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.
East India Youth
Total Strife Forever
After three gruelling years the time has finally arrived for William Doyle, musically recognized under the moniker of East India Youth, to drop his debut record Total Strife Forever.
The album boasts of 11 tracks, spanning from a diverse pool of influences from that of Brian Eno ambiance to Sufjan Steven’s more experimental Age of Adz work.
Ears must be peeled for the central track of the record “Heaven, How Long” a slow-burning and beautifully crafted track piecing together elements from Detroit techno to an all out electronic floor-filler.
Total Strife Forever is out January 10 2014 on Stolen Records/Remote Control.
Tracklisting:
1. GLITTER RECESSION
2. TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER I
3. DRIPPING DOWN
4. HINTERLAND
5. HEAVEN, HOW LONG
6. TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER II
7. LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
8. MIDNIGHT KOTO
9. TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER III
10. SONG FOR GRANULAR PIANO
11. TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER IV
Maximo Park
Too Much Information
MaixThe indie-rock quintet hailing from Newcastle, UK are set to stun with their fifth LP.
They’ve have ensured their exact creative outlook has translated seamlessly into Too Much Information, opting to record and produce the record themselves.
Lead vocalist Paul Smith warns of the anticipated record: “Our lyrics and our music will never be too-cool-for-school – we are an emotional band even if it might be too much information for some.”
Too Much Information is out January 30 2014 on Daylighting/PIAS Australia
Tracklisting:
1.Give, Get , Take
2. Brain Cells
3. Leave This Island
4. Lydia, The Ink Will Never Dry
5. My Bloody Mind
6. Is It True?
7. Drinking Martinis
8. I Recognise The Light
9. Midnight On The Hill
10. Her Name Was Audre
11. Where We’re Going
Elizabeth Rose
Elizabeth Rose Self Titled EP
Producing and writing electronic pop songs that are at once bright and moody, layering catchy melodies against shimmering synths and pulsing beats, Elizabeth Rose has quickly established herself as one of the most exciting voices in electronic music.
The Elizabeth Rose EP contains five bold new songs and is a progression in song writing for Rose, showing a willingness to explore an all-new array of influences. Foremost amongst these is the RnB music of the late ’90s and early ’00s.
Elizabeth Rose Self Titled EP is out 17 January 2014 via Inertia Access.
Tracklisting:
1. The Good Life
2. Out Of Step
3. Is It Love?
4. Sensibility
5. Only Me Feat. VCS
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Wig Out At Jagbags
Ambiguity has never waned for the absolute genius that is Stephen Malkmus and his band of Jicks.
It arrives with no surprise that the group’s sixth studio release is therefore entitled “Wig Out At Jagbags”.
A video for the first single from the record “Lariat” was released just over a week ago, hurling the Silver Jew/Pavement/Jicks fans into a blurred excitement.
The track is as infectiously hooky as any previous Malkmus profanity. The now Berlin native just really struggles to create shit music.
Wig Out At Jagbags is out January 10th 2014 on Spunk Records.
Tracklisting:
01 Planetary Motion
02 The Janitor Revealed
03 Lariat
04 Houston Hades
05 Shibboleth
06 J Smoov
07 Rumble At The Rainbo
08 Chartjunk
09 Independence Street
10 Scattegories
11 Cinnamon & Lesbians
12 Surreal Teenagers
bEEdEEgEE
Sum/One
bEEdEEgEE is the performing alias of Brian DeGraw. More commonly known in the world for his work at the centre of Gang Gang Dance, SUM/ONE is DeGraw’s debut record as a solo artist.
Written and recorded over the course of a year in his Woodstock studio, the ‘W0RMB1N’, SUM/ONE fuses deep synth soundscapes with audacious pop moments. The nine tracks that comprise the album feature the vocal talents of Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Lovefoxxx (CSS), Lizzi Bougatsos (Gang Gang Dance) and Douglas Armour.
SUM/ONE will be released November 29 via 4AD / Remote Control.
Tracklisting:
1. Helium Anchor
2. Like Rain Man
3. Empty Vases
4. Overlook
5. Time Of Waste (F.U.T.D)
6. Bricks
7. Flowers
8. Quantum Poet Riddim
