{"id":3507,"date":"2025-02-07T17:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=3507"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:34:08","slug":"new-releases-14feb2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-14feb2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 14 February 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

First out the bag this week is The Cure<\/strong>. Last year\u2019s Songs of a Lost World<\/em> was the band\u2019s first album in 16 years, and their first number-one album in the UK since 1992\u2019s Wish<\/em>. On the day of release, the band performed the album in full at London\u2019s Troxy venue, and it\u2019s this live performance that makes up Songs of a Live World<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Delines<\/strong>\u2019 fourth album tells the stories of romantic misfits and grifters who live out of suitcases and cars, who can\u2019t seem to settle down, who hope that in the next town or city will be the score that saves them. The record features Amy Boone\u2019s lush, world-worn voice, the cinematic production skills of John Morgan Askew and the horn and string arrangements of keyboardist and trumpeter Cory Gray, plus Sean Oldham on drums, Freddy Trujillo on bass and Willy Vlautin on guitar.<\/p>\n

The Lumineers<\/strong>\u2019 fifth studio album, Automatic<\/em><\/strong>, emerges in a musical landscape dominated by solo artists dependent on other writers. Front-man Wesley Schultz says that being one of the few groups now touring who write all their own material is a unique badge of honour. But that\u2019s not to say they won\u2019t collaborate with other artists; Schultz and band-mate Jeremy Fraites have recently written and appeared on songs with pop icon P!nk as well as rising singer-songwriters James Bay and Zach Bryan.<\/p>\n

Love Conquers All<\/em><\/strong> is a collection of deeply moving songs by The Moody Blues\u2019 John Lodge<\/strong> that was written during difficult times but that reflects the positive way in which John sees the world. As John explored his journey of healing, he invited different musicians to collaborate with him on the songs on this album, making each song unique but all carrying the same message: that love truly does conquer all.<\/p>\n

Twilight<\/em><\/strong> is a twelve-track night drive from dusk \u2019til dawn, with all the moments in between. The album begins with \u2018The Comedown\u2019, a collaboration with Hifi Sean & David McAlmont<\/strong>\u2019s friend \u2018The Blessed Madonna\u2019, who also narrates: \u201cI can hear my heart beating like a drum.<\/em>\u201d The title track, \u2018Twilight\u2019, which follows, is an immersive wall of choral sounds and field recordings, incorporating David\u2019s favourite birdsong and Sean\u2019s dogs, Fred and Barney.<\/p>\n

Our release of the week comes from Manic Street Preachers<\/strong>, who return with their most urgent album in years. Critical Thinking<\/em><\/strong> is a record of opposites colliding and of dialectics trying to find a path to resolution. While the music has an effervescence and an elegiac uplift, most of the words deal with cold analysis of the self, the exception being the three lyrics by James Dean Bradfield that look for and hopefully find answers in people, their memories, language and beliefs.<\/p>\n

\"Manic<\/a>\"The<\/a>\"The<\/a>\"The<\/a>\"John<\/a>\"Hifi<\/a><\/div>\n

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

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