Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 9, 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 art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
Background:
New York City composer Ryan Lott returns with his 5th full-length LP. The album is available to stream in full courtesy of NPR, or you can simply check out the lead single “Dream State”, below.
“Dream State”:
The Atlas Moth: Coma Noir
Genre: Sludge Metal // Label: Prosthetic
Stream Coma Noir here.
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Brian Fallon: Sleepwalkers
Genre: Folk/Alternative Rock // Label: Island
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Dashboard Confessional: Crooked Shadows
Genre: Indie-Rock/Emo // Label: Fueled by Ramen
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David Duchovny: Every Third Thought
Genre: Rock/Singer-Songwriter // Label: King Baby/GMG
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Erdve: Vaitojimas
Genre: Experimental/Hardcore/Sludge // Label: Season of Mist
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Franz Ferdinand: Always Ascending
Genre: Alt/Indie Rock // Label: Domino
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Fu Manchu: Clone Of The Universe
Genre: Stoner Rock // Label: At The Dojo
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Good Tiger: We Will All Be Gone
Genre: Progressive Metal/Rock/Hardcore // Label: Metal Blade
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Harm’s Way: Posthuman
Genre: Hardcore/Metalcore/Sludge // Label: Metal Blade
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Holy Motors: Slow Sundown
Genre: Alt-Rock/Indie // Label: Wharf Cat
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Joan as Police Woman: Damned Devotion
Genre: Alternative Rock/Indie // Label: Play It Again Sam
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Kendrick Lamar/The Weeknd/SZA: Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By
Genre: Hip-Hop // Label: Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope
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Legend Of The Seagullmen: Legend Of The Seagullmen
Genre: Progressive Metal/Sludge/Hard-Rock // Label: Dine Alone
Stream Legend of the Seagullmen here.
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MGMT: Little Dark Age
Genre: Indie-Pop/Psychedelic // Label: Columbia
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Palm: Rock Island
Genre: Math Rock/Experimental Indie // Label: Carpark
Stream Rock Island here.
Read our staff review courtesy of verdant.
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Rumahoy: The Triumph of Piracy
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal // Label: Napalm
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SHIRT: Pure Beauty
Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap // Label: Third Man
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Son Lux: Brighter Wounds
Genre: Trip-Hop/Electronic // Label: City Slang
Stream Brighter Wounds here.
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Susanna: Go Dig My Own Grave
Genre: Pop/Ambient // Label: SusannaSonata
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Therion: Beloved Antichrist
Genre: Classical/Death Metal // Label: Nuclear Blast
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The Wombats: Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alt-Rock // Label: The Wombats
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