Album of the Week – 04/09/26

This week sees new albums from the likes of Amyl and the Sniffers (Truth or Consequence – (Live from El Coyote)), along with Angus & Julia Stone (Karaoke Bar). There’s another release from Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo (Psychedelia in White).

For our album of the week, it’s the return of Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton. It’s the 3rd album since they came back to life, and it’s another gem for their collection!

Album of the Week – Arab Strap – Half-Told Tales

From our review, which you can read in full here. 

“Although many of the tracks are some of the most immediate the band have recorded, there are just so many tracks with so much going on that the album can be almost exhausting to digest, though it’s the most in-your-face Arab Strap album in a few years… which is saying something. It’s probably not going to attract many new fans, but it will keep the loyal fans satisfied.”

Albums of Note: 

— Amyl and the Sniffers – Truth or Consequence

— Angelo Badalamenti – Blue Velvet Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Reissue)

— Angus & Julia Stone – Karaoke Bar

— Hannah Cole – Switchbacks

— Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo – Psychedelia in White

— Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs – case/lang/veirs (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

— The Thermals – Under Crushing Rain

— The Go – Free Electricity

September 4th:

— 414JungleBaby – Everybody Watching

— Accept – Teutonic Titans 1976-2026

— ADÉLA – PRIMA

— Amelie Lens – AURA

— Amyl and the Sniffers – Truth or Consequence

— Angelo Badalamenti – Blue Velvet Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Reissue)

— Angus & Julia Stone – Karaoke Bar

— Arab Strap – Half-Told Tales

— Bayonne – Filters

— Behemoth – I, Scvlptor

— Ben Folds Five – Ben Folds Five (30th Anniversary)

— Benjamin Tod – Country Is Dead

— Black Bananas – Bad Bunch

— Carmen Villain – Memoria

— Celine Dion – Live à Paris (Vinyl Reissue)

— Chat Pile – Who Loves the Sun

— corto.alto – SOME SMALL FORTUNE

— Cyst (Iglooghost & daisy*) – ᲘᲘ

— Devil Master – Bloody Dreams

— Dexys Midnight Runners – LOVE

— Diary – Spiral Bound

— Ellie Goulding – I Know Too Much

— Faux Real – Poison Time

— Futurebirds – Far Out Country (Digital Release)

— The Go – Free Electricity

— Green Carnation – A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex

— Hannah Cole – Switchbacks

— Hollow Hand – Wish Road South

— Immersion – What Is Lost Will Return

— Judiciary – Stalagmite Angels EP

— Keath Ósk – Forward

— Laura Misch – Lithic (Live at the Barbican)

— Leon Majcen – The Leaving Kind

— Lily Seabird – Lightspheres on Their Way (Physical Release)

— Lisa Bouchelle – Vandals, Thieves & Lovers

— Madi Diaz – Fatal Optimist (UN-unplugged)

— MARIPOSA & FFlean – MARILEAN

— The Mars Volta – Lucro Sucio; Unfinished Business (Digital Release)

— Medium Build – King of Having Fun

— Melissa Auf der Maur – BASS WOMB ROOM: My ’90s 4-Track Demos x Field Recordings

— Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo – Psychedelia in White

— Mind Bath – Aqueous

— Mort Garson – Mother Earth’s Plantasia (Reissue)

— Movements – Happier Now

— Mykki Blanco – CAFE PARADISO

— Natalie Imbruglia – Algorithm

— Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs – case/lang/veirs (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

— Nelly Furtado – Loose (20th Anniversary Edition)

— Noah Hill (of Parcels) – Ok ok now

— Paris Paloma – The Fatal Flaw

— Personal Trainer – Human Assholes

— Phillip Phillips – Let’s Go Far: Vol. 1 EP

— PRESIDENT – BLOOD OF YOUR EMPIRE

— PUREST FORM – RESISTANCE EP

— Rebecca Black – Age of the Exhibitionist

— Sam Tompkins – Are We Gonna Sing?

— Sibille Attar – Amor Fati

— Sigh – Goh-ka

— Soft Loft – Throw the Dice

— South – South 1998 (Reissue)

— Stick Men (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, and Markus Reuter) – Let’s THRAK Again

—  Theory Of A Deadman – Part 1: Funeral Songs EP

— The Thermals – Under Crushing Rain

— Todd Slant – What’s Up

— Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Buddha and the Chocolate Box (Reissue)