{"id":3948,"date":"2026-04-24T17:30:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=3948"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:49:44","slug":"new-releases-1may2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/new-releases-1may2026\/","title":{"rendered":"New releases for 1 May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body\">This week\u2019s featured new releases are:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\"><strong>The Black Keys<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Peaches!<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The Akron duo\u2019s 14th studio album is a visceral and raw 10-song collection recorded in a similar DIY spirit to their 2002 debut, with all musicians playing in the same room with few overdubs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\"><strong>Cage Fight<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Exuvia<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">This is my personal highlight of the week: heavy, full of riffs, brutal in places and featuring the extraordinary death vocals of Rachel Aspe, which challenge any of the genre\u2019s male vocalists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\"><strong>Tori Amos<\/strong> \u2013 <em>In Time of Dragons<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">A metaphorical story about the current abhorrent non-accidental burning down of democracy in real time by the \u2018Dictator believing Lizard Demons\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\"><strong>Kacey Musgraves<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Middle of Nowhere<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">Fresh yet familiar, this is classically Kacey: humorous takes on the human condition that are honest, fearless, immersive, and always ready to wink at life\u2019s twists and turns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\"><strong>Jesca Hoop<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Long Wave Home<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">Staying true to her folk roots, though never purely, Hoop delivers strikingly original songwriting, with her innovative vocals augmented by imaginative arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\"><strong>Claypool Lennon Delirium<\/strong> \u2013 <em>The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">This elaborate concept record reflects on morality, the dangers of AI and the slippery slope of optimisation without empathy, and simply oozes classic psych\/prog stylings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"thumbs_6\"><a title=\"The Black Keys - Peaches!\" href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/black-keys-the-peaches\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"The Black Keys - Peaches!\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/260501\/BlackKeys.jpg\" alt=\"The Black Keys - Peaches!\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Cage Fight - Exuvia\" href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/cage-fight-exuvia\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Cage Fight - Exuvia\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/260501\/CageFight.jpg\" alt=\"Cage Fight - Exuvia\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Tori Amos - In Time of Dragons\" href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/tori-amos-in-time-of-dragons\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Tori Amos - In Time of Dragons\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/260501\/ToriAmos.jpg\" alt=\"Tori Amos - In Time of Dragons\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere\" href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/kacey-musgraves-middle-of-nowhere\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/260501\/KaceyMusgraves.jpg\" alt=\"Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Jesca Hoop - Long Wave Home\" href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/jesca-hoop-long-wave-home\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Jesca Hoop - Long Wave Home\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/260501\/JescaHoop.jpg\" alt=\"Jesca Hoop - Long Wave Home\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Claypool Lennon Delirium - The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy\" href=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/claypool-lennon-delirium-the-great-parrot-ox-and-the-golden-egg-of-empathy\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover3 alignnone\" title=\"Claypool Lennon Delirium - The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy\" src=\"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/260501\/ClaypoolLennonDelirium.jpg\" alt=\"Claypool Lennon Delirium - The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click on an image to order your copy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s featured new releases are: &nbsp; The Black Keys \u2013 Peaches! The Akron duo\u2019s 14th studio album is a visceral and raw 10-song collection recorded in a similar DIY spirit to their 2002 debut, with all musicians playing in the same room with few overdubs. &nbsp; Cage Fight \u2013 Exuvia This is my personal&hellip;<\/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":[2143,2144,610,227,36,1339,1020],"class_list":["post-3948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","tag-cage-fight","tag-claypool-lennon-delirium","tag-jesca-hoop","tag-kacey-musgraves","tag-new-release","tag-the-black-keys","tag-tori-amos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948","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=3948"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3950,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948\/revisions\/3950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}