Album of the Week – 27/06/25

There are some interesting new sounds. Indie favourites such as Frankie Cosmos (Different Talking) and Blonde Redhead (The Shadow of the Guest) make a return. There are a couple of side project albums, with Jakko M. Jakszyk (of King Crimson – Son of Glen) and Adrian Quesada (of Black Pumas – Boleros Psicodélicos II). There is also a new release from Pan American & Kramer (Interior of an Edifice Under the Sea).

Some guy called Bruce Springsteen just released 7 albums? Yes, that’s Tracks II: The Lost Albums.

Our Album of the Week is from a legend in the making, with BC Camplight’s new album called A Sober Conversation.

BC Camplight – Tuesday 18 November 2025 – Button Factory, Dublin

Album of the Week – BC Camplight – A Sober Conversation

“Every BC Camplight album has a backstory every bit as compelling as its music. A Sober Conversation is no different, as virtuoso songwriter and pianist Brian Christinzio documents the last two years of his life, finally confronting a shocking childhood trauma while embracing sobriety, to create his bravest and most revealing record. It’s an enthralling, sometimes haunting quasi-concept record marked by ruthless tragic-comedic purging and sublime, intricate melody, knitting lyrical screenplays to dazzling arrangements. It is BC Camplight at the height of his remarkable powers.

A Sober Conversation follows Christinzio’s 2023 album, the critically celebrated The Last Rotation Of Earth (his first Top 40 album), a record centred around the agonising break-up of his long-term relationship. It received the most ecstatic reviews of his career – “A masterpiece” (Sunday Times), “Masterful” (Uncut), “An extraordinary record” (MOJO) – and his biggest headline shows up to that point at London Shepherd’s Bush Empire and Manchester’s Albert Hall. But even increased recognition for the man’s considerable talent cannot compensate for the man’s long history of depression, and Christinzio admits it’s been a hard-fought battle to reach this point in life.”

Albums of Note:

— Frankie Cosmos – Different Talking

— Blonde Redhead – The Shadow of the Guest

— Jakko M. Jakszyk (of King Crimson) – Son of Glen

— Adrian Quesada (of Black Pumas) – Boleros Psicodélicos II

— Pan American & Kramer – Interior of an Edifice Under the Sea

June 27th:

— 311 – EP: Vol 2 (Live From The Vault)

— Adrian Quesada (of Black Pumas) – Boleros Psicodélicos II

— AWOLNATION – Run (10th Anniversary Edition)

— Barbra Streisand – The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume Two

— BC Camplight – A Sober Conversation

— BKTHERULA – LUCY

— Blonde Redhead – The Shadow of the Guest

— Botsch – 061524

— Bruce Springsteen – Tracks II: The Lost Albums

— Cole Swindell – Spanish Moss

— Daisy the Great – The Rubber Teeth Talk

— Daisychain – All in a Name

— Dana and Alden – Speed

— Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes – HIGH(er) LIFE

— Deadguy – Near-Death Travel Services

— Domkraft – Domkraft

— Durand Jones & The Indications – Flowers

— Durry – This Movie Sucks

— Felly – Ambroxyde

— Fishbone –  Stockholm Syndrome

— Frankie Cosmos – Different Talking

— Frankie Grande – Hotel Rock Bottom

— Gashi – The Killah Whales of Gotham

— Gelli Haha – Switcheroo

— Gelo – League of My Own

— Glitterbeat – Carry Them With Us

— Great Death – Die In Love

— Heaven Shall Burn – Heimat

— HLLLYH – URUBURU

— Isabella Lovestory – Vanity

— The Jacquess – The Four Five Three

— Jakko M. Jakszyk (of King Crimson) – Son of Glen

— Juan Waters – MVD LUV

— KATSEYE – BEAUTIFUL CHAOS EP

— kerri – DON’T PANIC

— Kevin Abstract – BLUSH

— Landon Smith – Reckson So EP

— late night drive home – as I watch my life online

— Laura Stevenson – Late Great

— Lauren Spencer Smith – The Art of Being a Mess

— Mark Mallman – Magic Time

— Maoli – Last Sip of Summer

— Merzbow – Sedonis

— Motörhead – The Manticore Tapes

— Natanya – Feline’s Return  EP

— Pan American & Kramer – Interior of an Edifice Under the Sea

— Parker McCollum – Parker McCollum

— Pi’erre Bourne –Made in Paris

— Pig Pen (feat. Matty Matheson) – Mental Madness

— Pleasure Pill – Hang A Star

— Ringlets – The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)

— Robert Randolph – Preacher Kids

— Rod Stewart – Ultimate Hits

— Russ – W!LD

— Sharpie Smile – The Staircase

— Sister Sadie – All Will Be Will

— Skegss – State of Hawaii EP

— Smut – Tomorrow Comes Crashing

— SODOM – The Arsonist

— Starling – Forgive Me EP

— Susannah Joffe – Cult Leader EP

— TDJ – TDJ

— Various Artists – A Tribute to the King of Zydeco

— Various Artists – F1 THE ALBUM

— The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan (20th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue)

— WAVVES – SPUN

— Willi Carlisle – Winged Victory

— Zzz. – Close Your Eyes & Listen EP