Sputnikmusic News 05.25.2018

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 25th, 2018.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.  As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the artwork (if we remember…) so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.

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Featured Release

Chvrches: Love Is Dead
Genre: Indie Pop/Electronic
Label: Glassnote

Chvrches return with their third full-length LP after opening their discography with back-to-back well-received electronic/indie-pop albums.  Continuing to push the pop boundaries defined by Every Eye Open, Love Is Dead figures to continue honing the band’s well-established approach.  On the heels of successful singles such as ‘Get Out’ and ‘My Enemy’ (featuring The National’s Matt Berninger), it figures to be yet another commercially successful venture.  On the record’s sound, the band was quoted as saying that they opted for “more universal topics instead of introspection”, and that Love Is Dead is “the most pop stuff we’ve done and also the most aggressive and vulnerable at the same time.”  Check the record’s lead single below.

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– List of Releases: May 25th, 2018 –

Aisha Burns: Argonauta
Genre: Folk
Label: Western Vinyl

Bernice: Puff: In the Air Without a Shape
Genre: Indie/Folk/Psychedelic
Label: Arts & Crafts

Biffy Clyro: MTV Unplugged
Genre: Alt-Rock/Post-Hardcore
Label: Warner Bros.

Bleeding Through: Love Will Kill All
Genre: Metalcore/Black Metal
Label: Sharptone

Candlemass: House of Doom
Genre: Doom/Heavy Metal
Label: Napalm

Chvrches: Love Is Dead
Genre: Indie Pop/Electronic
Label: Glassnote

Dream On Dreamer: It Comes and Goes
Genre: Metalcore/Post-Hardcore
Label: Dream On Dreamer

Hoobastank: Push Pull
Genre: Alt/Pop-Rock
Label: Napalm

Jenny Hval: The Long Sleep
Genre: Experimental/Folk/Pop
Label: Sacred Bones

Jo Passed: Their Prime
Genre: Alt/Indie-Rock
Label: Sub Pop

Jonathan Davis: Black Labyrinth
Genre: Nu-Metal/Experimental/Gothic
Label: Sumerian

Lordi: Sexorcism
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Label: AFM

Lunatic Soul: Under The Fragmented Sky
Genre: Progressive Rock/Ambient/Psychedelic
Label: KSCOPE

Midnattsol: The Aftermath
Genre: Metal/Gothic
Label: Napalm

Nancybreathing: Awake
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Label: recordJet

Natalie Evans: Better At Night
Genre: Indie-Folk
Label: 3LJ

Snow Patrol: Wildness
Genre: Alt-Rock/Indie-Pop
Label: Republic

Spock’s Beard: Noise Floor
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: InsideOutMusic

Tracyanne & Danny: Tracyanne & Danny
Genre: Indie-Rock/Lo-Fi
Label: Merge

Uada: Cult of a Dying Sun
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Eisenwald

Wayfarer: World’s Blood
Genre: Black/Doom/Post-Metal
Label: Profound Lore

Wooden Shjips: V
Genre: Psychedelic/Noise-Rock
Label: Thrill Jockey

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