This Week's Releases
Empire Of The Sun, Tkay Maidza, Frank Iero, Jack Grace, Dorsal Fins and more
Empire Of The Sun — Two Vines (EMI)
Two Vines has the "shimmering dream-pop" on display that Empire Of The Sun have nailed over their career. The album boasts "bright, primary colours and visions of transcending the human form", in line with Littlemore's vision of "a city reclaimed by nature". They've enlisted Prince's guitarist Wendy Melvoin and Lindsey Buckingham to "end some wondrously sleepy guitar work". We gave it four stars and our Album of The Week.
Tkay Maidza — TKAY (Dew Process/Universal)
TKAY establishes the young Maidza as "one of the most promising artists going around" and a "local star" for Aussie girls and women. She delivers vocals with "unadulterated conviction and intent" and "refuses to be pigeon-holed", though many of the songs aim to be "dancefloor-filling bangers". We gave it three-and-a-half stars.
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FRANK IERO and the PATIENCE — Parachutes (Vagrant/Cooking Vinyl)
Parachutes is "sonically removed from his scuzzy solo debut Stomachaches", as "probably Iero's most commercial sounding release". Regardless, the record is "deep, personal and distinctive", as well as "both anxiously vulnerable and unrepentantly rambunctious". It's more "polished", but "ultimately continues his increasingly remarkable streak of strong punk albums". We gave it three-and-a-half stars.
and for the rest of the releases…
ALTA — Sincere (Soothsayer/Liberation)
Anaal Nathrakh — The Whole Of The Law (Metal Blade Records/Rocket)
Big Smoke — Time Is Golden (Barely Dressed/Remote Control)
Brett Eldredge — Glow (Atlantic/Warner)
CRX — New Skin (Sony)
Daniel Woolhouse — What's That Sound (37 Adventures/[PIAS] Australia)
Dark0 — Oceana (XL/Remote Control)
David Gray — The Best Of (iht Records/Kobalt)
Dorsal Fins — Digital Zodiac (Dot Dash/Remote Control)
Edward R. — Agrabah (We Are Golden/Create Control)
Foreign Fields — Take Cover (Communion/Caroline)
Girl Tears — Woke Against The Tide (Sinderlyn/Remote Control)
Glitoris — The Disgrace EP (Buttercup)
Helmet — Dead To The World (earMusic/Sony)
Jack Grace — River (Create Control)
Jack Savoretti — Sleep No More (BMG/Liberator)
Jackie Evancho — Someday At Christmas (Sony)
James Arthur — Back From The Edge (Columbia/Sony)
Jim Dickson — Coelum Versus (Citadel)
Kenny Chesney — Cosmic Hallelujah (Sony)
Leann Rimes — Remnants (Sony)
LLC — View Of Solitude (Independent)
Lou Barlow — Apocalypse Fetish (Domino/EMI)
Madness — Can't Touch Us Now (Universal)
Midlake — The Trials Of Van Occupanther 10th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue (Bella Union/[PIAS] Australia)
Near Myth — Idiot Mystic (Independent)
Neil Diamond — Acoustic Christmas (EMI)
Noah Earp — Disinheritor (Independent)
Robbie Miller — Closer To Home (Independent)
Roy Orbison — The Ultimate Collection (Legacy/Sony)
Serpentine Dominion — Serpentine Dominium (Metal Blade Records/Rocket)
Shrapnel — Tranceplanetsugarmouth (Coolin' By Sound)
Soft Hair — Soft Hair (Domino/EMI)
Straight No Chaser — I'll Have Another...Christmas Album (Atlantic/Warner)
Superheist — Ghosts Of The Social Dead (Dinner For Wolves)
Testament — The Brotherhood Of The Snake (Nuclear Blast)
Tigertown — Papernote (Inertia)
Tommy Emmanuel — Christmas Favourites (Sony)
Tove Lo — Lady Wood (Universal)
Toy — Clear Shot (Heavenly Recordings/[PIAS] Australia)
Ulverate — Shrines Of Paralysis (Relapse)
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