{"id":1322,"date":"2017-04-13T17:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T16:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2017-04-11T15:02:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T14:02:58","slug":"new-releases-21apr2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-21apr2017\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 21 April 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even with Record Store Day the following day, there are some fine releases due out on <strong>21 April<\/strong>. Here are some particularly worthy of attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ray Davies<\/strong>\u2019 <strong><em>Americana<\/em><\/strong> is his first solo album for nearly a decade. The album is a hymn to the importance of America to Ray throughout his life, and one of the UK\u2019s greatest living songwriters has produced an album that describes how America has been both muse and tempest to him. <strong>Chris Shiflett<\/strong> is guitarist with the Foo Fighters, however his album <strong><em>West Coast Town<\/em><\/strong> is not what you might expect. The autobiographical songs penned by Chris are a paean to his beloved honky-tonk Bakersfield type country music. <strong>Texas<\/strong>\u2019s new album, <strong><em>Jump On Board<\/em><\/strong>, is a stone pop belter for which the word \u2018hooky\u2019, if it existed, might well have been coined. <strong>Max\u00efmo Park<\/strong>\u2019s sixth studio album, <strong><em>Risk To Exist<\/em><\/strong>, follows 2014\u2019s <em>Too Much Information<\/em>; within it they stay true to their alt-indie roots and have produced an album to rival the Mercury Prize-nominated <em>A Certain Trigger<\/em>. <strong>The Preservation Hall Jazz Band<\/strong> is an American institution, playing quintessential New Orleans jazz; <strong><em>So It Is<\/em><\/strong> is their second album of original compositions. This time PHJB have stirred the pot throughly and the album nods to soul, jazz and Afrobeat throughout.<\/p>\n<p>Release of the week comes from the songwriters\u2019 songwriter, <strong>Ron Sexsmith<\/strong>. <strong><em>The Last Rider<\/em><\/strong> is a fine addition to an important body of work. Recommended.<\/p>\n<div id=\"thumbs_6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/releases1702.php#r170421_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Ron Sexsmith - Last Rider\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/170421\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Ron Sexsmith - Last Rider\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/releases1702.php#r170421_2\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Ray Davies - Americana\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/170421\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Ray Davies - Americana\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/releases1702.php#r170421_3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Chris Shiflett - West Coast Town\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/170421\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Shiflett - West Coast Town\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/releases1702.php#r170421_4\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Texas - Jump On Board\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/170421\/4.jpg\" alt=\"Texas - Jump On Board\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/releases1702.php#r170421_5\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Max\u00efmo Park - Risk To Exist\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/170421\/5.jpg\" alt=\"Max\u00efmo Park - Risk To Exist\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/releases1702.php#r170421_6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"The Preservation Hall Jazz Band - So It Is\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/170421\/6.jpg\" alt=\"The Preservation Hall Jazz Band - So It Is\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/releases1702.php#r170421\">Click here<\/a> for more details and to order your copy. Look out for our <strong class=\"darkred\">special low pre-sale prices<\/strong> in red \u2013 order early so you don\u2019t miss them!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even with Record Store Day the following day, there are some fine releases due out on 21 April. Here are some particularly worthy of attention. Ray Davies\u2019 Americana is his first solo album for nearly a decade. 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