NEW RELEASES 05.06.20

ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER - Side ways To New Italy - LP €23.99 (sub pop) -Limited Loser Edition on Blue Vinyl plus Bonus Cd & Download - fter years spent looking out at landscapes and loved ones and an increasingly unstable world, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have turned their gaze inward, to their individual pasts and the places that inform them, on their second full-length, Sideways to New Italy. Led by singer-songwriter-guitarists Tom Russo, Joe White and Fran Keaney, the guitar-pop five-piece returned home to Australia after the relentless touring schedule that came following their critically regarded 2018 debut Hope Downs.

BRIGID MAE POWER - Head Above The Water - LP €22.99 (Fire Records) - Limited White Vinyl - Brigid Mae Power paints expansive songs that are effortless, hypnotic and folk-oriented like Judee Sill, Bill Callahan and Sharon Van Etten. The third album from the celebrated singer / songwriter, Head Above The Water is a coming of age opus featuring a ground-breaking amalgamation of traditional folk and country - an engaging blend of strings, bouzouki, piano and Power’s distinctive vocal make this an achingly beautiful body of work. Recorded in analogue studio The Green Door in Glasgow with Alasdair Roberts co-producing alongside Brigid and Peter Broderick. It’s a continuing tale of everyday survival; more diverse, different, a bigger canvas, with broader brushstrokes… Country and traditional folk rub shoulders, making for a juxtaposition of threads, with added instrumentation from five musicians lured into the studio to provide larger dynamics.Close

HINDS - The Prettiest Curse - LP €21.99 ( Lucky Number) - Indies Only Light Blue Vinyl - With The Prettiest Curse Hinds shrug off any remaining lo-fi accusations and unveil a widescreen beast of an album, not so much a shift as a quantum leap in their evolution as a band. This is a record positively bursting with life, with the band finally harnessing the full extent of their pop prowess and unleashing songs which sound bigger, bolder, and more complex than anything they have done before.

GO GO PENGUIN - GoGo Penguin - 2LP €28.99 (Blue Note) - Indies High Street Exclusive Clear Vinyl - When a musical ensemble chooses to self-title an album mid-career, it usually signifies their conviction that they’ve struck upon the motherlode, hit the jackpot, stepped up and generally arrived at a point they’ve always striven for but never quite attained before. Coming from GoGo Penguin at this stage in the game, it’s quite a bold statement: the instrumental trio from Manchester, England have fielded plaudits and rave reviews for inspiration and originality at every turn since 2013, when they settled on their dream line-up of Chris Illingworth (piano), Rob Turner (drums) and Nick Blacka (bass). Fusing jazz, classical and electronic influences (amongst others) with a thirst for innovation, they’ve been garlanded as makers of one of the Mercury Prize album of the year (in ’14) and have enjoyed success on record and in the live arena matched by precious few vocal-free groups post-millennium.

MODERN NATURE - Annual -LP €22.99 (Bella Union) - Limited Mustard Yellow Vinyl plus Download - Their new mini-album Annual, recorded in December 2019 at Gizzard Studio in London, is another step towards something more liberated and a world away from the sound of Jack Cooper's previous bands. Will Young sits this one out, concentrating on his work with Beak, but How To Live collaborator Jeff Tobias takes a more central role, alongside percussionist Jim Wallis. Annual acts as a companion piece to the band’s How To Live debut but also a pointer to the paths ahead.

MUZZ - Muzz - LP €19.99 (Matador) - Muzz, the new project of Paul Banks (Interpol), Josh Kaufman (producer/multi-instrumentalist and one third of Bonny Light Horseman), and Matt Barrick (drummer of Jonathan Fire*Eater, The Walkmen, and Fleet Foxes’ touring band), release their self-titled, debut album, on Matador. The self-titled debut album, written, arranged and performed by all three, is dark and gorgeous, expansive and soulful. No matter the sonic direction, Muzz goes there effortlessly and with maximum emotional charge.

THE STROPPIES - Look Alive - 12"EP €18.99 (Tough Love Records) - Limited DR. Green Thumb Vinyl - Originally starting as the DIY home recording project of Angus Lord and Claudia Serfaty, The Stroppies have now evolved into what some might call a “proper band”. Following on from their 2017 demo cassette and a sling of singles, 2019 saw the release of their debut LP Whoosh!, a studio-based affair that evolved The Stroppies sound, underpinned with a newly discovered melodic classicism. Look Alive!, their latest effort which was recorded only months after the bands return to Australia after their second European tour of 2019, represents a marriage of the two different styles of Stroppies recordings and rounds out an incredibly productive twelve months for the group.

BLANCMANGE - Mindset - LP"€ 20.99 (Blanc Check Records) - British electronic band Blancmange return with a new album. Mindset is the 3rd album to be written and co-produced by Neil Arthur with Benge (Wrangler/John Foxx And The Maths) at his Memetune studios in Cornwall, following the critically acclaimed Unfurnished Rooms in 2017 and Wanderlust a year later.

THE WHO - Live In Hyde Park - 3LP €36.99 (Eagle Rock) - Limited 180G Red / White / Blue Vinyl - Filmed on June 26^th 2015 as The Who celebrated their fiftieth anniversary, this stunning show from London’s famous Hyde Park is a triumphant return to their home city. On a glorious summer evening the band delivered a brilliant performance of all their greatest hits in front of a 50,000 strong crowd. With a series of stunning backdrops making full use of the huge screens surrounding the stage and an exceptional light show this is a Who concert on a grand scale but as Pete Townshend says at the start of the show “You’re a long way away…but we will reach you!”. He’s absolutely true to his word.

HAN ZIMMER - Live In Praque - 4LP€46.99 (Eagle Rock) - Limited 180G Purple Vinyl - This concert was filmed on 7th May 2016 in Prague during Hans Zimmer’s hugely successful European concert tour. Hans was accompanied by a band, orchestra and choir, 72 musicians in total, including guitarist Johnny Marr. The staging was spectacular with a groundbreaking light show, stunning visuals and a state of the art sound system. Hans Zimmer performs on multiple instruments and gives introductory insights to many of the pieces during the concert. This show is a treat for lovers of both great music and great movies. Released on a 4x 180g Purple LP set.

BLACK SABBATH - The End - 3LP €36.99 (Eagle Rock) - Limited 180G Solid Blue Vinyl - After nearly fifty years it was the final show of Black Sabbath’s Farewell Tour back where it all began in their home city of Birmingham, the industrial heart of England. There could be no more appropriate place for the Godfathers of Heavy Metal to take their last bow. Geezer Butler, Tony Lommi and Ozzy Osbourne delivered a set that focused on Black Sabbath’s classic seventies albums, the albums that defined a genre and inspired future generations. It was an extraordinary, emotional night for both the band and the fans and one that will never be forgotten.

FREE NATIONALS (ANDERSON PAAKS BAND) - Free Nationals - LP €26.99 (OBE /EMPIRE) - Limited Edition Gold Nugget Vinyl - Free Nationals are best known as Anderson Paak's live band, until now. Band members Kelsey Gonzalez (Bass), Ron "Tnava" Avant (Keyboard/ Vocoder), Callum Connor (Drums) and José Rios (Guitar) have graced the stage at Coachella, opened for performers such as Beyoncé and completed World Tours alongside J.Cole, Bruno Mars - the list continues. Paying homage to the musical legends that paved the way before them; Free Nationals means The first people of America, Indigenous to the land before Columbus came. Staying Indigenous to the funk, Free Nationals pay tribute to inspirations such as Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, Herbie Hancock and Al Green by incorporating musicianship while pioneering musical euphoria for a new generation. Features: Anderson .Paak, Mac Miller, Kali Uchis, JID, Chrionixx, Westside Gunn, Conway, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Syd, Benny Sings, T.I and more

FRANK SINATRA - Nice ‘N’ Easy - LP €20.99 (UMC) - The album is newly mixed for this 60th anniversary release. Originally released on Capitol Records – Newly mastered at Capitol Studios. A jewel in the Sinatra catalog. Features the hit title song, I’ve Got A Crush on You, You Go to My Head, and many more classic ballad performances.

BLUT AUS NORD - The Work That Transforms God - LP €24.99 (Candlelight Records) - Limited Ultra Clear / Half Black Vinyl - The critically acclaimed The Work Which Transforms God, a concept album which - despite being mostly instrumental with none of the lyrics made public - is meant to challenge the listener’s prejudices and preconceptions about reality, life and various metaphysical subjects. The Work Which Transforms God has been almost unanimously praised in reviews and was named by Terrorizer Magazine as its number one album of 2003

BLUT AUS NORD - Memoria Vetusta ii dialogue with the stars - 2LP €25.99 (Candlelight Records) - Limited Orange Marble - is the widely praised seventh album by French avant-garde black metal band Blut Aus Nord

BLUT AUS NORD - Ultima Thulée - 2LP €25.99 (Candlelight Records) - Limited Clear / Blue Splatter Vinyl - The 1995 debut album from Blut Aus Nord, featuring atmospheric landscapes of the blackest metal and the beginning of the bands long career of pushing musical boundaries.

BLAZE FOLEY - Live At The Austin Outhouse - LP + 7" €33.99 (Art Yard/End Of An Ear) - Live at the Austin Outhouse captures Blaze Foley, Austin's legendary singer-songwriter, at his final appearance at the iconic Austin Outhouse venue. Recorded over two nights in 1989 just days before his tragic murder these twelve tracks are available on vinyl for the first time.

CYBOTRON - Colossus - LP €41.99 (Dual Planet) - First ever reissue of the mega rare original 1978 LP from legendary Australian electronic duo Cybotron. Remastered from the original source in collaboration with Steve Maxwell Von Braund. Part Man, Part Machine, Cybotron was the synthesis of progressive rock and electronic music experimentation.Conceived by pioneers of the Australian electronic underground, Steve Maxwell Von Braund and keyboardist Geo Green, together they produced a series of mind-altering cosmic albums throughout the 1970s which set the tone for the Minimal wave

THE GRID - Floatation - 12" €18.99 (Chemical Alley) - Limited Edition of 500 Deluxe Clear Vinyl - Formed in the late 1980’s at the dawn of acid house, The Grid released their first single Floatation via Warners in 1990. It was instantly celebrated as a groundbreaking slice of ambient house, and soon became regarded as an all-time Ibiza Balearic classic. Fast forward to now. DJ Paul Woolford, a long-time fan of the track, steps into the studio and produces a 13 minute epic re-rub under his Special Request moniker, a widescreen soundscape for the dancefloor and the mind. The Grid are Dave Ball (Soft Cell) and musician and producer Richard Norris, also known for his work as Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve.

LEIFUR JAMES - Angel In Disguise - LP €21.99 (Night Time Stories) - London based experimental producer and composer, Leifur James returns with the second album Angel in Disguise, via Night Time Stories (sister label to the coveted ‘LateNightTales’)

ROXY GIRLS - A Wealth Of Information - Mini LP €16.99 (Moshi Moshi) - A Wealth Of Information sees Roxy Girls expand on their unique and idiosyncratic take on the post-punk format. Whilst the band still conveys the same breathless intensity and intricacy in their instrumentation, the new material also finds them developing on their stripped-back sound and experimenting with warmer and more densely structured dynamics.

SLEEPER - Smart (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - 2LP €31.99 (Gorsky Records) - Limited Edition Clear Vinyl - Sleeper celebrate 25 years since the release of their debut album Smart with a Deluxe re-issue. Smart is available for the first time on Limited Coloured Vinyl and both CD and Vinyl come with 10 additional B-Sides and Rarities from the Smart campaign and an updated booklet insert complete with new photographs. Includes the hit singles Inbetweener and Vegas.

KEY ELEMENTS - Key Elements - LP €20.99 (Sonar Kollectiv) - Key Elements‘ debut album leads Jazz music into the new decade down-the-line. The music Key Elements create is fresh, merciless and ruthless and has always the finger on the pulse of the time. The album‘s eight tracks are all far away from Broken Beat nostalgia or Beatmaking nedism, they breathe inspiration from the young, thriving British jazz scene.

KLO PELGAG - Notre-Dame-Des-Sept-Douleurs - LP €25.99 (Secret City) -Limited Opaque Black And Neon Marble plus Download

THE BLUE NILE - High (Remastered) - LP €26.99 (Confetti Records) - For the first time on vinyl (full album, 9 tracks, remastered) - To complete their reissue programme The Blue Nile again worked alongside long term producer / engineer partner Calum Malcolm. High is the fourth studio album by The Blue Nile, originally released on 30 August 2004 on Sanctuary Records.

THE BLUE NILE - High (Remastered) - 2CD€15.99 (Confetti Records) - This 2CD deluxe set, features all nine tracks remastered plus a bonus disc featuring four previously unreleased songs plus two extended remixes – over 32 minutes of new music!

THE GHOST INSIDE - The Ghost Inside - LP €24.99 (Epitaph)- Indie Only Yellow & Blue Butterfly Vinyl - Los Angeles based outfit with their fifth studio album. The self-titled album is a true triumph over adversity. The band was involved in a shocking road collision one tragic night in November 2015; a truck crashed into the band's tour bus near El Paso, Texas, killing both the bus driver and truck driver as well as leaving vocalist Jonathan Vigil, guitarist Zach Johnson, and drummer Andrew Tkaczyk in critical condition. Tkaczyk was in a coma for 10 days and eventually lost his right leg.

NIGHT GLITTER - Night Glitter - LP €25.99 (Nine Mile Records) - Limited Blue With White Swirl - Night Glitter is the duo of Thievery Corporation vocalist LouLou Ghelichkhani and multi-instrumentalist John Michael Shoepf (Roky Erickson, Hayes Carll, The Happen-Ins).When Thievery Corporation decided to go on an extended hiatus after 2019, the duo collected their various recordings for this self-titled full-length record. Night Glitter songs deliver a dreamy, magical sonic landscape with Ghelichkhani layering her beautiful lyrics atop fuzzed out guitars, analog synths, and catchy electronic beats.

THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS - You And I And Me - LP €28.99 (Sunset Blvd Records) - This collection brings together tracks from the Elevators 1966 performances in San Francisco and Houston, plus bonus tracks from Roky’s solo performances in the early ‘70s.

SUN RA - Celestial Love - LP €32.99 (Sundazed) - Recorded with Arkestra veterans at the same NY studio that hosted countless Sun Ra sessions since the late 60s, this first ever reissue of Celestial Love contains the only known recordings of the titular track and ‘Blue Intensity,’ plus a cut not on the original Saturn LP! True studio albums of Ra with the Arkestra are rare on this planet or beyond. This studio saucer is an interplanetary interpreter, here to convert even the faintest of heart to the sounds of Sun Ra.

LA PRIEST - Gene -LP €25.99 (Domino) - Limited Glow In The Dark Vinyl plus Download - Emerging from an all-too-long nomadic hibernation, LA Priest returns with Gene, his second album. Gene arrives five years after the iconoclast variously known as Sam Eastgate, Sam Dust and LA Priest thrilled the world with the cosmic pop of his debut album Inji, his first LP for Domino and his first solo output following the disbanding of former outfit, Late Of The Pier.

SOHN - Live with the Metropole Orkest - 2LP €32.99 (4AD) - Limited to 500 on Black Vinyl - First release on black vinyl (2LP widespine) 4AD presents a special Sohn release. Late last year the British producer and songwriter shared the stage with the Grammy-winning Metropole Orkest and conductor Hans Ek for the opening night of Amsterdam Music Event.Combining Sohn's signature glacial electronics with the 54 person-strong classical orchestra, the one-off live performance at celebrated Dutch venue Melkweg brought to life his best known songs such as The Wheel, Conrad and Artifice.

THE SPITFIRES - Life Worth Living - LP €22.99 (Acid Jazz) - Produced by Simon Dine, who was behind the desk for Paul Weller’s 22 Dreams and Wake Up The Nation amongst a varied CV - has harnessed the undoubted vibrancy and swagger of the band’s live show helping create an ambitious album – a vehicle for the talents of Sullivan, Long and Johnson. From the infectious brass-infused opener, Start All Over Again, the Nutty Boys-esque title track Life Worth Living to Tear, This Place Right Down bathed in soul overtones, the ballad-like wonder of How Could I Lie To You? to the ska riffage of single (Just Won’t) Keep You Down and the magnificent finale of Make It Through Each Day.

ULRICH SCHNAUSS - A Long Way To Fall - Rebound - 2LP €26.99 (Scripted Realities) - the fourth of five albums, A Long Way To Fall - Rebound was originally released in 2013 and has been rerecorded and reworked as well as being remastered. It now sounds the way Ulrich had intended hence the new additional Rebound title. Ulrich's long term AV collaborator Nat Urazmetova has reimagined and refreshed the artwork.

ULRICH SCHNAUSS - Far Away Trains Passing By - 3LP €42.99 (Scripted Realities) - Far Away Trains Passing By is the debut studio album by Ulrich Schnauss, originally released in 2001 by City Centre Offices. The first of five albums, Far Away Trains Passing By was the album that introduced Ulrich to the world. It is generally regarded as a landmark electronic music statement. Now a double CD or Triple Vinyl with 9 bonus tracks. Ulrich's long term AV collaborator Nat Urazmetova has reimagined and refreshed the artwork. Appeals to fans of Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins and Tycho.

WESTERMAN - Your Hero Is Not Dead - LP €22.99 (PIAS) - Limited Indies Only White Vinyl - The debut album by West London songwriter Will Westerman is full of supremely crafted songs about moral, political, and ethical grey areas. Recorded alongside his close friend and producer Nathan Jenkins (aka Bullion) in Portugal, they find Westerman attempting to resolve external issues by looking inward. Like a young Peter Gabriel in a late capitalist world, Westerman’s music falls somewhere between artful soft rock and confessional electronic pop. Already getting attention of high end tastemaker media from both sides of the Atlantic, Westerman’s unique sound and aesthetic Is encapsulated in this exquisite debut longplayer.

VANISHING TWIN - In Piscina - 7" €10.99 (Fire Records) - Limited Blue Vinyl - Limited edition blue vinyl new four track 7" from Vanishing Twin who are much loved at Rough Trade Shops. Cocktail umbrellas and chlorinated fantasies! It’s time to get cool in the pool with Vanishing Twin. Here are four streams of analogue consciousness to super-soak your deckchair daydreams.