On to this week’s smashers! After years of writing, wandering and starting over, The Lemonheads return with Love Chant: a bold, melodic reaffirmation of one of alternative rock’s most distinctive voices. Evan Dando’s relocation to Brazil, where much of the album was recorded, has offered a chance to reset, reconnect and finally bring these songs…
Here we go with our six picks from this week’s offerings. Although they had already released an album in April last year, Liverpudlian indie outfit Circa Waves are not only doing it all over again within the space of 12 months, but putting out a double album this time! Sad Happy is very much an…
The first of this week’s recommended releases comes from Weyes Blood, a.k.a. Natalie Mering, who has designed her own universe to soulfully navigate life’s mysteries. Manoeuvring through a space-time continuum, she plays the role of melodic, sometimes melancholic, anthropologist. Tellingly, Mering classifies Titanic Rising – which was written and recorded during the first half of…
There’s a cracking batch of new releases for 10 March. The Navigator by Hurray For The Riff Raff is the cinematic tale of a wandering soul and can be read as a kind of concept album, which in this case is a good thing! The Shins’ first album for 5 years, Heartworms, is a delight…