Weekly Releases (21.08.26)
Time marches on!
The third Friday of August provides an unexpectedly strong set of new releases tucked into the tail end of summer.Among the highlights: more from fifth-wave emo paragon Asian Glow, a collaboration from Denzel Curry & Kenneth Blume, metalheads are satisfied by a new LP from Fen, and the author of this post is thrilled by a new record from Wild Pink. All that and plenty more to be found below.
This Week’s New Music
The Afghan Whigs
Soft Control (BMG)
USA | Grunge // Indie Rock
Asian Glow
Arin Cot (self-released)
SOUTH KOREA | Emo // Noise Pop // Shoegaze
Brandon Flowers
Thrasher (Island)
USA | Pop Rock // Americana // Country
Chelsea Wolfe
The Dark (Loma Vista)
USA | Folk // Gothic // Darkwave
Cornelius
Refractions (Eat Your Own Ears)
JAPAN | Psychedelic // Art Pop // Jazz
The Cramps
Gravest Gravy (Vengeance)
USA | Garage Rock // Punk
Denzel Curry & Kenneth Blume
II (Loma Vista)
USA | Hip-Hop
Fen
Elemental (Part One: Mourning Earth) (Prophecy)
UK | Black Metal // Post-Rock
Hey, Nothing
Hound (Music Soup/Interscope)
USA | Emo // Folk
Jorja Smith
What Are the Odds (FAMM)
UK | R&B // Soul // Pop
Julia Holter
Materia (Domino)
USA | Art Pop // Ambient
Ken Pomeroy
Tonight’s News (Rounder)
USA | Americana // Country // Folk
Lambchop
Punching the Clown (Merge/City Slang)
USA | Americana // Chamber Pop // Indie Rock
Lusine
Melting Days (Ghostly International)
USA | Ambient // Downtempo // Techno
Mystery Jets
A Hole to See the Sky Through (Fiction)
UK | Indie Rock // Alt-Rock
No Joy
Big Life, Big Leaf (Hand Drawn Dracula)
CANADA | Punk // Psychedelic // Shoegaze
Squirrel Flower
Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going (Polyvinyl)
USA | Indie Rock // Indie Folk
Towa Tei
Zambient (Machbeat)
JAPAN | Electro-Pop // Indietronica
Weezer
Weezer (Gold Album) (Reprise)
USA | Alt-Rock // Pop Rock
Westside Cowboy
It Goes On (Island)
UK | Indie Rock // Alt-Country
Wild Pink
Still Coming Down (Fire Talk)
USA | Indie Rock // Americana
Thanks for reading! As always, feel free to tell us what we missed or what you’re excited for in the comments below!