In this week’s New Records Round Up, we bring you teasers for 10 recently announced albums and EPs.
Creye – IV Aftermath
Credit: Andreas Ungré
Creye will release new album IV Aftermath on April 24 through Frontiers Music SRL.
The band said: “IV Aftermath” pushes the legacy forward with purpose and determination – our most complete album yet, built on the same flame that started it all.”
Tracklist:
Something Missing
Bad Romance
Rust
Left in Silence
Don’t Talk About It
Through the Window
Only You
Glow
Aligned
The Last Night On Earth
Clay
Teen Suicide – Nude descending staircase headless
Credit: Maysa Askar
Teen Suicide will release new album Nude descending staircase headless on April 17 through Run For Cover Records.
“On the older records everything was self-recorded, home-recorded, on a laptop or on tape, and always with really limited resources,” Sam says. “I think we became known for that but it was also very limiting to be seen as a lo-fi band.”
“I think to write this kind of music you sort of have to pull from torment,” Kitty explains. “Our torment is more external. This is what we do, the only thing we know is making music, so the existential perils of these ever-changing machines and systems we’re trying to exist within is the stuff that’s driving us insane when we sit down to write a song.”
Tracklist:
Anhedonia
Idiot
Suffering (Mike’s way)
Spiders
The Knives
Everything in my life is perfect
Candy / Squeeze
Living death
Keeping Her Keys
Hypnotic poison
Kindnesses
Not born to run
Come and see the clown
Generation Radio – Take Two
Credit: Matthew Simmons
Generation Radio will release new album Take Two on April 17 through Frontiers Music SRL.
Jay DeMarcus stated: “Jason and I were fortunate enough to write our first single, ‘Montana Sky’, with our buddy Chas Sanford. It was actually written for the Chicago “XXX” record so we’re really excited we had the chance to finally cut it!”
DeMarcus said: “It was so much fun getting to make another record! We’ve been working on this one for a while and we can’t wait for everyone to hear what we’ve been up to. Once again, we have contributions from all band members. These guys are amazing and it’s a honor to make music with them, I believe this record is our best work yet.”
Jason Scheff added: “Here we go! Take Two, round two. We had such a great reception on our first record we’ve been chomping at the bit to get this one finished and released. I’m extremely proud to show that we have a band that is still at the top of our game”.
“In what other industry can you deliver as kids and be able to go back in and create the quality of what you’ve been recognized for? I truly believe this work stands up to any of the records we’ve ever made creating some of pop and country’s biggest hits. I can’t wait to see how the public reacts to this one!”, he continued.
Tracklist:
Montana Sky
The Melody
These Days
Maybe Monday
Grass Is Greener
Love History
Last Night’s Whiskey
Here I Go Again
You’re The Inspiration
I’m Alright
For A Soldier
Hate This Heart
Metric – Romanticize the Dive
Credit: Mark Hunter
Metric will release new album Romanticize the Dive on April 24 through Thirty Tigers.
Tracklist;
Victim Of Luck
Wild Rut
Time Is A Bomb
Crush Forever
Tremolo
Moral Compass
As If You’re Here
Loyal
Antigravity
Clouds To Break
Leave You On A High
KOYO – Barely Here
Credit: Matt Fevrier
KOYO will release second album Barely Here on May 8 through Pure Noise Records.
“A lot of bands think their second album has to be this magnum opus epic that sews so many things together, and I think we’d actually taken more of that approach with our first LP.,” explains vocalist Joey Chiaramonte.
“So with Barely Here we wanted to do the opposite of that trajectory–we wanted to refine our strengths instead of doing this purposeful departure. It’s a snapshot of what our band is in its most no-frills, perfected form.”
Tracklist:
Barely Here
Jet Stream Wish
Saying Vs Meaning (feat. Sammy Ciaramitaro)
It Happens to the Best of Us
You Hate Me
Selden Mansions
Oxidize (feat. Marisa Shirar)
What I’m Worth
Pace and Loiter
Irreversible
Grade 2 – Talk About it
Credit: Christopher Bethell
Grade 2 will release new album Talk About it on April 3 through Hellcat Records.
Tracklist:
Better Today
Talk About It
Don’t Worry About Me
Crash And Burn
Smugglers Haven
Rotten
Wasteland
Otherside
Long Distance Calling – The Phantom Void
Long Distance Calling will release new album The Phantom Void on April 10.
Tracklist:
Mare
The Spiral
A Secret Place
Nocturnal
Phantom Void
Shattered
Sinister Companion
Flatwounds – Chain of Command
Credit: Will Fredette
Flatwounds will release new EP Chain of Command on March 20 through Blue Grape Music.
Vocalist Colin O’Hare said: “Chain of Command represents how we’ve evolved and matured as musicians. This is our sound. It’s a little weird, dissonant, melodic, and heavy when it needs to be. The title works because most of the songs are about apathy and a lack of action. There’s always a ‘chain of command’ in life, and it keeps you from doing what you want. It could be societal or in your head. You always have to answer to something, though.”
Tracklist:
Emulator
Separate
Face It
Inertia
Zayn –Konnakol
Credit: Nabil Elderkin
Zayn will release new album Konnakol on April 17 through Mercury Records/Island Records UK.
Zayn said: “It’s that time again, I have been lucky enough to make a fifth studio album… KONNAKOL in its definition is the act of creating percussive sounds with one’s voice but what it means to me lies somewhere much deeper. It is a sound that holds the reverberation of a time before words existed. I have always drawn on my heritage for inspiration since I first started making my own music, this album is a development of that understanding, knowing more now than ever, who I am, where I come from and where I intend to go.”
Credit: Nabil Elderkin
Arkells – Between us
Arkells will release new album Between us on April 17 through Universal Music Canada and Virgin Music Group.
Tracklist:
Next Summer
What Good?
Ride (ft. GROUPLOVE)
Money (ft. Portugal. The Man)
Imagine Barcelona
Desire’s Got Some Questions
Universe Talking
Two Hearts
What’s On Your Mind (ft. Poolside)
Rumour
Escape Door
