Album of the Week – 9/10/26

Andy Bell & Mascal (Common Primitives) is “a collaborative musical project between Ride guitarist and Oasis bassist Andy Bell and the Essex-based harp and synth duo Masal”. So, expect some harp, synth and Andy!

There are also new releases from Claire Rousay (on holding EP), Robert Plant and Saving Grace (All That Glitters… EP Digital Release). You can listen to a new album from the great Teenage Fanclub (Do Not Dare to Dream) below.

For our album of the week, we’ve gone for a new direction from Kristian Matsson.

Album of the Week — The Tallest Man on Earth – Just Beyond Endless Mountain

For nearly twenty years, Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson has played his way around the world as The Tallest Man on Earth, carving out a singular place in contemporary folk music. But his new album ‘Just Beyond Endless Mountain’ – out October 9th on Anti- Records with a stunning cover portrait by legendary photographer Anton Corbijn – quietly turns that perspective on its head. After returning to his native Dalarna in central Sweden a few years ago, Matsson found himself listening to the music he had spent years trying to leave behind: the polskas, the old field recordings and the sounds of the local traditions that had surrounded him since childhood. The result is not a return to the past, but a step into new musical territory. Swedish folk music has reshaped his melodies, his voice, and the way he writes songs.

Albums of Note:

— Andy Bell & Mascal – Common Primitives

— claire rousay – on holding EP

— John Prine – Found Dogs

— saoirse dream – grimdark

— Robert Plant and Saving Grace – All That Glitters… EP (Digital Release)

— The Tallest Man on Earth – Just Beyond Endless Mountain

— Teenage Fanclub – Do Not Dare to Dream

October 9th:

— Ammi Boyz – It Dies Here

— Andy Bell & Mascal – Common Primitives

— Arlo Parks – Ambiguous Desire (Digital Deluxe Edition)

— BODEGA – All Inside Aquarium

— Cabaret Voltaire – CODE (Reissue)

— Cameron Winter – Live at Carnegie Hall

— claire rousay – on holding EP

— Classic Traffic – Real Music

— Dan Croll – Winning Streak

— Danielle Luppi – Wilma

— Dawn Richard – Creole Culture

— Death Valley Girls – Welcome to Earth

— Dominic Fike – How To Quit Smoking

— Gabriella Cilmi – Pure Love

— Girl Ultra – RRRomeo

— Goblin Cock – Traumanaut

— Graveyard – Fever

— green star – silver + dust EP

— Gore. – …Then You Cannot Love Me EP

— Greta Van Fleet – Palace for the People

— Growing Pains – Daniel Loves Mandy Forever

— HAAi – DIGITiSE

— Hour – Ghost Bridge

— Imperial Teen – All Over You

— Jeremiah Chiu (of SML) – Edge Conditions

— Jespfur – Iftangible

— Jess Williamson – A Mile South of Heaven

— Jessie Mazin – let the feeling die EP

— John Prine – Found Dogs

— Johnny Venus (of EARTHGANG) – The 11th Hour

— Joyce Wrice – MACHIKO

— Koen Holtkamp (of Mountains) – Nightlife

— Matt Pond PA – Permanent Change Part 1

— more eaze – valley and structure

— Ovrkast. – STRIKING

— Paul Simon – Paul Simon: The Quiet Celebration Concert

— Pitbull – Pitcoin

— Remi Wolf – Mud

— Reuben and the Dark – If You Know Me You Know My Brother

— Robert Plant and Saving Grace – All That Glitters… EP (Digital Release)

— saoirse dream – grimdark

— Sheryl Crow – Pick You Up

— Skillet – After the Storm EP

— The Tallest Man on Earth – Just Beyond Endless Mountain

— Teenage Fanclub – Do Not Dare to Dream

— TEILZ – come to mommy

— Thelonious Monk – Monk Live In Paris, 1967. Volume Two

— Tigirlily Gold – Country & Midwestern

— Todd Snider – My Second Rodeo

— Total Wife – come.back.down.x.recovery EP

— Troye Sivan – She’s the Best

— Twin Temple – Doomed Lovers

— V.V. Lightbody – Period Piece

— Wage War – Landfall

— wakelee – under construction forever

— Wilby – Center of Affection (Deluxe Edition)