Sunday August 17. 1969 (Vinyl Box Set)

— Juliet Ivy – Tiny But Scary EP

— King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – FLIGHT b741

— KITE – VII

— La Lom – La Lom

— Larry June – Doing It For Me

— Little Big Town – Greatest Hits

— Logic – Ultra 85

— Louis Cole – nothing

— Mal Not Bad – This Is Your New Life

— Mamaleek – Vida Blue

— MAVI – Shadow Box

— Maxwell Stern – In the Good Light

— Milo Binder –  The Unspeakable Milo Binder

— Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding – Milton + esperanza

— Mushroomhead – Call the Devil

— Nelly Furtado – Whoa, Nelly! (Vinyl Reissue)

— Niki – Buzz

— Osees – SORCS 80

— oso oso – life till bones

— Peter Cat Recording Co. – BETA

— Polo G – H.O.O.D. P.O.E.T.

— Quivers – Oyster Cuts

— Rae Khalil – CRYBABY

— Ravyn Lenae – Bird’s Eye

— The Rosies – Vol. 3 EP

— Ryuichi Sakamoto – Opus

— Skylar Gudasz – COUNTRY

— The Smashing Pumpkins – (Rotten Apples) The Smashing Pumpkins Greatest Hits (Vinyl Release)

— Terry Riley – Descending Moonshine (Reissue)

— Tom Verlaine (of Television) – Songs and Other Things (Vinyl Reissue)

— Torres and Fruit Bats – A Decoration EP

— tUnE-yArDs – Nikki Nack (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

— Twin Atlantic – Meltdown

— Various Artists – Yo Gabba GabbaLand! Season 1 Soundtrack