The first week of the year’s shortest month sees another interesting assortment of new releases. Some high profile entries include the supposed last album from hip-hop’s J. Cole, the return of progsters Karnivool, and a new record from prominent alt/indie rockers Silversun Pickups, but there’s plenty more to be found. Let’s dig in!
This Week’s New Music
Beverly Glenn-Copeland
Laughter in Summer (Transgressive)
CANADA | Ambient // New Age // Folk
Big Big Train
Woodcut (InsideOut)
UK | Progressive Rock
Daphni
Butterfly (Jiaolong)
UK | Tech House // Deep House
Gloios
Prensado (label unknown)
BRAZIL | Post-Rock // Art Rock // Ambient
J. Cole
The Fall-Off (Dreamville/Interscope)
USA | Hip-Hop
Jay Buchanan
Weapons of Beauty (Sacred Tongue)
USA | Gothic // Americana
Joji
Piss in the Wind (Palace Creek)
USA | R&B // Alt-Pop
Kanonenfieber
Soldatenschicksale (Century)
GERMANY | Black Metal // Death Metal
Karnivool
In Verses (Cymatic)
AUSTRALIA | Progessive Rock // Alt-Rock
Mandy, Indiana
Urgh (Sacred Bones)
UK | Post-Industrial // Noise Rock
Mayhem
Liturgy of Death (Century)
NORWAY | Black Metal
Mossgiver
Renewer (Sij MusicArt)
SLOVENIA | Atmospheric Black Metal // Folk
Phendrana
Cathexis (independent)
MEXICO | Black Metal // Blackgaze // Post-Metal
Predatory Void
Atoned in Metamorphosis (Pelagic)
BELGIUM | Post-Metal // Sludge Metal // Black Metal
Puma Blue
Croak Dream (PIAS)
UK | Alternative R&B // Bedroom Pop
Puscifer
Normal Isn’t (Puscifer Entertainment/Alchemy Recordings/BMG)
UK | Art Rock // Industrial Rock
Ratboys
Singin’ to an Empty Chair (New West)
USA | Indie Rock // Alt-Country
Silversun Pickups
Tenterhooks (New Machine)
USA | Alt Rock // Shoegaze
Tigran Hamasyan
Manifeste (Naive/Believe)
USA | Jazz // Folk
Ulrika Spacek
Expo (Full Time Hobby)
UK | Neo-Psychedelia // Indie Rock // Post-Punk
And that’s another week down! Thanks to all for reading.