This Week's Releases
Wolf Alice — My Love Is Cool (Dirty Hit Records/Sony)
Nabbing four-and-a-half stars and Album Of The Week from us, My Love Is Cool is "all about the build-up; the catch-and-release mood these guys set from opening to end is one that seems to belie their young years". Our reviewer notes that not a single track is wasted as a filler; instead, every song "earns its rightful place on the album". The album takes you through a '90s grunge vibe, fuzzy shoegaze and razor-edged vocals too.
Oh Mercy — When We Talk About Love (EMI)
Inspired by "the lush and detailed music of the '60s", our reviewer thought this record was "introspective and elegant", a result of Alex Gow taking some time off for 15 months in America in "self-imposed isolation". Scoring four stars, the record "is a distinctly Australian body of acoustic pop music that reaches for the decades rather than the years".
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Everything Everything — Get To Heaven (Sony)
Packed to the brim with "soaring vocals, blistering guitar lines and scintillating synths" that are sure to get the band into stadiums and arenas, Get To Heaven is a fun, dance-filled album that will coax "our feet into your best pair of dancing shoes and ditches any inhibitions you might have". Though there are a few shortcomings, it's still a solid record coming in at three stars.
Desaparecidos — Payola (Epitaph/Warner)
The indie-punk band, fronted by Conor Oberst, have always been politically-charged, and with Payola have "expanded the scope of their scorn to a more global level and unearthed plenty to be incensed about". The band's sound is "cohesive", "raw and urgent" and is a showcase of "the band’s unquestionable conviction and the edgy punk-tinged rock they conjure in which to house these sprawling concerns". Payola earned three-and-a-half stars from us.
and the rest of the releases…
Air — The Virgin Suicides: 15th Anniversary Edition (Rhino/Warner)
Ali E — Creatures (Independent)
BANFF — Future Self (We Are Golden/Create Control)
Bully — Feels Like (Columbia/Sony)
Christine Anu — Restylin' Up 20 Years (Social Family Records)
Clayton Doley — Bayou Billabong (Independent)
Fist City — Everything Is A Mess (Transgressive Records/[PIAS] Australia)
Flo Morrissey — Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful (Liberator)
Golden Features — XXIV (Parlophone/Warner)
Good Lovelies — Burn The Plan (Independent)
Gwilym Gold — A Paradise (Brille Records/[PIAS] Australia)
High On Fire — Luminiferous (eOne Music/Shock)
Hilary Duff — Breathe In. Breathe Out. (Sony)
KEN Mode — Success (Season Of Mist/Rocket)
Kronos Quartet — One Earth, One People, One Love (Nonesuch/Warner)
Leon Bridges — Come Home (Sony)
Lindemann — Skills In Pills (Warner)
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody — Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus (Nuclear Blast/Caroline)
mewithoutYOU — Pale Horses (Run For Cover Records/Cooking Vinyl)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats — EP (Stax/Caroline)
Our Man In Berlin — Spirit Down (Firestarted Distributor)
Outfit — Slowness (Memphis Industries/Shock)
Palace Of The King — White Bird/Burn The Sky (Independent)
Rickie Lee Jones — The Other Side Of Desire (Cooking Vinyl)
Rob Snarski — Low Fidelity (Songs By Request Volume 1) (Teardrop Records/Rocket)
Son Lux — Bones (Glassnote/Liberator)
Tim McGraw — 35 Biggest Hits (Sony)
Various Artists — Feeling Groovy: Volume 3 (Sony)
Various Artists — 100% Hits 2015: Volume 1 (Warner)
Various Artists — Living In The '70s: Volume 3 (Sony)
Various Artists — Dope: Music From The Motion Picture (Sony)
Various Artists — So Fresh: The Hits Of Winter 2015 (Sony)
Various Artists — Dylan, Cash And The Nashville Cats: A New Music City (Legacy/Sony)
Walk Off The Earth — Sing It All Away (Sony)
Way Of The Eagle — Kodo (Sony)
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