{"id":2660,"date":"2021-08-20T17:30:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T16:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=2660"},"modified":"2021-08-20T12:14:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T11:14:51","slug":"new-releases-27aug2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-27aug2021\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 27 August 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our summer scorchers for this week open with acclaimed songwriter and guitarist Steve Gunn<\/strong>, who returns with stunning new album Other You<\/em><\/strong>, recorded in Los Angeles with Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer Rob Schnapf. Gunn sought to create an album that would push his melodic and compositional sensibilities to thrilling new heights, and the resulting tracks open up Gunn\u2019s cosmic Americana to exciting new dimensions, encompassing elements of prog, jazz and contemporary classical music.<\/p>\n

Screen Violence<\/em><\/strong>, the highly anticipated fourth studio album from CHVRCHES<\/strong>, explores the topic in three main forms \u2013 violence on screen, violence by screens and violence through screens \u2013 and touches on feelings of loneliness, disillusionment, fear, heartbreak and regret. The track \u2018How Not to Drown\u2019 features one of the trio\u2019s ultimate heroes, Cure frontman Robert Smith, whose signature voice melds perfectly with Lauren Mayberry\u2019s, both supported by dark, piano-driven music.<\/p>\n

If I Can\u2019t Have Love, I Want Power<\/em><\/strong> is a concept album by Halsey<\/strong> about the joys and horrors of pregnancy and childbirth. \u201cMy body has belonged to the world in many different ways over the past few years, and this is my means of reclaiming my autonomy and establishing my pride and strength as a life force for my human being,<\/em>\u201d she explained. Halsey penned the songs on this career-defining album herself, and recorded it with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, known for their work in Nine Inch Nails and as award-winning composers for film and television.<\/p>\n

For the past year or more one of the most-watched YouTubers and internet sensations has been Toyah Willcox<\/strong> \u2013 more than 38 million people have watched Toyah\u2019s \u2018Sunday Lunch\u2019 performances with Robert Fripp. At the same time as creating consistently unique online videos, Toyah made the album Posh Pop<\/em><\/strong> with her long-term songwriting partner Simon Darlow. It\u2019s a strong collection of infectious and affirmative pop songs that are as joyous as they are reflective.<\/p>\n

The Hill, The Light, The Ghost<\/em><\/strong> is a beautiful study of ghosts and memory, whose gestation began when Haiku Salut<\/strong>\u2019s Sophie Barkerwood was given a Tascam field recorder. \u201cI carried it around with me in case anything interesting happened. I guess I wanted to capture little pieces of the world in the same way we all take photographs,<\/em>\u201d explains Sophie. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t immediately apparent that we would begin to use these sounds as the architecture for an album but as our writing process evolved the textures of these memories became a bank of inspiration.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Our release of the week is How Long Do You Think It\u2019s Gonna Last?<\/em><\/strong>, the second album from Big Red Machine<\/strong>, the ever-morphing project of The National\u2019s Aaron Dessner with Bon Iver\u2019s Justin Vernon. Dessner has always sought to bring together musicians who share his impulse to connect, celebrate and, most of all, process emotion and experience through music. This generous spirit and desire to push music forward has never been more deeply felt than on this remarkable album.<\/p>\n

\"Big<\/a>\"Steve<\/a>\"CHVRCHES<\/a>\"Halsey<\/a>\"Toyah<\/a>\"Haiku<\/a><\/div>\n

Click on an image to order your copy.<\/p>\n

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