Every day we’re faced with an onslaught of album announcements so we thought we’d start sharing the soon-to-be-released love by putting together a list of the most notable and exciting album announcements on a weekly basis.
Calling All Cars
Raise The People
The Melbourne rock trio Calling All Cars have spent their 2013 teasing fans through a myriad of social networking, leaking photos from the recording studio, bits and pieces of clips, snippets of tracks as well as even performing secretly under a different alias in Melbourne. At last, the hard rock outfit have announced the release of their third record duly entitled Raise The People.
Two tracks have been unleashed from the record, the first ‘Raise The People’ unveiling a shifting sound for the three-piece, and the more recent ‘Werewolves’.
Be sure to check these dudes out before they take to British shores in mid-2014!
Raise The People is out March 7 2014
Tracklisting:
1. Raise The People
2. Black & White
3. Standing In The Ocean
4. Werewolves
5. Every Day Is The Same
6. Good God!
7. It Don’t Matter
8. Running On The Sun
9. My Red Light
10. Looking Through Your Window
Breton
War Room Stories
It’s such a special gift when an artist/band take to a particular surrounding to inspire and drip into their vinyl, for the South-London outfit Breton, it was none other than the jaw-dropping Berlin that played home for the quintet’s sophomore release War Room Stories.
Seeking recording refuge in Berlin’s Funkhaus studios, the fivepiece have emphatically capitalised on their physical location to produce another piece of challenging artistry. From inclusions of natural sounds of insects that crawl throughout the old propaganda building to 44-piece Macedonian symphony orchestra – Breton have exceedingly pushed their boundaries for what will be a stellar 2014 release.
War Room Stories is out January 31 2014 on Cut Tooth (Believe Recordings)/Shock Records
Tracklisting:
1 Envy
2 S4
3 Legs & Arms
4 Got Well Soon
5 Closed Category
6 National Grid
7 Search Party
8 302 Watchtowers
9 Brothers
10 Fifteen Minutes
The Gaslight Anthem
The B-Sides
After the worldwide success of their fourth studio album Handwritten last year, New Jersey punk-slash-rock’n’roll quartet The Gaslight Anthem are now releasing a compilation of unreleased B-side tracks recorded between 2008 and 2011. It’s the band’s first look back on a career that began in 2006 and continues to build from strength-to-strength, with their experimental rock sound winning them rare success in the underground, commercial and critical arenas.
Among the 11-strong tracklist includes the studio recording ‘She Loves You’, rare acoustic takes on some of the band’s biggest songs, a cover of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Tumbling Dice’ and songs by Fake Problems and Lightning Dust, plus a live version of ‘State of Love and Trust’.
The B-Sides is due out January 31st through Shock Records.
Tracklisting:
1. She Loves You
2. The ‘59 Sound (Acoustic)
3. State of Love and Trust (Live)
4. Tumbling Dice
5. The Queen of Lower Chelsea (Acoustic)
6. Songs for Teenagers
7. Great Expectations (Acoustic)
8. Antonia Jane (Acoustic)
9. American Slang (Acoustic)
10. Boxer (Acoustic)
11. Once Upon a Time
Harmony
Carpetbombing
There’s never a moment of doubt when Melbourne’s adored Poison City Records sign a group to their arsenal of musical weaponry. Harmony is absolutely no exception.
After the chorusing collective’s debut release left hearts utterly spellbound, the anticipation for a follow-up record has never been more anxiously awaited. Fan’s souls may finally rest; the gracefully brooding outfit have announced the release of their sophomore output, entitled Carpetbombing. A perfect post-Christmas gift, the record will comprise of 15-tracks, including the stunning ‘Diminishing Returns’.
Look out for fresh Harmony material December 19 as part of the celebration of Poison City Records’ 10th Year Anniversary at the John Curtain in Melbourne.
Carpetbombing is out February 7 2014 on Poison City Records
Tracklisting:
1 – The Closing of The Day
2 – Water Runs Cold
3 – On Your Summons
4 – Diminishing Returns
5 – Pulse
6 – Cold Storage
7 – Unknown Hunter
8 – Underground
9 – Cut Myself Clean
10 – Big Ivan
11 – Do Me A Favour
12 – Prayer For War
13 – Wailing Widows
14 – Vapour Trails
15 – Carpetbomb
Periphery
Clear
Falling somewhere between the great divide of progressive metal and contemporary avant-garde rock, Periphery are a sixpiece of organised chaos not to be fucked with. Gracing our shores in the New Year with their mesmerising three pronged guitar attack, the collective will release a 30-minute experimental effort a week prior to touching base in Australia, the record entitled Clear.
Commenting on the upcoming release, guitarist Jake Bowen confirmed: “Clear is an experiment to explore all of the different writing styles in the band. It’s rare when you have a band where every member is capable of writing and producing music. With each member controlling their own track, this recording enabled us to go down any path we chose in terms of style and sound.”
Clear is out on January 24 2014 on Sumerian
Tracklisting not yet available.
Pharrell Williams
TBA
Pharrell, the Grammy-winning mastermind who pretty much took over the world of pop in 2013 (remember those small songs ‘Get Lucky’ and ‘Blurred Lines’?) has just announced a new full-length album as part of his newly inked deal with Columbia Records.
“When we excitedly partnered with Pharrell in January of this year, we felt it was his time again,” says Columbia Records Chairman/CEO Rob Stringer. “Since then, ‘Blurred Lines’ and ‘Get Lucky’ have defined pop music in 2013, and now we are preparing to launch Pharrell as a global solo superstar in 2014. ‘Happy’ is just the beginning.”
From his early work in the ‘90s producing with The Neptunes, to fronting N.E.R.D. before releasing his first solo work in 2005, Pharrell has been redefining cool for an entire generation. Now, going by Columbia’s words, it looks like his world-conquering career is going to an even higher plane in 2014.
Pharrell’s yet-to-be-named LP is scheduled for release in 2014 via Columbia Records.
Tracklisting not yet available.
Tracklisting not yet available.
Black Lips
Underneath The Rainbow
It’s now been three years since the four lads of Black Lips have made some fresh noise emanate from their Atlanta garage. This could have something to do with the fact that the quartet has toured extensively their revered Arabia Mountain record – stretching as far as the rarely performed platform in the Middle East. For including the frequently missed region of the globe, the band’s tour was the focus of the documentary ‘Kids Like You and Me’ – not to be missed!
Retreating back to the studio, 2014 promises The Black Lips’ seventh full-length all-out record, splashed with star-studded contributions such as: Black Keys’ Patrick Carney on production, mixed by Grammy-award winner Jimmy Douglass and of greatest excitement, artwork by the legendary Mick Rock.
Underneath The Rainbow is out March 21 2014 on Vice Records
Tracklisting:
1. Drive By Buddy
2. Smiling
3. Make You Mine
4. Funny
5. Dorner Party
6. Justice After All
7. Boys in the Wood
8. Waiting
9. Do the Vibrate
10. I Don’t Wanna Go Home
11. Dandelion Dust
12. Dog Years
Rufus Wainwright
The Best Of Rufus Wainwright
One of contemporary music’s most revered vocalists and songwriters, Rufus Wainwright’s illustrious career has seen him pave the way for thought-provoking, statement-making pop ever since the release of his acclaimed debut self-titled album in 1998. Now the New York-born, Montreal-bred alternative artist invites fans to take a retrospective trip down his back catalogue with this new Best Of compilation album.
It features 18 of the most significant tracks from his very beginnings through to last year’s record, Out of the Game, as well as the brand new song ‘Me and Liza’ co-written by Guy Chambers, with the deluxe edition also coming with a 16-track bonus disc including special live versions of his best-known works as well as more new, never before heard numbers.
The Best Of Rufus Wainwright is set for release on February 28th via Universal.
Tracklisting:
1. Going to a Town (Release the Stars)
2. Out of the Game (Out of the Game)
3. Me and Liza (new)
4. Hallelujah (Shrek)
5. Oh What A World (Want One)
6. April Fools (Rufus Wainwright)
7. Poses (Poses)
8. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk (Poses)
9. Vibrate (Want One)
10. The One You Love (Want Two)
11. I Don’t Know What It Is (Want One)
12. The Art Teacher (Want Two)
13. Go or Go Ahead (Want One)
14. Dinner at eight (Want One)
15. Foolish Love (Rufus Wainwright)
16. Sometimes you need (Out of the Game)
17. Grey Gardens (Poses)
18. Tiergarten (Release the Stars)
Bonus Disc
1. Bitter Tears (Out of the Game)
2. The Maker Makes (from Brokeback Mountain Soundtrack)
3. Across The Universe (Poses bonus track)
4. La Complainte de la Butte (from Moulin Rouge OST)
5. Chelsea Hotel No.2 (bonus track on Want Two)
6. Chic and Pointless (new, produced by Guy Chambers)
7. WW111 (composed with Guy Chambers, first time on physical release)
8. Jericho (Live from the Artists’ Den, 2012)
9. Montauk (Live from the Artists’ Den, 2012)
10. If Love Were All (Live at Kenwood House, 2010)
11. Do It Again (Live At Kenwood House, 2010)
12. Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart (Live At Kenwood House, 2010)
13. Memphis Skyline (Live At Kenwood House, 2010)
14. Martha (Live at Kenwood House, 2010)
15. One Man Guy (Live at KCRW, 2001)
16. Jo Whiley BBC interview, Royal Opera House, 2011
