Featured New Releases for
July 21, 2023
Parlophone / Warner Music / WEA
An unexpected, understated Blur reunion album colored by hints of loungey melancholy and middle-aged regret.
Guided by Voices, Inc.
Cut live in the studio, GbV's second album of 2023 highlights the strength and ensemble force of this band.
Nonesuch
Bluegrass-Americana phenom Molly Tuttle and her Golden Highway band have released another assured collection of songs with virtuosic musicianship and relatable, erudite songwriting.
EMI / EMI Records / Republic
The pride of Frankenmuth gets back to basics with the assistance of Americana producer Dave Cobb.
Sacred Bones
A celebration of the breadth of the composer's work that encompasses music for the 1969 moon landing, blaxploitation movie themes, and novelty pop.
Absolute Label Services / Poetica
Stripped of drums and bass, the elegant and poignant protest of the indie folk project's spare 11th LP marks the launch of their Poetica label.
Edsel
Four packed discs of remixes, productions, and "reproductions," featuring well over a dozen '80s Top Ten Billboard dance hits.
Bella Union
The South African singer/songwriter's fourth album and Bella Union debut (not counting reissues) is a subtly stunning work of spacy folk.
Fire Records
Heroes of the American Underground deliver an album of hopeful lyrical sentiments housed in chaotic, nervy, and often dark tunes.
Republic
Vivid, candid, emotionally complex album that subtly increases the contemporary R&B singer/songwriter's pop appeal.
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Universal
The 2023 Double-Disc version adds both live recordings from 1993, as well as alternate
takes and in-studio jams from the original sessions.
Cattle Track Road Records / Wienerworld
A sprawling, open-hearted album featuring cameos by Ron Carter, Ringo Starr, David Crosby, and Neil Young.
Pelagic
The fifth album from Evan Patterson's project evokes the great pain caused by the loss of a great love with eloquent songwriting and sound design.
HighNote Records / Savant
The guitarist's killer modern jazz quartet delivers six new finger-popping compositions, and innovative covers of Bob Dylan and Sonny Rollins.
Century Media
The iconic Quebec-based prog metal/thrash innovators revisit the past on re-recorded early material that's reinvented with a futurist aesthetic.
Various Artists
Two Piers Records / Universal
A wide, multi-decade survey honoring the undimmable appeal of lounge and exotica.
Shelflife
Influences like the Cure and the Smiths are evident but not overbearing on a debut that gracefully fuses shoegaze and post-punk stylings.
Fabric
The two Hyperdub visionaries share a split single on London club Fabric's label.
Hyperion
Conductor's swan song with this great English choir is richly resonant.
Deutsche Grammophon
A program of new works, including three world-premiere recordings, all commissioned in part by this featured chamber orchestra.
Praga / Praga Digitals
Light, lithe performances of Haydn piano trios have a proper celebratory air.
Naxos
Fine performances that capture the madcap, protean quality of Antheil's music of the 1920s.
Linn Records
Handel's tragicomic opera crackles in this crisp reading with top-notch singers.
Harmonia Mundi
Period orchestral winds, brass, and percussion are displayed to maximum effect in Ravel's acid little cheating opera.