PRESS PLAY: New Albums out May 10th

This year’s NonCOMMvention has come and gone and we’re all very, very tired. Thankfully we can look to these newly released albums for a mid-spring pick-me-up. Chicago trio Dehd were one of the highlights of the NonCOMM showcases, and fifth album Poetry solidifies their minimalist anthemic sound. Kings of Leon unleash a rowdy set with help from producer Kid Harpoon (Harry Styles, Maggie Rogers) on their ninth full-length, Can We Please Have Fun. Written in the wake of an unimaginable personal tragedy, Oakland’s Shannon & the Clams weave sorrow with joy on the resilient The Moon is in the Wrong Place. Another NonCOMM standout, MRCY’s Volume 1 fuses Kojo Degraft-Johnson’s soulful vocals with Barney Lister imaginitive production for a forward thinking yet timeless debut.

Rainbow Kitten Surprise remains urgent and eclectic on Love Hate Music Box; the North Carolina group’s first album in six years features a guest appearance from Kacey Musgraves. Inspired by mambo and tropicália, Pokey LaFarge wrote the songs for Rhumba Country while working on a farm in rural Maine. Damon McMahon’s bold sixth album as Amen Dunes, Death Jokes, offers a challenging noise- and sound collage-based structure that took more than two years to realize. Canadian country mysterio Orville Peck duets with Willie Nelson, Elton John, Allison Russell, and Nathaniel Rateliff on Stampede: Vol. 1; he’s simultaneously debuting a new, more streamlined look to his trademark mask.

Listen for spotlights on new records like these (and more) every week on the XPN Morning Show and Indie Rock Hit Parade.

PRESS PLAY on these new releases

Dehd – Poetry
CHECK OUT: “Mood Ring” “Alien”

Kings of Leon – Can We Please Have Fun
CHECK OUT: “Mustang” “Nothing to Do”

Shannon & the Clams – The Moon is in the Wrong Place
CHECK OUT: “The Moon is in the Wrong Place” “Bean Fields”

MRCY – Volume 1
CHECK OUT: “Lorelei” “Flowers in Mourning”

Rainbow Kitten Surprise – Love Hate Music Box
CHECK OUT: “Superstar” “Overtime (feat. Kacey Musgraves)”

Pokey LaFarge – Rhumba Country
CHECK OUT: “Sister Andre” “One You, One Me”

Amen Dunes – Death Jokes
CHECK OUT: “Purple Land” “Boys”

Orville Peck – Stampede: Vol. 1
CHECK OUT: “Cowboys are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other (feat. Willie Nelson)” “Saturday Night’s Alright (for Fighting) (feat. Elton John)”

The PRESS PLAY-list

FURTHER LISTENING

A.G. Cook – Britpop, Amy O – Mirror, Reflect, Angus & Julia Stone – Cape Forestier, Arab Strap – I’m Totally Fine with It ? Don’t Give a Fuck Anymore ?, BIG SPECIAL – POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES, Blancmange – Everything is Connected: The Best of Blancmange 1979–2024, Brutus VIII – Pure Gluttony, FARR – Blink Twice if You’re Okay EP, Fair Visions – Quite an End, Flamingosis – Better Will Come, Gabrielle – A Place in Your Heart, Greensky Bluegrass – The Iceland Sessions EP, Grouplove – I Want it All Right Now (Deluxe Edition), Hot Water Music – Vows, How to Dress Well – I am Toward You, I. JORDAN – I AM JORDAN, Incubus – Morning View XXIII, Jim White and Marisa Anderson – Swallowtail, Jordan Rakei – The Loop, Judah & the Lion – The Process of Grief, Julia Pratt – Family Feud EP, Keane – Hopes and Fears (20^th Anniversary Edition), Kelsey Waldon – There’s Always a Song, Laibach – Opus Dei (Deluxe Edition), Les Savy Fav – OUI, LSF, Lily Rose – Runnin’ Outta Time EP, Lunchbox – Pop and Circumstance, Milan McAlevey – Bucksport Motel, Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements – Rain on the Road, Mick Harvey – Five Ways to Say Goodbye, Rate Eye – Rated Eye, Sonic Universe – It Is What It Is, Speed Dealer Moms – Birth Control Pill EP, Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (Reissue), Sublime with Rome – Sublime with Rome, Tom Skinner – Voices of Bishara Live at “mu”, Victoria Bigelow – Songs for No One Vol. 2 EP, Villagers – That Golden Time, Xana – The Sex Was Good Unti it Wasn’t, Yaya Bey – Ten Fold, youbet – Way to Be, Various Artists – I Saw the TV Glow (Original Soundtrack), Various Artists – Stereophonic (Original Broadway Cast Recording)