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.
Bonjah
Beautiful World
Release Date: 18th April
Label: Inertia
Why You Should Care: The Melbourne locals smashed out 10 days in the studio to deliver their third record compiling 11 tracks that take the quartet in a new direction. With Jan Skubiszewski (John Butler Trio, Cat Empire) as producer and mastering god Steve Smart (Jezabels, Empire Of The Sun) administering the final coat, the album boasts rock n roll swagger and captivating lyrics detailing the highs, lows and everything in-between of love. First cut Honey is now available and find out why everyone is talking about it here.
Tracklisting:
1. Bullet In The Barrel
2. Honey
3. Big City Lights
4. Other Side
5. Evolution
6. Beautiful Wild
7. The Keeper
8. Wake Me Up
9. Inner Voice
10. Good Lovin
11. Blue Tone Black Heart
Lily Allen
Sheezus
Release Date: 2nd May
Label: Regal Recordings / Warner Music
Why You Should Care: Creating a divide amongst us with majority either loving, or hating, her unique flair and command with lyrics as well as her way with mischief, Britain’s first lady is back after spending three years raising her family and founding her own record label. Allen has called on old-time friend producer Greg Kurstin and incorporates all the fun, joy and heartbreak with trouble and pain, polished with over a decades experience in the game. With Hard Out Here already going platinum on our shores, the album promises to get the job done and with a bang.
Tracklisting:
1. Sheezus
2. L8 Cmmr
3. Air Balloon
4. Our Time
5. Insincerely Yours
6. Take My Place
7. As Long As I Got You
8. URL Badman
9. Silver Spoon
10. Life For Me
11. Hard Out Here
Lykke Li
I Never Learn
Release Date: 9th May
Label: LL Recordings / Atlantic Records
Why You Should Care: Favoured Swedish pop sensation returns with her third studio album co-produced by long-time collab partner Bjorn Yttling, Greg Kurstin and for the very first time, Lykke herself. Drawing inspiration from a devastating break up and the proceeding heartbreak, the release was announced last week to fans via a tranquil video featuring the lead single ‘I Never Learn’. Cementing herself as a pillar in her musical world Lykke commented ‘Every song on the album is a power ballad. This is a slow dance; a slow burner’.
Tracklisting:
1. I Never Learn
2. No Rest For The Wicked
3. Just Like A Dream
4. Silverline
5. Gunshot
6. Love Me Like I’m Not Made Of Stone
7. Never Gonna Love Again
8. Heart Of Steel
9. Sleeping Alone
Asgeir
In The Silence
Release Date: 21st March
Label: POD / Inertia
Why You Should Care: Iceland has not disappointed over recent years and its latest export Asgeir Einarsson is set to grace Australian shores with his wonderful talent. Gorgeous, rich and elegant the vibrancy in the recording flows smoothly and calmingly even after the original Icelandic version was translated and recorded into English with the help of John Grant (Bella Union, Album Of The Year). Outselling superstars Bjork and Sigur Ros combined with his debut album watch out for this one – it’s going to be HUGE!
Tracklisting:
1. Higher
2. In The Silence
3. Summer Guest
4. King And Cross
5. Was There Nothing?
6. Torrent
7. Going Home
8. Head In The Snow
9. In Harmony
10. On That Day
Wagons
Acid Rain And Sugar Cane
Release Date: 16th May
Label: Spunk
Why You Should Care: Beautifully dynamic, this long and loud recording was mixed by Matt ‘Linny’ Linesch (Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros) and is the group’s most ambitious album to date. Expelling energy filled electric guitar and recorded atop Victoria’s Mount Martha, it sews together the creative prowess of Wagons and co-producer Mick Harvey who also plays on every track. Strings, sassy horns and high-pitch female vocals, can you wait to hear it?
Tracklisting:
TBA
Paolo Nutini
Caustic Lovey
Release Date: 18th April
Label: Atlantic Records
Why You Should Care: Scottish singer/songwriter steps back in the ring with a career defining new album that showcases his rogue talent and vocal ability. This is a musical celebration entrenching Nutini as one of the finest exports of the UK in recent years.
Tracklisting:
1. Scream (Funk My Life Up)
2. Let Me Down Easy
3. Bus Talk
4. One Day
5. Numpty
6. Superfly
7. Better Man
8. Iron Sky
9. Diana
10. Fashion
11. Looking For Something
12. Cherry Blossom
13. Someone Like You
Ben Watt
Hendra
Release Date: 11th April
Label: Caroline
Why You Should Care: Music legend returns with his first solo work in 30 years that as described in his own words is ‘simply a folk-rock record in an electronic age’. Seeking influence from guitarist Bernard Butler, producer Ewan Pearson and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour.
Tracklisting:
1. Hendra
2. Forget
3. Spring
4. Golden Ratio
5. Matthew Arnold’s Field
6. The Gun
7. Nathaniel
8. The Levels
9. Young Man’s Game
10. The Heart Is A Mirror
