In this week’s New Records Round Up, we bring you teasers for 10 recently announced albums and EPs from across the alternative music world.
Waterparks – Jinx
Waterparks will release new album Jinx on July 24 through BMG.
Tracklist:
TELL ME WHY (feat. Mark Hoppus, Danny Elfman, Eric Nally, and Dillon Francis)
RED GUITAR
IF LYRICS WERE CONFIDENTIAL
PROWLER
BETTER THAN THERAPY
NOBODY BUT YOU
GWEN STEFANI
NO NO NO NO NO
PLAYING MUSIC
MIRAGE
TASTES LIKE TANGERINE
ANY MINUTE NOW
GIRLS NEED GUNS
Man/Woman/Chainsaw – Cannonball
Credit: Charlie & Charlie
Man/Woman/Chainsaw will release debut album Cannonball on August 7 through Fiction Records.
Tracklist:
Only Girl
Canyons
Goddamn, Lizard Man!
Lighter
Nosedive
Get Up and Dance
Snakebite
Flick of the Wrist
The Thing
Still Angry
Something Else to Give
Des Rocs – To Hell and Back
Credit: Jimmy Fontaine
Des Rocs will release new album To Hell and Back on June 12 through Sumerian Records.
Danny Rocco, the brains behind Des Rocs, said: “This record is about anyone who’s ever been knocked down and gotten back up.
“It’s for the people who keep goin’, even when it feels like the world’s against them. To Hell and Back is for the fighters, the dreamers and the survivors.
“This record is the culmination of everything I’ve ever done. It’s all those years of struggle wrapped up into one sonic battle cry. None of this music would’ve been possible without riding the roller coaster of tryin’ to make it in a band outta NYC.”
Tracklist:
When The Love Is Gone
Fall Together
Sing Me Back To Sleep
The More She Wants
The Riders Of Red Hook (Legends Never Die)
The King
This Land
War
The Juice
Supernaturalize
The Way
The Xcerts – i think i want to go home now
Credit: Sam Carter
The Xcerts will release new album i think i want to go home now on July 10 through FLG Records.
Vocalist Murray Macleod said: “It was really time for us to band together and celebrate our friendship.
“We’re so proud that we’re still doing this, because we started the band 23 years ago. It’s astonishing really. This really is the purest Xcerts record there’s been since the first one. We dug really deep to discover what the defining sound of our band is and bled it all out”.
Divil – Divil I
Credit: Meghan Law
Divil will release debut EP Divil I on June 19.
Tracklist:
Thanks A Million
Orang Utun
Chewing Gum
Public Opinion – Court of Public Opinion
Credit: Michael Dubin
Public Opinion will release new album Court of Public Opinion on August 7 through SideOneDummy.
Vocalist Kevin Hart said: “A lot of bands make music about feeling bad but they’re so dialed-in. I think our message is a little more messy, but a lot more human.
“At the end of the day I’m kind of a quiet, angry guy. I don’t explode, I implode. So when it comes to the songs I don’t try to stop all that from coming through.“
Tracklist:
Balloon Man Running
Flowers By Irene
I Pay Everyone I Still Talk To
Lucky Me
Closed Captioning
When Kevin Gets Free
Enhancement Talent
Epitaph
Modern Convenience (ft. Vinnie Caruana)
The Curse of Public Opinion
Corella – A Beautiful World to Lose
Credit: Charles Agall
Corella will release new album A Beautiful World to Lose on September 18 through FLG.
Vocalist and guitarist Joel Smith said: “It definitely sounds fiercer than the last one and a lot has happened since we released our first album. We’re writing more for ourselves this time, but we also hope there’s plenty that listeners will be able to relate to. These lyrics have more grit to them, more heart, and we knew we had to be willing to make ourselves more vulnerable.”
Bassist Ben Henderson notes the darker undertone to this record, in its themes of loss, heartbreak and disillusionment: “A lot of the songs are that touch heavier, more aggressive, while others lean into that vulnerability we were reaching for. It’s been a huge learning curve, but I definitely feel like we got there.”
Tracklist:
Rewire
What’s The Use
Lost A Friend
Simple Life
Bitter End
All I Want
Jump Scare
Wolf
Thunder Strike
Note To Self
Siamese – dissolution
Credit: Alexander Christensen
Siamese will release new album dissolution on June 26 through Long Branch Records.
Tracklist:
dark
drown
sense
alone
friends
sinner
dissolution
patterns
nevermore
reveries feat. caskets
reaper
twisted
Quicksand – Bring on the Psychics
Credit: Annette Rodriguez
Quicksand will release new album Bring on the Psychics on July 17 through Equal Vision Records/Rude Records.
Vocalist Walter Schreifels said: “For this album, I was going back to a lot of my earlier influences about ‘break down the walls’ or ‘start today.
“Regardless of whether you’re into hardcore or youth crew, they’re really cool records because they’re speaking to the time and providing possible paths to a better future … with mosh parts. That’s the energy that I wanted to bring to this.”
“I’m really psyched to play these songs live. I feel really fortunate to still be playing music with these guys and be able to take it to different places.”
Tracklist:
Get To It
Regenerate
Agency
Crystallize
Supercollider
In Full Color
Days You Run To
Cool Guy
Moving Forward
Bring On The Psychics
Basht. – Poor Advice
Credit: Polocho
Basht. will release debut album Poor Advice on October 9 through LAB Records.
