This Week's Releases
Oh Pep!, E^st, Mallrat and more
Blink-182 — California (Vagrant)
Their first album in five years and first with Matt Skiba is "a Blink record through and through", with Skiba's contributions helping "swerve the band towards slightly new territory". "She's Out Of Her Mind and The Only Thing That Matters recall Enema and Dude Ranch days" and the band seem to have "a weight lifted off their shoulders". We gave it four stars and our Album Of The Week.
Liz Stringer — All Of The Bridges (Vitamin)
Highly inspired by the city of Portland where she recorded the album, All Of The Bridges unleashes "her smoky voice upon a series of classic '70s- and '80s-sounding tracks". Keep On Keeping On is "Springsteen-esque blue collar narrative" while "Protecting Myself is a snarled look at the culture of greed". We gave it three-and-a-half stars.
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Bat For Lashes — The Bride (Parlophone/Warner)
A concept record based around The Bride, this album utilises "the drama of Khan's ever-present breathy vocal [which] underlines the bride's current emotional state". With spoken word, "driving rhythms" and "right electronic and harp flourishes", Natasha Khan has "pushed her dreamy alternative musical soundscapes to another level". We gave it three-and-a-half stars.
and the rest of the releases…
Be'lakor — Vessels (Napalm Records)
Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve — The Soft Bounce (Phantasy/[PIAS] Australia)
Big Thief — Masterpiece (Spunk)
Blood Orange — Freetown Sound (Domino/Emi)
Cash Savage & The Last Drinks — One Of Us (Mistletone/Inertia)
Delta Goodrem — Wings Of The Wild (Sony)
Diesel — Americana (Liberation)
E^st — Get Money (Warner)
Gemma Ray — The Exodus Suite (Bronzerat Records/Rocket)
Grace — FMA (Sony)
Hey Geronimo! — Crashing Into The Sun (Chugg Music/Inertia)
Mallrat — Uninvited (Create Control)
Maxwell — BlackSUMMERS' Night (Columbia/Sony)
Metronomy — Summer 08 (Because Music/Warner)
Oh Pep! — Stadium Cake (Barely Dressed/Remote Control)
ORB — Birth (Flightless/Remote Control)
Save The Clock Tower — The Familiar//The Decay (Bullet Tooth Records)
Straight No Chaser — The Art Of A Cappella (Atlantic/Warner)
Sunny Hawkings — Sheets Of Life (Independent)
Th'Fika — Home (Independent)
The Goods — The Goods (Personal Best Records)
Tim Richmond Group — What's In The Middle? (Lost And Lonesome)
Tracy McNeil — Thieves (SlipRail Records/MGM)
Various Artists — Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie — Soundtrack (Rhino/Warner)
Witch Hats — Deliverance (Behind The Beat Records)
Wolf Hoffmann — Headbangers Symphony (Nuclear Blast)
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