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resident new releases 18th january 2010
Album of the Week : These New Puritans – Hidden (limited deluxe indies only hardback book verison cd / standard cd / limited lp) (Angular)
***COMPETITION!*** Buy the album from here before the 25th Jan & you can enter the competition to win a free pair of tickets to see the band at Audio on 1st February!
The stunningly ambitious 2nd album from TNP sees them go for broke, incorporating everything from 6 foot Japanese taiko drums, a 13 piece woodwind/brass ensemble, foley sound effect recording techniques & sub-heavy beats to a children’s choir – this really is quite something! Sometimes brutal, sometimes melancholy & sounding like nothing else around at the moment, it comes highly recommended.
Single of the Week : Beach House – Norway / Baby (exclusive b-side) 7″ (Bella Union)
The 1st release from the band’s forthcoming 3rd album (‘Teen Dream’ – out next week & it’s a cracker!). This single sees them adding a hint of classic girl-group pop to their woozy, hazy dreamworld.
The Berlin / Melbourne / London trio have provided recent tour support for The Horrors & Yeah Yeah Yeahs. HTRK make dark music full of menacing, grinding basslines, caustic guitar feedback & lucid melodies. Recalling Suicide & drawing on krautrock influences, theirs is a bewitching noir-ish universe. 2009’s ‘Marry Me Tonight’ was a truly mesmerising record, so we’re looking forward to this one.
Forthcoming Instores
: Erland & The Carnival - Tuesday 26th January @ 6pmField Music – Friday 19th February @ 6pm
Before we get on to the New Releases we would like to draw your attention to the Memory Tapes album which, from now until we run out, comes with a 4 track bonus disc including a ‘Cosmic Dub’ remix by The Horrors of the single ‘Bicycle’. If this album has flown beneath your radar (we had it as an upfront release last year but it was officially released last week), then now is the time to pick it up! It garnered great reviews including Album of the Week status in The Times & Pitchfork described it succinctly as thus: “intriguingly hazy & wistful but beat-informed.” To these ears: New Order meets those long hot summers of school days & it is, of course, recommended.
& so…..Welcome to this week’s musical news!
This week sees the release of many fine albums including a baroque pop extravaganza from Owen Pallett (formerly known as Final Fantasy)……a fabulous stripped back, raucous affair from Scout Niblett, shop favourites…..A Grave With No Name release their debut full-length (of sorts) – it’s a collection of the sold out singles, b-sides & hidden gems – spellbinding freak/folk art rock of the highest order……. Mark Oliver Everett (aka E) of Eels has a serious case of heartbreak right now & ‘End Times’ is a break-up album right up there with the finest……Guillemots’ main man Fyfe Dangerfield takes a little bit of time away from his day job & delivers a raw & bare-bones solo record……hip hop producer Blockhead returns with a blunted late-night album on Ninja Tunes for instrumental hip hop heads & Tru Thoughts fans alike… Robert Henke returns under his Monolake moniker with an album of the deepest minimal techno in a while……there are also new albums by Lost Prophets, The Irrepressibles, Angelique Kidjo & singles by Beach House, Erland & the Carnival, Lyre Birds & more. For the complete New Release listing click on the link below.
Right, that’s it for another week. Hope you all have a good one & we look forward to seeing you.
Sam, Nat & the rest of the Residents (Derry, Matt, James, Daniel, John, Simon & Liv). x