New Releases - 12/13/24

Hitting The Racks

Here's your weekly rundown of what's hitting the new release racks at Grimey's

New Releases

BoyWithUke – Burnout CD/LP (Boywithuke LLC)

Burnout is a product of roughly a year of the now 22-year-old BoyWithUke evolving his sound, his live show, and his own work-life balance. Charley Yang has been going through many changes in his life while being BoyWithUke, from getting out of his first long term relationship of 4 years, to getting out of a major label deal. “For the longest time I had made songs to impress this person I was in love with as well as music executives, and once that was gone things felt weird. I felt a little bit lost, but in a larger and more positive way, I felt free with freedom to make mistakes and basically whatever I wanted–I think that’s what Burnout is,” Yang explains. With this freedom now to lean into the music he wants to put out into the world comes with the pressure of the unknown which fed into his unhealthy strive for perfection. But the fact that he's actually trying is giving him a peace that he hasn't felt before—a peace he hopes for all of his fans. With that comes Burnout. 

Madison Cunningham & Andrew Bird – Cunningham Bird CD/LP (Loma Vista)

Cunningham Bird / Andrew Bird & Madison Cunningham's new album, Cunningham Bird, reinvents the classic '70s gem Buckingham Nicks. With a fresh, modern twist, they blend their distinct folk and indie sounds, creating a compelling homage to the original. Bird's intricate violin work and Cunningham's soulful vocals transform the timeless melodies, offering both a nod to the past and a vibrant, contemporary flair. Fans of both artists and the original album will find this collab a rewarding journey and ode to a classic [A transparent forest green color vinyl pressing is available.]

Salvator Dragatto – Thoughts Of You CD/LP (Colemine)

This record is an homage to the likes of André Kertész, Robert Frank, Jean-Luc Godard and René Groebli, whose works have impacted Dragatto's world so greatly both visually and sonically. Thoughts of You is an unabashed reflection of the noir. From the powerful thematic horn lines to the gentlest string passages, this record is a collection of themes and vignettes that explore the emotions set upon by black and white imagery. [A beige color vinyl pressing is available.]

The Innocence Mission – Midwinter Swimmers CD/LP (Therese)

The first album from The Innocence Mission in five years, Midwinter Swimmers sounds immediately like an old friend. At the same time, it feels like a new kind of adventure for the beloved Pennsylvania band of high school friends Karen Peris, Don Peris, and Mike Bitts, having both an expansive, cinematic quality and a lo fi, strange beauty of a newly discovered vintage folk pop album. Early reviews have called Midwinter Swimmers a truly special album, linking it especially with Befriended, the band's classic LP from 2003. Songwriter Karen Peris looks closely at everyday moments as miraculous worlds of their own, with a particular sense of place and detail, as a way of joining in a conversation with other people about universal experiences of change and loss, and of love, hope and gratitude.

Jamey Johnson – Midnight Gasoline LP (Warner Nashville)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Award-winning singer/songwriter Jamey Johnson has served as country music's north star for nearly two decades, inspiring a generation of artists with his unforgettable albums that have built a bridge connecting traditional country with the music of today. His new album, Midnight Gasoline, is his first new solo studio album in 14 years, making it among the most-anticipated releases of the last decade. 

Kelela – RAVE: N, The Remixes LP (Warp)

RAVE: N, The Remixes is a collection of re-worked and re-imagined songs from Kelela's critically acclaimed February 2023 album, Raven. As an artist spearheading the new age sound of today's generation, Kelela never fails to provide a refreshing and eclectic twist to every genre she approaches. Boasting a dynamic set of collaborators, including Shygirl, Yaeji, LIV.e, BbyMutha, LEECH, and more, RAVE: N, The Remixes is a testament to Kelela's artistry and an ode to the culture that birthed her. This album is a moshpit of imagination, immortalized for her fans to discover and rediscover as time goes by.

The National – Rome 2xCD/2xLP (4AD)

Rome is the definitive live document of The National. Recorded live (without overdubs) on June 3, 2024 at the architecturally stunning venue Parco Della Musica Ennio Morricone, named for the famed Italian film composer, the 21-track LP showcases scintillating versions of beloved songs like "Bloodbuzz Ohio," "Don't Swallow the Cap," "I Need My Girl," "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness," “England” and "Fake Empire"; plus sharpened readings of recent tracks "Eucalyptus," "New Order T-Shirt," "Tropic Morning News" and the boundary pushing "Smoke Detector." [A white color vinyl pressing is available.]

Emilia Sisco – Introducing Emilia Sisco CD/LP (Timmion)

Emilia Sisco's debut album on Timmion Records, Introducing Emilia Sisco, takes you on a smooth ride in the world of vintage soul, featuring 10 beautifully crafted original songs written by Sisco in collaboration with the renowned Cold Diamond & Mink band. The album showcases this young talent's unique ability to blend classic soul influences with contemporary flair, building mesmerizing harmonies by layering her voice, and through these channeling a sound that is both timeless and fresh. [A yellow color vinyl pressing is available.]

Snoop Dogg – Missionary CD/LP (Aftermath)

Snoop Dogg’s new album, Missionary, produced entirely by Dr. Dre, brings together a lineup of legendary collaborations. Featuring Eminem, Jelly Roll, 50 Cent, Sting, Jhene Aiko, and more, this project is packed with undeniable greatness. [A limited-edition picture disc vinyl pressing is available.]

To The Grave – Everyone’s A Murderer LP (Unique Leader)

Essential for fans of Chelsea Grin, Darko, Emmure, Thy Art Is Murder, Brand of Sacrifice. [Multiple color vinyl pressings are available.]

Reissues, Comps, Live Recordings, Vault Excavations...

Daft Punk – Discovery (Interstella 5555 Edition) [Reissue/2014] 2xLP (Daft Life)

Double vinyl LP pressing housed in gatefold jacket. Includes sticker sheet. For the first time rReissued In its original Japanese version. Cover art by Leiji Mastumoto (Interstella 5555). Includes the Daftcard to access the Daftclub.

Feeble Little Horse – Hayday [Reissue/2021] LP (Saddle Creek)

Limited black, blue, and green color vinyl LP pressing. Includes poster. Pittsburgh's Feeble Little Horse is a 4-piece band that writes intricately catchy, digitized noise pop songs.

Fleet Foxes – Live On Boston Harbor 3xLP (ANTI-)

Peach Vinyl. Fleet Foxes' Live On Boston Harbor serves as the live album companion to the band's concert broadcast in 2022, marking the autumnal equinox and coinciding with the second anniversary of the GRAMMY-nominated studio album Shore. Recorded at Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts, Live On Boston Harbor documents the Shore world tour with a two-hour career-spanning set across 3 LPs. 

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman – Bare Bones: Volume 1 – Master Takes 3xCD/2xLP (ATO)

The recordings of David Grisman & Jerry Garcia; a debut volume in a new series exploring the foundation of their beloved studio recordings. The collection assembles the master takes originally recorded as duos, which were later embellished with various instrumentation before released on Garcia/Grisman, Shady Grove, Been All Around This World, and Not for Kids Only. They are presented here for the first time in their original unadorned state. [A purple color vinyl pressing is available.]

Melody Gardot – The Essential 2xLP (Decca)

White vinyl. The Essential is a testament to Melody Gardot's enduring artistry. This collection spans 14 years of her career and includes 25 tracks that showcase the breadth of her musical abilities. Featuring selections from her six studio albums, remixes, live recordings and previously unreleased tracks, the album captures the essence of Gardot's talent. Highlights include her multilingual performances, emotive renditions of classics like Elton John's "Love Song," and live recordings that convey the raw honesty of her concerts. Each track offers a glimpse into the diverse emotional landscapes Gardot can traverse, making The Essential a rich and compelling portrait of an artist whose music speaks for itself.

Grant Green – Visions [Reissue/1971] LP (Blue Note)

Grant Green embraced R&B and jazz-funk on his 1971 album, Visions, featuring Billy Wooten, Emmanuel Riggins, Chuck Rainey, Idris Muhammad, Ray Armando and Harold Caldwell. The guitarist's distinctive tone and melodicism elevate songs by The Jackson 5, Chicago, The Carpenters, Mozart and Quincy Jones' "Maybe Tomorrow," which was later sampled by Kendrick Lamar.

George Harrison – Brainwashed [Reissue/2002] LP (Dark Horse)

Brainwashed is the twelfth and final studio album by George Harrison. It was released posthumously in November 2002, almost a year after his death at age 58. The album's overdubs were completed by his son Dhani, session drummer Jim Keltner, and longtime friend and collaborator Jeff Lynne. The album instrumental "Marwa Blues" went on to receive the 2004 Grammy award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, while "Any Road" was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. 180gm pressing.

The Hated – Flux LP (Numero)

The final recordings by Annapolis early emo pioneers The Hated, Flux compiles their 1989 acoustic and electric sessions, home demos, and live shards from their extensive archive. The accompanying 24-page book outlines the last year of the band with essays from founders Dan Littleton and Erik Fisher, a track-by-track oral history, photos, flyers, and lyrics from this vital post-hardcore unit. Hostile and magnetic-like perfume wafting through a barbed wire fence. - Washington Post [A blue vinyl pressing is available.]

Niall Horan – The Show: Live On Tour CD/2xLP (Capitol)

Niall Horan is celebrating the incredible run of his ongoing 2024 world tour with the release of his live album The Show: Live On Tour, collecting some of the finest moments of Horan's sold-out, two-night takeover of the legendary New York venue Madison Square Garden, plus 10 songs from shows around the world, from Melbourne to Milan, Tampa to Tokyo, and London to Łódź, Poland. [A yellow color vinyl pressing is available.]

Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène [Reissue/1976] LP (BMG)
Jean Michel Jarre – Équinoxe [Reossie1978] LP (BMG)
Jean Michel Jarre – Les Chants Magnétiques [Reissue/1981] LP (BMG)

Vinyl reissues of three albums by the French synth wizard.

Little Richard – The Rill Thing [Reissue/1970] LP (Omnivore Recordings)
Little Richard – Lifetime Friend [Reissue/1986] LP (Omnivore Recordings)

Color vinyl pressings. Little Richard returned in 1970 with The Rill Thing and instead of sticking around his adopted home of Los Angeles, Richard set out for Rick Hall's FAME Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama to record the album for Reprise, joined by Bumps, who was now his manager. The opening track, "Freedom Blues," was released in April of 1970 and hit #28 on the charts. With ten tracks of rock 'n' roll mixed with spiritual lyrics (and even an early rap appearance), 1986’s Lifetime Friend was another return to form. His third coming, one could say.

The Nefilim – Zoon [Reissue/1996] CD/2xLP (Beggars Banquet)

The Nefilim formed in 1992 and developed after a fragmentation of Fields Of The Nephilim. In 1996, the only Nefilim album, Zoon was released. Carl McCoy spent four years pursuing his vision and created an aural assault on the senses. Created in isolation, it is a deep, dark industrial album tainted by death metal. A statement of great intent and transition. [A red color vinyl pressing is available.]

Art Pepper – Gettin’ Together [Reissue/1960] LP (Craft Recordings)

Art Pepper's third album on the Contemporary Records label, Gettin' Together was released in 1960. Featuring a selection of both standards and originals, the album also includes Conte Candoli (trumpet), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Jimmy Cobb (drums).

Art Pepper – Intensity [Reissue/1963] LP (Craft Recordings)

Recorded in 1960, Art Pepper's fifth album release on Contemporary Records, Intensity, was released in 1963. A collection of seven jazz standards, the album features Dolo Coker (piano) along with Jimmy Bond (bass), and Frank Butler (drums). 

Linda Perhacs – Parallelograms [Reissue/1970] LP (Elemental Music)

Blue colorway. Released by the Kapp label in 1970, Parallelograms was the first album by American psychedelic folk singer Linda Perhacs. Disappointed by the meagre promotion of the LP by Kapp, she retired from the music world and continued working in her profession as a dental hygienist. Perhacs wouldn't record again until 2014, when she presented The Soul of All Natural Things. Despite all of these things, Parallelograms slowly developed a cult following and is now highly acclaimed by music lovers and critics.

Nickelback – Live From Nashville 2xLP (BMG)

Nickelback's legendary, sold-out performance on the Get Rollin' Tour at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on August 1, 2023, was professionally filmed and recorded and seeing a proper release to commemorate the 2-year anniversary of their chart-topping album Get Rollin' released in November 2022. 

Rick Ross – Hood Billionaire [Reissue/2014] 2xLP (Def Jam)

Hood Billionaire is Rick Ross's seventh studio album, released in 2014 under Def Jam Recordings. It reached #2 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album showcases production from hip-hop heavyweights like Timbaland, Metro Boomin, and Beat Billionaire. This critically acclaimed album is available in a limited-edition 2xLP set with two exclusive bonus tracks on vinyl: "Wuzzup" and "Headache (feat. French Montana)." 

Shakey Graves – And The War Came [Reissue/2014] 2xLP (Dualtone Music Group)

Celebrating a decade of Shakey Graves' breakout debut album, And The War Came, a deluxe 2xLP vinyl set with new gatefold art, photos, liner notes, and a personal letter from Alejandro Rose Garcia himself is now available. The B-disc contains unearthed demos, alternate versions, and fan-favorite tracks available for the first time. 

Jimmy Smith – The Cat [Reissue/1964] LP (Verve)

The Cat is jazz organist Jimmy Smith's 1964 album, a notable release that reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200. Featuring Smith on the Hammond B-3, this set has some tasteful big band arrangements by Lalo Schifrin and some other-worldly playing by the great organist on a variety of other blues-oriented material.

Jimmy Smith – Root Down [Reissue/1972] LP (Verve)

Root Down was Hammond B-3 jazz legend Jimmy Smith's 1972 live album for Verve. Recorded in Los Angeles in 1972, it features a young band that were very influenced by the funk and rock scenes of the time. The album's title track was famously sampled by the Beastie Boys for their 1995 recording of the same name.

Lonnie Smith – Drives [Reissue/1970] LP (Blue Note)

Lonnie Smith's 1970 album, Drives, was a showcase of the organist's sense of adventure and indomitable groove. With Dave Hubbard on tenor sax, Ronnie Cuber on bari sax, Larry McGee on guitar and Joe Dukes on drums, Smith delivers funky takes on hits "Twenty-Five Miles" and "Spinning Wheel," plus a fleet version of Miles Davis' "Seven Steps to Heaven."

Surf Punks – Locals Only [Reissue/1982] LP (Futurismo)

A raucous love letter to beach life in Malibu, Locals Only is a tongue in cheek, culturally observant, fully anarchic slab of new wave punk fun that is not to be missed. ‘Beach gunk’ green w/ splatter colorway.

Television – Television [Reissue/1992] LP (Ohoo)

The eponymously named third and final studio album from Television was recorded and released in 1992, fourteen years after the band's sophomore album Adventure (and subsequent breakup) in 1978.

The Temptations – Solid Rock [Reissue/1972] LP (Elemental Music)

Released by Motown in 1972, The Temptations' Solid Rock features vocals by Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams, Damon Harris, and Richard Street. A #1 soul LP smash, it was the first recorded by the group without original lead singers Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams. 

Cal Tjader – Latin Kick [Reissue/1956] LP (Craft Recordings)

Cal Tjader fuses Afro-Cuban rhythms and mainstream jazz solos in his1956 album, Latin Kick. Alongside Tjader (vibraphone) the album also features Brew Moore (sax), Luis Miranda (congas), Bayardo Velarde (timbales), Manuel Duran (piano), and Carlos Duran (bass). 

The Undisputed Truth – The Undisputed Truth [Reissue/1971] LP (Elemental Music)

The debut album by the legendary Motown group, The Undisputed Truth was released in 1971 with production by Norman Whitfield. It contains the group's biggest hit single, "Smiling Faces Sometimes," which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album zoomed to #43 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Luther Vandross – Never Too Much: Greatest Hits 2xCD/2xLP (Sony Legacy)

Sony Music Vision and FoxxHole Productions produced the Luther Vandross: Never Too Much which will premiere on CNN on January 1, 2025. Directed by Dawn Porter, the film features interviews with many artists who worked with or were influenced by Luther including Mariah Carey, Roberta Flack, Jamie Foxx, Richard Marx and Dionne Warwick. As a companion piece to the documentary, Legacy releases a greatest hits album. The album features the studio versions of all the songs that were included in the documentary. The album also features four previously unreleased tracks including The Beatles classic “Michelle” which was recorded in June 1989.

The War On Drugs – Live Drugs Again CD (Transgressive/Firebird Music)

Released on vinyl in September, now available on CD. The War on Drugs, "one of the premier live bands of their generation" (Pitchfork), announce Live Drugs Again. Recorded on tour between February 2022 through December 2023 in America, UK, Europe and Australia, Live Drugs Again follows 2020's Live Drugs and represents The War on Drugs at their ragged, righteous best.

Ben Webster – See You At The Fair [Reissue/1964] LP (Verve)

Ben Webster's final American recording was one of his greatest. At 55, the tenor saxophonist was still very much in his prime but considered out of style in the States. He would soon permanently move to Europe where he was better appreciated. Webster's tone has rarely sounded more beautiful than on "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "Our Love Is Here to Stay." 

Neil Young – On The Beach [Reissue/1974] LP (Reprise)

Limited 140gm clear vinyl. On the Beach is the fifth studio album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young, released by Reprise Records in July 1974.