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

Arghus wrote: »

I think Relatives in Descent was probably stronger on a song by song basis, but I appreciate that they've tried to do something a bit different with their sound again. They're a seriously underrated band.

Favourite off the record for me is maybe the closer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jBayKVcc7s

Would u believe gone totally of them and idles as well

Oh good new Fontaines

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.

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.

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.

Jónsi (from Sigur Rós) with Liz Fraser.

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.

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

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

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.

Ulver are a cool band.

Started out in the 90's as a bunch of Norwegian teenagers making their own idiosyncratic brand of black metal, they've been following their own path ever since - moving through different brands of metal, through trip hop, through electronica, through jazz, through new age, all kinds really ...Incredibly diverse band. They've been sticking with a type of dark synth pop for the last couple of albums, including their new one, Flowers of Evil. I like what I hear so far. Maybe the songs aren't the hookiest, but they build cool atmospheres in these songs. I love the final two minutes of this song.



Any love for them in here? I could ask the metal heads in the other forum, but Ulver haven't been metal for over twenty years.

Gonzovision wrote: »

Ye would enjoy a bit of Ulver now and again. Probably would prefer the earlier material, but may not have given the later stuff enough of a chance either.

Shadows of the Sun and Perdition City, would be the ones I keep going back to.

Speaking of doom metal, although definitely hitting more of a post metal vibe, I've absolutely being loving A Dawn to Fear by Cult of Luna for the last few months. I think it came out last year or the year before, but it's stellar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoFJA24GhfA

I've never really listened to Cult of Luna. But I've seen that people seem to rate them. I'll give them a whirl, even if I think post-metal is a bit played out in general. I think Isis and Neurosis have covered nearly every worthwhile angle.

Blood Inside is another Ulver album to put alongside Perdition City and Shadows of The Sun IMO.

amazing sounds just wow