Album of the Week – 24/04/25

We’re almost at the end of April, and the tunes keep coming! This week, we’ve a new album from Jeff Goldblum (Still Blooming)! Yes, you read that right. The album also features “Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Scarlett Johansson and Maiya Sykes”.

On the more conventional end of things, we’ve new albums from Deerhoof (Noble and Godlike in Ruin), Gigi Perez (At the Beach, In Every Life) and Màiri Morrison and Alasdair Roberts (Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia). Maria Somerville has just released a gem of an album in Luster. Why does that word remind me of grapefruit segments?

This week, we’ve gone for an artist we first featured on the site all the way back in 2013! Rebekka is back with her 11th album? As always, it depends on whether you include her soundtrack work or not. It’s another good one, so go explore some haunting Norwegian sounds below…

Albums of the Week – Rebekka Karijord – The Bell Tower

“From early on in her artistic journey, acclaimed composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Rebekka Karijord has been fascinated by the human voice. Known for her sweeping film scores (like for the Hulu Greta Thunberg documentary I Am Greta) as well as her work with artist Jessica Dessner and The National’s Bryce and Aaron Dessner in the group Complete Mountain Almanac, she brings a unique musical perspective and skillset to every one of her projects. The Bell Tower, her seventh solo album and one of her most ambitious records to date, is many things at once: it’s an ode to our planet in peril; it’s a missive from a mother to her children; it’s a meditation on humanity and our place within the natural world. On top of that, it’s also an experiment, something that evolved from an idea into an innovative and all-encompassing work that touches upon 19th-century poetry, environmental activism, and the cross-section of digital and organic instrumentation.”

Albums of Note: 

— Deerhoof –  Noble and Godlike in Ruin

— Jeff Goldblum – Still Blooming

— Billy Idol – Dream Into It

— Gigi Perez – At the Beach, In Every Life

— Màiri Morrison and Alasdair Roberts – Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia

— Maria Somerville – Luster

April 25th:

— Art Brut – Sorry, That It Doesn’t Sound Like It’s Planned! Battling Satan, 2009 – 2020

— Beach Bunny – Tunnel Vision

— Bells Larsen – Blurring Time

— BIG|BRAVE – OST

— BIG WETT – RISK IT EP

— Billy Idol – Dream Into It

— Bitchin Bajas and Natural Information Society – Automaginary

— Broncho – Natural Pleasure

— BRUIT ≤ – The Age Of Ephemerality

— Changeling (Tom “Fountainhead” Geldschläger) – Changeling

— Cloth – Pink Silence

— Coco Jones – Why Not More?

— Conan – Violence Dimension

— Cosmic Cathedral – Deep Water

— d4vd – WITHERED

— David Longstreth – The Legend of Ochi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

— DeathbyRomy– Hollywood Forever

— Deerhoof –  Noble and Godlike in Ruin

— Eliana Glass – E

— Elita – HELL HILL

— Emma-Jean Thackray – Weirdo

— Femi Kuti – Journey Through Life

— Fib – Heavy Lifting

— Fly Anakin – (The) Forever Dream

— Ghost – SKELETÁ

— Gigi Perez – At the Beach, In Every Life

— The Golden Dregs – Godspeed

— Hannah Rose Platt – Fragile Creatures

— H.E.A.T – Welcome to the Future

— Heart Attack Man – Joyride The Pale Horse

— Herb Alpert – Whipped Cream & Other Delights (60th Anniversary Edition)

— Holy Wave – Studio 22 Singles and B-Sides EP

— Ida – Will You Find Me (25th Anniversary Edition)

— JakoJako – Tết 41

— Jawdropped – Just Fantasy EP

— Jeff Goldblum – Still Blooming

— Jensen McRae – I Don’t Know How But They Found Me!

— Joan Osborne – Dylanology Live

— Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen – The Bywater Sessions

— KARDASHEV – Alunea

— Karneef – It’s How You Say It

— Kice – Something Real

— LANDMVRKS – The Darkest Place I’ve Ever Been

— Ledisi – The Crown

— Luke Titus – From What Was Will Grow A Flower

— Lyn Lapid – Buzzkill

— Luke Spiller (of The Struts) – Love Will Probably Kill Me Before Cigarettes and Wine

— Machine Head – UNATØNED

— Màiri Morrison and Alasdair Roberts – Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia

— Maria Somerville – Luster

— Matt Anderson – The Hammer & The Rose

— Monk – Dark Side of the Mind EP

— The Moonlandingz – No Rocket Required

— Nafeesisboujee – truly, nafees EP

— Niontay – Fada<3of$

— The Opheilas – Spring Grove

— Peter Wolf – Crying the Neck

— Prima Queen – The Prize

— Rilo Kiley – The Execution of All Things (Frozen Lake Edition)

— Rodeo Boys – Junior

— Roi Turbo – Bazooka EP

— Sacred Steel – Ritual Supremacy

— Salami Rose Joe Louis – Lorings

— Samantha Fish – Paper Doll

— Samia – Bloodless

— Self Esteem – A Complicated Woman

— Shaboozey – Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going: The Complete Edition

— Simple Minds –  Live in the City of Diamonds

— Slow Leaves – In Solitude, For Company

— Society of Villains – Good & Evil EP

—Soft Loft – Modern Roses EP

— Smokey Robinson – What The World Needs Now

— Stereophonics –  ‘Make ‘em Laugh, Make ‘em Cry, Make ‘em Wait’

— Sting – Sting 3.0 Live

— SUMAC and Moor Mother – The Film

— Sunflower Bean – Mortal Primetime

— Tennis – Face Down in the Garden

— Tucker Wetmore – What Not To

— Um, Jennifer? – Um Comma Jennifer Question Mark

— Uwade – Florilegium

— Various Artists – Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young

— Vendredi sur Mer – Malabar Princess

— Viagra Boys – viagr aboys

— Vitamin String Quartet – VSQ Performs Frank Ocean

— Wednesday 13 – Mid Death Crisis

— William Tyler – Time Indefinite

— Willie Nelson – Oh What A Beautiful World

— Wishy – Planet Popstar EP

— The Yagas – Midnight Minuet