New Albums & EPs (no vid inserts thank you)

Its the actual music that's surprised me as much as anything else. The vocals are obviously great but the instrumentation is fantastic. The bloke off Simian Mobile Disco is a good knob twidder but she does the writing, co-producing and arranging. Just a super talented person.

I really liked the tracks she released from it earlier on. That's awesome the rest of the album is good. Going to treat myself to it on vinyl at the weekend.

New Billie Eilish album seems rather underwhelming.

I liked her early stuff, which had some bite and was different.
Then her last album went very bland. (when she went blonde).
This one just feels like a mish-mash of other people's stuff (Lana Del Ray, Swift, etc..) but with a mild version of her electronic beat in the background of a few of them.

It's like she doesn't want to do the original darker style that made her unique, but she doesn't really know what her style is now so she's just copying a bunch of other people's popular songs.

Oh goody another try too hard Coldplay album on the way later this year with a space theme.

Intergalactic likely not fantastic.

Big day for north eastern diy releases yesterday with three newish bands releasing debut albums and eps and the second album (in nearly eight years) from a really important and big band (locally). All of these records are brilliant.

No Teeth - chaotic post-punk might appeal to fans of Fat White Family or Idles maybe
no-teeth.bandcamp.com/album/decadence-in-breeding

Wild Spelks - FFO Jimmy Eat World or Get Up Kids, very catchy
wildspelks.bandcamp.com/album/a-house-full-of-strangers

Bitchfinder General - more measured post-punk FFO the Cure without it actually sounding anything like them
bitchfindergeneral.bandcamp.com/album/no-thoughts-just-vibes

Mouses - NE scene legends, noisy lo-fi garage rock
mouses.bandcamp.com/album/bwywtb

The singer from Bitchfinder General also does an incredible electronica/folk project called Me Lost Me and put out one of my favourite albums of last year
melostme.bandcamp.com/album/rpg

The new Susan Bear album has moved from traditional indie singer-songwriter territory of her earlier stuff and is now some kind of chillout club album

lostmap.bandcamp.com/album/algorithmic-mood-music

So far I’m preferring this new direction

Will check them all out - forgot Mouses new album was finally coming out. I really hope they tour, I saw them 6 or 7 years ago and they were electric.

The Warning’s new album is terrific.

Those ladies from Mexico rock! 🤟😎

Loving Griff's new album Vertigo. Class little lady with a crisp driving voice and sound.

New Soft Play album is fucking awesome - they have come back from their six year hiatus with more vitriol than before, album is very strong, and has some ferocious tracks songs on there. Some heavier stuff than previous albums which is very welcome and listening to it today makes me even more excited about seeing them in October.

New Jack White that was given away for free is really good



Shame the vinyl release is limited to 2000 copies and of course all sold out.. this is why I have mostly given up collecting.

I need to rewatch American Utopia at some point.

Been a while since I've indulged in some metal (I'm nowhere near as close to the scene as I used to be) but today stumbled on the delightfully named 200 Stab Wounds and it is right up my street. They peddle some very decent death metal (with some shades of Slipknot to me - which is great, as I love them), very fast drums, some nice sludgy guitar and growling vocals - love it.

I saw a great quote on Loudwire which sums them up perfectly; "This is a simple knuckledragger’s delight — no excess, no guitar wanking, no artsy drumming… just fun death metal"

I just listened to the new OSees (Thee Oh Sees etc). There was a point where I absolutely loved everything they did, but they've become incredible tedious. I can't remember the last new album I enjoyed.