{"id":2848,"date":"2022-05-06T17:30:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=2848"},"modified":"2022-05-05T17:16:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:16:19","slug":"new-releases-13may2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-13may2022\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 13 May 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s six smashers start with Dropout Boogie<\/em><\/strong>, released one day before the twentieth anniversary of The Black Keys<\/strong>\u2019 first album, The Big Come Up<\/em>. As they have done throughout their entire career, the duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney wrote all of the material in the studio, and the new album captures a number of first takes that hark back to the stripped-down blues rock of their early days making music together in basements in Akron, Ohio. \u201cThat\u2019s always been the beauty of the thing Pat and I do. It\u2019s instant,<\/em>\u201d Auerbach says. \u201cWe\u2019ve never really had to work at it. Whenever we\u2019d get together, we\u2019d just make music, you know? We didn\u2019t know what we were going to do, but we\u2019d just do it and it would sound cool.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

The deep connection that Bear\u2019s Den<\/strong> have with their fans has been built through relentless touring, but also through the way their songs have naturally woven themselves into the fabric of some of the most important chapters of their fans\u2019 lives. The emotional fuel for this has often been Andrew Davie\u2019s lyrics, and his poignant and emotionally relatable songwriting is at the heart of Blue Hours<\/em><\/strong>, which beautifully addresses themes of mental turmoil and isolation, but with a sense of redemption and hopefulness weaved throughout.<\/p>\n

Anybody who has witnessed a live performance by Anna von Hausswolff<\/strong> and band can attest to the extraordinary and commanding nature of the experience. The distinctive music that you know from her albums comes to life, shifting from hypnotic and mantra-like moods to thunderous drama, dissonance and cacophony. The musicians master playful dynamics and wield immense power. Across six pieces, on Live At Montreux Jazz Festival<\/em><\/strong> Anna von Hausswolff performs sensational renditions of tracks from her two beloved albums, The Miraculous<\/em> and Dead Magic<\/em>, with the backing of a full band including additional vocals from her sister, cinematographer Maria von Hausswolff.<\/p>\n

The Pineapple Thief<\/strong> is one of the leading lights of Europe\u2019s experimental rock domain, led by post-progressive mastermind Bruce Soord and reinforced by Gavin Harrison (King Crimson) on drums. In the lead-up to their extensive 2022 European and US tour in support of their latest studio album, Versions Of The Truth<\/em>, The Pineapple Thief presents Give It Back<\/em><\/strong>, a new album featuring 10 new versions of earlier works including songs taken from the albums Little Man<\/em>, All The Wars<\/em>, Tightly Unwound<\/em> and more. Frontman Bruce Soord\u2019s newly recorded vocals and guitars, fresh drum parts from Gavin Harrison, new mixing by Soord and Harrison and mastering by Steve Kitch propel this new release into a must-have that showcases the evolution of The Pineapple Thief.<\/p>\n

The Washington Square Church<\/em><\/strong> performances represent some of the finest recorded examples of the Frippertronics series. Unlike other such recordings where the loops are on tape in the DGM archive but Robert Fripp<\/strong>\u2019s solos require painstaking matching of existing audience recordings and bootlegs to those loops to complete the picture, the solos for these shows were actually recorded but not labelled as to which solos matched which loops. It only became possible to match them together when DGM audio engineer Alex R. Mundy realised that the loops had been picked up, at microscopic audio levels, by the guitar pick-ups playing the solos, allowing for identification. David Singleton was then able to mix and produce the resulting audio. The music played more than rewards such efforts as Fripp appears to explore every sonic avenue available to him as a guitar player \u2013 mesmerising loops, overlaid with beautiful solos, fast-running lines, powerful Scary Monsters<\/em>-type guitar noises and more besides.<\/p>\n

Our release of the week is Dance Fever<\/em><\/strong>, which was recorded by Florence + The Machine<\/strong> predominantly in London over the course of the pandemic in anticipation of the world\u2019s reopening. It conjures up what Florence missed most in the midst of lockdown \u2013 clubbing, dancing at festivals, being in the whirl of movement and togetherness \u2013 and the hope of reunions to come. It\u2019s the album that brings back the very best of Florence: the festival-headlining Boudicca, wielding anthems like a flaming sword. Just before the pandemic she had become fascinated by choreomania, a Renaissance phenomenon in which groups of people \u2013 sometimes thousands \u2013 danced wildly to the point of exhaustion, collapse and even death. This imagery resonated with her, after more than a decade of non-stop touring, and in lockdown it felt oddly prescient.<\/p>\n

\"Florence<\/a>\"The<\/a>\"Bear\u2019s<\/a>\"Anna<\/a>\"The<\/a>\"Robert<\/a><\/div>\n

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