Sputnikmusic News Wk 06.02.2017

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 2, 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.

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–Featured Release: Alt-J: “RELAXER”–

Genre: Indie-Rock/Experimental // Label: Canvasback/ATL

Background:

Alt-J have become one of indie-rock’s surging experimental acts, thanks to their extremely well-received debut An Awesome Wave as well as their more divisive – but equally impressive – sophomore effort This Is All Yours.  If the singles are any indication, RELAXER will further the band’s legacy as innovators within their genre, expounding upon the brand of downtempo art-pop that illuminated sections of 2014’s This Is All Yours.  It feels like a defining moment for a band that continues to stretch the confines of its own comfort zone, joining a rather exclusive arena of indie’s most respected, forward-thinking artists.  Sink into the record’s lead single, ‘3WW’, for a taste of what is on the horizon.

Listen to Alt-J’s “3WW”:

 

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 – Full List of Releases: June 2, 2017 –

 

Adrenaline Mob: We The People
Genre: Hard Rock/Heavy Metal // Label: Century Media

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All Time Low: Last Young Renegade
Genre: Pop-Punk/Pop-Rock // Label: Fueled by Ramen

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Alt-J: Relaxer
Genre: Indie-Rock/Experimental // Label: Canvasback/ATL

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Amber Coffman: City Of No Reply
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock // Label: Columbia

Stream City Of No Reply here.

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Ayron Jones: Audio Paint Job
Genre: Rock // Label: Sunyata Records

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Beach Fossils: Somersault
Genre: Dream Pop/Indie-Rock // Label: Century Media

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Benjamin Booker: Witness
Genre: Punk/Blues/Rock// Label: ATO Records

Stream Witness here.

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Bleachers: Gone Now
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock // Label: RCA Records

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Byzantine: The Cicada Tree
Genre: Progressive/Thrash Metal // Label: Metal Blade Records

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Chastity Belt: I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone
Genre: Punk/Indie-Rock // Label: Hardly Art

Stream I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone here.

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Dan Auerbach: Waiting On A Song
Genre: Psychedelic/Alternative Rock // Label: Nonesuch

Stream Waiting On A Song here.

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Eighteen Visions: XVIII
Genre: Metalcore/Hard Rock // Label: Rise Records

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Elder: Reflections of a Floating World
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal // Label: Armageddon

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Endon: Through The Mirror
Genre: Black Metal/Experimental // Label: Hydra Head Records

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The Ferrymen: The Ferrymen
Genre: Folk// Label: Bottomup Studios

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Flogging Molly: Life Is Good
Genre: Folk Punk // Label: Concord Vanguard

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Gloom: Solaris
Genre: Hardcore/Rock // Label: eOne Music

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Gravetemple: Inpassable Fears
Genre: Drone Metal/Experimental // Label: SVRT

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Halsey: Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
Genre: Pop // Label: Astralwerks (ASW)

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Ikonika: Distractions
Genre: Dubstep/Electronic/House // Label: Hyperdub

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Jorn: Life On Death Road
Genre: Rock/Heavy Metal // Label: Frontiers Music

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Kacey Johansing: The Hiding
Genre: Pop // Label: Night Bloom Records

Stream The Hiding here.

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London Grammar: Truth Is A Beautiful Thing
Genre: Indie-Pop/Electronic // Label: Ministry of Sound Recordings

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Luke Combs: This One’s For You
Genre: Country // Label: River House Artists/Columbia Nashville

Stream This One’s For You here.

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Marika Hackman: I’m Not Your Man
Genre: Indie-Folk/Pop // Label: Imports

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Mavis Staples: I’ll Take You There—An All-Star Concert Celebration
Genre: Soul // Label: Blackbird Production Partners LLC

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Mutoid Man: War Moans
Genre: Stoner Rock/Experimental // Label: Sargent House

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Obey The Brave: Mad Season
Genre: Metalcore/Hardcore // Label: Epitaph

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Peaking Lights: The Fifth State Of Consciousness
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alt-Rock/Raggae // Label: Two Flowers Records

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Pixx: The Age of Anxiety
Genre: Alternative Rock // Label: 4AD

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Radiation Romeos: Radiation Romeos
Genre: Rock // Label: Frontiers Music

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Saint Etienne: Home Counties
Genre: Electronic/Indie-Pop // Label: Heavenly Recordings

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Secret Sphere: The Nature Of Time
Genre: Power Metal // Label: Frontiers Music

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SikTh: The Future In Whose Eyes?
Genre: Progressive Metalcore/Grind // Label: Peaceville Records

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Sweet Baboo: Wild Imagination
Genre: Folk // Label: Moshi Moshi Records

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Tengger Cavalry: Die On My Ride
Genre: Folk/Black Metal // Label: Tengger Cavalry LLC

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TOPS: Sugar At The Gate
Genre: Indie-Pop // Label: Arbutus Records

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Unleash The Archers: Apex
Genre: Power Metal/Melodic Death Metal // Label: Napalm Records

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Vallenfyre: Fear Those Who Fear Him
Genre: Doom/Death Metal // Label: Century Media

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Wednesday 13: Condolences
Genre: Punk/Rock/Heavy metal // Label: Nuclear Blast

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