Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 7th, 2018. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/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.
Clutch – Book of Bad Decisions
Genre: Hard Rock / Stoner Rock / Blues
Label: Weathermaker
The ever-enduring groove/funk/blues/stoner/boogie masterminds might be 25 years removed from their debut, but there are no signs of slowing down for the Maryland-based quartet. Instead, the band have settled into a sweet spot with their genre-bending formula, tweaking elements and ingredients album-by-album so that each record is a sonic shape-shifter (bringing in producer Vance Powell once again) while adhering to the Clutch blueprint. Book of Bad Decisions keeps this train running, bringing in additional brass instrumentation to complement the ‘weaponized funk’ on lead single “In Walks Barbarella”, while the slide guitar-laden “Hot Bottom Feeder” – complete with Maryland crab cakes recipe in the video – and rollicking “Gimme the Keys” further illustrate the record’s diversity in sound. There’s plenty of snarky social commentary as well – see “How to Shake Hands” for instance – and the album’s fervent energy parallels the band’s… 25 years and counting!
ADULT. – This Behavior
Genre: Electroclash / EBM
Label: Dais
Årabrot – Who Do You Love
Genre: Noise Rock / Post-Punk
Label: Pelagic
Cauldron – New Gods
Genre: Hard Rock / Glam Metal
Label: The End
Dead Now – Dead Now
Genre: Rock / Psychedelic
Label: Brutal Panda
Ekuka Moriss Sirikiti – Ekuka
Genre: Lo-Fi / East African Music
Label: Nyege Nyege Tapes [archival]
Ghostland Observatory – See You Later Simulator
Genre: Alternative Dance / Electro-Funk
Label: Trashy Moped
JEFF the Brotherhood – Magick Songs
Genre: Indie Rock / Power Pop / Garage Rock
Label: Dine Alone
Kalle Mattson – Youth.
Genre: Indie Folk / Chamber
Label: Killbeat
Lenny Kravitz – Raise Vibration
Genre: Rock / Pop
Label: BMG
Lorn – Remnant
Genre: Dark Ambient / IDM
Label: Kobalt
Macy Gray – Ruby
Genre: Neo-Soul / Contemporary R&B
Label: Mack Avenue
Maribou State – Kingdoms in Colour
Genre: Downtempo
Label: Counter
Monstrosity – The Passage of Existence
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Metal Blade
Mothers – Render Another Ugly Method
Genre: Indie Folk
Label: Anti-
Paul McCartney – Egypt Station
Genre: Pop Rock
Label: Capitol
Paul Simon – In the Blue Light
Genre: Pop Rock
Label: Legacy
Pig Destroyer – Head Cage
Genre: Metalcore / Sludge
Label: Relapse
Rudimental – Toast to Our Differences
Genre: Liquid Funk / Electropop
Label: Asylum
Sauna Youth – Deaths
Genre: Post-Punk / Indie
Label: Upset the Rhythm
Spiritualized – And Nothing Hurt
Genre: Neo-Psychedelia / Space Rock
Label: Fat Possum
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Young Sick Camellia
Genre: Soul / Funk / Indie Neo-Soul
Label: Records, LLC
Suicidal Tendencies – STill Cyco Punk After All These Years
Genre: Crossover Thrash / Alternative Metal
Label: Suicidal
$uicideboy$ – I Want to Die in New Orleans
Genre: Southern Hip-Hop / Trap Rap
Label: G59
Swamp Dogg – Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune
Genre: Contemporary R&B / Soul
Label: Joyful Noise
Teleman – Family of Aliens
Genre: Alternative / Synthpop
Label: Moshi Moshi
The Blaze – Dancehall
Genre: Deep House
Label: Columbia
Yotto – Hyperfall
Genre: Progressive House
Label: Anjunadeep
Yves Tumor – Safe in the Hands of Love
Genre: Neo-Psychedelia / Post-Industrial
Label: Warp
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