{"id":1915,"date":"2019-02-01T17:30:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T17:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2019-01-31T14:13:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T14:13:16","slug":"new-releases-8feb2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-8feb2019\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 8 February 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our recommendations from this week\u2019s releases start with Mercury Rev<\/strong>\u2019s reimagination of Bobbie Gentry\u2019s 1968 album The Delta Sweete<\/em>, a psychedelic record depicting a Mississippi of hot biscuits, genteel table manners and working-class sense suddenly overturned by a grave sinning and suicide. Carried on an evening breeze of strings and a supple, foreboding voice like sensually charged breath, \u2018Ode To Billie Joe\u2019 became a surprise Number One single for three weeks late in the Summer of Love. The Delta Sweete Revisited<\/em><\/strong> features guest vocals from a stellar cast including Norah Jones, Hope Sandoval, Rachel Goswell, Vashti Bunyan, Beth Orton, Marissa Nadler, Lucinda Williams and Margo Price.<\/p>\n

Ever-evolving artist Bob Mould<\/strong> \u2013 whose face belongs on the Mount Rushmore of alternative music \u2013 decided to \u201cwrite to the sunshine,\u201d as he describes it, not because he likes the current US administration, but from his personal experiences in Berlin, Germany, where he\u2019s spent the majority of the last three years. On Sunshine Rock<\/em><\/strong>, Mould has drawn inspiration from new environments. The theme, the cathartic vocals, and the strings all amount to Mould\u2019s catchiest, grabbiest album since Copper Blue<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Lemonheads<\/strong>\u2019 first record in 10 years! follows up the critically acclaimed Varshons<\/em> with another eclectic collection of covers. Varshons 2<\/em><\/strong> includes versions of songs by Nick Cave, Yo La Tengo, The Bevis Frond, Eagles and more. The grunge-pop heroes, no strangers to a cover, perfect the art on this album.<\/p>\n

True North<\/em><\/strong>, the masterful follow-up to his universally celebrated 2017 album 50<\/em>, finds Michael Chapman<\/strong>, elder statesman of British songwriting and guitar playing, plumbing even deeper and honing an ever keener edge to his iconic writing. This authoritative set of predominantly new, and utterly devastating, songs hews a more intimate, more atmospheric, textural, and minimalist sonic signature than 50<\/em>, stately and melancholy in equal measure.<\/p>\n

Lau<\/strong> return with their new album, Midnight And Closedown<\/em><\/strong>. Already acknowledged as thrilling live performers and folk music pioneers, this is a new creative peak. The band\u2019s 12-year recording career is resplendent with unexpected collaborations, accolades and innovative ideas. The sound of Lau in 2019 is perhaps closer to late-period Beatles than to the traditional tunes and ballads of their 2007 debut Lightweights And Gentlemen<\/em>. And yet the new album\u2019s closing track, \u2018Riad\u2019, marks a full circle, stripping the lineup back to bare acoustic instruments.<\/p>\n

Jessica Pratt<\/strong> is not a loud performer \u2013 she doesn\u2019t have to be. In a club of a few hundred, even the bar staff are known to go quiet while she\u2019s on stage. Her third album, Quiet Signs<\/em><\/strong>, feels like a distillation of this power. This is a spare, beautiful collection of songs that falls perfectly within the course of the Californian artist\u2019s career. Quiet Signs<\/em> is also Pratt\u2019s first album fully recorded in a professional studio setting. Her songs and guitar arrangements have been pared back to include only what is essential, while the home-recorded haze of previous efforts parts to reveal the full scope of her vision. On the lead single, \u2018This Time Around\u2019, Pratt hits on a profound, late-night clarity over just a couple of deep chords, evoking Caetano Veloso\u2019s casual coastal brilliance. Quiet Signs<\/em> is a deserved album of the week.<\/p>\n

\"Jessica<\/a>\"Mercury<\/a>\"Bob<\/a>\"The<\/a>\"Michael<\/a>\"Lau<\/a><\/div>\n

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