Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 17, 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.
The Away Days: Dreamed at Dawn
Genre: Indie-Pop // Label: Pasaj
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Battle Beast: Bringer Of Pain
Genre: Heavy Metal // Label: Nuclear Blast
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Bing & Ruth: No Home of the Mind
Genre: Minimal/Ambient // Label: 4AD
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Black Sites: Monochrome
Genre: Rock // Label: Mascot
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A Breach Of Silence: Secrets
Genre: Metal // Label: Eclipse
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Cnoc An Tursa: The Forty Five
Genre: Black Metal // Label: Apocalyptic Witchcraft
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The Courtneys: The Courtneys II
Genre: Indie-Rock/Pop // Label: Flying Nun
Stream The Courtneys II here.
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Crystal Viper: Queen Of The Witches
Genre: Power Metal // Label: AFM
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Dool: Here Now, There Then
Genre: Doom/Stoner // Label: Prophecy
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Dutch Uncles: Big Balloon
Genre: Indie Rock // Label: Memphis Industries
Stream Big Balloon here.
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Edenbridge: The Great Momentum
Genre: Power Metal // Label: SPV
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Eisley: I’m Only Dreaming
Genre: Indie-Pop // Label: Equal Vision Records
Stream I’m Only Dreaming here.
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Electric Guest: Plural
Genre: Indie-Pop // Label: Downtown/Interscope Records
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Ember Falls: Welcome To Ember Falls
Genre: Rock/Metal // Label: Downtown/Spinefarm
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Ghost Iris: Blind World
Genre: Progressive Metal/Metalcore // Label: Long Branch
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Grails: Chalice Hymnal
Genre: Post Rock/Psychedelic // Label: Temporary Residence
Stream Chalice Hymnal here.
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Hearts Like Lions: If I Never Speak Again
Genre: Alternative Rock // Label: Tooth & Nail Records
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High Plains: Cinderland
Genre: Electronic/Ambient // Label: kranky
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Jagged Vision: Death Is This World
Genre: Hardcore Metal // Label: Fysisk Format
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Jens Lekman: Life Will See You Now
Genre: Indie-Rock/Folk // Label: Secretly Canadian
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A Killer’s Confession: Unbroken
Genre: Metal // Label: EMP
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Lorna Shore: Flesh Coffin
Genre: Death/Black Metal // Label: Outerloop Records
Stream Flesh Coffin here.
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Meat Wave: The Incessant
Genre: Post-Punk // Label: SideOneDummy Records
Stream The Incessant here.
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Mord’A’Stigmata: Hope
Genre: Metal // Label: Pagan
Stream Hope here.
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Morta Skuld: Wounds Deeper Than Time
Genre: Death Metal // Label: Peaceville
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Mozart’s Sister: Field Of Love
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alt-Rock // Label: Arbutus
Stream Field Of Love here.
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Nikki Lane: Highway Queen
Genre: Americana/Indie-Pop // Label: New West
Stream Highway Queen here.
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Novella: Change of State
Genre: Indie-Rock // Label: Sinderlyn
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The Orwells: Terrible Human Beings
Genre: Punk/Alt-Rock // Label: Canvasback
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Parallels: Metropolis
Genre: Pop // Label: Marigold Productions
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Pegi Young & The Survivors: Raw
Genre: Singer-Songwriter/Indie Rock // Label: Pegi Young & The Survivors
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Ryan Adams: Prisoner
Genre: Rock/Americana // Label: Pax Am/Blue Note
Stream Prisoner here.
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Sam Patch: Yeah You, And I
Genre: Indie-Pop // Label: Dep
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Son Volt: Notes Of Blue
Genre: Country/Alt-Rock // Label: Transmit Sound
Stream Notes Of Blue here.
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Stinking Lizaveta: Journey To The Underworld
Genre: Doom Metal // Label: Translation Loss
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Strand of Oaks: Hard Love
Genre: Folk/Americana // Label: Dead Oceans
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Sunlight’s Bane: The Blackest Volume: Like All The Earth Was Buried
Genre: Black Metal/Grindcore // Label: Innerstrength
Stream The Blackest Volume: Like All The Earth Was Buried here.
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Tim Bowness: Lost in the Ghost Light
Genre: Indie-Rock // Label: InsideOutMusic
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Tim Darcy: Saturday Night
Genre: Indie-Rock // Label: Jagjaguwar
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Vermillion Whiskey: Spirit Of Tradition
Genre: Power/Heavy Metal // Label:10 South
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