{"id":3343,"date":"2024-03-22T17:30:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T17:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2024-03-21T17:12:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T17:12:44","slug":"new-releases-29mar2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-29mar2024\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 29 March 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first of this week\u2019s bangers is from Ed Harcourt<\/strong>. While recognisably bearing all the hallmarks that have made him such an admired and prolific songwriter \u2013 one of Britain\u2019s most cherished yet inventive music creators \u2013 his new record, El Magnifico<\/em><\/strong>, also finds him striving for something new. It is an Ed Harcourt record, but one with a desire to seek fresh reward. \u201cI think as a songwriter you do get to a point where you\u2019re aware of your past and what you\u2019ve done,<\/em>\u201d suggests Harcourt of El Magnifico<\/em>\u2019s mixture of assuredness and aspiration. \u201cIt\u2019s knowing what your strengths are, what your weaknesses are, but also knowing how to better yourself by doing things you haven\u2019t done before.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Evolution<\/em><\/strong>, the 11th full-length studio album from nine-time Grammy Award winner and 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Sheryl Crow<\/strong>, comes as a welcomed surprise after Crow publicly stated that she would not release another album after 2018\u2019s Threads<\/em>. The new album kicks off with lead single \u2018Alarm Clock\u2019, which is perhaps Sheryl Crow\u2019s most radio-friendly pop song since \u2018Soak Up the Sun\u2019.<\/p>\n

Eros Zeta & the Perfumed Guitars<\/em><\/strong>, the twenty-seventh studio album from Australian rock stalwarts The Church<\/strong>, is billed as a sequel or companion to 2023\u2019s The Hypnogogue<\/em>, expanding the mythology established in that record. Propelled by the sparse, synth-enhanced opener and lead single \u2018Realm of Minor Angels\u2019, it speaks to an endless creativity for a band that\u2019s been around for over forty years.<\/p>\n

Recorded at the renowned Fame Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama during the summer of 2022, The Muscle Shoals Sessions<\/em><\/strong> feature twelve of Texas<\/strong>\u2019 greatest hits and two covers \u2013 \u2018Would I Lie to You\u2019 by Charles and Eddie and \u2018Save the Last Dance\u2019 by The Drifters \u2013 reimagined and laid bare. Stripped back to their bare bones, guided by the soulful voice of Sharleen Spiteri and accompanied by the delicate piano lines of Spooner Oldham, the songs shine in this format and prove their worth as timeless classics. Sharleen Spiteri says of the experience; \u201cTo have the option to go to Muscle Shoals to record was like being a little kid in a sweet shop. Working with Spooner was inspiring, fun and he\u2019s just a wonderful human being. The fact that Northern Soul music has been such a massive influence for Texas made the fit with Spooner just right.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s obvious, listening to Sarah Shook & The Disarmers<\/strong>\u2019 clear-eyed, biting and unafraid songs, that integrity is the most important thing to the country-punk outfit from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. \u201cA lot of artists are in this industry for fame, recognition and money, but those things don\u2019t mean anything to me,<\/em>\u201d says bandleader River Shook. \u201cSongwriting is it for me. It\u2019s the only real healthy coping mechanism I\u2019ve ever had. It\u2019s life-saving. I don\u2019t care about any superficial things when I\u2019m making a record.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Our release of the week comes from Ride<\/strong>. Everything feels like it has been leading to their forthcoming album, Interplay<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 the band\u2019s seventh, and the third since their 2015 reunion. It\u2019s the sound of the group connecting all the dots, taking the frenzied guitar attacks, hypnotic grooves and dreamy melodic hooks of their early work and setting it in a more expansive sonic template, one that takes in synth flourishes, psychedelic folk, electronic beats and noir-pop soundscapes. It has been a period of adversity in the world of Ride. Much of that was down to writing and recording during a pandemic \u2013 a period of adversity shared by everyone, everywhere \u2013 but there were also break-ups and a messy legal battle with an ex-manager that, singer and guitarist Mark Gardener states, \u201cthreatened our very existence.\u201d It has instilled in the record a feeling of defiance, an album that pairs classic Ride lyrical hallmarks such as escapism, dreams, the dissatisfaction of modern life, yearning and freedom with a sense of resilience.<\/p>\n

\"Ride<\/a>\"Ed<\/a>\"Sheryl<\/a>\"The<\/a>\"Texas<\/a>\"Sarah<\/a><\/div>\n

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