PRESS PLAY: New Albums out November 22nd
This week’s cornucopia of new releases is a feast for the ears…
Dig into these new albums, but be sure to leave room for seconds. For what might be his last under the Father John Misty name, Josh Tillman delivers a lyrically and rhythmically ambitious set on Mahashmashana. After notching countless classic performances on albums by Pixies, The Breeders, and The Amps, Kim Deal steps out with Nobody Loves You More, her dynamic solo debut. Michael Kiwanuka’s fourth LP, Small Changes, is a hushed and tender collection co-produced by Danger Mouse. Kendrick Lamar surprise-dropped a dozen new masterpieces in the form on GNX, the sixth album from the future Super Bowl halftime show headliner and Pulitzer prize winner.
Returning to their pseudonymous identities from the mid-‘80s King of America sessions, Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett present the (mostly) true story of The Coward Brothers in the form of a scripted dramatic podcast and companion album. Now more than 50 years into an acclaimed career, Joan Armatrading brings unbridled energy to her 21st studio album, How Did This Happen and What Does it Now Mean. The 29th release from the Red Hot Organization, Traиƨa celebrates the work of trans and gender-nonconforming artists from across generations across 46 songs and more than 100 contributors.
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
Father John Misty – Mahashmashana
CHECK OUT: “She Cleans Up” “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All”
Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
CHECK OUT: “Coast” “Crystal Breath”
Michael Kiwanuka – Small Changes
CHECK OUT: “Floating Parade” “Rebel Soul”
Kendrick Lamar – GNX
CHECK OUT: “squabble up” “luther”
Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett – The Coward Brothers
CHECK OUT: “Always” “The Devil’s Wife”
Joan Armatrading – How Did This Happen and What Does it Now Mean
CHECK OUT: “I’m Not Moving” “Someone Else”
Various Artists – Red Hot presents Traиƨa
CHECK OUT: Sade Adu – “Young Lion” Beverly Glenn-Copeland + Sam Smith – “Ever New”
The PRESS PLAY-list
FURTHER LISTENING
Ant – Collection of Sounds: Volume 2, Black Pumas – Live from Brooklyn Paramount, Black Star – No Fear of Time, Body Count – Merciless, CAN – Live in Keele 1977, Clay Aiken – Christmas Bells are Ringing, Daryl Johns – Daryl Johns, Dean & Britta and Sonic Boom – A Peace of Us, Flat Duo Jets – White Trees (Reissue), The Greyboy Allstars – Grab Bag: 2007-2023, Hovvdy – Live at Julie’s EP, Judas Priest – Rocka Rolla (50th Anniversary Remixed & Remastered), Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Joe Goddard – Neptunes EP, LEYA – I Forget Everything, Model Child – TiLT EP, Mötley Crüe – Dr. Feelgood (35th Anniversary Edition), New Order – Brotherhood (Definitive Edition), Nilüfer Yanya – My Method Actor Remix EP, Nothing More – Nothing More (10th Anniversary Edition), Pet Shop Boys – Nonetheless (Expanded Edition), The Philly Specials – A Philly Special Christmas Party, Squanderers – If a Body Meet a Body, U2 – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (20th Anniversary Edition), Various Artists – The Residents present BUY OR DIE! Ralph Records 1972-1982
