Happy Valentine’s Day all! In this week’s New Records Round Up, we bring you teasers for 10 recently announced alternative albums and EPs.
Paradise Slaves – With Hell in His Eyes
Credit: Josh DeForge
Paradise Slaves will release debut album With Hell in His Eyes on May 2 through Spinefarm Records.
“To me, the overall concept of With Hell In His Eyes is to never surrender, continue to fight, and continue to be grateful for life,” says vocalist Brock Lindow.
“Those were my thoughts. I’m a 49-year-old man who has lived and learned a lot. No one is perfect. Coming to this realization, trying to be better each day is a definitely goal.”
“This band is something I didn’t expect.
“After it fell in my lap, I was making new music with new people and we became brothers, and for that, I’m so grateful. When you get a gift like this, you need to put your best foot forward and have some fire. I definitely still have the same fire and love for making music as I always had and it manifests in Paradise Slaves.”
Tracklist:
For Those Who Watch the Sea
Aesthetic of Serpents
A Fever to Defeat
Dreamers
With Hell In His Eyes
Glass Mountain
Swim North (feat. Trevor Phipps)
How Far From Fragile
Somebody to Shove (Soul Asylum cover)
Always Have Always Will
Magnolia Park – Vamp
Credit: Oswaldo Cepeda
Magnolia Park will release concept album Vamp on April 11 through Epitaph Records.
The album is a ‘dramatic tale of crimson blood and chrome-plated courage.’
Tracklist:
PAIN
SHADOW TALK
CULT
THE SCREAMS
WORSHIP (feat. Plvtinum & Vana)
SHALLOW
OMEN
WASTED
CRAVE (feat. PINKNOISE)
REASONS
OPHELIA
Alliance – Before Our Eyes
Credit: Dave Lepori
Alliance will release new album Before Our Eyes on March 28 through Frontiers Label Group.
The band said: “We are excited to have a new label and to be working with the team at Frontiers.
“With 5 albums released over the last 30 years we are feeling even more creative and energized by the possibilities that lie ahead. We are looking forward to reaching a wider audience and are already hard at work on album 7.”
Tracklist:
Tell Somebody
Nothing Will Make You Change
Too Many People
Face Of Justice
Good Life
Joan Of Arc
Can’t Stop Messin’
Right
100 Sad Goodbyes
Tonight
A Bone To Chew On
Daily J – Scatterbrains
Credit: Ethan Allerby
Daily J will release new album Scatterbrains on February 21.
The band said: “We love writing about what we’re feeling and tackling relatable topics and we hope that connects with our listeners.”
H.E.A.T – Welcome to the Future
Credit: Marcel Karlsson
H.E.A.T will release new album Welcome to the Future on April 21 through earMUSIC.
The hard rockers have given us a teaser with new single Disaster!
Tracklist:
Disaster
Bad Time for Love
Running to You
Call My Name
In Disguise
The End
Rock Bottom
Children of the Storm
Losing Game
Paradise Lost
Tear It Down (R.N.R.R.)
We Will Not Forget
Uncured – Warpath
Credit: Neil van Niekerk
Uncured will release their debut album Warpath on February 21.
Tracklist:
Perfect Specimen
Detonate
Prostitute
Fall In Line
Crucify
Himalayas – Bad Star
Credit: Andy Ford
Himalayas will release new album Bad Star on April 25 through Nettwerk Music Group.
The Welsh rockers worked with producer Pete Hutchings on the 10-track album.
Frontman Joe Williams said: “The themes are based upon the disaster of men and the fact that we create our own problems a lot of the time,” says Joe. “Disaster happens, and that comes through in every facet of the album, whether that’s a positive thing or negative thing.”
“We didn’t go into writing it thinking we’d say this, but it turned out, everything’s fucked,” adds guitarist Mike Griffiths.
“That’s how all the songs ended up going: Everything’s fucked.”
Tracklist:
Beneath The Barrel
Hung Up
Cave Paintings
What If…?
Heavy Weather
Surrender
Nothing Higher
Afterlife
Twisted Reflections
A Brand New God
Dorothy – The Way
Hard rock vocalist Dorothy will release album The Way on March 14 through Roc Nation.
On the album, she says: “This album is a love letter to the fans. I’m letting them know everything is going to be okay, and we”ll help each other find the way — even if we get lost at times.”
Latest single Tombstone Town features none other than Slash on guitar.
Slash said: “‘Tombstone’ Town is a sexy rock n’ roll grind, featuring Dorothy’s inimitable swagger and great guitar hook.”
Tracklist:
“I Come Alive”
“The Devil I Know”
“MUD”
“Tombstone Town” (Feat. Slash)
“Bones”
“Unholy Water”
“Haunted House”
“Putting Out the Fire”
“Superhuman”
“The Way”
Floral Image – Gone Down Meadowland
Psych punks Floral Image will release debut album Gone Down Meadowland on April 25 through Fuzz Club.
The album was recorded over a six week period.
Vocalist/guitarist Fergus Nolan said: “Barns, basements and boxrooms across Norfolk were all utilised to unearth the songs from the soil of our collective minds. We practically lived with each other and buried ourselves in the music for what was almost a whole half year.
“We would cook for each other, learn from each other and laugh like we never could elsewhere. Even ‘that’ tricky period of cutting songs off went by with all of us in complete faith that the album’s needs seemed greater than our own. If it wasn’t for the fact that recording had almost become secondary to getting actually quite good at Frisbee, we might have been able to release a double LP.”
Tracklist:
Meadowland
The Dream
Burning 305
Call Up The Doctor
The Score
Boogietown
Tiergarten
Howling Dog Song
Twist Of A Nerve
Sun For Hire
Pelican – Flickering Resonance
Credit: Mike Boyd
Pelican will release new album Flickering Resonance on May 16 through Run For Cover.
It is the post-rockers’ first album in six years and their first album with guitarist Laurent Schroeder-Lebec since 2009.
The album goes back to the band’s earlier sound, influenced by the mix of artists performing at Chicago’s Fireside Bowl.
“A lot of people didn’t hear it at first,” says Schroeder-Lebec of the band’s roots in a panoply of punk-related subgenres.
“I was like, well, I guess the metal world is where we fit. But now we’re more willing to acknowledge all the suits we’re wearing.”
Tracklist:
Gulch
Evergreen
Indelible
Specific Resonance
Cascading Crescent
Pining For Ever
Flickering Stillness
Wandering Mind
