Album of the Week – 28/11/25

And just like that… it’s silly season!

We do have some interesting releases for Black Friday, which is turning into a second Record Store Day. There are new releases from Sugar  (Copper Blue – The Singles Collection) and Wilco/Jeff Tweedy/Daniel Johnston (dBpm 15).

Our album of the week comes from Jerkcurb (or Jacob Read) with his “difficult second album”, which he made look all too easy…

Album of the Week – Jerkcurb – Night Fishing On A Calm Lake

“South London’s Jerkcurb – aka Jacob Read – is back with news that his sophomore album Night Fishing On A Calm Lake following 2019’s Air Con Eden.

After that album’s successful release Read had planned to expand Jerkcurb into a full band setup when his father, a painter like himself and a creative inspiration, passed away. Instead of the envisioned plan of taking his project bigger Read returned to the family home and re-examined the material for the new album and instead the album became one of reflection, grief and redemption. It’s not much of a stretch to see clear musical inspirations for the record too – Prefab Sprout, Talk Talk and The Blue Nile, records where the moments of silence are stretched out. “

Albums of Note: 

— Sugar – Copper Blue – The Singles Collection

— Wilco/Jeff Tweedy/Daniel Johnston – dBpm 15

— Karly Hartzman and MJ Lenderman – Karly Hartzman and MJ Lenderman – Live at Third Man Records

— Paul Kelly – Seventy

November 28th:

— B.B. King – Broadcasting the Blues: Live from Germany & Sweden

— Bad Brains – Live at the Bayou

— Benson Boone – PULSE EP (Vinyl Release)

— Big Head Todd and The Monsters – Sister Sweetly (Vinyl Reissue)

— Billy Joel – Live From Long Island (Vinyl Reissue)

— Bob Dylan – The Original Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

— Bratmobile – The Real Janelle b/w The Peel Session (Reissue)

— Cage The Elephant – Live From The Vic In Chicago (Vinyl Release)

— CHAMP – Born In the Wild EP

— Daft Punk – Human After All Remixes (Vinyl Release)

— Danny Elfman – Big Top Pee-Wee (The Original Soundtrack Album)

— Dream Theater – Quarantième: Live à Paris

— Elton John and Brandi Carlile – Who Believes In Angels? Live At The London Palladium (Vinyl Release)

— Eric Burdon and WAR – The Very Best of Eric Burdon and WAR

— Excide – Bastard Hymns

— Felix Raphael – DO YOU

— Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac Live 1975 (Vinyl Release)

— Jerkcurb – Night Fishing On A Calm Lake

— John Coltrane – 1960-1964 Mono (Rhino High Fidelity)

— Josh Freese – Just A Minute, Vol. 2

— Julie’s Haircut – Radiance Opposition

— Karly Hartzman and MJ Lenderman – Karly Hartzman and MJ Lenderman – Live at Third Man Records

— La Luz – Extra! Extra! EP

— Lou Reed/Various Artists – Metal Machine Music: Power to Consume, Vol. 1

— Madonna – Bedtime Stories – The Untold Chapter

— Miles Davis – Live At The Plugged Nickel: December 23, 1965 – Set Two

— Neil Young – Tonight’s the Night: 50th Anniversary Edition

— Nick D’Virgilio – Rewiring Genesis – A Tribute To The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

— Pink Siifu – BLACK’!ANTIQUE; ONYX’!

— Pogues – Rum Sodomy & The Lash (Deluxe Edition)

— Prince and the Revolution – Around The World In A Day: The Singles

— Romeo Santos – Better Late Than Never

— The Saints – Long March Through The Jazz Age

— Sugar – Copper Blue – The Singles Collection

— Tom Petty – The Live Anthology – From The Vaults Vol. 1

— Wilco/Jeff Tweedy/Daniel Johnston – dBpm 15