Today is packed with fine new album releases and Getintothis’ Simon Kirk does his best whittle it down to just seven.
While things in the U.K. have been returning to some sense of normality, suffice to say, the weather has too over the last couple of days.
We hope you enjoyed the sunnier climes of last week and the first part of this one, too. With several of today’s releases, we’re sure their sounds will coerce the sun to emerge from the current clouds.
Yes, the sound of summer has arrived.
Given the events of the past two weeks in the United States, it’s fair to say that there isn’t a better week for a Run The Jewels record and no doubt it will continue the trend of their last three albums.
El-P and Killer Mike don’t trade in dross and given the current state of affairs in their homeland, it almost feels like it has to be their their most important statement yet.
On that note, enjoy the album and the other great releases which find their way into the world today.
This week’s top picks.
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Run The Jewels
1. Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 4
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Run The Jewels, the dynamic hip-hop duo of El-P and Killer Mike return with their much-anticipated fourth album, Run The Jewels 4.
The album features guest appearances from Pharrell Williams, Mavis Staples, 2 Chainz, Zack de la Rocha, Josh Homme, DJ Premier and Greg Nice.
Amid all the chaos unfurling in their country, the world needs a Run The Jewels album more than ever.
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. Picture credit: Peter Ryle
2. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: Sideways to New Italy
Sub Pop
What a day for summer releases!
First we have a the second full-length from antipodean rockers, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, who return with Sideways to New Italy.
Not much needs to be said here. Enjoy the sun, enjoy your drink and enjoy this because the Rolling Blackouts don’t deal in disappointment.
Muzz
3. Muzz: Muzz
Matador Records
Muzz, the new project consisting of Paul Banks (Interpol), Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman), and Matt Barrick (Jonathan Fire*Eater and The Walkmen) release their self-titled debut album album.
Based on the strength of the first two singles, there’s a lot of excitment surrounding this one. You can include us in the fanfare.
Modern Nature – Photo by John Middleton
4. Modern Nature: Annual
Bella Union
Not messing around, Modern Nature follow-up their brilliant 2019 album, How to Live, with the equally fantastic Annual.
Although more stripped back, Jack Cooper and Co. carve out yet more beautiful songs right here. This is an end of year list contender without a doubt. And with that, we say enjoy.
Bo Ningen team up with Bobby Gillespie for new single Minimal
Hinds – credit Andrea Savall
5. Hinds: The Prettiest Curse
Lucky Number
Yup, the sun is shining bright and so are Hinds, who release their latest bunch of lo-fi pop-rockers with With The Prettiest Curse.
You don’t need to hear us rabbit on about this. The sun is calling you and take this record outside with you. Happy Hinds day.
No Age
6. No Age: Goons Be Gone
Drag City
Duo Randy Randall and Dean Spunt return as No Age for yet another set of high-octane shredders with Goons Be Gone – their second outing with Drag City and the band’s fifth record.
Expect more fuzz. More melody. And, what No Age do best, more goodness. Strap yourselves in for this one, folks.
Jennifer Touch (photo credit: via artist’s Facebook page)
7. Jennifer Touch: Behind the Wall
FatCat Records
Berlin via-Cologne electro-pop songstress, Jennifer Touch, makes her FatCat Records debut with Behind the Wall.
The perfect marriage between punk and the dancefloor, we think this may be the find of the week for many of our readers. Do hold an ear to this.
Other notable releases this week:
- Ohmme: Fantasize Your Ghost (Joyful Noise Recordings)
- Roly Porter: Kistvaen (Subtext Recordings)
- Westerman: Your Hero Is Not Dead (PIAS Recordings)
- Jennifer Touch: Behind the Wall (Fat Cat Records)
- LA Priest: GENE (Domino Recording Co.)
- Lithics: Tower of Age (Trouble In Mind)
- Grape Dope (John Herndon of Tortoise): Arthur King Presents A Grape Dope: Backyard Bangers (Dangerbird Records)
- (16): Dream Squasher (Relapse Records)
- Alluvial Fans: Earth to Astronaut (639120 Records DK2)
- Ambrose Akinmusire: on the tender spot of every calloused moment (Blue Note Records)
- Amnesia Scanner: Tearless (PAN)
- Bruce Brubaker and Max Cooper: Glassforms (Infine Music)
- Covet: Technicolor (Triple Crown Records)
- The Devonns: The Devonns (Record Kicks)
- Discovery Zone: Remote Control (Mansions and Millions)
- The Ghost Inside: The Ghost Inside (Epitaph Records)
- GoGo Penguin: GoGo Penguin (Gondwana Records/Blue Note Records)
- Gordon Koang: Unity (Bedroom Suck Records)
- The Harmed Brothers: Across the Waves (Fluff and Gravy)
- Hellbound Glory: Pure Scum (Black Country Rock)
- Katie Malco: Failures (6131 Records)
- Kyle Avallone: Last Minute Man (Taxi Gauche)
- Mark Olson & Ingunn Ringvold: Magdalen Accepts the Invitation (Fiesta Red Records)
- Momma: Two of Me (Danger Collective Records)
- Mt. Joy: Rearrange Us (Dualtone Records)
- Sonic Boom: All Things Being Equal (Carpark Records)
- Natalie Slade: Control (Eglo)
- Paisley Fields: Electric Park Ballroom (Don Giovanni Records)
- Sarah Jarosz: World on the Ground (Rounder Records)
- Shaw & Grossfeldt (Simian Mobile Disco’s Jas Shaw and Bas Grossfeldt): Klavier (Drone)
- Soft Plastics: 5 Dreams (Paper Bag Records)
- Under the Reefs Orchestra: Under the Reefs Orchestra (Capitane Records)
- Vinyl Williams: Azure ( Requiem Pour Un Twister)
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