New Releases - 4/12/24

Hitting The Racks

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

New Releases

1127 - ﺽ LP (Nashazphone)

Four years after his groundbreaking debut, 1127 returns with a second LP which departs from the previous abstractions to a distinct variation of new morphs of early twentieth century Egyptian music to contemporary electronic music. All composed within their brand of (mostly) computer-based, broad sonic productions. Also featuring Premise & Cult Of Z Cheeky Yet Chic, Concrete Shapes, اعیش في جلباب اب ي, Transient Pleasure & Siliconvalidity.Io, Minusdesire, Caironomixx, صفوت), Conclusion, and Emna Maaref & Mounir@.

Bad Bad Hats – Bad Bad Hats CD/LP (Don Giovanni)

Bad Bad Hats traffic in playful concepts and warm scenes of youth, celebrated for crispy, lived-in melodies, big choruses that stick for days, and an easy musicianship that carries across their eclectic, wide-ranging releases. The new album Bad Bad Hats – filled with their trademark freewheeling songs, pristine tones, and several unexpectedly funky turns – suggests a band still having deep fun creating and playing, inviting listeners new and old to live life to their heartfelt tunes. [Limited edition pink vinyl.]

Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter CD/2xLP (Columbia)

Cowboy Carter (also referred to as Act II: Cowboy Carter) is the eighth studio Beyoncé, released on March 29, 2024. The album is the second installment of Beyoncé's trilogy project, following Renaissance (2022). Beyoncé conceived Cowboy Carter as a journey through a reinvention of Americana. Mostly labeled a country album, Cowboy Carter also blends together diverse musical genres such as R&B, pop, hip hop, blues, soul, rock and folk music. Conceptually, the album is presented as a radio broadcast by fictional station "KNTRY Radio Texas", with country singers Dolly Parton, Linda Martell and Willie Nelson acting as disc jockeys.

Blue Öyster Cult – Ghost Stories CD/LP (Frontiers)

New album by the classic rock band featuring remaining original members Eric Bloom and Donald Buck Dharma Roeser. [An indie store exclusive ‘crystal’ vinyl.]

Clipping / Cooling Prongs – Tipsy b/w Midnight 7” (Sub Pop)

This new split single by Clipping and Cooling Prongs features Clippings noise-infused remake of J-Kwons 2004 hit “Tipsy” on the A side, and a harrowing ambient noise track by Cooling Prongs on the B side.

Loren Connors and Alan Licht – At The Top Of The Stairs LP (Family Vineyard)

Acclaimed guitar duo Loren Connors and Alan Licht celebrate their 30-year collaboration with release of their eighth album - At The Top Of The Stairs.

James Elkington / Nathan Salsburg – All Gist CD/LP (Paradise Of Bachelors)

The duo's third album of instrumental guitar recordings pushes their sinuous compositions into labyrinthine new shapes, interlocking and interlocutory, supported by a cast of stellar collaborators. Interwoven among the dazzling original pieces is a fascinating array of covers, ranging from traditional Breton dance tunes to a deconstruction of Neneh Cherry's "Buffalo Stance". “Their melody-first sensibilities are perfectly suited to each other... playfully complex guitar work that sounds as if it was tossed off in an afternoon of whiskey and laughs.” – NPR. “An intoxicating, intricate web... Wherever Salsburg and Elkington go, it's always a pleasure.” - Aquarium Drunkard. “Sounds like winter has always been approaching, like Indian summer never quite fades, like fall isn't built around loss.” – Stereogum

Facs – North America Endless b/w Take Me To Your Heart 7” (Sub Pop)

Chicago trio Facs have been perfecting their brand of intense, cathartic art rock over the course of four ever-evolving albums. Beginning with 2018's Negative Houses through 2021's landmark Present Tense, the trio digs deep into the gaping maw of a black hole and pulls back whatever debris they can grasp onto. Their 2023 LP Still Life In Decay came as an addendum to their last album- a "post-event review," if you will. The band is made up of Brian Case (90 Day Men, The Ponys, Disappears) Jonathan Van Herik (Disappears), and Noah Leger (Milemarker). This new single features an exclusive, original A side, "North America Endless", and a cover of The Eurythmics song "Take Me To Your Heart" on the B side. White vinyl.

Girl In Red – I’m Doing It Again Baby! CD/LP (Sony)

The eagerly anticipated sophomore album from Norway born, and Oslo based singer-songwriter. This 10-song album chronicles the artist’s last two and a half years with honesty and wit, and a willingness to play around with her music.

Morgan Harper-Jones – Up To The Glass LP (Play It Again Sam)

Morgan Harper-Jones explores her emotions through confessional narratives and soaring dream-pop soundscapes on her debut album. Up To The Glass is a delicate exploration of finding yourself in your twenties against a backdrop of love, self-acceptance and loss. Documenting those universally defining moments of young adulthood through the prism of Morgan's own perspective, it explores deeply personal themes such as the passing of her grandparents, anxiously over-thinking every minor mistake, and yearning for a love that's destined to remain unrequited. Morgan eventually found solace from those struggles through both therapy and the cathartic release of expressing herself through song. She's an old soul with a significant appeal to her generation, her confessional dream-pop evoking influences which range from Maggie Rogers and Harry Styles to Aldous Harding and St. Vincent, and back to Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon.

Haunt – Dreamer CD/LP (Iron Grip Metal LLC)

New release from the Fresno, California-based metal band. [Multiple color vinyl variants are available.]

Helenor – A Public Place LP (MTN Laurel Rec. Co.)

The much-anticipated release is Helenor's first since their 2019 DIY debut LP Something Twice. Since then, songwriter David DiAngelis expanded from a one-man bedroom pop project to a full band operation. Helenor's sound has expanded too, featuring multiple voices and collaborators such as Vishal Nayak (Nick Hakim, Hannah Cohen) and Josh Bonati (Beach Fossils, Mac Demarco).

Will Hoge – Tenderhearted Boys LP (Will Hoge)

Will Hoge has a career whose milestones include Number One hits, Grammy nods, major-label record deals, and hard-won independence. Years before Americana music received its own category at the Grammy Awards, Hoge was on the frontlines, helping to pilot and popularize the genre's blend of American roots music. In the current digital era dominated by influencers seeking shortcuts to stardom, Will Hoge proudly treads the scenic route, immersing himself in the journey rather than fixating on the destination. Unapologetically contrarian, an insurgent of authenticity, Hoge takes the helm with his fourteenth studio album, Tenderhearted Boys, where he breaks new ground by producing and playing every instrument himself.

Ellie Holcomb – All Of My Days CD (Earache)

New release from award-winning songwriter and bestselling author Ellie Holcomb. All of My Days is a beautiful collection of curated Psalms that have personally carried her through difficult times as well as played an encouraging role in the lives of her listeners through her Memory Mondays where she sings Scripture verses to songs each week. [Vinyl version due May 3.]

Tyler Hubbard – Strong CD (EMI Nashville)

Tyler Hubbard's sophomore solo album, Strong, features 13 brand-new songs, including “Back Then Right Now”, “Turn” and “Wish You Would”.

James – Yummy CD/LP (Virgin)

Yummy is the 18th studio album from Manchester-based hitmakers James. The new album features the single "Is This Love" and was produced by Leo Abrahams and mixed by Cenzo Townsend. [Indie store exclusive red vinyl.]

Bridget Kearney – Comeback Kid LP (Keeled Scales)

Empires rise and fall every day in the human heart and riding these cycles-stories with no beginning or end, only transformation-churns us through the reckless, ridiculous, rueful, redemptive. A founding member of Lake Street Dive and writer of some of their most enduring songs, Iowa-born and Brooklyn-based Bridget Kearney is known for writing smart, unexpected lyrics and melodies built for a heart-baring dance or an introspective drive. Kearney writes music as if filtered through a camera lens. Her stories, steeped in nostalgia and joy, construct a bittersweet framework around the memories that make us human, and shape who we are.

Mark Knopfler – One Deep River CD/LP (Blue Note)

Mark Knopfler’s tenth solo studio album, One Deep River, features 12 unhurriedly elegant new songs, with his warm Geordie vocal tone, poetic storytelling lyrics and deft, richly melodic guitar playing all present and dazzling as ever. One Deep River offers an unstoppable flow of future Knopfler classics, with their customarily learned lyrics and refined guitar textures. They draw on a lifetime of genre-crossing ingredients and influences in blues, folk, rock and beyond. [Indie store exclusive blue vinyl. A deluxe box set featuring four bonus tracks on vinyl and five bonus tracks on CD, a litho print, guitar pick, and enamel pin is available for special order.]

Linkin Park – Papercuts CD/2xLP (WB)

Papercuts is the first singles collection from innovative musical force Linkin Park. The career-spanning 20-track album compiles 18 essential anthems, plus the never-before-released track “Friendly Fire” recorded during the 2017 sessions for their seventh album One More Light and fan-favorite rarity “QWERTY”. Linkin Park was inspired to thoughtfully curate Papercuts by their fans’ passionate reception of the 20th Anniversary Editions of Hybrid Theory in 2020 and Meteora last year. That enthusiasm led to this comprehensive retrospective of the band’s journey so far in the span of one album. [Indie store exclusive black & red splatter vinyl.]

Lynks – Abomination LP (Heavenly)

After three EPs, sell-out UK tours, and a rapidly developing cult-leader status, the unapologetically uncategorizable Lynks release their debut album Abomination. Ricocheting between visceral, abject shame and giddy, hedonistic delight; Lynks takes us on a dizzying tour of modern queer culture via casual sex, references to Sean Cody, and a one-sided love affair with a straight tennis coach. Self-written, self-produced, self-effacing and self-aggrandizing, their debut album brings together half a decade's worth of artistic and personal progression in under 40 minutes.

Leyla McCalla – Sun Without The Heat CD/LP (ANTI-)

On her new album Sun Without The Heat, Leyla McCalla brings more playfulness and joy than she has on previous records when she speaks to the concerns that have shaped her career, mainly including an ethos in which you must look back at lost and erased histories before you can embrace a forward vision of Afrofuturism and the importance of music making to heal and forge relationships across differences. Across Sun Without the Heat's ten tracks, she achieves this with music that combines jazz, Haitian Twoubadou, American blues, folk and Brazilian Tropicalismo.

METZ – Up On Gravity Hill CD/LP (Sub Pop)

On Up On Gravity Hill, the new album by Toronto power-trio METZ, the band creates a kaleidoscopic sonic world as tender as it is dark, aided once again by engineer Seth Manchester (Mdou Moctar, Lingua Ignota, Battles, The Body). For those who believe in the power of the rock band to exemplify the highest resonance of human connection, there is much on Up On Gravity Hill to lift the spirit, a puzzle worth repeated listening to unlock or just to get lost in again and again. The album contains some of the most spacious, sympathetic, and accessible songs - could we call them pop? - of their career. If this seems contradictory, well, METZ has always been something of a contradiction. In the words of guitarist/vocalist Alex Edkins, "We've never been heavy enough for metal or hardcore purists, but we're way too heavy for indie rock. We just don't have a lane-and that's okay. We exist outside the lines of delineation. I think this record is even more like that." [Limited edition translucent red vinyl Loser Edition.]

Necrot – Lifeless Birth CD/LP (Tank Crimes)

Necrot continue their ascent to the forefront of American aural extremity, pushing the boundaries of style and continuing to recast metal in their image.

Maggie Rogers – Don’t Forget Me CD/LP/Cassette (Capitol)

“Partially inspired by the artist’s own experiences – diaristic in a way, imbued with nostalgia and slices of her past selves – partially a fictional character’s journey of self-discovery, in Don’t Forget Me Maggie Rogers finds a great balance between introspection and action. Looking inward whilst moving on and looking forward; looking at the road ahead, while the listener can close their eyes and enjoy the pop-folk ride, as if on a car trip with Rogers and her friends and characters. The album was co-produced by the singer-songwriter and Ian Fitchuk, who also co-wrote eight of the ten tracks. There’s a raw authenticity to the sound and lyrics, reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac, that can be attributed to the making process itself: most of them are first takes, and part of a deliberate decision to record for the sake of telling all these stories waiting to come out, rather than wanting to make a perfectly polished album. In the end, it pays off. Overall, Don’t Forget Me has some superb storytelling that confirms this artist’s talent for adapting life as well as fiction into music.” – Benedetta Mancusi, The Up Coming [Indie store exclusive evergreen vinyl.]

Shabaka – Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace CD/LP (Verve)

After putting down the saxophone, the instrument he has become synonymous with, Shabaka returns with his first full-length album under his own name. Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace is a moving suite of primarily instrumental music. Shabaka is found playing the flute on this album, and has enlisted key artists such as Andre 3000, Lianne La Havas, Moses Sumney, Floating Points and more to help build this all-encompassing aural landscape.

Patrick Shiroishi – Sparrow In A Swallow’s Nest b/w The Light Is Not Afraid 7” (Sub Pop)

Patrick Shiroishi is a Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles who is perhaps best known for his extensive and incredibly intense work with the saxophone. Over the last decade he has established himself as one of the premier improvising musicians in Los Angeles, playing solo and in numerous collaborative projects. Shiroishi may well be considered a foundational player in the city's vast musical expanse. He has presented work and performed at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Museum of Surgical Sciences and has toured around the world in various solo and band configurations including The Armed, contemporary classical ensemble Wild Up and Upsilon Acrux. This new single features an exclusive, original A side, "Sparrow In A Swallow's Nest", which features Emma Ruth Rundle on vocals, backed with a new original, "The Light Is Not Afraid", featuring Patrick on vocals.

Emile Simon – Polaris CD/LP (Vegetal)

Solid white vinyl. Recorded in New York (where Emilie lived for a long time), Los Angeles, Montreal, Rome, and Paris (where she returned to settle), Polaris has its own cartography. Its universe is the standard scale, its pulsation inspired by cosmic rhythms, and it's unique poetry both disturbs and captivates. A sign that nothing and no one can extinguish this flame within her.

Aaron Lee Tasjan – Stellar Evolution (Blue Élan)

Aaron Lee Tasjan, Nashville’s own synth-glam-rock-indie stalwart, has put the finishing touches on his new album Stellar Evolution due out on April 12th, 2024, a striking collection of hyper pop, indie rock, 80s synths and angular guitars. With his trademark sardonic wit, Aaron Lee shares poignant self-observations and reflections on the world at large, that are a clarion call and safe space for anyone who has been made to feel other. This is Aaron Lee’s most fully realized project to date, marking a culmination of Aaron Lee’s unique artistic voyage, from glam rock side person in the orbit of the New York Dolls and Lady Gaga, to breakout Grammy-nominated Nashville singer-songwriter releasing a series of critically acclaimed albums, writing alongside some of Nashville’s established and emerging stars like Yola, Natalie Hemby and Mya Byrne, to now fully embracing his singular sound.

Tusks – Gold LP (One Little Independent)

Following two revered albums, Dissolve in 2017 and Avalanche in 2019, London-based electronic songwriter and producer Tusks, aka Emily Underhill, has returned with her third. [Limited edition ‘orange blob in clear’ vinyl.]

Aaron West & The Roaring Twenies – In Lieu Of Flowers CD/LP (Hopeless)

With the third and final installment of the Aaron West trilogy, Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties presents In Lieu Of Flowers - a concept album that must be heard in full, an album that's very existence tests the noble idea of shared communal experience, and an album that exudes humanity through the cloud of existential dread and despair. From the heart and mind of Dan Campbell (frontman of Philadelphia pop punk legends, The Wonder Years), and produced by Ace Enders (The Early November), In Lieu Of Flowers tells a story of rock bottom and redemption in the form of raw emotion, beautifully crafted storytelling, and exquisite instrumentation. 

Ayanna Witter-Johnson – Ocean Floor LP (LSO Live)

In 1781, the Zong - a British slave ship - left Ghana with twice the number it was designed to carry, bound for Jamaica. The ship's owners claimed that drinking water was running low and ordered the crew to throw more than 130 living enslaved people overboard. Over 200 years later, Jamaica has become a place of significance for Witter-Johnson. As a young child, she often spent her six-week summer holiday visiting extended family in Jamaica, taking trips to a favorite beach on the south coast. It was here that she witnessed a terrible fatal accident at one end of the beach, yet at the other end, a baptism and celebration was taking place. Witter-Johnson explores this spectrum of events tied together by their central themes of ancestry, family, and the ocean, noting that even amidst the darkness of death, there is still room for joy. Combining alternative R&B with classical, and with influences from soul, hip-hop and reggae, Ayanna Witter-Johnson is the definition of an eclectic soul.

Lizz Wright – Shadow CD/LP (Virgin)

Through an inimitable voice that the New York Times touts as, "a smooth, dark alto possessed of qualities you might associate with barrel-aged bourbon or butter-soft leather," acclaimed vocalist and songwriter Lizz Wright sings with a soaring reflection of the cultural fabric of America. Wright is one of the great modern American singers with an illustrious 20-year career transcending social divides with her focus on love and a deep sense of humanity.

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

Paul Cauthen – Room 41 [Reissue/2019] LP (Lightning Rod)

Orange swirl vinyl. Cauthen first earned his reputation as a fire-breathing truth teller with the acclaimed roots rock band Sons of Fathers, but it wasn’t until the 2016 release of his solo debut, ‘My Gospel,’ that he truly tapped into the full depth of his prodigious talents. Rolling Stone called the album “a triple-barreled blast of Texas country, soul and holy-roller rockabilly delivered by a big-voiced crooner,” while Vice Noisey dubbed it “a somber reminder of how lucky we are to be alive,” and Texas Monthly raved that Cauthen “sound[s] like the Highwaymen all rolled into one: he’s got Willie’s phrasing, Johnny’s haggard quiver, Kristofferson’s knack for storytelling, and Waylon’s baritone.”

The Cult – Under The Midnight Sun And New Death Cult LP+7” (Round Hill)

2022 album w/ bonus 7”. The Cult has reveled in a storied career. From the pre-millennial iconic Love album bursting with idealism and the full-on blast of 2001's Beyond Good And Evil to the recent biting truth of Hidden City, the band has lived their art. How the future unfolds will be decided in part by current cultures response and the group's response. One thing is for sure, The Cult will respond. It's what they do.

Death – Scream Bloody Gore [Reissue/1987] LP (Relapse)
Death – Leoprosy [Reissue/1988] LP (Relapse)
Death – Spiritual Healing [Reissue/1990] LP (Relapse)
Death – Human [Reissue/1991] LP (Relapse)
Death – Individual Thought Patterns [Reissue/1993] LP (Relapse)
Death – The Sound Of Perseverance [Reissue/1998] LP (Relapse)

Color vinyl reissues of the death metal band’s first, second, third, fourth, fifth and seventh albums.

Eagles – To The Limit: The Essential Collection 3xCD/6xLP (Elektra)

To The Limit: The Essential Collection thoughtfully curates 51 songs from the studio albums and live recordings the Eagles released between 1972 and 2020. All of the band’s best-known tracks are here, including the #1 hits “New Kid In Town”, “One Of These Nights”, “Best Of My Love”, “Hotel California”, and “Heartache Tonight”. The set also features plenty of fan favorites with songs like “Desperado”, “Victim Of Love”, and “In The City”. The set also includes selections from Eagles Live (1980) – including the Top 40 hit “Seven Bridges Road” – as well as songs from Hell Freezes Over (1994), The Millennium Concert (2000), Live At The Forum ’76 (2017), and Live From The Forum MMXVIII (2020).

Israel Vibration – Why You So Craven [Reissue/1982] LP (Diggers Factory)

Considered their key album by many, Skelly, Wiss and Apple are accompanied by an exceptional band: the Hi-Times Band, a studio backing band formed by Earl "Chinna" Smith and comprising himself, Anthony Creary, Christopher Meredith, Errol Nelson, Fazal Prendergast, Noel "Scully" Simms, Tony "Asher" Brissett.

Mason Jennings – Simple Life [Reissue/2002] LP (Bar/None)

Originally released in 2002, Simple Life is Jennings armed only with an acoustic guitar and some stories to tell. A raw and emotional album, it ranks among his best.

Noah Kahan – Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever) 2xCD/3xLP (Mercury)

Over the past year, Grammy Best New Artist-nominated Vermont singer & songwriter Noah Kahan has exploded from his New England roots into the global mainstream and has been touted as one of this year’s biggest and best new artists. The global sensation is back with an expanded version of Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever). This expanded release showcases seven additional tracks from Kahan’s platinum-certified Stick Season album as well as his double platinum-certified, and first career Top 10 hit, “Stick Season”, and platinum-certified Top 40 hit “Dial Drunk.” [Indie store exclusive bone color vinyl.]

Harold Land – The Fox [Reissue/1960] LP (Craft Recordings)

Harold Land's hard bop album The Fox was originally released in 1960, with Contemporary Records reissuing it in '69. Featuring Harold Land (tenor sax), Dupree Bolton (trumpet), Elmo Hope (piano), Herbie Lewis (bass), Frank Butler (drums) it was produced by David Axelrod.

Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray b/w Written On Ya Kitten 7” (Tommy Boy Music)

"Hip Hop Hooray" is the first single from Naughty By Nature's third album, 19 Naughty III. Released on December 10, 1992, the song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot R&B/hip-hop Songs chart and reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100. Their second highest charting song behind "O.P.P.", the hit crushed any "one-hit wonder" labels and saw the group show appreciation to the genre that gave them their livelihoods. The B-side, "Written On Your Kitten", is the third and final single from the same album, 19 Naughty III. [Limited-edition blue vinyl.]

Ozean – Ozean 12” (Numero)

Set your shoes to gaze mode and rip into this king size cloud of ethereal dream pop. Inspired by the spate of Brits leaning into swirling distortion and punishing volume, San Jose's Ozean played just two shows in their brief existence, dissolving before the Scene That Celebrates Itself ever broke the silicon barrier. The quartet's 1991 self-titled demo cassette has been remastered and pressed at 45rpm, a timeless document of late adolescent wonder and experimentation.

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Tearing At The Seams [Reissue/2018] 2xLP (Fantasy)

New bone color variant. A staggering album of rock 'n' soul music. Propelled by driving rhythms, blazing hornplay, and Rateliff's rowdy, soul drenched vocals, Tearing At The Seams' 12 tracks crackle with emotion and intensity. From anguished sorrow to ecstatic heights, Rateliff's expressive tenor is unvarnished on the record's tender R&B ballads and nitro-fueled rave-ups.

The Rocket Summer – Calendar Days [Reissue/2003] 2xLP (Aviate)

The seminal and sonically radiant first full-length album from multi-instrumentalist mainstay, Bryce Avary, aka The Rocket Summer is now available for the first time ever on 180gm cotton candy pink and sky-blue double vinyl with seven additional unreleased recordings including original bedroom demos, a reimagined track, rare live performance and more. Recorded while Avary was only a teenager, calendar days was the full-length beginning of now over two full decades of album releases and worldwide headlining tours to a fervent army of fans.

Sunny Day Real Estate – Diary [Reissue/1994] 2xLP (Sup Pop)

Limited edition on pearl vinyl limited. Sunny Day Real Estate and Sub Pop celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band's landmark album Diary with a new pearl-vinyl edition of the remastered double LP. This new version coincides with the band's 2024 US tour commemorating the anniversary of the album. Originally formed in Seattle in 1992, Sunny Day Real Estate featured Nate Mendel (bass), William Goldsmith (drums), Dan Hoerner (guitar, vocals) and Jeremy Enigk (vocals, guitar). Diary, the band's first full-length album, was released in 1994 on Sub Pop, going on to become the seventh-best selling record in the label's history with more than 231,000 copies scanned in the US alone. Diary was recorded at Chicago's Idful Studios with producer Brad Wood and released to critical acclaim.

Texas & Spooner Oldham – The Muscle Shoals Sessions CD/LP (Le Label)

Recorded in the legendary ‘60s 'Fame Recording Studios' in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, during the summer of 2023, the historic tracks of legendary Scottish band Texas are here revisited without artifice, without cheating, in the simplest of devices. We thoughtfully rediscover 12 of the band's greatest tracks, and two amazing covers ("Would I Lie To You" by Charles and Eddie and "Save The Last Dance" by The Drifters), simply through Sharleen Spiteri's soulful and soaring vocals, accompanied by the delicate piano lines of American virtuoso Spooner Oldham.

These Immortal Souls – Get Lost (Don’t Lie!) [Reissue/1987] CD/LP+MP3 (Mute)
These Immortal Souls – I’m Never Gonna Die Again [Reissue/1992] CD/LP+MP3 (Mute)
These Immortal Souls – Extra CD/LP+MP3 (Mute)

The iconic post punk band’s first two (and only) albums remastered from the original tapes at legendary Birdland Studio by Lindsay Gravina and original These Immortal Souls members Harry Howard and Genevieve McGuckin. Extra is a brand-new album including unearthed live recordings and remasters of covers tracks from across their career.

Various Artists – Something Weird – Hey Folks! It’s Intermission Time! LP (Modern Harmonic)

Hot dog brown colorway. Welcome to the sweet-but-savory, suspiciously sticky, and slightly sinful world of old-school movie theater intermission messages. It’s where big-band jazz, psychedelic rock, sequin-bedecked disco, virgin vanilla orchestrated pop, and more are pressed into service, with your satisfaction as the solitary goal.

ZZ Ward – Til The Casket Drops [Reissue/2012] LP (Hollywood)

ZZ Ward is a singer/songwriter whose artistry spins on a luminous axis of voice and soul. Raised on the blues with a passion for hip hop, ZZ Ward’s music straddles two distinct genres which she fearlessly melds with effortless ease. Her 2012 debut album, Til The Casket Drops, includes collaborations with Ryan Tedder, Michael Fitzpatrick (Fitz and The Tantrums), Kendrick Lamar, Freddie Gibbs, Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest), and Pete Rock.