Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 10, 2017. 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:
“Pastoral Ambience” is how many have referred to Teen Daze’s sound; a fusion of ethereal pop vocals with layered synths, sampled sounds, and heavily filtered acoustics. If Jamison Isaak and his surrounding project earned this reputation on 2013’s Glacier, then the latest offering is sure to cement their niche as one of the most gorgeous-sounding ambient indie-pop acts around. With tightly crafted hooks and subtle remnants of chillwave and shoegaze flowing effortlessly, Songs for Dying Earth is an album you should probably listen to while laying down in the grass; staring up at the sky with a good set of headphones to reveal every small intricacy that this stunning record has to offer.
Listen to Teen Daze’s’ effervescent opening number, “Cycle”:
Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness: Zombies On Broadway
Genre: Pop // Label: Vanguard Records
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Blackfield: Blackfield V
Genre: Alternative Rock // Label: Kscope
Read our Staff Review of Blackfield V!
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Dead Witches: Ouija
Genre: Doom Metal // Label: Heavy Psych Sounds
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First Blood: Rules
Genre: Hardcore // Label: Pure Noise
Stream Rules here.
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Hand Habits: Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void)
Genre: Indie-Pop // Label: Woodsist
Stream Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void) here.
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Jesca Hoop: Memories Are Now
Genre: Indie Pop // Label: Sub Pop Records
Stream Memories Are Now here.
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Meatbodies: Alice
Genre: Indie-Rock // Label: In the Red
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Mors Principium Est: Embers Of A Dying World
Genre: Melodic Death Metal // Label: AFM
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Mother Mother: No Culture
Genre: Indie Pop // Label: Mother Mother Music Inc.
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Nidingr: The High Heat Licks Against Heaven
Genre: Black Metal // Label: Season of Mist
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The Necks: Unfold
Genre: Jazz/Experimental // Label: Ideologic Organ
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Overkill: The Grinding Wheel
Genre: Thrash/Heavy Metal // Label: Nuclear Blast
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The Sadies: Northern Passages
Genre: Psychedelic/Country // Label: Yep Roc
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Sinkane: Life & Livin’ It
Genre: Indie-Pop/Raggae // Label: City Slang
Stream Life & Livin’ It here.
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Tall Ships: Impressions
Genre: Post-Rock/Electronic // Label: Tall Ships
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Teen Daze: Themes For Dying Earth
Genre: Electronic/Ambient Dream Pop // Label: Flora
Stream Themes For Dying Earth here.
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Thievery Corporation: The Temple of I & I
Genre: Electronic/Trip-Hop // Label: ESL Music
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Tinariwen: Elwan
Genre: Blues/Folk // Label: Anti-
Stream Elwan here.
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Trevor de Brauw: Uptown
Genre: Post Rock // Label: The Flenser
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Vermilion Whiskey: Spirit of Tradition
Genre: Rock/Grunge // Label: Vermilion Whiskey
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Weltesser: Crestfallen
Genre: Doom/Sludge Metal // Label: Prosthetic
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Wiegedood: De Doden Hebben Het Goed II
Genre: Black Metal // Label: Consouling Sounds
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