{"id":1738,"date":"2018-06-01T17:30:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T16:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2018-06-08T18:54:51","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T17:54:51","slug":"new-releases-8jun2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-8jun2018\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 8 June 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s happy hexad opens with <strong><em>No Shame<\/em><\/strong>, a return to form for <strong>Lily Allen<\/strong>, a candid account of the breakdown of her marriage, depression, loneliness and fears about her children. The first of two debuts this week is the eagerly awaited <strong><em>Lost &amp; Found<\/em><\/strong>, full of street-smart R&amp;B sung in <strong>Jorja Smith<\/strong>\u2019s classic voice \u2013 we think this one\u2019s going to be big! <strong>Boy Azooga<\/strong> also debut with, <strong><em>1, 2, Kung Fu!<\/em><\/strong>, a shape-shifting musical mystery tour that swings smoothly from filmic instrumentals to a churning rave-tinged rock that recalls Can and Happy Mondays. Country superstar <strong>Dierks Bentley<\/strong> shows progression on <strong><em>The Mountain<\/em><\/strong>, a subtle album that\u2019s more than just standard Nashville fare, the album he has long wanted to make. This week\u2019s ration of the riffy stuff comes in the form of <strong><em>A Dying Machine<\/em><\/strong>, a showcase for <strong>Tremonti<\/strong>\u2019s brand of anthemic choruses, punishing riffs and fiery guitar solos.<\/p>\n<p>Our album of the week is <strong>Gruff Rhys<\/strong>\u2019s best record to date: <strong><em>Babelsberg<\/em><\/strong>, a ten-song gazetteer of modern times, set to timeless, indelible melodies backed by the 72-piece BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Amazingly, for a collection of songs written over two years ago, each one seems to pull very sharp focus on the times we\u2019re living in.<\/p>\n<div id=\"thumbs_6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/releases1803.php#r180608_GruffRhys\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/180608\/GruffRhys.jpg\" alt=\"Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/releases1803.php#r180608_LilyAllen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Lily Allen - No Shame\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/180608\/LilyAllen.jpg\" alt=\"Lily Allen - No Shame\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/releases1803.php#r180608_JorjaSmith\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Jorja Smith - Lost &amp; Found\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/180608\/JorjaSmith.jpg\" alt=\"Jorja Smith - Lost &amp; Found\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/releases1803.php#r180608_BoyAzooga\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Boy Azooga - 1, 2, Kung Fu!\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/180608\/BoyAzooga.png\" alt=\"Boy Azooga - 1, 2, Kung Fu!\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/releases1803.php#r180608_DierksBentley\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Dierks Bentley - The Mountain\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/180608\/DierksBentley.jpg\" alt=\"Dierks Bentley - The Mountain\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/releases1803.php#r180608_Tremonti\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Tremonti - A Dying Machine\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/180608\/Tremonti.jpg\" alt=\"Tremonti - A Dying Machine\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Click an image 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>This week\u2019s happy hexad opens with No Shame, a return to form for Lily Allen, a candid account of the breakdown of her marriage, depression, loneliness and fears about her children. The first of two debuts this week is the eagerly awaited Lost &amp; Found, full of street-smart R&amp;B sung in Jorja Smith\u2019s classic voice&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[1186,1187,1156,1185,1184,36,205],"class_list":["post-1738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","tag-boy-azooga","tag-dierks-bentley","tag-gruff-rhys","tag-jorja-smith","tag-lily-allen","tag-new-release","tag-tremonti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1738"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1740,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738\/revisions\/1740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}