{"id":2454,"date":"2020-12-04T17:30:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T17:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2020-12-08T15:43:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:43:20","slug":"new-releases-11dec2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-11dec2020\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 11 December 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We kick off our final selection of the year with The Kills<\/strong>, who have compiled an extraordinary career-spanning collection of B-sides and rarities entitled, appropriately, Little Bastards<\/em><\/strong>. The songs date back from the band\u2019s first singles between 2002 and 2009. All of the material has been newly remastered, and marks the first ever vinyl pressing for some of these tracks. The compilation includes the unreleased and never-before-heard demo \u2018Raise Me\u2019 from the 2008\u201309 Midnight Boom<\/em> era. Other highlights include \u2018I Call It Art\u2019 from the Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited<\/em> covers compilation, the brilliant Midnight Boom<\/em> digital bonus track \u2018Night Train\u2019, a blistering performance of \u2018Love Is A Deserter\u2019 from an XFM radio session and a handful of classic American roots songs performed with the kind of bruising delivery they\u2019re famous for: Howlin\u2019 Wolfs\u2019 \u2018Forty Four\u2019, Screamin\u2019 Jay Hawkins\u2019 \u2018I Put A Spell on You\u2019 and Dock Boggs\u2019 \u2018Sugar Baby\u2019.<\/p>\n

Since breaking through in 2014 with his Grammy-nominated Metamodern Sounds In Country Music<\/em> album, Sturgill Simpson<\/strong> has established himself as one of the most daring and most acclaimed artists of our time. His music stretches across genres and styles, from the psychedelic soul of 2016\u2019s A Sailor\u2019s Guide To Earth<\/em> (Grammy-nominated for Album of the Year and winner for Best Country Album) to the fuzzed-out rock attack of Sound & Fury<\/em> in 2019. Now Simpson returns to the music of his native Kentucky with his first bluegrass project, Cuttin\u2019 Grass Vol. 1 (The Butcher Shoppe Sessions)<\/em><\/strong>. The album, which he calls \u201ca mixtape for the fans\u201d, was dreamed up while he was recovering from Covid, and sees him reimagining songs from across his catalogue backed by some of Nashville\u2019s finest acoustic virtuosos.<\/p>\n

Kamasi Washington<\/strong> composed and produced the Emmy-nominated original score for Becoming<\/em><\/strong>, an intimate glimpse into the life of Michelle Obama. Produced by Netflix Originals, Becoming<\/em> documented a moment of profound change for the former First Lady, not only for her personally but for the country she and her husband served for eight impactful years in the White House. Washington, who joined the project in its embryonic stages, provides a powerful musical backdrop that is tighter in structure than his previous albums.<\/p>\n

What To Look For In Summer<\/em><\/strong> features twenty-two live performances featuring songs from across Belle And Sebastian<\/strong>\u2019s 25-year career. The recordings showcase the Scottish septet at the height of their power during their 2019 tour, including tracks performed on the band\u2019s own Mediterranean cruise, \u2018The Boaty Weekender\u2019.<\/p>\n

Born somewhere in the Arizona desert, Puscifer<\/strong> is an electro-rock band, multimedia experience, travelling circus and alien-abduction survivors. An alternative rock supergroup from Los Angeles originally formed in 1995 under the name Umlaut, the band consists of former Tool and A Perfect Circle member Maynard James Keenan alongside touring band members: currently, Carina Round, Mat Mitchell, Jeff Friedl, Mahsa Zargaran and Paul Barker.<\/p>\n

Our album of the week is McCartney III<\/em><\/strong> (out 18 Dec<\/strong>), the third album in a trilogy of classics released 50 years since Paul McCartney<\/strong>\u2019s self-titled first solo album. Paul\u2019s eighteenth solo studio album follows 2018\u2019s Egypt Station<\/em>, and has been uniquely \u201cMade in Rockdown\u201d. Paul hadn\u2019t planned to release an album in 2020, but in the isolation of lockdown he soon found himself fleshing out some existing musical sketches and creating new ones. The album is mostly built from live takes of Paul on vocals and guitar or piano, with his bass playing, drumming, etc. overdubbed atop that foundation. Before long an eclectic collection of spontaneous songs coalesced into a stripped-back, self-produced and quite literally solo work marking the opening of a new decade, in the tradition of 1970\u2019s McCartney<\/em> and 1980\u2019s McCartney II<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/a>\"The<\/a>\"Sturgill<\/a>\"Kamasi<\/a>\"Belle<\/a>\"Puscifer<\/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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