{"id":1792,"date":"2018-09-07T17:30:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2018-09-10T13:30:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T12:30:44","slug":"new-releases-14sep2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-14sep2018\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 14 September 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a vintage week, and our smashers start with Paul Weller<\/strong>\u2019s fourteenth solo album, True Meanings<\/em><\/strong>, a record unlike any he has ever made before. It\u2019s characterised by grandiose yet delicate, lush orchestration: an aesthetic to which Paul\u2019s better-than-ever voice, singing some of his most nakedly honest words, is perfectly suited. Turning 60 this year has unquestionably had an impact both lyrically and musically, and it\u2019s a dreamy, peaceful, pastoral set of songs to get lost in, an album that a lot of his faithful audience have been wanting him to make for a long time, and an album that many new people outside of that audience will relate to.<\/p>\n

13 Rivers<\/em><\/strong> is a bare-bones, emotionally direct album from Richard Thompson<\/strong> that speaks from the heart with no filters. \u201cThere are 13 songs on the record, and each one is like a river,<\/em>\u201d Thompson explains. \u201cSome flow faster than others. Some follow a slow and winding current. They all culminate on this one body of work. The songs on 13 Rivers are a surprise in a good way. They came to me as a surprise in a dark time. They reflected my emotions in an oblique manner that I\u2019ll never truly understand. It\u2019s as if they\u2019d been channelled from somewhere else. You find deeper meaning in the best records as time goes on. The reward comes later.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the course of four albums, Dawn Landes<\/strong> has blazed her own path with songs that are as fresh as they are timeless. Still, there\u2019s no mistaking that the strains of Nashville reside in her voice and in her musical soul; and now, with her fifth album, Landes is finally bringing them to centre stage. Meet Me At The River<\/em><\/strong> is Landes\u2019 self-described \u2018Nashville record\u2019, and she has ensured its pedigree by enlisting the production skills of Fred Foster, the Country Music Hall of Fame member who played a pivotal role in the careers of Dolly Parton, Roy Orbison, and Kris Kristofferson.<\/p>\n

Alejandro Escovedo<\/strong> returns with a brand-new album, The Crossing<\/em><\/strong>, that is perhaps his most varied and expansive to date. It is the first album he has recorded outside America \u2013 in northern Italy, with co-writer Don Antonio Gramentieri and a band of Italian musicians. It is also his first ever concept album, drawing the story of two young immigrants to the US who bond over a mutual love of punk rock as they struggle with racism and discrimination. Special guests on the album include Wayne Kramer (MC5), Joe Ely, and Peter Perrett and John Perry of The Only Ones. The sound ranges from straight-ahead rockers like \u2018Sonica USA\u2019 to ballads like the classic Joe Ely-penned \u2018Silver City\u2019, and everywhere in between. To describe this album as epic might be an understatement.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s giants of electronic music Orbital<\/strong> are back for good. This recent surge of creativity, leading up to the release of new album Monsters Exist<\/em><\/strong>, shows how reunited brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll have rebuilt one of electronic music\u2019s best-loved partnerships after a surprisingly bitter break-up in 2012. They\u2019d been onstage with Stephen Hawking at the Paralympics, in front of the whole world. They\u2019d remixed Madonna, they\u2019d played Glastonbury many times and travelled the world \u2013 yet were driven apart by music\u2019s strange and infamous brother-vs-brother dynamic. But now the brothers have a pact: whatever happens, Orbital does not stop. They\u2019ve learned to talk and accept each other. As Paul says, \u201cIf we were both the same, then it wouldn\u2019t be Orbital.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Our album of the week is from Minnesotan legends Low<\/strong>, who turn twenty-five in 2018. Since 1993, Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker \u2013 the married couple whose heaven-and-earth harmonies have always held the band\u2019s centre \u2013 have become one of music\u2019s most steadfast and vital vehicles for pulling light from our darkest emotional recesses. Now the duo releases its most brazen, abrasive (and, paradoxically, most empowering) album ever: Double Negative<\/em><\/strong>, an unflinching eleven-song quest through snarling static and shattering beats that somehow culminates in the brightest pop song of Low\u2019s career. It begins in pure bedlam, with a beat built from a loop of ruptured noise waging war against the paired voices of Sparhawk and Parker the moment they begin to sing during the massive \u2018Quorum\u2019. For forty minutes, they indulge the battle, trying to be heard amid the noisy grain, sometimes winning and sometimes being tossed toward oblivion.<\/p>\n

\"Low<\/a>\"Paul<\/a>\"Richard<\/a>\"Dawn<\/a>\"Alejandro<\/a>\"Orbital<\/a><\/div>\n

Click an image for more details and to order your copy. Look out for our special low pre-sale prices<\/strong> in red \u2013 order early so you don\u2019t miss them!<\/p>\n

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