Here is our roundup of the releases sneaking out on Easter Friday.
High Llamas Hey Panda
Their 11th studio album which combines Sean O’Hagan’s love for the music of J Dilla with his capacity for sumptuous melodies and ridiculous chord changes.
Chastity Belt Live Laugh Love
On which the band refine their trademark sound: lush intertwining guitars, meticulous rhythms, a careful balance of melancholy and optimism.
Rage Afterlifelines
21-song double album from German metal band, the first CD consisting of tracks recorded as a trio, the second including orchestral arrangements.
Various Moving Away From The Pulsebeat
5CD, 105 track boxset tracking post-punk from 1978-81 including the likes of Scritti Politti, Echo and the Bunnymen, Scars, Slits, XTC.
The Secret Sisters Mind, Man, Medicine
The fifth album from the Grammy nominated siblings sees a guest appearance from Ray LaMontagne and sees them reflect on raising children, nurturing relationships, surviving a world-changing virus, bidding farewell, shifting our mindsets and discovering a sense of peace heretofore unseen.
Halo Maud Celebrate
A seamless mix of French and English; analogue electronics, scratchy guitars and tumbling drums; dream pop, woozy Yé-Yé and 1960s and 2020s psychedelia.
Nina Simone Blackbird – The Colpix Recordings (1959-1963)
8 CD boxset which takes her through torch songs, gospel and folk.
Ellie Bleach Now Leaving West Feldwood EP
Songwriter with an EP that is an anthology of characters who all reside in the same town, with each of the five main tracks told from the perspective of a different character.
Vial Burnout
Trio whose styles mixes indie rock with punk and soaring melodic hooks.
Jim White All Hits: Memories
The debut solo album from drummer known for his work as part of Dirty Three and Xylouris White as well as with the likes of PJ Harvey, Bill Callahan and Cat Power.
Arushi Jain Delight
Composer who introduces cello, classical guitar, marimba, flute, and saxophone plus rich Indian classical vocals, all layered with modular synthesis, to expand her sonic vocabulary to a lush textural landscape.
Frail Body Artificial Bouquet
The embodiment of “screamo;” their songs are lamentations about nihilism, death, anxiety, existentialism and hopelessness of existence in modern American society.
Mumbles In the Pocket of Big Sad
Manchester experimental power trio with an album produced by Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier.
Nico The Marble Index and Desertshore
Vinyl and CD reissues of her second and third albums courtesy of Domino.
Dent May What’s For Breakfast
Pop auteur with a vibrant palette of sunshine pop.
Texas and Spooner Oldham The Muscle Shoals Sessions
An album featuring reimagined versions of 12 of Texas’ greatest hits, and two covers (“Would I Lie To You” by Charles and Eddie and “Save The Last Dance” by The Drifters)
Urvanovic Let’s Not Be Here
A record veering between dense, wall-of-noise synthesis and abstract soundscapes – further embellished by colourful string arrangements, theatrical vocals, and orchestral percussion –
You Said Strange Trade Your Soul EP
French psychedelic noise pop quartet.
Carme Lopez Quintela
Bagpipe drone album from Spanish performer, teacher and researcher of traditional Galician oral music who attempts to decontextualise the instrument in order to elevate a personal approach, and to leave behind its male-dominated past.
Gavin King Skeleton
Frontman of Bristol punks Private Dicks with debut solo album consisting of eight tracks of dark, catchy, post-punk angst.
Creation Rebel High Above Harlesden: 1978-2023
6CD anthology from the On-U-Sound house band showcasing crucial early production work from the mixing desk of Sherwood, and a tribute to the working-class area of North-West London where the band started out.
Grant Summerland Unnatural History II EP
A five track EP showcases a harsher guitar and ambient sound presenting a darker and more mature soundscape alongside Pop-punk melodies soaked in reverb.
Quiz Show Flotsam EP
Band led by Chris Matthews of Shudder To Think.
Niamh Bury Yellow Roses
Listeners can hear a diverse range of influences from artists as varied as Fiona Apple, Bright Eyes and Paul Simon, as well as the amalgam of folk, classical and alt-rock music that formed such an integral part of her childhood.
Blu Detiger All I Ever Want Is Everything
Debut album from bassist who has lent her talent to Bleachers (with whom she appeared on Saturday Night Live), Chromeo, Olivia Rodrigo, Dominic Fike, Caroline Polachek and FLETCHER, among others.
