New releases for 26 November 2021

The cream of this week’s crop of new releases starts with Metta, Benevolence. In late October 2019, following a successful UK tour ending in a sold-out concert at the mythical Roundhouse in London, SUNN O))) entered studio 4 at BBC Maida Vale on invitation to record a live session for Mary Anne Hobbs to be…

New releases for 4 December 2015

4 December must represent the most diverse selection of new releases so far this year, from the crafted populism of Coldplay, the pure pop-soul of Jools & Ruby, Lush’s comprehensive retrospective box set, New York noise merchants Swans and the ambient doom metal of Sunn O))). Release of the week is Bruce Springsteen’s The Ties…

Pre-release of the week: Sunn O))), Kannon

Pre-sale of the week is Kannon, an exuberant new release from doom metal overlords Sunn 0))), available at a discounted price prior to its release on 4th December. Kannon was composed in the aftershadow of Sunn O)))’s immersive collaborations with Scott Walker and Ulver, and from the broad and influential wake of Monoliths & Dimensions.…