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Releases for 24 March 2023
Heading up 24 March’s six stormers is Memento Mori, the first studio album from Depeche Mode as a duo of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore following co-founder Andrew ‘Fletch’ Fletcher’s death last year, which charts a vast expanse of moods and textures. Luke Combs continues to establish himself as one of country music’s most authentic and powerful voices on Gettin’ Old, as he reaches new lyrical depths. Pink Floyd celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Dark Side Of The Moon with the first official standalone release of the BBC recording of their legendary performance of the full album at Wembley. The 20th anniversary of Nickel Creek’s debut album promted the trio to get together and start creating again, and they realised that they had some new music to make, and Celebrants is the result. Fall Out Boy’s new album, So Much (For) Stardust, was teased with a mysterious ad in the Chicago Tribune, a claymation video and other tantalising tidbits, which have built huge anticipation among fans – and now it is here!
Our release of the week is Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, the ninth studio album from acclaimed singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, which comprises 16 tracks and interludes featuring guests including Father John Misty, Tommy Genesis, Jon Batiste, Bleachers and more. It follows the prolific artist’s 2021 albums Chemtrails Over The Country Club and Blue Banisters.
- Lana Del Rey Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd CD £14.99 / Limited edition 2-LP £36.99
- Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd is the ninth studio album from acclaimed singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It comprises 16 tracks and interludes featuring guests including Father John Misty, Tommy Genesis, Jon Batiste, Bleachers and more. It follows the prolific artist’s 2021 albums Chemtrails Over The Country Club and Blue Banisters.
- Note: The LP is initially available on heavyweight light-green vinyl with alternative artwork, exclusive to independent shops.
- Depeche Mode Memento Mori CD £16.99 / Deluxe CD £21.99 / 2-LP £39.99 / Red 2-LP £41.99
- Memento Mori is Depeche Mode’s 15th studio album and its first as a two-piece lineup of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore, following co-founder Andrew ‘Fletch’ Fletcher’s tragic passing in 2022. Produced by James Ford with additional production work by Marta Salogni, Memento Mori’s gestation took place during the early stages of the Covid pandemic, resulting in themes inspired directly by that period. The album’s 12 tracks chart a vast expanse of moods and textures, from its ominous opening to its final resolution, running the gamut from paranoia and obsession to catharsis and joy, and hitting myriad points between.
- Note: The deluxed CD comes in a hardback book package; the LP is initially available on red vinyl, exclusive to physical record shops.
- Luke Combs Gettin’ Old CD £14.99 / 2-LP £31.99
- Gettin’ Old is the fourth album from Luke Combs, following 2022’s Growin’ Up, 2019’s 3-times platinum What You See Is What You Get and his 4-times platinum debut, This One’s For You. Across these eighteen tracks Combs continues to establish himself as one of country music’s most authentic and powerful voices as he reaches new lyrical depths exploring themes of family, legacy, love and personal growth.
- Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley 1974 CD £12.99 / LP £21.99
- To celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Dark Side Of The Moon, one of the most iconic and influential albums ever, comes the first official standalone release of Pink Floyd’s legendary performance of the full album at Wembley as recorded by the BBC. The cover design is by Aubrey Powell at Hipgnosis and Peter Curzon at Storm Studios, and features the original 1973 line-drawn cover artwork by George Hardie.
- Nickel Creek Celebrants CD £11.99 / LP £26.99
- While the Grammy-winning Nickel Creek – the trio of singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalists Sara Watkins (fiddle), Sean Watkins (guitar) and Chris Thile (mandolin) – had collaborated sporadically since 2014’s A Dotted Line, a 2020 interview pegged to the twentieth anniversary of Nickel Creek’s debut album ignited a spark. “It was fun to have a reason to wax nostalgic about some stuff that we’d done,” says Thile. “And then when we got together, it was just so clear, ‘Oh, yeah, we’ve got some new music to make.’” They certainly did, and Celebrants is the result.
- Note: The LP is initially available on confetti-yellow vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.
- Fall Out Boy So Much (For) Stardust CD £12.99 / LP £31.99 / Indies LP £33.99
- Anticipation for So Much (For) Stardust started brewing in November, after a mysterious ad appeared in the Chicago Tribune, and continued building with multiple teaser sites in December, including an animated video titled ‘A Claymation Fall Out Boy Celebration’ that included a quick audio preview of ‘Love From The Other Side’ for eagle-eared fans. So Much (For) Stardust is Fall Out Boy’s first new studio album since 2018’s MANIA, which garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album and marked their third consecutive and fourth overall #1 album in the US and their third consecutive #2 album in the UK.
- Note: The LP is initially available on Coke-bottle green vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.
Releases for 17 March 2023
First out of 17 March’s box of delights is V, the definitive Unknown Mortal Orchestra car record, designed to play as one continuous movement and drawing on the rich traditions of west-coast AOR, yacht rock, weirdo pop and Hawaiian hapa-haole music. M83 (Anthony Gonzalez) altered his typical recording process for Fantasy to capture the exuberance of his dazzling live performances, returning to the energy of Before The Dawn Heals Us while being more personal than on previous albums. Inspiral Carpets release a newly remastered collection, The Complete Singles, which includes all of their biggest hits and features collaborations with Mark E. Smith and John Cooper Clarke. We don’t normally feature reissues in the newsletter, however this week there are two batches of notable reissues that we want to tell you about: First, three of Beth Hart’s signature albums – 2007’s 37 Days, 2010’s My California and 2019’s War In My Mind – are being released on vinyl; second, the trilogy of Eels albums released in 2009 and 2010 – Hombre Lobo, End Times and Tomorrow Morning – also get a lovely vinyl reissue.
Our release of the week is Songs Of Surrender, which features 16 new acoustic and re-imagined recordings from the U2 catalogue, produced and compiled by The Edge, including classics such as ‘One’, ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’ and ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’.
- U2 Songs Of Surrender CD £13.99 / Deluxe CD £19.99 / Super Deluxe CD £33.99 / 2-LP £38.99 / White 2-LP £41.99 / Super Deluxe 4-LP £99.99
- Songs Of Surrender features 16 new acoustic and re-imagined recordings from the U2 catalogue, produced and compiled by The Edge, including classics such as ‘One’, ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’ and ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’. The Edge said of the project: “Music allows you to time travel, and we became curious to find out what it would be like to bring our early songs back with us to the present day and give them the benefit, or otherwise, of a 21st-century reimagining.” The special 4-LP collector’s edition includes: ‘With Or Without You’, ‘Beautiful Day’, ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’, ‘One’, ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’ and ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’, alongside fan favourites such as ‘Stories For Boys’, ‘Bad’ and ‘Desire’.
- Note: The LP is initially available on white vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra V CD £10.99 / 2-LP £31.99
- V is the first double album from Unknown Mortal Orchestra, the band led by Hawaiian-New Zealander singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Ruban Nielson. Designed to play as one continuous movement and road-tested on dry California freeways, V is the definitive Unknown Mortal Orchestra car record. It’s also the fifth full-length album Nielson has released in twelve years. Across fourteen sunbleached songs – written solo or with his brother Kody – Ruban draws from the rich traditions of west-coast AOR, yacht rock, weirdo pop and Hawaiian hapa-haole music. Over a laid-back blend of singalong anthems and cinematic instrumentals, he evokes blue skies, afternoons spent lounging by hotel swimming pools and the alluring darkness that lurks below perfect, pristine surfaces. It’s a duality expressed in the dilapidated sunset blues and the salt-corroded soul Ruban explores.
- Note: The LP is initially available on gold vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.
- M83 Fantasy CD £12.99 / 2-LP £33.99
- Over the span of two decades, M83 (Anthony Gonzalez) has firmly established himself as an artist whose work transcends mere escapism in favour of full-on worldbuilding. For Gonzalez, Fantasy’s direction and aesthetic were immediately clear, and he altered his typical recording process to capture the exuberance of his dazzling live performances. “I wanted this record to be very impactful live,” he says. “The idea was to come back with something closer to the energy of Before The Dawn Heals Us. The combination of guitars and synths is always in my music, but it’s maybe more present on this new record than on the previous ones.” Gonzalez also sought to continue a trend that has become more prominent in his recent albums: “I wanted to be more present lyrically and vocally,” he states. “I thought if I could achieve that, this album will be more personal than those that came before.”
- Note: The LP is initially available on limited-edition blue marbled vinyl.
- Inspiral Carpets The Complete Singles (1988–2015) 3-CD £14.99 / 2-LP £29.99
- For the first time since their 2003 compilation Cool As, Inspiral Carpets release a newly remastered singles collection. The Complete Singles, which includes all of their biggest hits, features collaborations with Mark E. Smith and John Cooper Clarke. The 3-CD package also comes with a third disc of remixes, including a brand-new Go! Team 2023 remix of ‘This Is How It Feels’. The package features brand-new artwork and sleeve notes from band members past and present.
- Note: The LP is initially available on midnight liquorice vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.
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- Beth Hart Classic Vinyl Reissues
- Three of Beth Hart’s signature albums are being released on vinyl.
- 37 Days 2-LP £28.99
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- Eels Classic Vinyl Reissues
- The trilogy of Eels albums released in 2009 and 2010 get a lovely reissue on vinyl.
- End Times LP £24.99
Releases for 10 March 2023
Kicking off 10 March’s stormers is visionary Swedish singer-songwriter and producer Fever Ray, who has finally returned to us with Radical Romantics, featuring a somewhat darker and more brooding mood and feel but so very rewarding, slamming and sonically rich – it’s fantastic! On Darkfighter, Grammy-nominated Rival Sons try to put a good word on people’s ears in a time of increasing isolation and division, with strong themes of loss of identity, preservation of joy, and beholding light and shape again. Van Morrison’s love of skiffle dates back to his childhood, and on Moving On Skiffle he takes that homemade style and infuses it with a level of sophistication and soulfulness that it didn’t always possess when it exploded across Britain in the mid-1950s. Hampshire-based duo Ward Thomas, the first and only UK country act to achieve a No.1 album, are back with Music In The Madness, which is both a harmony-soaked balm for shattered souls and an uplifting reminder of what really matters: love, family, unity and the healing power of music. And Mancunian electro art-rock quartet Dutch Uncles return with True Entertainment, which bears some of their most delightfully fun music to date, taking inspiration from Yellow Magic Orchestra, Prince, Steely Dan, Ennio Morricone, The Blue Nile, Kate Bush and Roxy Music.
Our release of the week is UK Grim, the most dancefloor-friendly release yet from Nottingham duo Sleaford Mods: an urgent and sage-like look at life, living and the gritty reality of our era. Angry yet artful, innovative yet possessing an instinctual energy that irresistibly moves bodies and minds, UK Grim is an erudite electronic vision that truly engages with times that have been anything but ‘precedented’.
- Sleaford Mods UK Grim CD £10.99 / LP £23.99 / Limited edition LP £24.99
- UK Grim is the most dancefloor-friendly release yet from Nottingham duo Sleaford Mods: an urgent and sage-like look at life, living and the gritty reality of our era. This is truly the sound of now, not only in terms of the ideas and issues Jason Williamson’s strong words invoke, but also thanks to the innovative and immersive production of Andrew Fearn, which on this release has seen the pair collaborate on songs with Jane’s Addiction’s creative powerhouse, Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro, and with Florence Shaw, the distinct and vital voice at the heart of British band Dry Cleaning.
- Speaking of the forces that have triggered the poetic protest at the heart of this record, Sleaford Mods reveal that, as with their musical forebears like The Clash or The Jam, the outrage they feel is underscored by love for the people and places around them, making UK Grim as much a celebration of individuals and the idealists as it is an attack on ruling classes who pursue their own self-serving agendas with increasing desperation. Angry yet artful, innovative yet possessing an instinctual energy that irresistibly moves bodies and minds, UK Grim is an erudite electronic vision that truly engages with times that have been anything but ‘precedented’.
- Note: The LP is initially available on limited-edition silver vinyl.
- Fever Ray Radical Romantics CD £10.99 / LP £30.99
- Visionary Swedish singer-songwriter and producer Fever Ray has finally returned to us grateful fans with a splendid new long-player, some five years after their last outing (2017’s Plunge).
- Radical Romantics is a return characterised by a somewhat darker and more brooding mood and feel. This work is most definitely drifting further from and plunging deeper than what we recognise and love as The Knife but my golly-gosh, it is so very rewarding, slamming and sonically rich – it is fantastic!
- Note: The LP is initially available on limited-edition red vinyl.
- Rival Sons Darkfighter CD £11.99 / LP £36.99
- Grammy-nominated Rival Sons release their anxiously awaited new album, Darkfighter, their first new music since 2019’s Feral Roots. Vocalist Jay Buchanan shares: “Darkfighter represents the cultural mitosis of isolation, the pandemic, and the national fabric of the US getting looser and looser. We’re so divided, and you can’t step over the lines without offending someone. It certainly informed my writing. We recognised a responsibility to put a good word on people’s ears so there’s a good word coming back on their tongues too. We missed the joy of the live show and that magical interaction. When it was taken from us, that made me want to sing about topics that were important. There are strong themes on this record of loss of identity, preservation of joy, and beholding light and shape again.”
- Note: The LP is initially available on limited-edition clear vinyl, and will be released on 2 June.
- Van Morrison Moving On Skiffle 2-CD £13.99 / 2-LP £36.99
- Van Morrison’s love of skiffle dates back to his childhood. He would hang out at the famed Belfast record store Atlantic Records, where he’d hear early 20th-century folk, blues and jazz from the likes of Lead Belly and Jelly Roll Morton. So when he first heard Lonnie Donegan’s take on ‘Rock Island Line’ he intuitively understood the music he was hearing; before long, he was playing with a skiffle band in school. Moving On Skiffle finds him taking a homemade style that exploded across Britain in the mid-1950s and infusing it with a level of sophistication and soulfulness that it didn’t always possess the first time around.
- Note: The LP is initially available on limited-edition sky-blue vinyl, exclusive to physical records shops.
- Ward Thomas Music In The Madness CD £11.99 / LP £23.99
- Ward Thomas, the first and only UK country act to achieve a No.1 album – with 2016’s gold-selling Cartwheels – are back. After releasing their brilliant lockdown album Invitation, the Hampshire-based duo return with Music In The Madness – their fifth studio album. Music In The Madness is both a harmony-soaked balm for shattered souls and an uplifting reminder of what really matters. Love, family, unity and the healing power of music are recurrent themes on the album.
- Dutch Uncles True Entertainment CD £10.99 / LP £25.99
- Dutch Uncles, the much-revered Mancunian electro art-rock quartet, return with their long-awaited sixth album. True Entertainment takes inspiration from Yellow Magic Orchestra, Prince, Steely Dan, Ennio Morricone, The Blue Nile, Kate Bush and Roxy Music. “True Entertainment behaves like it knows it’s been away for some time, and doesn’t apologise for that,” jokes vocalist Duncan Wallis. “Ultimately, it’s written with the mindset that on our sixth album, we’re only in competition with ourselves when it comes to finding satisfaction in our craft.” True to this mantra, True Entertainment bears some of the most delightfully fun Dutch Uncles music to date, paired with some of their most existential and introspective lyrics.
- Note: The LP is initially available on millstone-yellow vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.
Releases for 3 March 2023
We open 3 March’s box of delights with The Lathums, who state their intentions to supercharge their continued rise since the Number-1 success of their 2021 debut with the release of brand new album From Nothing To A Little Bit More. BBC Broadcasts is a selection of material from Genesis recorded by the BBC between 1970 and 1998, a treasure trove of rare and previously unreleased material that comes beautifully packaged, with extensive notes by respected music writer Michael Hann. Feline, which helped to cement The Stranglers’ place as one of Europe’s biggest bands in an ever-changing soundscape, is being released in a deluxe and epic expanded 40th anniversary edition, complete with ten extra tracks and rarities. UGLY – an acronym for U Gotta Love Yourself – shows a side of Slowthai that people haven’t heard before, plunging into rock music with as much singing as rapping and featuring a fluid combination of musicians, including his friends Fontaines D.C. Philip Selway has brought together an extraordinary number of gifted people for his new album, Strange Dance (24 Feb), whose 10 songs show him at the height of his songwriting powers; he has a gift for writing heartfelt lyrics that could relate to any number of human experiences.
Our release of the week is Brothers & Sisters, the most open, honest and vibrant solo record from Steve Mason to date. The album marries the personal and the political but does so in an emotive and uplifting manner. Written against a backdrop of fear and uncertainty, and at a time when those in charge lurched from one disaster to the next mismanagement with increasing regularity, Brothers & Sisters is in fact an incredibly joyous, even spiritual, listen.
- Steve Mason Brothers & Sisters CD £10.99 / 2-LP £24.99 / Gold 2-LP £26.99
- Brothers & Sisters is Steve Mason’s most open, honest and vibrant solo record to date. The album marries the personal and the political but does so in an emotive and uplifting manner. Written against a backdrop of fear and uncertainty, and at a time when those in charge lurched from one disaster to the next mismanagement with increasing regularity, Brothers & Sisters is in fact an incredibly joyous, even spiritual, listen.
- Note: The LP is initially available on gold vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.
- The Lathums From Nothing To A Little Bit More CD £12.99 / LP £26.99
- Initial order copies of the album on all formats will be supplied with an exclusive polaroid picture of the band.
- The Lathums state their intentions to supercharge their continued rise with the release of brand new album From Nothing To A Little Bit More. The album promises eleven brand-new songs, including ‘Sad Face Baby’ and ‘Say My Name’, and follows the Number-1 success of their 2021 debut, How Beautiful Life Can Be.
- Note: The LP is initially available on red vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.
- Genesis BBC Broadcasts 5-CD Box set £54.99 / 3-LP £59.99
- BBC Broadcasts is an extensive collection of broadcast material from one of the biggest-selling recording artists of all time, representing the cream of Genesis’ work recorded by the BBC between 1970 and 1998, with contributions from all three of the group’s vocalists: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins and Ray Wilson. The set was curated by founding member Tony Banks and the group’s long-time engineer and producer, Nick Davis.
- The 3-LP set includes 24 tracks, all of which are making their first appearance on the format. The 5-CD set includes a 53-track treasure trove of rare and previously unreleased material and comes with a fully illustrated 40-page booklet. Both formats include extensive notes by respected music writer Michael Hann.
- The Stranglers Feline 2CD £13.99 / 2-LP £32.99
- Feline, the 7th album from The Stranglers, is being released in a deluxe and epic expanded 40th anniversary edition, complete with ten extra tracks and rarities. The Stranglers were unstoppable throughout the seventies and eighties, becoming one of Europe’s biggest bands, with Feline peaking at No. 4 in the UK album chart. The lead single, ‘European Female’, reached No. 9 in the singles chart and paved the way for the band’s transition in sound, helping to cement their place in an ever-changing soundscape.
- Note: The LP is initially available on red & translucent marbled vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.
- Slowthai UGLY CD £12.99 / LP £25.99
- UGLY – an acronym for U Gotta Love Yourself – is Slowthai pulling himself apart and exposing his anxieties of the last couple of years. Musically, this new album may show a side of him that people haven’t heard before but he sees it as the fullest picture yet – and attentive listeners will have noticed this musical tendency before. UGLY is about reconnecting with first principles. Plunging into rock music with as much singing as rapping, it is both a striking departure for Slowthai and a return to the roots of Tyron Frampton. Recorded in producer Dan Carey’s home studio alongside frequent collaborator Kwes Darko, UGLY is a fluid combination of musicians, including Ethan P. Flynn, Jockstrap’s Taylor Skye, Beabadoobee guitarist Jacob Bugden, drummer Liam Toon and, on the dark and woozy title track, his friends Fontaines D.C.
- Note: The LP is initially available on transparent red vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.
- Philip Selway Strange Dance CD £10.99 / LP £24.99 / Deluxe box set £79.99
- Philip Selway has brought together an extraordinary number of gifted people – including Hannah Peel, Adrian Utley, Quinta, Marta Salogni, Valentina Magaletti and Laura Moody – for his new album, Strange Dance (released 24 February). Foregrounding this remarkable union of musical voices was 10 songs written by Selway at home on piano and guitar that show him at the height of his songwriting powers. As the album unfurls, it takes the listener through different weathers and seasons. Each song carries varied and diverse shades and textures of emotion. Lyrically, it is artful; Selway has a gift for writing heartfelt lyrics that could relate to any number of human experiences.
- The deluxe boxset is limited to 500 copies worldwide and contains 2 LPs: Strange Dance and Liminal (a collection of previously unreleased soundtrack pieces that Philip made for the film Carmilla and for the BBC Radio 3 play Sea Longing), plus a series of art prints designed by Stewart Geddes (one of which will be signed and numbered) and a 20-page booklet.
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