{"id":3667,"date":"2025-08-22T17:30:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=3667"},"modified":"2025-08-22T17:49:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:49:31","slug":"new-releases-29aug2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-29aug2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 29 August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first of this week\u2019s bangers is Euro-Country<\/em><\/strong>, the new album by CMAT<\/strong>. This Brits\/Mercury\/Ivors-nominated star feels like she\u2019s been part of the culture forever, and what has endeared fans to her heart-sore tunes and humour is her ability to combine contradictory themes and moods: wide-eye drama with self-deprecation. Country music has always been a lynchpin for CMAT, but this is country in an augmented, reimagined way. Mixed with classic indie and affirmative soul-pop, it resists the music industry\u2019s desire to pigeonhole artists as one genre.<\/p>\n

Man\u2019s Best Friend<\/em><\/strong> is the latest album from multi-hyphenate global popstar Sabrina Carpenter<\/strong>. Coming off her Grammy-winning project Short n\u2019 Sweet<\/em> and numerous multi-platinum singles added to her resum\u00e9, the latest from Carpenter features her new single, \u2018Manchild\u2019, and is bigger and and better than ever before.<\/p>\n

Italian progressive metal duo Asymmetric Universe<\/strong> has carved out a distinct space in the modern instrumental scene with a sound that seamlessly blends the aggressive intensity of metal with the rich harmonies and improvisational spirit of jazz fusion. The band\u2019s debut album, A Memory and What Came After<\/em><\/strong>, reflects a refined vision and deeper maturity, as well as a more cohesive and expressive sound. Asymmetric Universe continue to push the boundaries of what instrumental progressive music can be \u2013 fiercely technical, emotionally resonant, and wholly their own.<\/p>\n

Nova Twins<\/strong> have risen through the UK\u2019s independent scene to become one of its most transformative acts, rewriting the rules of success and redefining alt.rock music\u2019s future. Their latest album, Parasites & Butterflies<\/em><\/strong>, is a genre-defying journey through life\u2019s chaos and beauty, blending hip-hop, punk, rock, pop and electronic influences. Fearless and unflinching, it explores empowerment, identity and mental health, balancing turbulence with clarity and vulnerability with strength.<\/p>\n

For nearly a decade, Margo Price<\/strong> has created a lane where independent-minded, insurgent country music can exist and thrive alongside the mainstream. Now she\u2019s back with an exquisite, timeless album that reconnects with her roots. At its core, Hard Headed Woman<\/em><\/strong> is about that furious instinct to never waver \u2013 especially when our values and future are so clearly on the line. It\u2019s country music as only Price can make it: free of rules, cherishing tradition, hard headed but with a delicate beating heart.<\/p>\n

Our release of the week comes from international rock sensation The Hives<\/strong> \u2013 the best live band on the planet and still your new favourite band, lauded on all continents for their masterful skill and reckless abandon in the rock music field. They have once again created a new body of work the likes of which have never been heard or indeed probably will again. The Hives Forever Forever The Hives<\/em><\/strong> is so full of energy, joy, anger and life that you will be questioning reality as you have known it. They finally did it: every song a single, every single a hit, every hit a direct hit in the face of the man.<\/p>\n

There are also new releases from:
\nBryan Adams<\/strong> \u2013 Roll With The Punches<\/em><\/a>
\nBrad Mehldau<\/strong> \u2013 Ride Into the Sun<\/em><\/a>
\nBelinda Carlisle<\/strong> \u2013 Once Upon a Time in California<\/em><\/a>
\nThe Beths<\/strong> \u2013 Straight Line Was a Lie<\/em><\/a>
\nSlow Crush<\/strong> \u2013 Thirst<\/em><\/a>
\nConner Reeves<\/strong> \u2013 Ten Thousand Days and the Church of the Restoration<\/em><\/a>
\nMarshall Crenshaw<\/strong> \u2013 From the Hellhole<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

plus reissues from Ahmed Jamal, Tift Merritt, David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Deep Purple, Florence and The Machine, Funkadelic, Vangelis, Symphony X, Jacques Brel, Mot\u00f6rhead, Soft Play, Stars of the Lid, Stone Roses, Supertramp and Thin Lizzy.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>\"CMAT<\/a>\"Sabrina<\/a>\"Asymmetric<\/a>\"Nova<\/a>\"Margo<\/a><\/div>\n

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

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The first of this week\u2019s bangers is Euro-Country, the new album by CMAT. This Brits\/Mercury\/Ivors-nominated star feels like she\u2019s been part of the culture forever, and what has endeared fans to her heart-sore tunes and humour is her ability to combine contradictory themes and moods: wide-eye drama with self-deprecation. Country music has always been a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[2044,2047,397,2046,2043,2049,605,2050,36,2045,2011,2048,1582,1781],"class_list":["post-3667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","tag-asymmetric-universe","tag-belinda-carlisle","tag-brad-mehldau","tag-bryan-adams","tag-cmat","tag-conner-reeves","tag-margo-price","tag-marshall-crenshaw","tag-new-release","tag-nova-twins","tag-sabrina-carpenter","tag-slow-crush","tag-the-beths","tag-the-hives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3668,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667\/revisions\/3668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}