• New Release Round-Up 05-07-21

  

  Natalie Bergman - Mercy - Third Man Records
  While many know Bergman as one half of brother-sister duo Wild Belle, her forthcoming record is a cathartic collection rooted in the hopeful values and traditions of gospel that have helped her through the recent, tragic loss of her father. On the signing of Natalie Bergman, Third Man Records co-founder Ben Swank adds, “Natalie has a unique vision and has approached this album with a reverence for the sacred and healing nature of the history of this music, but has managed to update it in a way that is distinctly her own. We're very excited to welcome her to the Third Man label and family.” Alongside her brother Elliot, the island-influenced music Natalie Bergman made in Wild Belle has led to collaborations ranging from Major Lazer to Tom Tom Club, performances at Coachella and Lollapalooza, tours with Beck, Cage The Elephant, Toro y Moi and more. Helmed by her heavenly voice, Bergman’s solo album is steeped in mystic melodies and time-bending tones of psychedelic rock and soul. Showcasing her multi-instrumental and creative versatility, songs will be accompanied by visuals that blend her own abstract artwork, self-designed wardrobe and beyond. Stay tuned.

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Nancy Wilson - You And Me 
  Esther Rose - How Many Times [Opaque White LP] 
  
  
  Weezer - Van Weezer [Indie Exclusive Neon Magenta LP]
  Frank Zappa - Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Super Deluxe 5LP]
  Iceage - Seek Shelter [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Orange LP]
  Iron & Wine - Archive Series Volume No 5: Tallahassee Recordings
  Lucinda Williams - Ramblin' On My Mind
  Tom Jones - Surrounded By Time
  The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - When God Was Great [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Yellow 2LP]
  Van Morrison - Latest Record Project Volume 1
  New Order - Education Entertainment Recreation (Live)
  TEKE::TEKE - Shirushi [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Red LP]
  Amy Winehouse - At The BBC
  Alfie Templeman - Forever Isn't Long Enough
  dodie - Build A Problem [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Transparent 2LP]
  Tony Allen - There Is No End
  Squid - Bright Green Field [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Green 2LP]
  GoGo Penguin - GGP/RMX
  Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall - The Marfa Tapes
  NU'EST - The 2nd Album 'Romanticize' [AFTER GLOW Version]
  A Certain Ratio - ACR:EPA EP [Limited Edition Valentine Red Vinyl]
  
  
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  For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.
  
  

  UPCOMING RELEASES

  

  The Black Keys - Delta Kream - Nonesuch
  On May 14, The Black Keys release their tenth studio album, Delta Kream, via Nonesuch Records. The record celebrates the band’s roots, featuring eleven Mississippi hill country blues standards that they have loved since they were teenagers, before they were a band, including songs by R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, among others. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney recorded Delta Kream at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville; they were joined by musicians Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton, long-time members of the bands of blues legends including R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough. The album takes its name from William Eggleston’s iconic Mississippi photograph that is on its cover. 

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Paul & Linda McCartney - RAM [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Half Speed Master LP] - Capitol
  To mark the 50^th anniversary of the release of RAM, the album will be pressed from a master cut at half speed using the original master tapes at Abbey Road. The only album credited to both Paul & Linda McCartney, RAM reached Number 1 in the UK and stayed in the US Top 10 for five months. Recording after he’d left The Beatles and before the formation of Wings, Paul initially flew with Linda to New York to record the songs they’d written but arrived without a band. As Paul recalls, “We were thinking of forming a group at that time, Wings. We went to New York, found a really grotty little basement somewhere and auditioned a bunch of people. We got someone to throw a lot of drummers at us, out of which we picked Denny Seiwell who’s one of the best, and his personality fitted. Then we went in, worked with him, Hugh McCracken, Dave Spinozza, a couple of New York session men, and did RAM.” To avoid arousing too much interest, the auditions were held under the guise of a session for a commercial jingle. As well as Paul’s lead vocals there are harmonies from Linda. “I gave her a hard time, I must say, but we were pleased with the results. Elton John later said somewhere that he thought it was the best harmonies he’d heard in a long while. It was very much the two of us against the world at that point.”

  
   
  
  
  

  

  Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future - Impulse Records
  Sons Of Kemet returns in 2021 with their new album Black To The Future, the follow up to 2018’s Mercury Prize nominated breakout release Your Queen Is A Reptile. This release finds the UK-based quartet at their most dynamic – showcasing harmonically elegant arrangements and compositions, coupled with fierce, driving material that will be familiar to initiated fans. This is their 4^th record, and 2^nd on impulse! This album features prominent UK vocalists and a strong emphasis on lush compositions and arrangements. Guest artists include Kojey Radical, Moor Mother, Angel Bat Dawid, Joshua Idehen, D Double E and is part of the impulse! records “impulse 60!” 2021 campaign

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Alan Jackson - Where Have You Gone - EMI Nashvilee
  Alan Jackson's brand new studio album, Where Have You Gone, is his first country release in over 5 years. He's one of the best-selling music artists of all time with over 75M records sold worldwide. Alan is a member of the Grand Ole Opry & has topped the Billboard Country charts with 35 #1 Singles & 15 #1 Albums. He's received multiple awards including 2 Grammys, 16 CMAs, 17 ACMs. CD includes blow-in card for a FREE Download of the Bonus Track "That's The Way Love Goes (A Tribute Merle Haggard)"

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Steve Miller Band - Live! Breaking Ground August 3, 1977 - UMe
  Steve Miller has dug deep into his archives and found an unreleased, full-length concert recording. The album captures Miller's legendary 1977 lineup at the beginning of the band's turn from playing ballrooms and theatres to arenas and football stadiums. Recorded at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD on multi-track tape and newly mixed and mastered by Miller and Kent Hertz. Includes original liner notes by music journalist David Fricke and is pressed on 2 Black Vinyl 180G LP's.

  
   
  
  
  

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• New Release Round-Up 04-30-21

  

  girl in red - if i could make it go quiet - World In Red
  if i could make it go quiet, the debut album from girl in red, is the musical distillation of Marie Ulven’s solitary conversations on the road: it’s an album brimming with the things we wish we could say to others, but tell ourselves instead. The album is girl in red in its purest, elevated form. She has never been braver, and the music follows suit, whether it’s collaborating with pop mastermind and Billie Eilish collaborator FINNEAS on “Serotonin,” a huge pop anthem that speaks to Ulven’s struggles with mental health, or flexing her instrumental chops with album closer “it would feel like this.” Betrayal, lust, longing, pulling herself out of a depressive spell -- nothing is off-limits on if i could make it go quiet. “I really poured my heart into a lot of these lyrics, fully,” she says. “I just feel like I emptied myself in this album.”

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Royal Blood - Typhoons - Warner Records
  After two UK #1 albums, 2 million album sales and an array of international acclaim, you might’ve thought you knew what to expect from Royal Blood. Those preconceptions were shattered when they released ‘Trouble’s Coming’ last summer. Hitting a melting pot of fiery rock riffs and danceable beats, they delivered something fresh, unexpected and yet entirely in tune with what they’d forged their reputation with.  When Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher sat down to talk about making a new album, they knew what they wanted to achieve. It involved a conscious return to their roots, back when they had made music that was influenced by Daft Punk, Justice, and Philippe Zdar of Cassius. It also called for a similar back-to-basics approach to what had made their self-titled debut album so thrilling, visceral and original. 

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Julia Michaels - Not In Chronological Order - Republic
  Grammy nominated, multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter Julia Michaels is set to release her highly anticipated full-length debut, Not In Chronological Order. The 10-track album is executive produced by Monsters & Strangerz, with two songs co-written with JP Saxe. Each track takes listeners through a storytelling journey of events in Julia’s love life and explores themes of being happy and most importantly: love.

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Leon Vynehall - Rare, Forever 
  
  
  Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks Of God [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Pink Smoke LP]
  Mick Fleetwood & Friends - Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac [Limited Edition 4LP]
  Blood From The Soul - DSM-5 [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Blue/Green/Black Mix LP]
  Marianne Faithfull with Warren Ellis - She Walks in Beauty
  Dropkick Murphys - Turn Up That Dial [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Coke Bottle Green LP]
  Ashley Monroe - Rosegold [LP]
  Teenage Fanclub - Endless Arcade [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Pink LP]
  PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her [LP]
  PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her - Demos [LP]
  DJ Khaled - KHALED KHALED
  Carrie Underwood - My Savior [White 2LP]
  Gojira - Fortitude [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Black Ice LP]
  Eddie Vedder - Matter of Time / Say Hi [Limited Edition 7in Single]
  Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - Blackbird: Lennon-McCartney Icons
  Bob Mould - Distortion: 2008-2019 [Signed 140-Gram Clear Splatter Vinyl]
  Shovels & Rope - Busted Jukebox Volume 3
  Thomas Rhett - Country Again, Side A
  Guided By Voices - Earth Man Blues
  Julia Stone - Sixty Summers [Limited Edition Gold LP]
  Serj Tankian - Elasticity EP [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Purple Vinyl]
  Dawn Richard - Second Line [Limited Edition Peak White LP + Bonus Shaped Gold 12in]
  Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now [Limited Edition Blue Vinyl Single]
  
  
  & More .....
  

  For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.
  
  

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