This corner introduces the most notable albums released each week. The following albums will be released on January 17, 2025.
mac miller, balloonism
balloonism This is Mac Miller’s second posthumous album since his death in September 2018. The work was recorded between 2013 and 2014, around the release of the rapper’s mixtapes. facefeaturing collaborations with SZA and Ashley All Day. “I know a lot of Malcolm’s fans. balloonisma full-length album created by Malcolm around the time of the release of Faces in 2014,” Miller’s family said in a statement. “This was such an important project for Malcolm that he commissioned the artwork and there were regular discussions about when it should be published, but ultimately… [2015’s] go oh am And the subsequent albums became a priority. ” Like the 2020s. circleit’s stirring, experimental, and at times existential listening. short film From director Samuel Jerome Mason.
weather observatory, humanity
Weather Station is back with a new album. humanity. Following in 2021 ignorance And their friends, 2022 What should I do to see the stars?this record was preceded by the singles “Neon Signs”, “Window”, “Body Moves”, and “Mirror”. “These things I was experiencing. This alienation, this dissociation, this loss of narrative coherence, this loss of innocence and trust, these things were part of what I was seeing around me. “I felt like I could totally relate to that,” Tamara Lindemann said in press materials, referring to the long-term chronic depersonalization she experienced. The constant backdrop of climate change. Co-produced with Marcus Paquin, it contains some of her most complex and fulfilling songs to date.
Jasmine.4.t., you are morning
Manchester singer-songwriter Jasmine.4.t. Her debut full-length has been completed, you are morningvia the Phoebe Bridgers label. The saddest factory record. The record was produced entirely at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles by Julien Baker, Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, with members of Voygenious and Los Angeles’ Trance Chorus also contributing backing vocals. Both tender and defiant, the record features previously released singles ‘Skin on Skin’, ‘Elephant’ and the title track.
gill minus, DÍA
Ela Minus followed up on 2020 act of treason With a new LP titled DÍA. Punchy, vibrant, and meticulously crafted, this 10-track opus features the Colombian electronic artist heard on singles “Combat,” “Broken,” “Upwards,” and “QQQQ.” , opening up the typical claustrophobic sounds. The record was mixed by Marta Saloni and mastered by Heba Kadri. “Settings continued to change: an outpost in California’s Mojave Desert, a month-long hotel stay and small studio in Los Angeles, a re-emergence in New York, soundside views near Seattle, and a trip to Mexico,” according to press materials. Return to the City (where Minus sang the rewritten song), and the final two-month journey to London has finally come to an end. These are all places where time seems to move at different speeds, which not only inspired the music to change greatly and dynamically, but also inspired her to think about what she has played and what she has done in her life so far. I encouraged them to think about what they should say. ”
many hands, to a nice room
Lot of Hand, the duo of Billy Woodhouse and Elliot Dryden, set their fourth record, and Fire Talk’s first. to a nice room. This includes previously released singles “rosie”, “game of zeroes”, “backseat 30”, “masquerade” and “barnyard”. “At the end of the day, this record is a lot of borrowing, songs that Elliott wrote years ago that we brought back and reimagined,” Woodhouse said in an interview with Artist Spotlight. spoke. “And I think just that sense of looking back was vulnerable enough. While I was writing this, I went through a pretty crazy period of grief, and just living in a different city was a little bit I felt like I was going crazy.”
Kele, Singing Winds Pt. 3
Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke remains active element 3rd album series, Singing Wind pt. 3. Continued in 2021 The Waves Point 1 and 2023 The Flames Pt. 2. “I started the ‘The Elements’ project. wave We’re on lockdown,” Kelle explained. “It really started as a test. I was so used to collaborating with others on solo records that the idea of making a record with just my playing seemed like a challenge to overcome. He added, “Aside from the vocals, every sound you hear on these records is my guitar.” I’m excited to finally be able to bring these songs to the stage and involve the audience in the process, as the boundaries of the project are themselves part of the aesthetic. I look forward to finally performing it the way it was written and intended to be heard.”
blue lake, weft
weft A new mini-album from American-born, Denmark-based instrumentalist Jason Dungan, aka Blue Lake. The 2023 sequel incorporates instruments such as acoustic guitar, viola, homemade zither, cello, and clarinet. Sun Arcs It was inspired by the weaving style of his partner, Danish visual artist Maria Saar. “There is not a very subtle visual relationship between a mass of strings on a musical instrument and a mass of thread on a loom,” Dungan explained in a statement. “Weaving allows us to create an intimate relationship between the many individual parts of the work, as well as the finished whole.”
sophie jamison, I still want to share
out now bella unionSophie Jamieson’s new album, I still want to sharefollowing its debut in 2022 select. She co-produced it with Guy Massey and previewed it with a series of singles including “I don’t know what to save”, “Camera” and “Vista”. As stunningly introspective as her debut, it expands her palette with string arrangements courtesy of Josephine Stevenson (Daughter, Ex:Re, Lisa Hannigan). “There’s a lot of warm fall color, but then there’s even more sparkle and dark starry skies,” said the London singer-songwriter. “Something about it all really came together to explain some things that I never thought needed to be explained this way.”
Other albums released today:
rose gray, Please speak louder; Ex Void, In Love Again; Zora, belladonna. prism shores, come out from below; Benjamin Luckner, spin drift; Flora Hibbard, swirl; victoria canal, The night slowly dawns; david gray, dear life; songhoi blues, heritage; echo, quietly, for your service.
