• New Release Round-Up 02-26-21

  

  Glitterer - Life Is Not A Lesson - Glitterer
  Life Is Not A Lesson is Glitterer’s second full-length album, featuring Ned Russin, bassist/vocalist of seminal hardcore-punk band Title Fight. This time Ned has produced the record himself, notwithstanding some recording and performance help from his twin brother, Ben, and some other friends, as well as mixing and mastering by Arthur Rizk (Code Orange, Power Trip). It may surprise you to hear that, irrespective of worldly doom and gloom, the new songs are even catchier and bigger-sounding than those from his 2019 release, Looking Through the Shades. With roomier drums and more electric-guitars-per-square-inch than ever, Life is Not a Lesson has a way of evoking an alternate-universe version of Guided By Voices, one with a hardcore-punk background. Life is Not a Lesson proves to be a rigorous reckoning with the life of the mind at a time when there’s not much life outside the mind.

  
     
  
  
  

  

  Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist - Epitaph
  Architects are back with their ninth studio album “For Those That Wish To Exist”. The band have confirmed their ascent to the very upper echelons of British heavy music. Few bands, of this modern era or any other, can match the quintet’s ability to blend uncompromising heavi-ness with razor-sharp melodic musicianship.  A versatile metal group based out of Brighton, England, Architects employ a lethal combination of breakdown-heavy guitars, melodic vocals and symphonic-ambient post-metal. That sonic delivery is conducted from a platform built on veganism and environmental activism.

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Bones Owens - Bones Owens  
  Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker: 30th Anniversary Edition  
  
  
  Alice Cooper - Detroit Stories [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Red 2LP]
  Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Way Down In The Rust Bucket
  Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Summer Sky Wave LP]
  Altin Gun - Yol [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Purple LP]
  Say Anything - ...Is a Real Boy [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Yellow 2LP]
  PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
  PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - Demos
  Stereolab - Electrically Possessed (Switched On Volume 4)
  Julien Baker - Little Oblivions [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Yellow LP]
  Pinegrove - Amperland, NY
  Willie Nelson - That’s Life
  Wesley Schultz - Vignettes
  Smerz - Believer
  Melvins - Working With God [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Silver LP]
  Cloud Nothings - The Shadow I Remember
  Evergrey - Escape Of The Phoenix [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear Red 2LP]
  Maximo Park - Nature Always Wins
  NOFX - Single Album
  Steve Lukather - I Found The Sun Again
  Joseph Williams - Denizen Tenant
  Lil' Kim - The Notorious K.I.M. [Pink/Black Mix 2LP]
  Ray Charles - The Best Of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years [Blue 2LP]
  Chaka Khan - Epiphany: The Best Of Chaka Khan [Burgundy LP]
  
  
  
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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

  

  Adult Mom - Driver - Adult Mom
  Adult Mom began as the solo project of Stevie Knipe in a Purchase College dorm room in 2012, and now falls between the playful spectrum of solo project and collaborative band with beloved friends and musicians Olivia Battell and Allegra Eidinger. On Driver, Adult Mom’s third studio release, Stevie Knipe delves into the emotional space just beyond a coming-of-age, where the bills start to pile up and memories of college dorms are closer than those of high school parking lots. Like so many other twenty-somethings, Adult Mom’s third LP seeks to answer the age old question: what now? With an actualized sound, Adult Mom has arrived to soundtrack the queer rom-com they’ve been dreaming of since 2015. Driver incorporates an expert weaving of sonic textures ranging from synths and shakers to ‘00s-inspired guitar tones which convey a loving attention to detail.

  
     
  
  
  

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• New Release Round-Up 02-19-21

  

  Frank Zappa - Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Zappa Records
  The Soundtrack is a perfect complement to the film available on 3 CDs for the Zappa completist. Showcasing 69 total songs, with 12 previously unreleased recordings from archive along with the 1978 Saturday Night Live performance; 24 additional Zappa songs from the catalog spanning 4 decades; songs from Zappa's labels Straight / Bizarre Records; 2 classical compositions by Edgard Varese and Igor Stravinsky; and 26 Original Score cues newly composed by John Frizzell for the documentary.
  
  Also Available Soon: Crystal Clear 2LP & 3CD

  
   
  
  
  

  

  Icon For Hire - Amorphous - Icon For Hire
  Icon For Hire’s sound is one that effortlessly blends heavy riffs, elements of electronic production and soaring vocal lines into a powerful & bold sonic explosion. However, at the heart of Icon For Hire’s music is a message of positivity, self-love and personal empowerment from the painfully relatable and rousing lyrics of Ariel. For Amorphous, the band worked with Grammy Nominated engineer Romesh Dodangoda (known for his previous work producing the last Bring Me The Horizon album as well as acts such as Don Broco, Busted, and Kids in Glass Houses). The album has been completely funded by fans through Kickstarter. This success was achieved thanks to the band’s highly dedicated ICON Army fanbase that support them on Patreon and have been there for the band though thick, thin, litigation, addiction and more. Having overcome both personal and professional adversity, Icon For Hire are living proof that you can take control of your life—and that’s perhaps the greatest success anyone can hope to accomplish.

  
     
  
  
  

  ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
  
  
  Tash Sultana - Terra Firma [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Yellow LP]  
  Loathe - I Let It In And It Took Everything [Gold/Black 2LP] 
  
  
  The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy
  Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump.....On A Wooden Piano
  Mogwai - As The Love Continues [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Transparent Yellow LP]
  Edie Brickell and New Bohemians - Hunter And The Dog Star
  nothing,nowhere. - Trauma Factory
  BTS - Be (Essential Edition)
  Ricky Warwick - When Life Was Hard And Fast
  Devonte Hynes - We Are Who We Are (Original Series Soundtrack)
  Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Glow-In-The-Dark LP]
  Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life [Teal LP]
  Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted And Black [Burnt Orange LP]
  Hearty Har - Radio Astro
  Porter Robinson - Look At The Sky [Vinyl Single]
  Geneva Jacuzzi - Lamaze
  The Who - WHO [7in Singles Box Set w/ Live At Kingston CD]
  Hand Habits - Dirt EP [Vinyl]
  
  
  & 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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