PRESS PLAY: New Albums out May 17th
Unmistakable voices from across genres highlight this week’s batch of new releases…
Big returns and big collabs are the theme for this week’s new albums. Arriving more than 15 years after Portishead’s Third, vocalist Beth Gibbons delivers Lives Outgrown; her James Ford-produced solo debut has been in the works for at least a decade. Ooh La La is the wistful ninth album from Guster, who were just added to the lineup of this year’s XPoNential Festival. Following her second Oscars win, Billie Eilish reemerges with her bold third LP, Hit Me Hard and Soft. Cage the Elephant brings a futuristic gloss to their sturdy rock sound on Neon Pill.
With guest appearances by Taj Mahal, Allison Russell, and Aoife O’Donovan, Kaïa Kater’s Strange Medicine is a soulful twist on contemporary folk. The Avett Brothers’ self-titled 11th album marks 15 years of their fruitful partnership with producer Rick Rubin. The Road is the third solo album from China Forbes; the longtime Pink Martini singer self-produced the record which returns to her early singer-songwriter roots. Talking Heads acolytes Paramore, Lorde, Miley Cyrus, and more celebrate the group’s groundbreaking concert film with the song-for-song recreation Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense.
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
Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
CHECK OUT: “Floating on a Moment” “Reaching Out”
Guster – Ooh La La
CHECK OUT: “Keep Going” “All Day”
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
CHECK OUT: “Lunch” “Skinny”
Cage the Elephant – Neon Pill
CHECK OUT: “Neon Pill” “Good Time”
Kaïa Kater – Strange Medicine
CHECK OUT: “Fédon (feat. Taj Mahal)” “In Montreal (feat. Allison Russell)”
The Avett Brothers – The Avett Brothers
CHECK OUT: “Love of a Girl” “Country Kid”
China Forbes – The Road
CHECK OUT: “The Road” “Full Circle”
Various Artists – Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense
CHECK OUT: Paramore – “Burning Down the House” Lorde – “Take Me to the River”
The PRESS PLAY-list
FURTHER LISTENING
Ana Egge – Sharing in the Spirit, Ani DiFranco – Unprecedented Sh!t, BADBADNOTGOOD – Mid Spiral: Chaos EP, Beren Olivia – If We’re Being Honest EP, Blitzen Trapper – 100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billions, Bright Light Bright Light – Enjoy Youth, Candy Apples – Comatose, Childish Gambino – Atavista, Collective Soul – Here to Eternity, Crumb – AMAMA, Don McLean – American Boys, Gatecreeper – Dark Superstition, Draag – Actually, the quiet is nice EP, Ghostly Kisses – Darkroom, Have a Nice Life – Voids (Demo Compilation), Isobel Campbell – Bow to Love, John Oates – Reunion, Joywave – Permanent Pleasure, Kate Hudson – Glorious, Kerry King – From Hell I Rise, Lightheaded – Combustible Gems, Little Feat – Sam’s Place, M Wagner – We Could Stay, Malini Sridharan – Tombeaux, Mat Kearney – Mat Kearney, The Mavericks – Moon & Stars, Morgan Garrett – Purity, New Kids on the Block – Still Kids, Night Beds – Mountain Radio, Nöel – Is There More to Life Than Dancing (Reissue), of Montreal – Lady on the Cusp, Phoebe Go – Marmalade, Rachel Sage – Another Side, Ruth Moody – Wanderer, Shellac – To All Trains, Slash – Orgy of the Damned, So Totally – Double Your Relaxation, Sparks – No. 1 in Heaven (Reissue), SQÜRL – Music for Man Ray, Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), Terre Roche – Inner Adult, Thomas Powers – A Tyrant Crying in Private, Twenty One Pilots – Clancy, Various Artists – Long Distance Love: A Sweet Relief Tribute to Lowell George
