Saturday, October 17, 2015

Upcoming Album of the Week (Ending October 17)

Keeping up with the stream of album announcements can be an overwhelming task. Thankfully, I've done some of the hard work for you! Check out my Upcoming Releases page for a rundown.

A few weeks ago, I was starting to think that album announcements were going to slow down as we were moving closer to the end of year pageantry of best-of-the-year lists and music award nominations. I was wrong, and this week brought about some exciting announcements. One comes from a band back from a second hiatus (that word may be thrown around too much in music), Bloc Party.


Bloc Party started off strong with a one-two punch of excellent debut and sophomore albums, 2005's Silent Alarm and 2007's A Weekend in the City. Their third, Intimacy, wasn't too shabby either. Shortly after that album, the band went on their first hiatus, which would only last two years. In 2011, they released their fourth album, creatively titled Four. It was...well...a bit of a disappointment. It wasn't too long before they lost a couple of members and embarked on their second hiatus.

Now, they're back from that hiatus and have some new members, bassist Justin Harris of Menomena (!) and drummer Louise Hartle (heck yes, girl drummers!). Sure they've disappointed in the past, but I'm still beyond excited for new music from them. Hymns, their fifth album, is set to be released January 29.



Also announced this week:

Arca - Xen (November 20)
The Besnard Lakes - A Coliseum Complex Museum (January 22)
The Besnard Lakes - “Golden Lion” 12” (November 13)
BOSS - “I’m Down with That” (November 27)
Cass McCombs - A Folk Set Apart: Rarities, B-Sides & Space Junk, Etc. (December 11)
Chairlift - Moth (January)
Cool Uncle - Cool Uncle (November 13)
Jeezy - Politically Correct EP (out now)
JEFF The Brotherhood - Global Chakra Rhythms (November 13)
Liz - Big GRRRL Small World (December 11)
M83 - Digital Shades Reissue (November 20)
M83 - Saturdays=Youth Reissue (November 20)
M83 - Saturdays=Youth Remixes & B-Sides (out now)
METZ - “Eraser”/“Pure Auto” (January 22)
Swans - Love of Life & White Light from the Mouth of Infinity Reissues (December 4)
White Sea - “Never a Woman” (out now)

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