Album of the Week – 2/10/26

It’s a bit of a slow week for new albums, but we still have the likes of Johnny Marr (The Age of Everything) and Swans (Newly Sentient Being).

Technically not new albums, but there’s the 35th Anniversary Edition of Swervedriver’s Raise along with a collection of sound by Steve Reich (Recordings on ECM).  There’s also the fifth and final studio album from Kodaline called We Were Only Young.

For our album of the week, we’ve gone for something in the DIY section, with The Sewing Club’s release SEW.

Album of the Week – The Sewing Club – SEW

“Formed in Nashville in 2022, The Sewing Club have quickly become one of the city’s most exciting young indie rock bands, blending blown-out guitars, infectious hooks, and a distinctly DIY spirit. Built around the songwriting of Hannah McElroy alongside Stephen Meaux, Justin McKinney, and Zach McCoy, the quartet has built momentum through nationwide tours with Chokecherry and Arlie, support dates with Protomartyr, Soccer Mommy, Horse Jumper of Love, Lowertown, and Fleece, and festival appearances at SXSW and Left of the Dial.

On October 2, the band will release their debut full-length, Sew, via Born Losers Records. Recorded with longtime collaborator Calvin Lauber (boygenius, julien baker, the ophelias), with additional help from mixed, Aron Kobayashi Ritch (mem of Momma and worked on Snail Mail, Been Stellar, Narrow Head, Smut), the album captures the uncertainty and quiet upheaval of your twenties, preserving the raw edges that give its songs their weight. Inspired by artists like Veruca Salt, The Breeders, Wishy, Punchlove, and Slow Pulp, Sew balances fuzzed-out guitars and soaring melodies with emotionally direct songwriting, sounding equally at home in a packed basement venue or blasting through blown speakers on a summer drive. More than a debut, Sew is a snapshot of a band finding its voice in real time—honest, immediate, and poised to reach far beyond the DIY scene.”

Albums of Note: 

— Kodaline – We Were Only Young

— Johnny Marr – The Age of Everything

— Swans – Newly Sentient Being

— Swervedriver – Raise (35th Anniversary Edition)

— Steve Reich – Steve Reich: Recordings on ECM

— Wynonna Judd – The Hard Truth

— Wishy – Nature’s Pill

October 2nd:

— Alien Chicks – Toys Taken At Birth EP

— Amon Amarth – The Allfather Awakens

— Asha Jefferies – Desire Is An Angel

— The Beatles – Rubber Soul (Special Edition)

— Blossoms – Songs From The Wedding Cake

— bodie – Sell Out

— Boney James – A Simple Man

— Butcher Babies – Nightbloom

— Charlotte Greve – WATERBODIES

— The Chicks – Taking the Long Way: 20th Anniversary Edition

— Clutter – Sugar Rush

— Contact Sports – Contact Sports

— Crimson99 – Daredevil EP

— Dexter and the Moonrocks – Friends That I Don’t Like

— DJ_Dave – Hardcore Software

— Dude Cervantes & The Panchos – Dude Cervantes & The Panchos

— Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True (49th Anniversary Edition)

— Emily A. Sprague – Cyano

— Eric Nam – Confessions of a Lonely Heart

— Escape the Fate – The Last Goodbye

— Fat Dog – Cancel Me (I’m Tired)

— Flatland Cavalry – Work of Heart – Heartstrings

— Frozen Crown – The Legend of the Six Kings

— Gavin Adcock – The Day I Hang It Up

— GHØSTKID – FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT

— Greg Freeman – All Set The Bone

— Harker – All That Remains

— Haywire – I Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye

— Imminence – Axis Mundi

— John Coltrane – Coltrane 100 – Highlights from 1957-1964

— John Coltrane – Coltrane 100 – Selections from 1951-1967

— Johnny Marr – The Age of Everything

— Jon Hassell – Music Is Invisible

— Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Ruin: It’s Not Just Music

— Kate Bollinger – Shop Girl EP

— Kodaline – We Were Only Young

— Kyle Gordon – Kyle Gordon Is Everywhere

— Leenalchi – Sugungga

— Lia Lia – Armor

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

— Logic1000 – Confirmation!

— Lustmord Lombardo (Dave Lombardo and Lustmord) – The Pulse of Atoms

— Mac Miller – The Divine Feminine (10th Anniversary)

— Meshell Ndegeocello – Synonym

— Miranda Lambert – Crisco

— Miss May I – No Place For Me

— MX Lonely – PERFECT HOUSE EP

— NoCap – Heaven On Mars

— Noonzy – Plan Is Bad

— OMNI – Deluxe (10 Year Anniversary Edition)

— The Paradox – Proceed with Caution EP

— Paul Weller – In The Shadow Of The Sun, Paul Weller & Band Live & Very Direct

— Phoebe Green – Premature Nostalgia

— Prodigal – The Floating World EP

— Quavo – QRÖMELIFE

— The Sewing Club – SEW

— Spike Fuck – evidence

— Sponge – Recuerda Tu Muerte

— Stanley Simmons – Dancing While the World Is Ending

— Stef Chura – Dancing Alone on the Concrete

— Stephen Day – Stephen Day

— Steve Reich – Steve Reich: Recordings on ECM

— Susanne Sundfør – Revelations Of Divine Love

— Swans – Newly Sentient Being

— Swervedriver – Raise (35th Anniversary Edition)

— TEMIC – Ceiba

— Trixie Mattel – Till Death Do Us Part

— Vacations – Pursuit of Anything

— Various Artists – Contra-ICE Vol. 1: ICE OUT

— Victoria Monét – Frequency of Love

— Wild Horses – The In Between

— Wishy – Nature’s Pill

— Wynonna Judd – The Hard Truth

— Yuma Koda – Amid Kinos

— Ziemba – The Braid