Album of the Week – 21/02/25

If you’re looking for new sounds, you’ve come to the right place! Some great new albums this week with the likes of Abdomen (Yes, I Don’t Know) and Califone (The Villagers Companion) particularly catching the eye (or ear?) There’s also a gem from Tim Hecker with his new album Shards which we reviewed here.

Our album of the week comes from The Murder Capital and their new album Blindness. Will this be the album that launches them into the stratosphere? Quite possibly. You can see them live in the Iveagh Gardens in July.

Album of the Week — The Murder Capital – Blindness

The Murder Capital /// LIVE ///  19 July – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin

“There’s what’s in front of us, in our immediate field of vision. There are the things we can touch, the love we can feel. Then there’s everything else. Blindness is the warped belief. The behind us. The secluded. Love at a distance. Faith in denial. Distorted patriotism. The fading face of moments in the rear view. Blindness brings it all into focus.” – James McGovern

Albums of Note:

— Abdomen – Yes, I Don’t Know

— Califone –  The Villagers Companion

— The Wombats – Oh! The Ocean

— Wrekmeister Harmonies – Flowers In The Spring

— The Young Mothers – Better If You Let It

— Tim Hecker – Shards

— Youth Lagoon – Rarely Do I Dream

February 21st:

— A Great Big World – then there were sparks EP

— Abdomen – Yes, I Don’t Know

— Anna Shoemaker – Someone Should Stop Her

— Anxious – Bambi

— Baths – Gut

— Basia Bulat – Basia’s Palace

— Bill Medley (of The Righteous Brothers) – Straight From the Heart

— Bren Joy – Sunset Black

— CAAMP – Somewhere EP

— Califone –  The Villagers Companion

— CHALK – Conditions III EP

— Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee (Physical Release)

— Colin Self – respite ∞ levity for the nameless ghost in crisis

— David Lee Roth – The Warner Recordings 1985-1994

— Dirty Honey – Mayhem and Revelry Live

— Elis Mano Band – MORPH

— Floodlights – Underneath

— Four Seconds Ago – 1000 Needles

— Gaytheist – The Mustache Stays

— Gene Clark and Carla Olson – So Rebellious a Lover (Reissue)

— Glixen – Quiet Pleasures EP

— God Complex – He Watches in Silence EP

— IDER – Late to the World

— Imagine Dragons – Reflections (from the Vault of Smoke + Mirrors)

— Kameron Marlowe – Sad Songs For The Soul

— Katy Pinke – Strange Behavior

— Kelora – Sleepers

— Killswitch Engage – This Consequence

— Les Rallizes Dénudés – YaneUra Sept. ‘80

— Luke Sital-Singh – Fool’s Spring

— Mandrake Handshake – Earth-Sized Worlds

— Masma Dream World – Please Come to Me

— Max Frost – Shelby Ave

— Mood Bored – Too Much? EP

— Morray – Long Story Short

— The Murder Capital – Blindness

— Nao – Jupiter

— Nina Nesbitt – Mountain Music (The Summit)

— ONE OK ROCK – DETOX

— Patterson Hood (of Drive-By Truckers) –  Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams

— Porridge Radio – The Machine Starts To Sing EP

— Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Honeysuckle

— Rum Jungle – Recency Bias

— SAINt JHN – Festival Season

— Sam Fender – People Watching

— Saya Gray – SAYA

— Scour – Gold

— The Sherlocks – It Must Make Sense!

— Silverstein – Antibloom / Pink Moon

— Sir Woman – If It All Works Out

— Souled American – Rise Above it: A Souled American Anthology

— SPY – Seen Enough EP

— The Stylistics – Falling in Love With My Girl

— Sunny War – Armageddon in a Summer Dress

— Tate McRae – So Close To What

— Tim Hecker – Shards

— Trupa Trupa – Mourners EP

— The Wombats – Oh! The Ocean

— Wrekmeister Harmonies – Flowers In The Spring

— Yawning Balch – Volume Three

— The Young Mothers – Better If You Let It

— Youth Lagoon – Rarely Do I Dream

— Ziggy Alberts – New Love