New Releases - 7/28/23

Hitting The Racks

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

New Releases

Anne-Marie – Unhealthy CD/LP (WB)

Pulling from all parts of her life, Anne-Marie's third album Unhealthy offers us a sneak peek into her perfectly imperfect world. Penned over a period when she felt ready to revisit and try and make sense of raw, past relationships, whilst also learning to process positive new ones, Unhealthy takes us on a journey from chaos to contentment; this is Anne-Marie standing tall, embracing an all-new version of herself that's fiercer, bolder, and more blissfully happy than ever before. [Limited-edition clear vinyl.]

Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / In A Room7 F760 CDEP/12”+MP3 (Warp)

Featuring four new tracks, Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / In A Room7 F760 marks Richard D. James' first new music in five years, following on from 2018's Collapse EP.

Brad – In The Moment That You’re Born LP (Loosegroove)

Seventh & final album from the Seattle legends. Featuring the final recordings by singer Shawn Smith. Includes a cover of "Stars N' You" by Andy Wood, Regan Hagar (Malfunkshun), Shawn Smith, and Keith Lowe - in over a decade, and is released 30 years after their 1993 debut album Shame.

The Budos Band – Frontier’s Edge CDEP/12” (Diamond West)

Frontier's Edge is the new EP by the fiery, energetic, genre-defying group The Budos Band. Their first release after departing their two-decade-long home of Daptone Records and joining Diamond West Records - founded by the Budos' own Thomas Brenneck and Jared Tankel - Frontier's Edge finds the group hungry, passionate, and primed to charge into their next epoch. [Limited-edition lime color vinyl.] This title shipped late and will arrive next week.

The Clientele – Iam Am Not There Anymore CD/2xLP (Merge)

The Clientele's I Am Not There Anymore regularly evokes what singer-guitarist Alasdair MacLean calls "the feeling of not being real." Recording for the album began in 2019 and continued piecemeal until 2022 - in part because of the pandemic, but also because the band wanted to experiment. "We'd always been interested in music other than guitar music, like for donkey's years," MacLean says. This time out, he and bassist James Hornsey and drummer Mark Keen incorporated elements of post-bop jazz, contemporary classical, and electronic music. [Indie store exclusive red w/ black ‘peak vinyl’.]

Coco & Clair Clair – Sexy LP (Nice Girl World)

Blue color vinyl pressing. Coco & Clair Clair knew from the moment they met that they were meant to make music together. Similarly, listeners are immediately drawn to the Atlanta-bred duo through their clever, infectious, and genre-defying songs. Their devoted fan base is primed to grow with the release of their debut project, Sexy. "It's impactful, but it's a really silly word," Clair Clair says of the title. "And then, none of the songs are actually that sexy."

Savannah Conley – Playing The Part Of You Is Me LP (Outback)

A stirring distillation of the pleasures and problems of growing up, Savannah Conley's debut album, Playing The Part Of You Is Me, brims with keen insights and bold choices. Love and doubt, grief and hope are all here, coiled into anthems for a new generation facing such feelings. "With everything that I do, I want people to be able to relate and feel seen or understood. Almost like it's a play, and we are trading a role back and forth."

Bethany Cosentino – Natural Disaster CD/LP (Concord)

On Natural Disaster, the debut solo album from Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino, the Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter takes close account of the endless catastrophes and upheavals of modern life, offering a high-minded and open-hearted response that makes room for compassion, imagination, and a radical sense of possibility. The new record, produced by Butch Walker, was written in Nashville and Los Angeles, and is described as a departure from the understated indie-pop that Best Coast are known for. The new set was mainly recorded during a series of trips to Walker's Nashville studio, and puts her voice front and center, both literally and metaphorically, for the first time. [Indie store exclusive orange ‘dreamsicle’ vinyl.]

Darlingside – Everything Is Alive CD/LP (More Doug)

Everything Is Alive finds Darlingside intimate in a way they’ve never been before: embracing individual voices, both sonically and lyrically. Where typically the indie-folk quartet's songs have been written in super-democratic processes, here, each member spearheaded three tracks - culminating in a collection of truly personal snapshots. By shedding their superpower of vocal harmony and committing to processing their own experiences with loss and change through their writing, Everything Is Alive ends up exuding a softly triumphant possibility—of life and hope.

Miya Folick – Roach LP (Nettwerk)

Roach is Miya Folick's clearest and most direct work yet, eschewing some of the lyrical and musical obfuscations she layered onto her 2018 debut album, Premonitions. With ear-worm melodies, heart-wrenching poetry, eclectic production and anchored by Folick's once-in-a-lifetime voice, Roach straddles a line between pop and something more experimental.

Georgia – Euphoric CD/LP+MP3 (Domino)

Euphoric is the new album by Georgia. Co-produced by Rostam (Haim, Carly Rae Jepsen, Clairo), it marks the first time that Georgia has worked with another producer on her own material. Euphoric sees Georgia stepping out from behind the recording desk and establishing herself as a unique left-field pop artist. It's the sound of life and of living in the now rather than escaping it. [Indie store exclusive amethyst color vinyl.]

Beverly Glenn-Copeland – The Ones Ahead CD/LP (Transgressive)

For decades, the Pennsylvania-born, Canada-based singer, songwriter, and composer has illuminated questions of human interconnectedness with his sincere, searching voice and nimble melodicism. His new album, The Ones Ahead - his first collection of new music in nearly two decades - deepens his explorations into the ways all of us must carry each other forward into the next world. The songs on The Ones Ahead draw inspiration from a wealth of traditions, from American jazz to Irish fiddle songs to West African percussion. [Indie store exclusive vinyl.]

Godflesh – Purge CD/LP (Avalanche Recordings)

With the highly anticipated 2023 album Purge, Godflesh revisits and updates the concepts of Pure (1992), as well as bringing a whole host of new dirges and laments. Amongst the many layers of dirt, Purge mangles '90s hip-hop grooves and puts them through the Godflesh filter to create something futuristic in style - and utterly unique, just as Pure was upon its release in 1992. Both minimal and maximal, Godflesh deliver alien grooves that swing whilst also retaining the psychedelic, bad-trip edge with layer upon layer of filth and heaviness that Godflesh has always been known for. This is, and always has been, feel-bad music. [Limited-edition silver w/ gold splatter vinyl.]

High Pulp – Days In The Desert CD (ANTI-)

Los Angeles-based experimental jazz collective High Pulp release their new album Days In The Desert in peak sweltering summer heat. The titular desert is both literal and metaphorical: it's the Mojave Desert that the band powers through on their many DIY tours around the country, and the band's founder / drummer Bobby Granfelt perceives the desert as "a spiritual quest" as well. Amid the trials of our present moment, you must look within, relying solely on your own instincts to keep moving forward. Days In The Desert finds the West Coast band fully emerging into their own sound. Rooted in the jazz tradition while also smitten by indie-rock and electronic music, High Pulp was willing to grab from all these sounds at once to pursue something unique. [Standard black vinyl is available for special order.]

Phoebe Hunt – Nothing Else Matters CD/LP (Popped Corn)

“Why fiddle and voice? They say the fiddle is the instrument that most resembles the human voice. It's like I get to sing three-part harmony with myself, preparing to be able to play the songs with others. I have played violin as long as I can remember... it changed to fiddle in college after being inspired by so many great fiddle players I ran into at camps and festivals.”

Infamous Stringdusters – A Tribute To Flatt & Scruggs CD/LP (Americana Vibes)

The Infamous Stringdusters dug deep into their bluegrass roots for their thirteenth full-length record A Tribute To Flatt & Scruggs, paying homage to singer and guitarist Lester Flatt and banjo player Earl Scruggs and their influence on American music.

Kode9 / Burial – Infirmary / Unknown Summer 12” (Fabric)

Kode9 and Burial return to Fabric with brand new exclusive music for the first time since releasing the 100th and final instalment of the FabricLive mix series. [Limited edition clear vinyl.]

Mac Krol – For Some Other Reason / Fair Warning / What Would You Say 7”+MP3 (Merge)

Mac Krol is Mac McCaughan (of Superchunk) and Mike Krol. The collaboration began in 2015, when Krol and bandmates decamped to San Francisco's Tiny Telephone after recording Turkey.

Metro Boomin – Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From And Inspired By The Motion Picture) CD (Republic)

Grammy-nominated superstar producer Metro Boomin has certified his legacy in the comic and film universe with Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From And Inspired By The Motion Picture). Featuring a tracklist of signature Metro Boomin produced records and also recruiting additional artists, Metro has assembled a cast of musical superheroes for the upcoming soundtrack.

Mid-Air Thief – Gongjoong Doduk LP (Topshelf)

Limited orange and pink glow color vinyl pressing. The pre-cursor to Mid-Air Thief's cult-acclaimed album Crumbling, Gongjoon Doduk exhibits a distinct universality, merging disparate sounds and styles into a cohesive, electronic-infused folk amalgam that tactfully blurs the lines between organic and synthetic. Listeners are led through enrapturing passages of swirling melodies underscored with eloquent plucks, strums, and bursts of bubbly glitches. Individual phrases drift into one another as if in a dream, cohered by entrancing hooks and vocal soundscapes.

Mom Jeans – Now That’s What I Call Music Vol. 420 10” (Counter Intuitive)

Gold color vinyl. Holy split baby... three bands, one big dream. Mom Jeans, Prince Daddy & The Hyena, and Pictures Of Vernon all on one 10" record. Two songs each. The music speaks for itself. Artwork by Dave Sagan.

Ricky Montgomery – Montgomery Ricky CD (WB)

Ricky Montgomery's music was ahead of its time-literally. His 2016 debut album Montgomery Ricky, featuring the two once-obscure, yet universal singles - "Line Without A Hook" and "Mr. Loverman" - made him an unexpected hitmaker four years after their original release. Among all the hip-hop hits, the Los Angeles native's indie-pop became a balm in the midst of a heavy time, comforting listeners with warm melodies and relatable lyrics. He balances melancholy with a touch of sweet humor and loads of humanity. [Vinyl version due August 18.]

Mutoid Man – Mutants LP (Sargent House)

Mutoid Man excel at crafting their own unique brand of frenzied, hyper-focused, dynamic, and deliciously excessive fretboard-savvy metal. [Indie store exclusive translucent purple vinyl.]

Open Mike Eagle – Brick Body Kids Still Daydream LP (Mello Music)

Limited red and cream color vinyl pressing. Eagle has earned rave reviews in Pitchfork, the L.A. Weekly, and wherever brilliant, avant-garde rap is appreciated. Brick Body Kids Still Daydream is his most overtly political work to date and puts to use all the dazzling technical skills he's perfected over more than a decade at the forefront of rap's underground.

Post Malone – Austin CD/2xLP (Republic)

Grammy-nominated 8x RIAA diamond-certified global superstar Post Malone unveils his anxiously awaited fifth full-length offering and one of the most anticipated albums of 2023. [Limited-edition forest green color vinyl.]

Dennis Quaid – Fallen, A Gospel Record For Sinners CD (Gaither Music Group)

Emmy Award and two-time Golden Glober nominee Dennis Quaid has been playing music since his grandfather bought him his first guitar. A touring musician with countless miles of performances, he delivers his debut Gospel recording, Fallen, A Gospel Record For Sinners. Combining soul-stirring renditions of seven hymns and classics with five original songs, the actor/singer/songwriter delivers honest, inspiring lyrics sung with unmistakable tones that reflect heartfelt gratitude and eternal hope.

Sevendust – Truth Killer CD/LP (Napalm)

Sevendust never follows a linear path. Instead, they continue to bulldoze a lane of their own with a proven one-two punch of rumbling grooves, unpredictable riffing, and stirringly soulful vocals unlike anything else in hard rock. As a result, their music connects straight to the heart as evidenced by their full-contact live shows and diehard “family” of fans. However, the Atlanta quintet defy expectations yet again on their fourteenth full-length. Ultimately, Truth Killer reaffirms there’s only one Sevendust—and they’re here forever. [Indie store exclusive CD and mint green vinyl.]

Susto – My Entire Life CD/LP (New West)

No matter how drastically life may change, tomorrow wipes the slate clean and heralds a new beginning. All the tumult dissolves into dawn, and everything starts over. Susto chronicle seasons of transformation within their distinct, diverse, and dynamic breed of rock ‘n’ roll enlivened in broad strokes of classic songwriting, storytelling, and dalliances of sonic unpredictability. The band—led by frontman and songwriter Justin Osborne—explore change physically, emotionally, and spiritually on their fifth full-length album, My Entire Life. [Indie store exclusive autographed color vinyl.]

Tink – Thanks 4 Nothing LP (Winter’s Diary)

‘Berry tie dye’ color variant. You never have to guess what Tink's thinking. The Chicago-born songstress and rapper says it all in her music. She spits, speaks, and sings straight from the heart without filter or apology. At the same time, she breaks boundaries, dropping off bars with uncontainable charisma and belting out hooks with show-stopping range.

The Used – Toxic Positivity CD/2xLP (Big Noise Music Group)

The Used are back with their newest studio album, Toxic Positivity. When Bert McCracken says that the songs that comprise Toxic Positivity are some of the most sincere he has ever written, you know he doesn't speak those words lightly. [Indie exclusive picture disc version and standard black vinyl are available.]

A Wake In Providence – Eternity LP (Unique Leader)

Released last year on CD – now available on vinyl. Eternity is the most ambitious offering from A Wake in Providence. As one of US deathcore's initial leading beacon acts, A Wake In Providence rose to notoriety for their explosive live shows with then-vocalist Will Ramos, now in Lorna Shore. With the addition of powerhouse Adam Mercer in 2017 taking over vocals, AWIP released A Darkened Gospel followed by the album The Black Sun: The Blood Moon in 2019. 2022 sees them exploding back into the spotlight with an unstoppable new opus, Eternity.

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

Cannonball Adderley – Cannonball Adderley Quintet In Chicago [Reissue/1960] LP (Verve)

With the tenor saxophone of John Coltrane joining Cannonball Adderley's alto on two tracks, this exciting 1959 session boasts the same band featured on Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue, sans Miles and Bill Evans, as they through a lively set of blues and ballads.

Avail – 4am Friday [Reissue/1996] 2xLP (Jade Tree)

4am Friday is the sound of Avail hitting their stride - plain and simple. The collection of sing-along anthems for the everyman solidified their place as the kings of the Southern punk underground. This reissue of the 1996 classic is now completed by the addition of the 15 songs from Live At The Bottom Of The Hill In San Francisco recorded in 1997, this smoldering live set showcases the band at their absolute peak and is testament to the unforgettable, high-octane shows that are Avail's hallmark.

Backstreet Boys – In A World Like This (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) LP (BMG)

10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition includes an exclusive bonus track “Hot Hot Hot”, and five additional tracks from the In a World Like This Tour (Live in Japan). In A World Like This is the eighth studio album (seventh in the US) by the Backstreet Boys, originally released in 2013.

Bad Religion – Recipe For Hate [Reissue/1993] LP (Epitaph)

Translucent ‘tiger’s eye’ color vinyl reissue. From the opening strains of the politico title-track to the countrified pedal steel guitar on "Man With A Mission", from the anti-establishment anthem "American Jesus", to the heart rending ballad "Struck A Nerve," Bad Religion's Recipe For Hate is by far their most eclectic album, and one that never ceases to stir up controversy among fans.

Chuck Berry – Chuck Berry In Memphis [Reissue/1967] LP (Elemental Music)

Chuck Berry In Memphis is his 11th studio album. This was Berry's first album for Mercury after leaving Chess Records. Recorded over a three-day period in Memphis in March of 1967, the record features Berry mixing blues and pop with rock & roll. It features saxophonists Andrew Love and James Mitchell from The Memphis Horns.

Faith Evans – Faithfully [Reissue/2001] 2xLP (Bad Boy)

Limited black and white color vinyl pressing with etching on side D. For the first time on vinyl with updated artwork & packaging, this Grammy-nominated album features old school flavored hits like "Burnin' Up", "I Love You" and "You Gets No Love".

Grateful Dead – RFK Stadium, Washington, DC 6/10/73 (Live) 8xLP (Grateful Dead/WEA)

Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Widely considered one of The Grateful Dead's seminal performances, and certainly one of the very best of the universally acclaimed 1973 performing year, 6/10/73 is as synonymous with great Grateful Dead concerts as are 2/13/70, 8/27/72, and 5/8/77.

John Lee Hooker – Born In Mississippi, Raised Up In Tennessee [Reissue/1973] LP (Elemental Music)

A fascinating LP featuring Van Morrison, that mixes the rootsy blues of John Lee Hooker and some of the best studio musicians from ABC Records stable including Clifford Coulter (piano), Sugarcane Harris (violin), Oscar Brashear (trumpet), Mel Brown (bass), George Bohannon (trombone), and John Klemmer (sax). These players all have a great ear for combining jazz, blues, soul, and funk - and help Hooker make the set one of his finest ever.

Howlin’ Wolf – Message To The Young [Reissue/1971] LP (Elemental Music)

Message To The Young is the 8th album by blues master Howlin' Wolf released by Chess Records in 1971. Often considered an attempt at offering the masses a psychedelic record, its sound ranges from acid-rock, to blues, to funk, and back again. The title song is Wolf's attempt at reaching the youth of the era in a beautiful spoken word ballad which can easily be summed up in two words: Be Yourself. Arranged and conducted by Cash McCall, this album presents Wolf in the company of legendary pianist Sonny Thompson.

Billy Idol – Billy Idol [Reissue/1982] 2xCD (Capitol)

Expanded edition of Billy Idol's 1982 self-titled solo debut album. This set features an unreleased 1982 concert from the Roxy in West Hollywood and an epic, unreleased extended version of "White Wedding".

JoJo – JoJo (2018) 2xLP (WB)

Due to incredible fan demand, JoJo’s 2018 re-recording of her debut album JoJo, featuring the global smash singles “Leave (Get Out)” and “Baby It’s You”, is now on vinyl for the first time. Features an etched D-side.

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Flying Microtonal Banana [Reissue/2017] LP (ATO)

New edition of Flying Microtonal Banana pressed on recycled eco-wax. King Gizzard's now classic ninth studio album was their first-ever experience in microtonal tuning, which features intervals smaller than a semitone and not found in customary Western tuning octaves.

Korn – Untitled [Reissue/2007] 2xLP (Tempo)

Limited edition deluxe double LP; black vinyl packaged in a glow-in-the-dark gatefold jacket featuring two bonus tracks: “Sing Sorrow” and “Overture Or Obituary”. Originally released in 2007, Untitled is the band’s eighth studio album, featuring songs such as “Evolution”, “Hold On”, and “Kiss”.

Nick Lowe – Dig My Mood [Reissue/1998] LP+12” (Yep Roc)

Nick Lowe's 1998 album Dig My Mood marked the second masterpiece of his "worldly balladeer" and "elder statesman of rock and roll" chapter of his career, leaving the ironic power popper persona of his Jesus of Cool days far behind. Limited-edition blue color vinyl pressing. Includes an EP of bonus tracks.

Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell At Newport CD/2xLP (Rhino)

Joni Mitchell stunned the Newport Folk Festival audience last summer when she gave a surprise performance - her first in 20 years - delivering a heartfelt set filled with some of her greatest songs. [Limited-edition clear vinyl.]

Stevie Nicks – Complete Studio Albums & Rarities 10xCD (Atlantic)

Complete Studio Albums & Rarities combines all of Nicks’ solo studio albums in a new, career-spanning boxed set. It comes with eight albums: Bella Donna (1981), The Wild Heart (1983), Rock A Little (1985), The Other Side Of The Mirror (1989), Street Angel (1994), Trouble In Shangri-La (2001), In Your Dreams (2011), and 24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault (2014). The collection also features Rarities, a new 23-track compilation of non-album rarities.

Art Pepper – Artworks [Reissue/1984] CD/LP (Ominivore)

Artworks (originally issued in 1984) features Pepper's takes on classics including "Body And Soul", Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee", and Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Desafinado". Producer John Snyder had always wanted to record Pepper and booked him into a week at the Village Vanguard in New York. At the time, Pepper was under contract to Contemporary Records and label head, Les Koenig, decided he would record the gigs, quashing any notion Snyder had of doing the same. However, Art promised Snyder that he'd record an album for Snyder's label, Artists House, at some point down the road. Together they wound up making four.

Prince – Lovesexy [Reissue/1988] LP (Sony Legacy)
Prince – Come [Reissue/1994] LP (Sony Legacy)

Vinyl reissues of Prince’s tenth and fifteenth studio albums.

The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks [Reissue/2002] 4xLP (Abkco)

The Rolling Stones' Forty Licks, the compilation that gathered three dozen of the most enduring and anthemic songs from the group's peerless career and added four then-new tracks to their incredible story, is presented for the first time in a lavish, limited edition four-disc, 180gm black vinyl set, housed in a wide spine gatefold sleeve.

Saves The Day – Can’t Slow Down [Reissue/1998] LP (Equal Vision)

Saves The Day's album Can't Slow Down is a pop punk classic that was released in 1998. The album is known for its high energy and catchy hooks, and features songs that tackle themes such as relationships, growing up, and the struggles of daily life. Can't Slow Down has become a fan favorite and is often cited as one of the band's best works.

Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic [Reissue/1974] LP (Geffen)

At long last: the classic Steely Dan catalog is back on vinyl. Led by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Steely Dan released seven albums from 1972-1980. The vinyl series continues with Pretzel Logic, the band's first Top 10 album featuring the massive hit "Rikki Don't Lose That Number". 180gm.

They Might Be Giants – Long Tall Weekend [Reissue/1999] LP+MP3 (Idlewild Recordings)

Long Tall Weekend is They Might Be Giants' seventh studio album, originally released in 1999. The album made music history by becoming the first downloadable online-only album ever to be released by any major artist. It is a set of some highly unusual recordings even by TMBG standards.

Total – Total [Reissue/1996] 2xLP (Bad Boy)

Double black and white color vinyl pressing includes etching on Side D. Platinum selling debut album from R&B girl trio Total that includes their hit singles "Kissin' You", "Can't You See" ft. The Notorious BIG and "No One Else" ft. Da Brat. For the first time ever as a full album vinyl release.

Ike & Tina Turner – The Hunter [Reissue/1969] LP (Elemental Music)

The Hunter is one of Ike & Tina's most blues-oriented albums. It was cut during the blues revival period of the late 1960s. Released just a few years after the Phil Spector-produced River Deep Mountain High, The Hunter boasts several fine blues workouts in which the Stax sound figures prominently. The album features electric blues guitarist Albert Collins. This masterpiece earned Tina Turner her first solo Grammy nomination.

Mal Waldron Sextet – Mal/2 [Reissue/1957] LP (Craft Recordings)

Mal Waldron's album Mal/2, originally released in 1957, features some of jazz music's biggest names. Joining Mal Waldron (piano) are John Coltrane (tenor sax), Idrees Sulieman (trumpet) and Ed Thigpen (drums) amongst others.

Neil Young – Official Release Series Discs 22, 23+, 24 & 25 9xLP (Reprise)

In Neil Young's extensive career, this period of music came at a definite turning point. The 1990s were almost ready to start, and Young had recently returned to his long-time home at Reprise Records. It appeared to be a joyous and jubilant moment for the man who had recently celebrated the 21-year anniversary of a solo career that had never stopped progressing. The first album collected in Young’s latest volume of Official Release Series is aptly named Freedom (1989) and includes the song "Rockin' In the Free World", Ragged Glory (1990) was a non-stop celebration for the music Neil Young & Crazy Horse are still creating at full force and was recorded at Young's Broken Arrow Ranch in Northern California. Weld (1991) is one of the most groundbreaking albums of Neil Young's history. Arc (1991) is the live companion collection to Weld, and at the time generated the kind of musical notoriety that has often marked Young's creations. [6xCD version is available for special order.]