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NEW RELEASE for the week of January 22, 2021 PRIORITIES & HIGHLIGHTS >> Pre-Order Now! ANTLERS "Green To Gold" (ANTI) 87800 LP/ CD ANTLERS "Green To Gold (indie (ANTI) 87800INDIE LP shop version/tan)" March 26 street date. "Green To Gold" is the much-anticipated new album from New York based Indie/Folk band The Antlers. Perhaps what distinguishes "Green To Gold" from the rest of The Antlers' canon is its, well, sunniness. Conceived and written almost entirely in the morning hours, "Green To Gold" is the band's first new music in nearly seven years, and easily their most luminous to date. The brighter outlook emerged, paradoxically, after a succession of ominous events. In 2015, Silberman suffered with an auditory condition that made touring near impossible and he retreated to the quiet of upstate New York to heal. His return in 2017 with a solo album was short lived when he was diagnosed with lesions on his vocal chords, which required surgery and again a quiet rest and recovery period. Singer and primary songwriter Peter Silberman explains. "I took these health obstacles as a sign that I should change course for a little while. I hadn't made a full stop like that since The Antlers began. I think the shift in tone is the result of getting older. It doesn't make sense for me to try to tap into the same energy that I did ten or fifteen years ago, because I continue to grow as a person, as I'm sure our audience does too. "Green To Gold" is about this idea of gradual change". BAD BRAINS "Bad Brains" (ORG MUSIC) ORGM2179 CD/ LP/ CASS April 23 street date. "Bad Brains" is the self-titled debut studio album recorded by American hardcore punk/reggae band Bad Brains. Recorded in 1981 and released on (then) cassette-only label ROIR on February 5, 1982, many fans refer to it as "The Yellow Tape" because of its yellow packaging. Though Bad Brains had recorded the 16 song "Black Dots" album in 1979 and the 5-song "Omega Sessions" EP in 1980, the ROIR cassette was the band's first release of anything longer than a single. This reissue marks the second release in the remaster campaign, re- launching the Bad Brains Records label imprint. In coordination with the band, Org Music has overseen the restoration and remastering of the iconic Bad Brains' recordings. The audio was mastered by Dave Gardner at Infrasonic Mastering and pressed at Furnace Record Pressing. BURIAL "Chemz/Dolphinz" (HYPERDUB) HDB134 12"EP April 2 street date. ‘Chemz’ is hooky, rushy and loved-up - both an unhinged premonition of unleashed post- pandemic joy, and a demonic flashback to past ecstasies in a hardcore style perfected in the UK. ‘Chemz’ is a 12 minute rave monster that has ingested several tracks and incorporated them into its distended body. At the other end of the Burial bi-polar spectrum, ‘Dolphinz’ is a desolate oceanic love letter to our underwater friends. CARIBOU "Suddenly Remixes EP" (MERGE) MRG758 12"EP March 5 street date. Songs from Caribou's "Suddenly" remixed by four exciting new artists. Dan Snaith says: "the best thing about remixes is getting to hear producers whose music I love rework my music. Shanti Celeste, India Jordan, Kareem Ali, and Logic1000" - I've been super excited by all of their music recently, and I feel really lucky that they were up for creating these beautiful remixes". Limited to 300 copies in North America. CITIZEN "Life In Your Glass World” (RUN FOR RFC212 CD CITIZEN "Life In Your Glass World (RUN FOR RFC212LPC4 LP (galaxy blue and green swirl)" March 26 street date. Citizen have always eluded definition. The Toledo, Ohio-based four-piece have been making dynamic, wide-ranging guitar music for over ten years, challenging expectations with each new album and refusing to fit neatly in a box. On their fourth full-length, "Life In Your Glass World", Citizen have crafted their most singular work to date completely on their own terms - proving that only the band themselves can define their identity. Recorded in vocalist Mat Kerekes' home studio in his garage, Citizen's need to continue moving forward creatively went hand in hand with their desire to be fully in control of their creative destiny. The new process afforded the band time to focus on each song's individual mood, making their sig-nature blend of aggression and melody all the more pronounced, and even capturing appealing imperfections. The result is an album that represents the members' vision in its purest form, something that feels distinctly Citizen while also marking the start of a fresh chapter. DEAD DAISIES "Holy Ground (2LP)" (SPV) SPV243401 LP DEAD DAISIES "Holy Ground" (SPV) SPV243402 CD Available now. The Dead Daisies have started their next chapter, welcoming new band member Glenn Hughes. Also known as "The Voice Of Rock", Glenn has taken over lead vocals and bass guitar, joining guitarists Doug Aldrich, David Lowy and drummer Deen Castronovo. With the addition of Hughes, The Daisies supercharge their front line through his rock solid bass grooves and unmatched vocal intensity. As all fans know, the man is a true original, inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, with a rich history of music that features heavy weights like Deep Purple and Black Country Communion as well as a successful solo career. Followers can expect more High-Voltage Rock songs, indomitable grooves and spellbinding lyrics, all the ingredients that have made this music so timeless, out-living trends of the modern day. The sound of The Dead Daisies is entrenched in the Hard Rock way of life we all love but as a living, breathing rock band, they are constantly evolving and bringing new dynamics to a classic style. FRUIT BATS "The Pet Parade" (MERGE) MRG750 LP/ CD FRUIT BATS "The Pet Parade (Peak (MERGE) MRG750PEAK LP Vinyl indie version/colour)" March 5 street date. "The Pet Parade", the title track to Fruit Bats' newest album, might be a surprising opening track for longtime fans of Eric D. Johnson's beloved indie folk-rock project. The six-and-a-half-minute tone poem smolders and drones over just two chords, inspired by the strange and silly community events that he saw growing up outside of Chicago, in La Grange, Illinois, in which people dressed up and showed off their pets. Decades later, "The Pet Parade" emerges in troubled times, living within what Johnson refers to as the beauty and absurdity of existence. While many of the songs on "The Pet Parade" were actually written before the pandemic, it's impossible to disassociate the record from the times. As an example, producer Josh Kaufman (Bob Weir, The National, and Bonny Light Horseman, in which he plays with Johnson and Anaïs Mitchell) was brought in for his deep emotional touch and bandleading abilities. At times upbeat and reassuring and at times quietly contemplative, "The Pet Parade" marks a milestone for Johnson, who celebrates 20 years of Fruit Bats in 2021. GLENN-COPELAND, "Keyboard Fantasies" (TRANSGRESSI TRANS460CD CD BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND, "Keyboard Fantasies" (TRANSGRESSI TRANS460MC CASS BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND, "Keyboard Fantasies" (TRANSGRESSI TRANS460X LP BEVERLY April 9 street date. Reissue of Beverly Glenn-Copeland's 2020 Polaris Heritage Prize winning album! In 1970, nine years after leaving the United States to study music in Canada, Beverly Glenn-Copeland released two self-titled albums. Both were a stunning showcase of classical and jazz acumen, layered with poetry and accompanied by some of the best players of the time. Original pressings now fetch thousands of dollars. Glenn-Copeland then vanished as a recording artist until his re-emergence in 1986 with the release (just a few hundred copies on cassette) of what many now believe to be his masterpiece, "Keyboard Fantasies". Marking its 35th anniversary, Transgressive reissues "Keyboard Fantasies" with updated artwork and liner notes by pop star, Robyn. Exclusive >> ROCK/POP/PUNK/ALTERNATIVE/INDIE >> ADULT MOM "Driver" (EPITAPH) 87808 CD March 5 street date. Adult Mom began as the solo project of Stevie Knipe in a Purchase College dorm room in 2012, and now falls between the playful spectrum of solo project and collaborative band with beloved friends and musicians Olivia Battell and Allegra Eidinger. On "Driver", Adult Mom's third studio release, Knipe delves into the emotional space just beyond a coming-of-age, where the bills start to pile up and memories of college dorms are closer than those of high school parking lots. Like so many other twenty-somethings, the album seeks to answer the age old question: what now? With an actualized sound, Adult Mom has arrived to soundtrack the queer rom- com they've been dreaming of since 2015. Driver incorporates an expert weaving of sonic textures ranging from synths and shakers to '00s-inspired guitar tones which convey a loving attention to detail. ANOHNI "I Will Survive" (SECRETLY SC433 7" March 12 street date. Anohni has shared an emotive cover of Gloria Gaynor's 1978 classic 'I WIll Survive'. The track was a staple of her early live shows and opens with a graceful string arrangement by Maxim Moston, paired with piano performed by Anohni. The flip side is 'R.N.C 2020', a track inspired by the Republican National Convention which took place in August and the dread Anohni felt while watching it. BALTHAZAR "Sand" (PIAS AMERICA) PIASR1200CDX CD BALTHAZAR "Sand" (PIAS AMERICA) PIASR1200LP LP BALTHAZAR "Sand (indie exclusive/yellow)”(PIAS AMERICA) PIASR1200LPX LP February 26 street date. Led by Jinte Deprez and Maarten Devoldere who unite both on writing duties and as frontmen, Balthazar continue to satisfy their thirst for the less rigid parameters that resulted whilst working on 2018's "Fever".