{"id":3120,"date":"2023-05-19T17:30:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T16:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=3120"},"modified":"2023-05-17T17:30:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T16:30:48","slug":"new-releases-26may2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-26may2023\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 26 May 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

We start this week\u2019s super six with the twice Grammy-nominated, Mercury Prize- and Brit Award-winning artist Arlo Parks<\/strong>, who returns with her second album, My Soft Machine<\/em><\/strong>. This is a deeply personal body of work: a narration of Parks\u2019 experiences as she navigates her 20s and the growth involved. She explains articulately in her own words: \u201cOur view of the world is peppered by the biggest things we experience \u2013 our traumas, upbringing, vulnerabilities almost like visual snow. This record is life through my lens, through my body \u2013 the mid-20s anxiety, the substance abuse of friends around me, the viscera of being in love for the first time, navigating PTSD and grief and self-sabotage and joy, moving through worlds with wonder and sensitivity \u2013 what it\u2019s like to be trapped in this particular body.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte<\/em><\/strong> is the first release from Sparks<\/strong> on the venerable Island Records label in nearly five decades, following such classics as 1974\u2019s landmark Kimono My House<\/em>, highlighted of course by the unforgettable hit single \u2018This Town Ain\u2019t Big Enough for Both of Us\u2019. The new album is described by Ron and Russell Mael as a record that is \u201cas bold and uncompromising as anything we did back then or, for that matter, any time throughout our career.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Rhoda Dakar<\/strong>, who began her musical career as lead vocalist with all-female 2Tone band The Bodysnatchers, is back with her first solo album in seven years. Version Girl<\/em><\/strong> is a collection of reggae and ska covers by artists and songwriters she admires. The Bodysnatchers only ever released two singles, \u2018Let\u2019s Do Rocksteady\u2019 and \u2018Easy Life\u2019, then after a year together they split and Rhoda went on to guest with The Specials in Europe and the USA, featuring on their second album, More Specials<\/em>, for which she won the first of her seven gold records.<\/p>\n

As part of the Revisionist History series, Matador are releasing a five-year anniversary edition of Lucy Dacus<\/strong>\u2019 album Historian<\/em><\/strong>, pressed on opaque red vinyl and featuring alternative artwork. Lucy Dacus is done thinking small. Two years after her 2016 debut, No Burden<\/em>, won her unanimous acclaim as one of rock\u2019s most promising new voices, Dacus released Historian<\/em>, a remarkably assured 10-track statement of intent. \u201cThis is the album I needed to make,<\/em>\u201d says Dacus, who views Historian<\/em> as her definitive statement as a songwriter and musician.<\/p>\n

At long last the classic Steely Dan<\/strong> catalogue is back on vinyl! Led by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Steely Dan released seven albums between 1972 and 1980. The vinyl reissue series continues with Countdown to Ecstasy<\/em><\/strong>, the band\u2019s sprawling 1973 sophomore LP with such standouts as \u2018Bodhisattva\u2019, \u2018Show Biz Kids\u2019 and \u2018My Old School\u2019.<\/p>\n

Our release of the week comes from one of the most important voices in British folk music, Shirley Collins<\/strong>, who has selected another peerless collection of songs for her new album, Archangel Hill<\/em><\/strong>. Some of these songs are from traditional sources; others were written by some of her favourite writers. The album was produced by Ian Kearey \u2013 Collins\u2019 musical director \u2013 and the arrangements were shared between Collins, Kearey and Pip Barnes, as well as Dave Arthur and Pete Cooper from The Lodestar Band.<\/p>\n

\"Shirley<\/a>\"Arlo<\/a>\"Sparks<\/a>\"Rhoda<\/a>\"Lucy<\/a>\"Steely<\/a><\/div>\n

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

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