NEW RELEASES 14.08.20
Aug 13, 2020
Biffy Clyro - A Celebration Of Endings - LP €21.99 / CD €12.99(Warner) - Limited Blue Vinyl - Biffy Clyro releases new album A Celebration of Endings. It follows the band’s previous two studio albums – Ellipsis (2016) and Opposites (2013) – both of which went straight to number 1. The band’s approach to opus eight was simple. Keep things fresh and maintain the wide-eyed wonder of what they do. Surprise themselves and each other. Push things to their furthest extremes. Their first building block in embracing the new was to turn to an old friend. In came Rich Costey, producer of Ellipsis.
JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD - EVEN IN EXILE - LP €24.99 (MontyRay) - Ltd. Blue Vinyl - Second solo album by James Dean Bradfield from the Manic Street Preachers. An ultra-vivid eulogy to a brilliant life cut short, Even in Exile is a beautiful collection of songs that loosely trace to story of the life and death of Chilean poet-singer-activist Victor Jara. At points pure and biographical, at others dreamlike and opaque, Bradfield sets words written specifically for the album by poet / playwright Patrick Jones to some of the most addictive and affecting melodies he’s ever composed.
Roger Eno & Brian Eno - Luminous - LP €24.99 (Deutsche Grammophon) - Limited Yellow Vinyl - Following its release in March, the Eno brothers’ debut Deutsche Grammophon album, Mixing Colours, caught the imagination of critics and listeners alike with its eighteen meditations on the slow, shifting nature of sound and time. Mixing Colours Expanded adds six new pieces along with Pewter, previously issued only as a bonus track in Japan. Again the evocative titles are colour-based – Moss, Violet, Manganese, Vermilion, Marble, Pewter and Malachite. And again, the pared-down beauty and meditative qualities of these new miniatures mean that every hearing is rewarded with fresh discoveries
All We Are - Providence - LP €22.99 (Double Six) - Limited Blue Vinyl - Providence, released on Double Six, is All We Are’s most euphoric and propulsive work to date, underpinned with a warmth that runs through everything the Liverpool-based trio do. With Providence, All We Are have created an album celebrating the universal virtues of love, loss, sex, friendship and dance.
King Buzzo & Trevor Dunn - Gift Of Sacrifice - LP €22.99 (Ipecac) - The Melvins’ King Buzzo has a new solo acoustic record called Gift Of Sacrifice. What makes this news even more exciting is that King Buzzo has recorded this record with the fabulously talented bass player Trevor Dunn. Trevor was a founding member of Mr. Bungle and also plays bass in the psycho metal / spaghetti western band Fantômas, as well as recording and touring with the Melvins (as Melvins Lite).
Whitney - Candid - LP€22.99 (Secretly Canadian) - Limited Clear Blue Vinyl - Following their acclaimed sophomore 2019 album Forever Turned Around, Whitney have decided to return with a loving tribute to songs that have been formative and lasting to the entire band. Candid is a 10-song collection boasting covers of artists like Kelela, David Byrne, John Denver, SWV, and others but it’s also a band challenging themselves to explore more than their musical comfort zone
ELLEN ALLIEN - AURAA - 2LP €24.99 (BPITCH CONTROL) - Beginning with the faintest hint of trance euphoria on the downtempo Hello Planet Earth (Breath Mix), the album soon moves into more bumpin’ territory with In Music I Trust – Ellen’s signature use of vocals-as-melody entrancing the listener. Walking In The Dark takes things up a notch further with jabbing percussion and mesmerising atmospherics, followed by Confusion, a masterclass in heady hypnotic composition. Human is a deeply affecting beatless segue with its drone-esque soundscape. True Romantics taps into your emotional centre utilising hard beats and wistful synth lines. Lastly, Traum (Dream in English) takes us out of our bodies and into the infinite realm of vibration, as waves of beautifully composed pads and bubbling analogue bass encourage us to transcend into the next astral plane.
LEVELLERS - PEACE - LP+7" €26.99 / 2CD €15.99 (On The Fiddle) - Limited Blue Splatter +Signed Print - It’s been a long journey to get here. Peace arrives almost eight years since the Brighton band’s last album of original material, 2012’s Static On The Airwaves. Produced at the band’s own Metway Studios by longtime collaborator Sean Lakeman, Peace possesses the clarity and directness of early Levellers classics such as their 1990 debut album A Weapon Called The Word and its landmark follow-up, Levelling The Land.
VARIOUS ARTISTS - SOUL LOVE NOW: THE BLACK FIRE RECORDS STORY 1975-1993 - 2LP €29.99 / 2CD €13.99 (STRUT) - Strut present the first ever compilation bringing together classics and rarities from the seminal spiritual jazz and conscious soul label Black Fire, covering 1975 to 1993.
YOUNG JESUS - WELCOME TO CONCEPTUAL BEACH - LP €21.99 (SADDLE CREEK) - The LA-based art rock quartet 4th album. They artfully balance the wandering riffs of previous records with irresistible hooks, woven into their characteristic swathes of improvisation to create a shimmering, molten tapestry.
Bill Frisell - Valentine - LP €24.99 (Blue Note) - The debut recording of guitarist Bill Frisell’s trio with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Rudy Royston is a wide-ranging 13-song set that mixes Frisell originals new and old, jazz standards, traditional songs, and covers. Valentine explores the creative freedom of the trio format and the profound musical relationship between these three musicians after years of touring.
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (Half Speed Master) - LP €29.99 (Concord) - 50th anniversary pressing of iconic studio album from America’s greatest rock and roll band; first released in 1970 at the peak of Creedence’s prolific career. The album was mastered at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios, benefiting from an exacting process that allows for an exceptional level of sonic clarity and punch. This 180-gram vinyl comes housed in a tip-on jacket replicating the original pressing packaging
Goldfrapp - Supernature - LP €23.99 (MUTE) - Limited Green Vinyl - Supernature, their third long-player, continues to probe this more "adult" world, lashing together lascivious electro, cascading synths and the exhumed spirits of artists like Gary Numan and Giorgio Moroder. Lead single Ooh La La, with its cosmetic sheen and hedonistic pop feel, is a good indicator for the rest of the album.
BRITNEY SPEARS – Opps!…I Did It Again – LP €24.99 - Limited Picture Disc - 20th Anniversay Edition on limited picture disc. It features all 12 original hits, including Oops!…I Did It Again, Stronger, and Lucky.
Clannad - Cran Uil - LP €21.99 / CD €9.99 (Tara) - Crann Úll was Clannad's 5th album released in 1980. It is also the first Clannad album to feature Enya. She appears as supporting vocalist on the track Gathering Mushrooms.
Clannad - Fuaim (Remastered) - LP €21.99 / CD €9.99 (Tara) - Fuaim (Irish for "sound") is the sixth album by Irish folk group Clannad, released in 1982. Produced by Nicky Ryan it was the last Clannad album to feature Enya. She left shortly afterwards to pursue a solo career.
Christy Moore - Live In Dublin - LP €21.99 / CD 9.99 (Tara) - Live in Dublin is a live album by Irish singer / songwriter Christy Moore (guitar and vocals), also featuring Donal Lunny on bouzouki, guitar, background vocals and Jimmy Faulkner on lead and slide guitars. Moore said: "We recorded this album in April 1978, when we did gigs at The Meeting Place, Pat Dowling's of Prosperous, Trinity College and the Grapevine Arts centre in North Great George's Street. One number, Clydes Bonnie Banks, was recorded in Nicholas Ryan's front room.
Christy Moore - The Iron Vest Behind The Velvet - LP €21.99 / CD 9.99 (Tara) - The Iron Behind the Velvet is an album recorded by Christy Moore in 1978, after the first breakup of Planxty. It was produced jointly by Brian Masterson and Moore, and recorded and mixed at Lombard and Keystone Studios, Dublin. It features his brother Barry Moore (Luka Bloom) on guitar and vocals, as well as Planxty's Andy Irvine on mandolin, bouzouki, vocals and more. Also appearing are Noel Hill on concertinas, Tony Linnane on fiddle, Gabriel McKeon on Uilleann pipes, Jimmy Faulkner on guitars and Rosemary Flanagan on cello.
Wayne Wade - Poor And Humble - 12" €8.99 (Greensleeves) - First time repress Greensleeves 12” classic from 1981 – two more roots anthems back to back! Both sides mixed by Scientist at King Tubby’s in a 12” murder style. Original Roots Radics drum and bass from reggae’s golden age. Produced by Linval Thompson.
Mac Miller - K.I.D.S. - 2LP €28.99 (Rostrum) - The first vinyl issue of K.I.D.S., the fourth mix-tape by American rapper Mac Miller
The Vandals - Live Fast Diarrhea: 25th Anniversary Edition -LP €26.99 (Craft) -Explosive Brown Splatter Vinyl - Live Fast, Diarrhea is The Vandals’ breakthrough 1995 studio album; their debut for Nitro Records. The 15-track album includes band’s hit single “I Have A Date,” plus fan favorites “And Now We Dance,” “Change My Pants (I Don’t Wanna)” and a cover of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius.
Kit Sebastian - Rain / Kozmos - 7" €17.99 (Mr.Bongo) - There were two tracks recorded during the sessions that were not featured on the final album release, and these have now found a rightful home on this 7”
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Padlock On The Blues - LP €26.99 - Being one of the greatest blues musicians around, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers' album "Padlock On The Blues" pays a tribute to the genre Mayall influenced like no other. Backing Mayall are a select group of incredible musicians such as John Lee Hooker. This re-release marks the first time for the album to be released on vinyl, so this beautiful 180g double LP should absolutely become a part of every fan's and blues lover's collection!
Steam Down, Yazmin Lacey, Afronaut Zu - Etcetera / I'll Never Stop Loving You - 7" €11.99 (Decca) - Next 7” in the Blue Note Re:Imagined series. Steam Down bring to life a new version of Wayne Shorter’s track Etcetera whilst Yasmin Lacey covers Dodo Greene’s track I’ll Never Stop Loving
Alice Cooper - Don't Give Up - 7" Picture Disc €7.99 - Alice Cooper surprises the world by spontaneously releasing a brand-new song. Produced by Bob Ezrin using remote technology, Don’t Give Up is a spontaneous reaction to the challenges facing us all right now. Alice Cooper felt the need to talk directly to his fans from isolation in his home where he is working to finish his upcoming new album.
