Album of the Week – 16/05/25

There are a few new releases this week worthy of your attention. We’d recommend you check out Ezra Furman (Goodbye Small Head) along with Ben Frost (Under Certain Light and Atmospheric Conditions). In terms of EPs, there are the Barenaked Ladies (In Flight – Carry On) and Homeboy Sandman (Manners).

For our album of the week, we’ve gone for the new creation from Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, in the form of Tune-Yards‘ Better Dreaming! You can check it out below.

Album of the Week — Tune-Yards – Better Dreaming

“The songs of Better Dreaming came to Garbus and Brenner with unusual ease. They asked themselves what would happen if they simply let the songs come out, following any trail they wished – first thought, best thought style. There was a strong desire to move, to make music that would enter the ear and immediately loosen up the joints, get the whole body wiggling. After covid-isolation, and time away from touring and live shows, the desire to be moved by music was undeniable. The insane experience of growing an actual human being influenced this as well. Garbus and Brenner’s 3-year-old can be heard singing on “Limelight”. The song was born from dancing together as a family to George Clinton. The kid liked the demo so much that whenever Garbus and Brenner tried to push the track forward with a new version or edit, he would demand the first version. Thus the infectious, effortless original groove stayed true”

Albums of Note:

— Barenaked Ladies – In Flight – Carry On EP

— Ben Frost – Under Certain Light and Atmospheric Conditions

— Ezra Furman – Goodbye Small Head

— Gruff Rhys – American Interior (2025 Remastered Bonus Edition)

— Homeboy Sandman – Manners EP

— M(H)AOL – Something Soft

— Slow Joy – A Joy So Slow At Times I Don’t Think It’s Coming

Albums released on May 16th:

— Alexandra Savior – Beneath The Lilypad

— Animé – 13 Months of Sunshine

— Arm’s Length – There’s a Whole World Out There

— Arrows in Action – I Think I’ve Been Here Before

— Avicii – Avicii Forever

— Barenaked Ladies – In Flight – Carry On EP

— Ben Frost – Under Certain Light and Atmospheric Conditions

— Billy Nomates – Metalhorse

— Britney Spears – Oops!… I Did It Again (25th Anniversary)

— Bryce Leatherwood – Bryce Leatherwood

— bug crush – Somehow I Go In Circles All The Time EP

— Bury Tomorrow – Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience

— The Callous Daoboys – I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven

— Cautious Clay – The Hours: Morning

— Charlie Musselwhite – Look Out Highway

— Damiano David – Funny Little Fears

— Dan Mangan – Natural Light

— The Dandy Warhols – Rock Remaker EP

— DRAM & Ellis Quinn – LEORPIO

— EKKSTACY – Forever

— Erick the Architect – ARCSTRUMENTALS 3 EP

— Erin Durant – Firetail

— Ezra Furman – Goodbye Small Head

— Friendship – Caveman Wakes Up

— Gold Dust – In the Shade of the Living Light

— Goldie – Rufige Kru – Alpha Omega

— Grails – Miracle Music

— Gruff Rhys – American Interior (2025 Remastered Bonus Edition)

— Homeboy Sandman – Manners EP

— Hozier – Hozier (Vinyl Reissue)

— JIN (of BTS) – Echo

— Jon Lindsay – Big Stage

— José James – 1978: Revenge of The Dragon

— Ken Pomeroy – Cruel Joke

— Kilo Kish – Negotiations EP

— Lido Pimienta – La Belleza

— Linkin Park – From Zero (Deluxe Edition)

— Matt Maltese – Hers

— M(h)aol – Something Soft

— Miso Extra – Earcandy

— MØ – Plæygirl

— MonoNeon – You Had Your Chance…Bad Attitude

— Morgan Wallen – I’m the Problem

— Mourning [A] BLKstar – Flowers for the Living

— Nadine Shah – Live In London

— NYTT LAND – Songs of the Shaman

— Paul Di’Anno – In Memory Of

— Pelican – Flickering Resonance

— Pretty Rude – Ripe

— Regina Spektor – Begin to Hope (Vinyl Reissue)

— Regina Spektor – Far (Vinyl Reissue)

— Regina Spektor – Live in London (Vinyl Reissue)

— Regina Spektor – Remember Us to Life (Vinyl Reissue)

— Regina Spektor – What We Saw From the Cheap Seats (Vinyl Reissue)

— Revival Season – Formless

— Rico Nasty – Lethal

— Shanti Celeste – Romance

— Sir Woman – If It Doesn’t

— Sleep Theory – Afterglow

— Slow Joy – A Joy So Slow At Times I Don’t Think It’s Coming

— SOFI TUKKER – butter

— Spill Tab – Angie

— Steve Von Till (of Neurosis) – Alone in a World of Wounds

— Swimming Bell – Somnia EP

— Tarja – Circus Life

— Thor & Friends – Heathen Spirituals

— Throbbing Gristle –  Live at the Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005

— TOKiMONSTA – Eternal Reverie with Eternal Reverie Remixes EP. 1

— Triathalon – RIP

— Tune-Yards – Better Dreaming

— Tyler Braden – devil and a prayer

— Vacation Manor – Back to Town EPE

— Various Artists – SMASH (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

— Windser – Windser

— Youth Code – Yours, With Malice EP

— Yuno – Blest