Albums in Stores – Nov 15th, 2024

Pool Boys - Patterns (PDX indie pop)
Fazerdaze - Soft Power (indie pop)
Sofia Royer- Young-Girl Forever (indie pop)
Wallice - The Jester (alt/indie pop)
Wussy - Cincinnati Ohio (indie rock)
Lake Disappointment - Lake Disappointment (indie/emo/pop punk)
Fightmilk - No Souvenirs (indie/pop punk)
The Green Child - Look Familiar (indie/psych rock)
Du Blonde - Sniff More Gritty (garage/power pop)
Medium Build - Marietta EP (indie)
Gordi - Lunch At Dune EP (indie pop)

 

Secret World
Less Than Jake
Anthony Raneri
Poppy

Zebrahead and Koyo earlier in the week

 

American Thrills - Milestone
Andrew Gabbard - Ramble & Rave On
Chelsea Wolfe - Unbound EP
Cordae - The Crossroads (hip hop)
Denzel Curry - King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2 (extended edition) (hip hop)
Fazerdaze - Soft Power
GLOSSER - Angel Dust EP
Gold Star - How To Shoot The Moon
Heart To Gold - Free Help
KOYO - Mile A Minute EP
Less Than Jake - Uncharted EP
Mile End - Self Titled (hardcore)
Original Sharks - Style EP
Poppy - Negative Spaces
Secret World - Guilt Is Good EP
Shawn Mendes - Shawn (pop)
The Black Keys - Ohio Players (Trophy Edition)

Singles:
bdrmm,BENEE, Blanck Mass, clipping, Cloned Apparition, Destin Conrad, eyedress, Fake Eyes, Freckle (new Ty Segall project), Jack White, James Blake, Lip Filler, LOVEBREAKERS, Marlon Funaki, mary in the junkyard, New Constellations, Profiler, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Rose City Band, Same Side, Sasami, Squid, Superheaven, The Young Hearts, Throwing Muses, VIAL, White Denim

 

Straw Man Army - Earthwork

 

I’d never heard of Overhead, the Albatross before but gave it a go because I was drawn to the band name. The intro track wrecked me. It’s a speech over beautiful guitars from a father about their child and their hopes for their future.

The album has so many ideas - mostly instrumental but with really interesting beats and guitar work. Some spoken word vocals and very few sung vocals.

a complete surprise but really really good

 

I can't believe it's almost one of the final weeks of the year for new music. I'm fairly equally excited for all the albums listed below, so no favorite highlights for me this week!

Anthony Raneri - Everyday Royalty (Bayside's singer goes acoustic)
Clover County - Porch Lights (Country)
Fazerdaze - Soft Power (indie rock)
Frances Whitney - Old Hobbies (singer songwriter)
Kylie V - Crash Test Plane (singer songwriter)
Less Than Jake - Uncharted (pop-punk/ska)
Lyn Lapid - winter wishes (indie pop goes Christmas)
Maisyn - Past Life (indie pop)
Poppy - Negative Spaces
Sofie Royer - Young - Girl Forever (indie pop)
Wallice - The Jester

 

American Thrills
Cheem
Tiny Moving Parts
Noise Beneath the Floor
Exit
Heart to Gold
The Danger of Falling
In Her Own Words
Aodhan Mustain
Zebrahead EP

 

Happy Friday folks! Plenty of new stuff out today to enjoy.

For a more extensive list of new albums and EPs than what's already listed in the main post, you can check out my release schedule spreadsheet which includes stuff released so far in 2024 and currently beyond as far as April 2025.

It also includes stuff that's expected and/or speculated for release with a supporting source link where available.

SINGLES:
Acadence
Alphoenix
ALT BLK ERA
Archers
Arkiin (feat. Late 9)
Ask I Fall
Astraline
Awake At Last
bdrmm
Bivouac Cabs
Blessed By A Broken Heart
Boiler Room
Brokencyde (feat. LiL Lotus)
The Butcher Sisters
CABAL
Chabtan
ChuggaBoom
Citadel
Come Correct (feat. Devin Swank)
COSEN (The Arusha Accord, Sylosis, Monuments, Xerath)
Critical Acclaim
Dark Chapel
Dark Watch
Deaddrop
Death Of A Deity
Delayed Departure
Devil May Care
DEXCORE
DITZ
The Divergent
Divisive
Donefor (feat. Kellin Quinn)
Dragged Out
Driveways
Eidola
Elwood Stray
Engraved
Epica
Eville
Exploring Birdsong
Fake Eyes
fallingwithscissors
fats'e
FHORCE
Fracturus
The Funeral Portrait
Further Within
GAI
Glass Tides
Halflives
Hands Like Houses (feat. Kellin Quinn)
Hell Hotel
Her Echo
Hereafter
Hooton Tennis Club
HVDES
Imperial Triumphant
IMPVLSE
In Angles
INDEVTH
iNTeRNeT FReNDz
The Jesus Lizard
John Coffey
Kathryn Mohr
Kenpark
Koyo
Laid To Rest
Lauren Babic (Red Handed Denial, CrazyEightyEight)
Leenlake
Lifespark.
Linkin Park
Lionfight
Luna Falling
Maelfoy
Machine Head
Mantar
Maud The Moth
Melrose Avenue (Acoustic)
Mirizon
My Place Was Taken
Nightlives
Noah Thomas
Nobody$ (feat. Days To Waste)
Nylist
Off Lights
Our Last Night (feat. August Burns Red)
Parker
Phantom State
phem
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
POPSTARR (feat. Cold Hart & YAWNS)
Profiler
Red Sun
Sail's End (feat. Kyle Strang)
Sarcator
Save Your Last Breath
Scyla
Secret Earth
Shallowsky
shinigami
Smrtdeath
Spirit Leaves
Steaksauce Mustache
Stick To Your Guns
Storm Orchestra (feat. Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!)
Sunborn (feat. Spleen)
Superheaven
The Sword
TheCityIsOurs
Then It Ends
Thirst (feat. Spencer Timmons)
Unsafe Unsound
Vandans
Vanitas
Velourias
VIAL
Void Matter
Vukovi
The Warriors
Within Destruction
Words From Aztecs
World Divided
World's First Cinema
You Could Be A Cop
The Young Hearts
Zack Fowler

As always, all of the above singles are available to stream from my #NewMusicFriday playlist (below) which gets completely updated every single Friday, so feel free to follow/like it and you're all set.

If you don't want to risk missing it, you can also sign up to my mailing list and I'll email it out to you every Friday along with a list of that week's new album and EP releases.

 

The new Sam Fender single.

 

Really cool find. Enjoying this as a bit more of an ambient rock working soundtrack.

 

Completely get that. It kinda washes over you but the a hook will catch you by surprise!

 

Zach Hood
half alive
Brooks & Dunn

 

Anythony Raneri
Denzel Curry
Medium Build

 

• Poppy -- her mix of electro-pop and metal is hit or miss for me, but this album is all hit!
• Linkin Park -- Meteora was one of the first albums I bought with my own money. I unapologetically love Linkin Park. This album is fine -- not bad and not great. Emily Armstrong seems like a pretty not great person though!
• Thy Catafalque -- album is awesome and all over the place, it contains metal in folk, symphonic, groove, doom, and gothic shades.
• JIN -- Jin of BTS crafts a really fun, bouncy pop-rock-lite album.
• Tiny Moving Parts -- Good emo music
• Veilburner -- Interesting, kind of wacky, off-kilter death metal?
• In Her Own Words -- I have absolutely loved every single album this post-hardcore-y pop-punk band has released. This one is weird and has not grabbed me, and even turned me off in some spots. They tried to incorporate a happier tone and more genres (more of a pop edge, some misplaced electronics, whoa oh'd gang vocals, and there's even a rap-lite verse). This did not work for me. Maybe it'll click later...
• As I Lay Dying -- I haven't listened to this, and I don't know if I will. Band is so fucked up.

Edit: I ended up listening to AILD, and damnit, it's good.

 

"Band" is a strong word to describe AILD given recent changes.

 

Chelsea Wolfe

 

Denzel Curry
Fazerdaze
Heart To Gold
Maxo Kream
Mile End
Secret World

 

Less Than Jake

 

That's for fucking sure. But the original-ish dudes did drop their Wovenwar band (which was better than AILD!!!) to rejoin Tim Lambesis, and then most left after their last album, and then the new dudes came in, and then all those dudes freaking left, along with some management team members. So, I include band because of that. The whole thing is fucked for so many reasons.

What an album title though... "Through Storms Ahead." Bahahahaha

 

I'm pretty sure 3 of the original members left, leaving only the lead singer and guitarist. Not sure if that has something to do with their slight change in sound, but I 100% agree with your thoughts. The lead singer (Joey Fleming) released some solo stuff that leaned quite a bit poppier, so I kind of figured this IHOW release might also lean that way (especially after seeing a good chunk of the band leaving - or whatever happened).

 

Ah. I had no clue. Well, that’ll definitely change a band’s sound!

I’ll have to check out Joey Fleming’s solo stuff, I think his voice would fit with pop music, so that sounds cool.

 

I've never been a fan of poppy but checked it out based on your rec and holy shit, I love it.

 

Ex-BMTH keyboardist Jordan Fish produced and helped write. I think Poppy has always been talented and interesting, but it seems that he really brought out something extra from her. This album is so awesome.

 

This post had me hyped to check out Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes but it doesn’t come out until next week.