{"id":3046,"date":"2023-02-10T17:30:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T17:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2023-02-10T17:23:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T17:23:44","slug":"new-releases-17feb2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-17feb2023\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 17 February 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

We break open this week\u2019s bag of beauties with Optical Delusion<\/em><\/strong>, the new album from legendary electronic music duo Orbital<\/strong>. The Hartnoll brothers\u2019 first studio album since 2018\u2019s Monsters Exist<\/em> was recorded in Orbital\u2019s Brighton studio and includes contributions from Sleaford Mods, Penelope Isles, Anna B Savage, The Little Pest, Dina Ipavic, Coppe, and \u2013 perhaps most surprisingly \u2013 The Medieval Baebes.<\/p>\n

Whether inhabiting the realm of dreams or nightmares, the primordial drive of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs<\/strong> is more powerful than ever and Land Of Sleeper<\/em><\/strong>, their fifth record in a decade of rancour and revelation, is testimony to this. Arguably the most potent and assured record of their life so far, it\u2019s the product of a band energised and fortified by their individual passions to incendiary effect. After the travails of the two and a half years since 2020\u2019s Viscerals<\/em>, the Newcastle-based quintet are not so much reinvigorated as channelling a furious drive which only appears to gather momentum as the band\u2019s surroundings spin on their axis.<\/p>\n

With Nowhere And Everywhere<\/em><\/strong>, Rachel Unthank<\/strong> and Max\u00efmo Park\u2019s Paul Smith<\/strong>, both from north-east England and foremost talents in their respective fields, set out to collect songs and pen originals that claw at the beating heart of the region. Though Rachel Unthank has been immersed in the folk world from childhood, Paul Smith\u2019s route towards folk began in his teens with a love of Martin Carthy, Karen Dalton, Nick Drake and Bert Jansch, especially their fingerstyle guitar-playing. Echoes of that approach can be heard throughout this album, albeit simplified and merged with a more direct sound akin to US avant-rock.<\/p>\n

Inhaler<\/strong> return with Cuts & Bruises<\/em><\/strong>, which includes the singles \u2018These Are The Days\u2019 & \u2018Love Will Get You There\u2019. The album is the follow-up to Inhaler\u2019s debut, It Won\u2019t Always Be Like This<\/em>, which debuted at no.1 in both the UK & Irish official charts and became the fastest-selling debut album on vinyl by any band this century, with Inhaler becoming the first Irish group to top the album charts with a debut in 13 years.<\/p>\n

Inhale\/Exhale<\/em><\/strong> is an album that elevates the signature hard-hitting rock of Those Damn Crows<\/strong> to dizzying heights. The band whip up a storm of atmospheric hard rock, with Shane Greenhall\u2019s trademark rousing lyricism, delivered by molten-smooth melodies and ever-passionate emotion, backed by drummer Ronnie Huxford\u2019s earth-quaking percussion, the twin attack of guitarists Ian Shiner Thomas and David Winchurch\u2019s rampaging riffs and glacial auras and bassist Lloyd Wood\u2019s juddering bass thunder. Those who show up in hope of the band\u2019s highly esteemed anthemic, piano-based balladry will also not be disappointed.<\/p>\n

Our release of the week comes from half man, half melody Ron Sexsmith<\/strong>, whose new album, The Vivian Line<\/em><\/strong>, features 12 new songs written and performed by Ron, including the single \u2018What I Had In Mind\u2019. The who, what, where, why and how of the record are best explained by Ron himself: \u201cThe Vivian Line is a rural route right near where we live in Stratford (Ontario). Whenever we have to get out of the city we jump on The Vivian Line and it dumps us out onto the highway. I wondered about the name when we first moved there and thought it was intriguing \u2026 it sort of represents escaping from our old life in Toronto to this new phase we\u2019re in. And it\u2019s also like a portal to my old life when I have to get back there. The songs were mostly inspired by this stage in life that I find myself in and trying to figure it all out.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Ron<\/a>\"Orbital<\/a>\"Pigs<\/a>\"Unthank\/Smith<\/a>\"Inhaler<\/a>\"Those<\/a><\/div>\n

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

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We break open this week\u2019s bag of beauties with Optical Delusion, the new album from legendary electronic music duo Orbital. The Hartnoll brothers\u2019 first studio album since 2018\u2019s Monsters Exist was recorded in Orbital\u2019s Brighton studio and includes contributions from Sleaford Mods, Penelope Isles, Anna B Savage, The Little Pest, Dina Ipavic, Coppe, and \u2013…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1558,36,1214,1741,1737,1740,125,1739,1738],"class_list":["post-3046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-inhaler","tag-new-release","tag-orbital","tag-paul-smith","tag-pigs-pigs-pigs-pigs-pigs-pigs-pigs","tag-rachel-unthank","tag-ron-sexsmith","tag-those-damn-crows","tag-unthank-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3047,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046\/revisions\/3047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}