In this week’s New Records Round Up, we bring you teasers for 10 recently announced albums and EPs.
Self Deception – One of Us
Credit: Evelina Szczesik
Self Deception will release new album One of Us on May 15. It is their debut album through Napalm Records.
The band said: “One Of Us is our new album, inspired by life on the road and the energy of the live stage. Touring so much has put us in a kind of ‘live bubble’, and that feeling runs through the songwriting.
“The album revolves around outsidership and the desire to belong. On tour, we meet many lost and lonely people, all seeking a few hours of escape where they can disappear into a rock show. With One Of Us, we want everyone to feel part of something bigger, to feel like one of us.”
Tracklist:
TIME’S UP
WAKE UP
DON’T B E L O N G
DEATH OF ME
BREAK!
THE WEDDING
KETAMINE COWBOY
BLAME
ENTERTAINED
GODDAMN ME
Portrayal Of Guilt – …Beginning of the End
Credit: Craig Murray
Portrayal Of Guilt will release new album …Beginning of the End on April 24 through Run For Cover Records.
Tracklist:
Backstabber
Human Terror
Heaven’s Gate
Under Siege
Ecstasy
Death From Above
God Will Never Hear Me
Chamber of Misery Pt. IV (Feat. Slim Guerilla)
Total Black
Object of Pain
The Last Judgement
Midge Ure – A Man of Two Worlds
Midge Ure will be releasing new album A Man of Two Worlds on May 8.
It is a double album that includes a collection of instrumentals and songs and is his first new material in 12 years.
Midge said: “Almost every album I’ve made over the past 40+ years has featured at least one instrumental track. For this album I wanted to explore that further, showing two sides of what I do. The Man Of Two Worlds Tour reflects this idea, combining instrumentals I’ve written over the years with songs, album tracks and fan favourites side by side, taking the audience on a journey.”
Super Sometimes – Show the World What’s Underneath
Super Sometimes will release new album Show the World What’s Underneath on May 15 through Pure Noise Records.
On lead single Afterthought, the band said: “’Afterthought held its hand up as the clear opener to the album as soon as it was written.
“From the beautifully melancholic verse to the finger-point–inducing chorus, the song is haunting and riddled with passion in both its lyrics and vocal delivery, intended to convey the intense feeling of longing and desperation for someone who treats you as nothing more than an “afterthought.”
One the album, the band said: “’Show the World What’s Underneath” is us staking our flag in the ground as one of the torchbearers of pop-punk,” the band continues. “There’s a little bit of something for everybody, and our take on the genre will definitely be a breath of fresh air for those who have been looking for something a little different in the scene. We hope it inspires more people to fall in love with pop-punk the same way we did growing up.”
Tracklist:
Afterthought
Make Up Stories
Always You
Learned My Lesson
See This Coming
Show The World What’s Underneath
Spend
Common Place
Medicine
Prophet
Hanry- What Came From Silence
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Hanry will release debut album What Came From Silence on May 29 through Pelagic Records.
The French post-rockers said: “’Aurora’ is our first single from the album and the spark that ignited the band’s story.
“Originally composed around ten years ago by Anthony Leliard, the track was later reshaped and arranged collectively for our debut album What Came From Silence. Dark and tense, ‘Aurora’ moves through contrasting periods, from heavy, shadowed moments to brighter, more radiant passages. The piece builds and recedes in hypnotic waves before culminating in a massive, liberating explosion that carries the listener toward new horizons.
“Since the beginning of HANRY, cinematic imagery has been at the core of our artistic vision,” the band say. “We often compose from mental images, landscapes or scenes that could almost belong to a film. We wanted the album to feel like a continuous experience, something listeners can fully immerse themselves in and interpret in their own way.”
On the artwork, the band said: “It’s balanced between restraint and release. The cover evokes a presence that gradually emerges , something calm, dense, almost motionless, that eventually becomes vast and luminous. It seeks to capture that moment when silence begins to crack. Within a grainy, incandescent landscape, an immobile silhouette slowly fractures, allowing light to emerge.”
Tracklist:
Noise Drowns Out
Aurora
Dustwake
Her Crown, Her Empire
Remains
Time’s Collapsing
Dead Waves
Phantom Rush
A.A. Williams – Solstice
Credit: Jake Owens
A.A. Williams will release new album Solstice on June 5 through RPM.
Devin Townsend – The Moth
Credit: Tom Hawkins
Devin Townsend will release new album The Moth in May 29 through InsideOutMusic.
The album is a decade in the making and the Canadian musician describes it as: “The Moth is “a loose story following someone who realises that old patterns of behaviour are no longer serving them. By digging in and sitting with themselves, an internal conflict is revealed, one they may have been resisting or unconsciously rationalizing for years.”
Tracklist:
Semi-prologue
War Beyond Words
The Moth
Ode To My Eye
Enter The City
Covered By Causes
Lexin
Runaways
A Proxy For God
The Mothers
Orion
Stay There
Home At Night
Intermission
Lexin Returns
The Clergy
Prepare For War
The Big Snit
Silver Princess
A Life in Review
Metamorphosis
Stained Hearts
Let Go
We Don’t Deserve Dogs
The Lemon Twigs – Look For Your Mind
Credit: Eva Chambers
The Lemon Twigs will release new album Look For Your Mind on May 5 through Captured Tracks.
The album is the first to see brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario include live members Reza Matin (drums) and Danny Ayala (bass), as well as Eva Chambers of Tchotchke on record.
Tracklist:
Look For Your Mind!
2 or 3
Nothin’ But You
Gather Round
I Just Can’t Get Over Losing You
Fire and Gold
Mean to Me
Bring You Down
Yeah I Do
I Hurt You
You’re Still My Girl
Joy
My Heart Is In Your Hands Tonight
Your True Enemy
Spread Eagle – The Brutal Divine
Credit: Keith Celentano
Spread Eagle will release new album The Brutal Divine on June 12 through Frontiers Music SRL.
The band described the new record as “an emotionally and musically heavy body of songs showcasing a unique command of power, dynamics and melody. We have harnessed the energy of years of non-stop touring and turned it into a metal/punk thrill ride of an album.
“Lyrically, “The Brutal Divine” challenges us to question our views and ask if we’re truly as free thinking as we may believe. Once that question is posed, the album progresses towards uplifting messages of hope and community.”
Tracklist:
Flat Earth Vultures
Street Noise
Gunflower
Jail Rat
Forbidden Local Honey
Pushed To The Limit
Ant Farm
Scars In Our Eyes (City Kids)
Inside A Shrunken Head
Makebeliever
Piebald – Tales for the Rages
Piebald will release new album Tales for the Rages on June 12 through Iodine Recordings.
It is their first new album in more than 15 years.
Tracklist:
Still On the Couch
This Thing is Old
Used to Good Advantage
Gentlemen Callers
Conundrum Speculator
More Month Than Money
Fun Destroyer
Power Smile
No One Seems to Mind
Dance Till We Fall Apart
Cooler Heads Prevail
Strangest Dream
River Below
