{"id":2374,"date":"2020-09-18T17:30:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2020-09-19T21:24:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T20:24:28","slug":"new-releases-25sep2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-25sep2020\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 25 September 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

On to the pick of this week\u2019s releases. This Dream Of You<\/em><\/strong> was produced in May 2020 by Diana <\/strong>Krall<\/strong> from sessions recorded in 2016 and 2017, on which she worked with her friend and longtime creative partner, Tommy LiPuma. The album features Krall in a quartet with long-time colleagues, John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton and Anthony Wilson, as well as a trio with Christian McBride and Russell Malone. The duos include a wonderful first-take performance of \u2018I Wished On The Moon\u2019 from Krall and bassist John Clayton, and two vocal cuts \u2013 \u2018More Than You Know\u2019 and \u2018Don\u2019t Smoke In Bed\u2019 with accompaniment by pianist Alan Broadbent. The final session for this album took place at Capitol Studios with an ensemble featuring guitarist Marc Ribot, the fiddle of Stuart Duncan and a rhythm section of Tony Garnier on bass and Karriem Riggins on drums. This Dream Of You<\/em> is music for right now but it is also a \u201clong playing record\u201d, one that feels like a movie that you might share with someone because you know they\u2019ll stay with it until the final reel. As Diana says, \u201cIf \u2018But Beautiful\u2019 is the overture, then \u2018Singing In The Rain\u2019 is the end title.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Blue Hearts<\/em><\/strong> is the fourteenth solo album by the former H\u00fcsker D\u00fc and Sugar frontman Bob Mould<\/strong> \u2013 the raging-but-catchy yin to the yang of 2019\u2019s Sunshine Rock<\/em>. Where that album was Mould\u2019s most melodic and upbeat album in ages, he describes Blue Hearts<\/em> as \u201cthe catchiest batch of protest songs I\u2019ve ever written in one sitting.<\/em>\u201d Through some of the most direct, confrontational lyrics of his four-decade career, Mould makes his point of view clear: \u201cI never thought I\u2019d see this bullshit again \/ To come of age in the \u201980s was bad enough \/ We were marginalized and demonized \/ I watched a lot of my generation die \/ Welcome back to American crisis.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Back with their first new album in 12 years, a confident and revitalised ACR<\/strong> jumped back into the studio following their most successful tour in over 20 years. ACR Loco<\/em><\/strong> feels like an accumulation of ACR\u2019s DNA from point zero in 1977 through to 2020 and sounds like a band who have effortlessly perfected their craft. An album to dance to, cry to, fall in love to and most importantly, to party to. On the album, core ACR members Jez Kerr, Martin Moscrop and Donald Johnson are joined by long-term partners Tony Quigley, Denise Johnson and Matt Steele, plus special guests Sink Ya Teeth\u2019s Maria Uzor and Gemma Cullingford, Factory Floor\u2019s Gabe Gurnsey and Manchester luminaries Mike Joyce and Eric Random.<\/p>\n

Universal Beings E&F Sides<\/em><\/strong> is an addendum to Chicago-based drummer\/producer Makaya McCraven<\/strong>\u2019s critically acclaimed 2018 release Universal Beings<\/em>, which The New York Times said \u201caffirms the drummer and beatsmith\u2019s position as a major figure in creative music.<\/em>\u201d But it\u2019s more than a simple extra disc: here are fourteen new pieces of organic beat music cut from the original sessions, prepared and produced by Makaya as a soundtrack to the Universal Beings<\/em> documentary film.<\/p>\n

By The Fire<\/em><\/strong>, the seventh solo album from Sonic Youth front-man Thurston Moore<\/strong>, features musicians Deb Googe (My Bloody Valentine) on bass and backing vocals, Jon Leidecker aka Wobbly (of Negativland) on electronics, James Sedwards on guitar, and Sonic Youth\u2019s Steve Shelley and Jem Doulton alternating on drums. \u2018Hashish\u2019 is the first single from the album to be released and is described by Moore as \u201can ode to the narcotic of love in our shared responsibility to each other during isolation.<\/em>\u201d Prior to isolation during the Covid pandemic, Thurston worked in recording studios in North London until the third week of March 2020 to complete this album.<\/p>\n

Our release of the week comes from IDLES<\/strong>, who follow their two critically acclaimed albums Brutalism<\/em> (2017) and Joy as an Act of Resistance<\/em> (2018) with Ultra Mono<\/em><\/strong>. Sonically constructed to capture the feeling of a hip-hop record (including production contribution from Kenny Beats), the album doubles down on the vitriolic sneer and blunt social commentary of their past work. Not far beneath the surface of their self-admitted sloganeering lies a deeply complex and brutally relevant album that chews up clich\u00e9s and spits them out as high art for the masses. This is momentary acceptance of the self. This is Ultra Mono<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"IDLES<\/a>\"Diana<\/a>\"Bob<\/a>\"A<\/a>\"Makaya<\/a>\"Thurston<\/a><\/div>\n

Click on an image 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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