All About The Music
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This is a tuneful and enjoyable album from the UK indie band, their second in twelve months – put it down to lockdown productivity. Pitchfork described it as “Eerily digestible synth pop with essences of palm-muted guitar and a maniacally catchy refrain, it feels like a late-career attempt to indoctrinate new members of the cult.”
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This is Margo Price’s fourth album (her last effort was That’s How rumors Get Started in 2020) and was produced with the assistance of plenty of big names including Jonathan Wilson, Sharon Van Etten, Mike Campbell and Lucius. These yield some great songs including the very catchy “Radio” featuring one of our favourites Van Etten helping on vocals. Pitchfork described it as “burst(ing) with easy confidence and kind, stoic wisdom”.
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Most of the reviews describe this heartfelt album as ‘polished’. Kennedy told Apple Music that “there’s a lot of light and darness in my life, and I need to honour both sides in every song”. Expanding his sound from 2019 debut Without Fear Dermot has produced a solid collection of really well produced often bombastic songs with enough variety to hold the interest. An Irish artist we look forward to seeing him continue building album to album.
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Aaron Dessner (The National) teamed up with The Lone Bellow for this great album that has just grown on us over the past week. Developing their Country/Americana sound to a more Indie sound it is a great collection of memorable songs that highlight the bands vocal talents, especially their beautiful harmonies. AllMusic describe the album as offering “creative abundance and possibility”. We look forward to exploring it this week.
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There is always a perverse desire to avoid choosing an obvious choice for Album of the Week, particularly on a week when Taylor Swift releases a new LP. Once again we ignore that temptation despite a number of other strong new releases this week – Arctic Monkeys, Carly Rae Jepsen, Simple Minds, A-ha, Meghan Trainor and Tegan and Sara are some alternatives that spring to mind. Perhaps in coming weeks. Midnights harkens back to the sound and some of the melodic tricks of Lover however contains sufficient inventiveness (especially in the lyrics) to be evidence of Swift’s continued songwriting prowess (and incredible output!).
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Tove Lo produces another solid collection of dance oriented pop with her perspective on relationships and identity. The Telegraph described it as a “riot of feisty, unapologetically forthright, dance-led pop”.
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Marcus Mumford felt the need to flex his songwriting muscles during lockdown. Instead of collaborating with his usual “Mumford & Sons” collective he created this solo album, working with producer Blake Mills. He deals with some very personal issues on here (NME describes it as “undoubtedly an emotional and often heart-breaking listen”), but also maintains his distinctive style.
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We’ve been following Maggie Rogers career for a few years, and she’s produced another great body of work. Collaborating with Kid Harpoon (who played a big part in Harry Styles’ latest megahit) she is refocused but still inspired. A very smart lady (she has also knocked out a Harvard Masters in the last couple of years) she has produced what Pitchfork calls an album of “confident pop anthems” – from a point of burnout after years of touring (and study!) she has actually produced a joyful collection.
New Zealand Net Radio plays a song from our irregularly updated #albumoftheweek every hour from 9am to 12pm. Listen in @tunein at http://tun.in/sfAtE
Devin Abrams’ fourth album as Pacific Heights, this is an accomplished collection years in the making. A combination of electronic and pop, he worked with some talented collaborators including Stan Walker, Larissa Lambert, Foley and Louis Baker, and we love Bri Clark’s voice on “This Is What It Feels Like”. We look forward to exploring these songs this week – worth also listening to this interview Devin had with the 13th Floor podcast.
New Zealand Net Radio plays a song from our irregularly updated #albumoftheweek every hour from 9am to 12pm. Listen in @tunein at http://tun.in/sfAtE
British singer-songwriter James Bay is back – and he’s got his hat back on! On track to be his second UK No. 1 album , and deservedly so. We’ve been enjoying some of the singles for a while but this is filled with great accomplished material. NME‘s take is that “it might not be as experimental as his previous album, but ‘Leap’ is full of enough nuance and texture to keep people on their toes”.