New releases for 4 February 2022

Our soaraway six, hand-picked from the many new releases out next week, starts with the sixth full-length studio album from Cate Le Bon – her follow-up to 2019’s Mercury-nominated Reward – whose title, Pompeii, suggests a coming apocalypse. However, this metaphor eclipses any dissection of the immediate present, says Le Bon, although this is not…

New releases for 28 January 2022

This week’s set of goodies is opened by multi-Grammy award winner Lucinda Williams with the latest installment in Lu’s Jukebox, a six-volume series of mostly full-band performances recorded live at Ray Kennedy’s Room & Board Studio in Nashville. Each volume features a themed set of songs by other artists curated by Lucinda, and in Vol.…

New releases for 21 January 2022

This week’s new releases open with Aoife O’Donovan, co-founder of the trio I’m With Her, who continues her passion for collaboration on Age Of Apathy, an album that includes guest appearances by Madison Cunningham and Allison Russell. The album’s singles include ‘Phoenix’, ‘Passengers’ and ‘Prodigal Daughter’. Formed in 2019, Yard Act began life when friends…

Pre-sale of the week: Father John Misty – Chloë And The Next 20th Century, out 8 April

Father John Misty returns with Chloë And The Next 20th Century, his fifth album and first new material since the release of God’s Favorite Customer in 2018. The album was written and recorded between August and December 2020 and features arrangements by Drew Erickson. The album sees Tillman and producer/multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Wilson resume their long-term…