NEW ALBUMS (released within last month/30 days) Worth a Listen

divide_by_zero · 02-08-2020 03:26PM

New albums out the last few weeks that I have been listening to and liked a lot and in no particular order - Bush The Kingdom, Seasick Steve - Love & Peace, Foals Collected Reworks Vol. 1, Viva Belgrado - Bellavista (came out in April but only listening to it in the past few weeks), The Psychedelic Furs - Made of Pain, PJ Harvey reissues and the excellent new album from Lianne La Havas

S.M.B. · 02-08-2020 03:55PM

Bush have a new album out? I night have a listen. I've a urge to listen to Razorblade Suitcase recently but its not on Spotify.

divide_by_zero · 02-08-2020 05:10PM

S.M.B. wrote: »

Bush have a new album out? I night have a listen. I've a urge to listen to Razorblade Suitcase recently but its not on Spotify.

They do and it's actually quite good.

lordgoat · 02-08-2020 08:29PM

Advance Base (previously castiontone for the...) has a live album coming this week. Will def give it a spin. Enjoyed the first song from it a lot a stripped version of True Love Death Dream

Gonzovision · 02-08-2020 10:09PM

New Rival Consoles release, 'Articulation' came out on Friday, really enjoying it.

Persona was one of my favourite electronica albums from the last few years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d6EBsa9nho

OhHiMark · 04-08-2020 09:04AM

flasher0030 wrote: »

You're bashing Fontaines DC and The Coronas. And in next sentence throwing in a positive about Taylor Swift. You're in the wrong forum. The Hormonal Teenage moany forum is thataway.

I'd rather listen to Taylor Swift's new album than the Fontaines DC one. I haven't listened to the new Coronas one so I can't comment on that.

Useful.Idiot · 04-08-2020 10:46AM

Personally I'm really enjoying the new Fontaines album. A darker and more matured follow-up to their debut. There's a lot more depth to their songwriting now.

FullBack Jam · 04-08-2020 12:28PM

OhHiMark wrote: »

I'd rather listen to Taylor Swift's new album than the Fontaines DC one. I haven't listened to the new Coronas one so I can't comment on that.

Really?? Haven't listened to Fontaines new one or Coronas new one either.
I'm, not a massive fan of either. But appreciate and applaud the succes they've had. Hard to listen to a poster calling them "awful" and then creaming over Taylor Swift's output. In an Alternative & Indie forum.

OhHiMark · 04-08-2020 02:09PM

flasher0030 wrote: »

Really?? Haven't listened to Fontaines new one or Coronas new one either.
I'm, not a massive fan of either. But appreciate and applaud the succes they've had. Hard to listen to a poster calling them "awful" and then creaming over Taylor Swift's output. In an Alternative & Indie forum.

Well in fairness a lot of the album was written by Aaron Dessner.

mosstin · 04-08-2020 07:33PM

flasher0030 wrote: »

Really?? Haven't listened to Fontaines new one or Coronas new one either.
I'm, not a massive fan of either. But appreciate and applaud the succes they've had. Hard to listen to a poster calling them "awful" and then creaming over Taylor Swift's output. In an Alternative & Indie forum.

It is, essentially, her alternative and indie album. I think she's brilliant myself but, given the choice, I'd rather listen to Stars of the Lid.

lordgoat · 05-08-2020 09:04PM

flasher0030 wrote: »

Really?? Haven't listened to Fontaines new one or Coronas new one either.
I'm, not a massive fan of either. But appreciate and applaud the succes they've had. Hard to listen to a poster calling them "awful" and then creaming over Taylor Swift's output. In an Alternative & Indie forum.

LOL haven't listened to all three albums but still feel the need to comment. None of these 3 bands are alt/indie but hey keep going applauding their success but not that of the biggest female artist out there at the moment.

lordgoat · 05-08-2020 09:05PM

mosstin wrote: »

It is, essentially, her alternative and indie album. I think she's brilliant myself but, given the choice, I'd rather listen to Stars of the Lid.

while it might be her new twist - it's a pop album, I don't think it can be anything else, but all are welcome!

FullBack Jam · 06-08-2020 09:13AM

lordgoat wrote: »

LOL haven't listened to all three albums but still feel the need to comment. None of these 3 bands are alt/indie but hey keep going applauding their success but not that of the biggest female artist out there at the moment.

Whooahh. Easy there chief. Don't get your knickers in a twist. It's a forum. Purpose is to make comments.
As a layperson,I would regard alternative music to be an alternative to the mainstream crap that we generally get from chart-inspired music. And as far as I recollect, its origins had something to do with punk inspired music. I would put Fontaines into the alternative category, or close to it anyway.
Taylor Swift; definitely not. I've heard her stuff on the radio. I have kids so have to endure it. You have to admit; most of it is shlt. She may be successful. But so is Justin Bieber and One Direction. all manufactured music, marketed towards creating a hype that the public buys into.

S.M.B. · 06-08-2020 11:18AM

Think I might just migrate my thoughts to the Music forum, can't be listening to stuff like that these days.

PS: both the Taylor Swift and the Fontaines DC albums are very very good.

budgemook · 06-08-2020 03:14PM

everyone loves a good "is it, isn't it" genre row.

Gonzovision · 06-08-2020 04:18PM

Popped up in a new releases list, don't know a thing about them, but definitely enjoying it on first listen, pop/goth/punk with some great hooks.

Definitely a My Chemical Romance vibe off them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHhqRP-HdIw

mosstin · 14-08-2020 09:54PM

Jónsi (from Sigur Rós) with Liz Fraser.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcveV3Ig_AU

Arghus · 20-08-2020 09:45PM

Orville Peck has a new EP out, Show Pony. His debut last year blew me away. His voice is amazing and that atmosphere in his songs of melodramatic Country weirdness was something I couldn't say no to.

Show Pony is a bit more straightforward, even polished, and he leans into the camp maybe a tad too much on a few numbers. But it has some amazing moments. This tune is fantastic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaYSSQelQ1g

Gonzovision · 21-08-2020 10:54PM

New Bright Eyes album released today 'Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was'

Just on first listen now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXYA3-z_JH8

Acosta · 23-08-2020 11:40AM

The new I Like Trains album is a belter

Arghus · 28-08-2020 08:56PM

A new album that's been blowing my mind is Alphaville by Imperial Triumphant.

It's not really alternative and indie, but I don't know if those labels even mean anything anymore. It's a weird mix of black metal, noise rock and jazz - so it annoys the metal purists a bit, maybe it has some alternative cred.

I used to listen to all the metal all the time as a young fella, but you know how your tastes broaden out as you get older, so now I only listen to it a bit every now and again. I find it hard to come across modern metal that sounds fresh to my ears, the rules of all the different genres are so well established at this stage.

But I love this album. It took me a few listens. The songs are really great and they take a lot of risks in every song - barbershop quartets, jazzy piano, but it doesn't feel gimmicky because the music is generally hellish and ferocious and the riffs are nicely discordant and sick.

Won't appeal to many on here, it's pretty out there, but I know there's one or two who appreciate the heavy stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_lb8564Kcs

Gonzovision · 29-08-2020 01:36AM

New Bob Moses, had dropped from my radar for a few years, but this is quality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4EKJFgBqDY

mosstin · 29-08-2020 08:53AM

New Kelly Lee Owens' album 'Inner Song out. Debut was excellent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53EWchMsij8

S.M.B. · 29-08-2020 11:49AM

Came across this today because of the Weird Fishes / Arpeggi cover which I really liked. Will listen to more of the album.

Electric Nitwit · 01-09-2020 03:44PM

Acosta wrote: »

The new I Like Trains album is a belter

Thanks for that, didn't know it was out. It really is good. Nothing like their early stuff (I loved Elegies...) but I'm really liking it

Bit of an LCD Soundsystem vibe to it

mosstin · 01-09-2020 05:27PM

New Arab Strap and it's absolutely brilliant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4CN6sxDvr0

divide_by_zero · 01-09-2020 06:51PM

The new Sevdaliza album Shabrang is excellent. Worth a listen also, I think she may be the first Iranian artist I've ever listened to. Really liked the last record but this new one just confirms for me how good she really is.

Arghus · 01-09-2020 08:13PM

Angel Olsen has a newish album out called Whole New Mess. Newish because a lot of it is stripped back versions of songs of her last album. I thought that album was a classic at first, but I went off it big time eventually. The songs sounded great the first few times, but were overproduced and lacked staying power in the long run. So maybe a lo-fi version of some tunes might work, maybe not. She's worth persevering with IMO. Burn Your Fire was a stunning record, all killer no filler.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3_9FSfpADA

mosstin · 01-09-2020 09:37PM

Arghus wrote: »

Angel Olsen has a newish album out called Whole New Mess. Newish because a lot of it is stripped back versions of songs of her last album. I thought that album was a classic at first, but I went off it big time eventually. The songs sounded great the first few times, but were overproduced and lacked staying power in the long run. So maybe a lo-fi version of some tunes might work, maybe not. She's worth persevering with IMO. Burn Your Fire was a stunning record, all killer no filler.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3_9FSfpADA

This is exactly my opinion of Angel Olsen. They threw everything at that last record and just ruined it.

sweetie · 02-09-2020 09:08AM

divide_by_zero wrote: »

The new Sevdaliza album Shabrang is excellent. Worth a listen also, I think she may be the first Iranian artist I've ever listened to. Really liked the last record but this new one just confirms for me how good she really is.

saw her at the picnic a couple years ago, she was deadly, will have a listen to this.

NEW ALBUMS (released within last month/30 days) Worth a Listen

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