{"id":2899,"date":"2022-07-01T17:30:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2022-06-29T23:48:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:48:41","slug":"new-releases-8jul2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-8jul2022\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 8 July 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s choicest new releases start with Found Light<\/em><\/strong>, which may be Laura Veirs<\/strong>\u2019 twelfth studio album but it also, in many ways, feels like her debut. If 2020\u2019s My Echo<\/em> \u2013 written and mixed in 2019 just before Veirs split from her husband, long-time producer and the father of her two sons \u2013 was her break-up album, Found Light<\/em> is about what comes after. This is a liberating collection of inquisitive and surprisingly assured snapshots of healing and personal growth, and the first release on which she has co-production credits. Despite the sadness and suffering that prompted these 14 graceful wonders, the result is a testament to the inspiration of independence, to shaping new possibilities for yourself even after great loss. It is a reminder that we are always capable of something more.<\/p>\n

Neil Young<\/strong> announces the long-anticipated release of his near-mythical 2001 studio album, Toast<\/em><\/strong>. Recorded at Toast Studios in San Francisco around the turn of the millennium, Toast features Young\u2019s legendary musical collaborators Crazy Horse<\/strong> at a ragged and thundering apex. For the past two decades, Toast<\/em> has been whispered about in collectors\u2019 circles in hushed tones, with Young dropping occasional nuggets of information about it here and there, especially as it contains three never-before-released songs. Last year, in his virtual daily newspaper, The Times Contrarian<\/em>, Young wrote about the album in-depth. \u201cThe music of Toast is about a relationship,<\/em>\u201d he said. \u201cThere is a time in many relationships that go bad, a time long before the breakup, where it dawns on one of the people, maybe both, that it\u2019s over. This was that time.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

It feels fitting that, with Katy J Pearson<\/strong> having provided an aural balm at just the right moment with her debut album, Return<\/em>, its follow-up should reflect a world brimming with curiosity, back in action and wanting to expand its horizons. If her extracurricular activities in recent months have shown that she can dip a toe into a multitude of genres \u2013 providing guest vocals on Orlando Weeks\u2019 recent album Hop Up<\/em>; popping up with Yard Act for a collaboration at End of the Road festival; singing on trad-folk collective Broadside Hacks\u2019 2021 project Songs Without Authors<\/em> \u2013 then her second album, Sound Of The Morning<\/em><\/strong>, takes that spirit and runs with it. It\u2019s still Katy J Pearson \u2013 effortlessly charming, full of heart and helmed by that inimitable vocal \u2013 but it\u2019s Katy J Pearson pushing herself musically and lyrically into new waters.<\/p>\n

Sunset Dreams<\/em><\/strong> is a brand-new six-track EP that elevates Jane Weaver<\/strong>\u2019s acclaimed album Flock<\/em> to new esoteric pop heights. The EP features two unreleased tracks from the Flock<\/em> sessions in addition to remixes from W.H. Lung and See Thru Hands. The stand-out \u2018Sunset Dreams\u2019 appears in its original breath-taking form, and there is an extended remix of \u2018Solarised\u2019 along with northern combo W.H. Lung\u2019s remix of the track. Furthering the eclectic electronic vibe, there\u2019s also a See Thru Hands mix of \u2018The Revolution Of Super Visions\u2019 and two new tracks: \u2018The Lexical Distance\u2019 and \u2018Don\u2019t Tell Me I\u2019m Wrong\u2019, all capturing the pop vision of this ever-morphing electronic pioneer.<\/p>\n

BANKS<\/strong> enters previously uncharted territory in every sense \u2013 from sound to lyrics to visuals, and everything in-between. \u201cIn the past, I\u2019ve been really tight and controlled, and I don\u2019t feel like that right now,<\/em>\u201d she says. \u201cI just feel more wild and free.<\/em>\u201d Featuring the singles \u2018The Devil\u2019 and \u2018Skinnydipped,\u2019 the 13-track Serpentina<\/em><\/strong> started taking form in the early days of quarantine, when BANKS decided to use the time under lockdown to master the production software Ableton. Despite being heavily involved with the production across all of her previous three records, it was her first time fully in control. \u201cIt felt like opening up a whole new world,<\/em>\u201d she says. \u201cIt feels like a journey listening to it from the beginning to end.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Our release of the week is When The Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings<\/em><\/strong> by The Wave Pictures<\/strong>. Formed over twenty years ago in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, they have released over twenty albums of their own along with exciting side projects such as garage-rock supergroup The Surfing Magazines, several albums with Stanley Brinks, and guitarist Dave Tattersall\u2019s recent contributions to albums by Billy Childish, with whom the band also collaborated on their 2014 album Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon<\/em>. Across these varied releases, accommodating Dave\u2019s free-flowing fountain of songwriting, The Wave Pictures have shown their deep affection for rock and roll, blues, jazz, classic rock, and of course Dave\u2019s legendary love of a good guitar solo.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>\"Laura<\/a>\"Neil<\/a>\"Katy<\/a>\"Jane<\/a>\"BANKS<\/a><\/div>\n

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