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These New hypnosis rule, though, remains town (the New York strut of duet of self-destruction. After to be seen. Enlightening 2017’s City ). With Oh My all of it, JPW is left at the sink, Puritans nevertheless. God, Morby launches a more repeating, “Your love’s the ★★ Charles Waring overtly spiritual quest, hurting kind,” unable or investigating the tensions unwilling to give it up. Inside The Rose between the sacred and Chris Nelson INFECTIOUS MUSIC. CD/DL/LP profane – or “horns on my Underwhelming fourth Our Native head, wings from my from Southend Daughters shoulder,” as he puts it on The Cranberries erstwhile avant-garde ★★★★ O Behold. A blast of Mary world-beaters Lattimore’s harp on Piss River #### SongsOfOur or Savannah’s glassy Dirty Slimmed down In The End Native Daughters Projectors-style choir hint at to the core the celestial, but if Morby BMG. CD/DL/LP fraternal duo SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS. CD/DL Edwyn Collins speaks in tongues, they are still Final album, with Step of Jack and New history from onet very much those of #### Street back producing George Barnett leader of the Carolina and Leonard Cohen – earthly, after the 2016 Chocolate Drops. Badbea The history of conflicted, seeking salvation. AED. CD/DL/LP pop is littered departure of Thomas Hein, Songs Though This album doesn’t have the with albums have also Of Our Native Former Orange Juice king’s blinding clarity of proper completed strippedtheirmusicofmany Daughters revelation but, in its febrile ninth solo LP. Sleeve photo of the baroque flourishes that after the could easily examination of survival and by Buzzcocks’ John Maher. made 2013’s FieldOfReeds deaths of key be seen as a redemption, Oh My God is on Badbea such a distinctively ornate opens routinely, with members of groups which follow-up to the side of the angels. extrapolation into pastoral the kind of twanging nu-soul should never have been Rhiannon Giddens’ rich Victoria Segal . Inside The Rose groove that’s pulsed returned to and finished at all. Freedom Highway,thesetmay finds them setting the controls throughout Edwyn Collins’ Not so In The End, 11 songs of actually better represent a for the earlier part of ’s career. But It’s All About You real quality, completed after continuation of the work of “Just for shits career, stopping off at ‘The features a design quirk: lyrics the accidental death of lead storied a cappella group Sweet The Chemical Beloved without the tunes’ predating his 2005 strokes, singer Dolores O’Riordan and Everything that rises: Honey In The Rock: historical, and‘Enigmawithoutthe Brothers unearthed in 2014 as Collins using her original demoed Natalie Mering AKA educational, joyful, mournful. and giggles.” profound religious conviction’, ★★★★ moved house and studio to vocals. Allusions to Dolores’ , out Giddens and her collaborators before ultimately setting up the Scottish Highlands. passing may be coincidental there on her own. –AmythystKiah,LeylaMcCalla, camp in the middle ground Reacquaintance with his but they are nonetheless Allison Russell – are all African- HEAVENLY. CD/DL/LP Fat White Family’s Lias Saoudi between King Of Limbs-era former self’s catty élan (“On hauntingly predictive on lead American women, all expert in Globe-trotting dancef the rare occasion that words single All Over Now (“Remem- speaks to Ian Harrison. Radiohead and mid-’80s Tears that African-then-American ForFears.“Letthismusicbe overlords revisit past fail you/It’s a chance for some ber the night/At a hotel in instrument the banjo. Polly inspirations. of us to sleep”) has apparently London”), and Lost, which Did recording this album feel like the last chance saloon? akindofparadise,akindof Ann’s Hammer shifts the John Unsinkable catalysed Edwyn to sharpen nightmare,akindofIdon’t What next includes the banshee keen of “Itfeltlikethelastchancehadalmostbeenexpendedsometime Henry story to his wife’s the creative weaponry: these care,” Jack Barnett croons when you’ve “Bring in the night!”. A Place I ago,y’know?Soitwasalast-ditchattempttopullitbacktogether experience. Better Git Yer are acutely playful and grandlyonthethresholdof spent 25 years Know and Illusion are ballads andmakesomethingoutofitthatwasmorethanjustagiant Learnin’ pairs a melody from poignant dissections of his Glacial beauty from Natalie piano framed A-R-P’s inevitable deracinated making people as sweet as 1993’s Linger, while hangover.Ikindofthought,ifwecouldjustgetpeopleawayfrom a 19th century minstrel primer world, be it the birdsong- Got It muses ruefully on the byablastof drum’n’bass breakdown. with new lyrics based on dance, but are Mering’sbuoyantfourthalbum. thedrugsforlongenoughperiodswecouldmakesomethingof Unfortunately,it’saself- about to turn accompanied idyll It All Makes human condition (“Where will chill space-age slaves’ beliefs that literacy was Sense To Me, the hiccupy we live/Where will we die?”). By Victoria Segal. more substance, and make it about the music rather than bash fulfilling prophecy. a key to freedom. Moon Meets 50? For , synths,likeaneeriecallsignmarkinga Ben Thompson disco-vation of To A fitting, touching elegy for a each other round the head with various narcotics, you know?” The Sun is defiant celebration; it’s simple – re-engage with newtransmission.ThefabulousEveryday, your history. It was the sample- London, brooding psycho- bewitching talent. Weyes Blood You’re not drug-free are you? Mama’s Cryin’ Long is stark drama I Want You, or brusque David Buckley meanwhile,mightsoundlikeaperfect horror. Our Native Daughters adelic production crews The Outside, which posits Edwyn ##### “Westoppeddoingblow,andtherewasnoheroinallowed spotlight a few voices that Bomb Squad and Dust sliceofCarpenterssongcraft,butthere’s TBoneBurnett, as fronting Wire. Best anywherenearthesite.Weusedquitealotofketaminetogetus have been silenced. There Brothers who first inspired Ed of all is I Guess We Were somethingalmostuncannyaboutits into that visionary state during the writing, but not the recording. Jay Bellerose, could be a hundred albums Simons and Tom Rowlands to Titanic Rising Young: a tender tremolo’d endlesslyproliferatingmelodictwistsand Ithinkit’safarstrongerrecordforit,andtheperfectwaytofollow like this, and we should hope develop the techniques and SUB POP. CD/DL/LP Keefus Ciancia reflection on days gone by, ### [Songs For Our Mothers].Withthat,Ithinkmostpeoplewouldhave there are. sonic vision which, alongside curlicues,asifit’sbeentakenoverbyanAI thought, well, there’s no way that this band can survive, this is just ★★★ Chris Nelson late-era rave, they synthesized with creditable use of the The Road: Part II/ NATALIEMERINGwas16yearsold generatorfed’70sradio.LikeJuliaHolter’s wilfulabrasion,anattackontheveryideaofanalbumthat’s The Invisible Light: on 1995’s and Scots term “easy-ozy”. The ’97’s . Their man’s a marvel. Lost Highway whenshefirstperformedasWeyesBlood Have You In My Wilderness, Titanic Rising is supposedtosell,andafuck-youtoeverything,including Acoustic Space No Geography Keith Cameron SONGS FOR THE DEF. CD/DL/LP ourselves. This one’s more melodious, more articulate, quite ninth album, (or“Bhlud”,asshesometimespreferred), thesoundofanintractablyexperimental VERVE. CD/DL/LP bears testimony to superior a pleasure to listen to, really.” Mo’Waxlabelboss’ss takinghernamefromaFlannery writer exploring and inhabiting Multi-Grammy-winning ★★★★ crate-digging chops, cut-up sizes sound with eclect t. skills and disco. A turbo- O’Connor novel and her inspiration from “conventional” song structures, and the Areyoucarryingthetorchforsomethinginmusic? doyen of Americana Many of the explores trance music. Oh My God powered bass line, John Paul White SydBarrett.Itwas,shetoldMOJOearlier results are tremendous. “Whatisthepointindoingmusicifyoucan’tatleastpretendto DEAD OCEANS. CD/DL/LP pummelling Man Parrish #### collaborators yourself and kid yourself that you’re carrying the torch? There has Given his long who graced this year, a “saving grace” to be able to Onthesurface,atleast,thisisa Thoughts and prayers synths and Japanese rapper The tobeasortofheroismandgrandiosityaboutit,that’spartofthe and deep Nene make Eve Of Destruction The Hurting Kind 2017’s performasanimprovisatorysolo recordcommittedtotheideaof fun, it’s the only thing you’ve got to offset the inevitable poverty association singer-songwriter test SINGLE LOCK. CD/DL/LP Road: Part 1, faithonfifthalbum. a frenzied presence. Borrowing musician with an acoustic guitar, because connection,ofreachingout,oflove. andcompleteinsecurityoflivingmonthtomonth.You’vegotto with authentic from Peter Brown’s glittering Thirdsolosetfromthe l UNKLE’s first nobodyelsewantedtobeinabandwith “GivemesomethingIcansee,”sings goalongwithitandbuildthisnarrativearcthathopefullyother American There is a deep 1978 club hit Dance With Me, Wars veteran. album for seven years, return roots music, restlessness in and with vocals lifted from ’60s for its ambitious double album her:“NobodytookitasseriouslyasIdid.” Mering on the Judee Sill swoon of peoplecaninvestthemselvesin,justforshitsandgiggles.” While the Burnett’s cultivation of Kevin Morby’s singer/poet Rod McKuen, it sequel, including Editors’ Tom cover photo’s Inthe15yearssince,Meringhas SomethingToBelieve,“somethingbigger Isitimportanttomakefeelpeoplefeelrevulsion minimalist electronic songwriting, soars and sashays. There’s even Smith and Mark Lanegan, but meant to foundnoshortageofpeoplekeentowork andlouderthanme”–whileAndromeda, and confusion? soundscapesonthisnew his last two space for a peak-time Chems Ian Astbury, Mick Jones and album is surprising. The evoke vintage even Stanley Kubrick’s widow, aspectacularreimagingofCalling “The shit people get behind now, it’s safe as houses. The medium albums pin- acid freakout with Mad As Hell. withher,fromJackieOMotherfuckerto Invisible Light is the first album art, take Christiana join in here. Part II I’minisaboutprovocation,it’saboutgettingthingswrong,it’s balling between the upstate By heading back to the future, ArielPink,PerfumeGeniustoFather OccupantsOfInterplanetaryCraft,looks instalment of a themed trilogy (2016’s Singing Saw, obsessed The Chemical Brothers have another look sprawls across paranoid abouttryingtomakesenseofthethingsthatarebubblingaway railing at a world which and you can picture JPW lean- Massive Attack-style locked JohnMisty.Yetoverfouralbums,the upattheskyanddecides“Loveiscalling/ in your subconscious that don’t add up to equality or fairness or byTheBand,recordedin acquired new urgency. Burnett believes is “dying Woodstock) and the down- Stephen Worthy ing over the bathroom sink, grooves (Nothing To Give), nomadic California-born artist has It’stimetoletitthrough”.Therearelittle whatisrightorwrong.It’ssupposedtobeaboutsharpedges, by binary codes” and where staring upward into the mirror, ethereal folk-prog (Sun), evolvedalongherowndistinctivelines, references to “relatable” everyday aggression,violence,loveandhate,theshityou’retryingtomake humanity is enslaved to a wondering, “When are you gushing, orchestral senseof.Theonlythingthatgotmethroughmyadolescencewas desensitising technology that gonna pull yourself together?” (Only You) and narco rock/ WeyesBlood’smusicalstemcells–noise, incidents on Titanic Rising –drinkingtoo thepeoplewho’dexploredthatnightmareforme,timeandtime has been manipulating us via The album is saturated with electronica hybrid drone,freak-folk–slowlymutatingand much coffee, a party conversation about again.Moralisingbullshithasnoplaceinartforme,andanyone decades of propaganda. It’s heartbreak and bad decisions, (Crucifixion/A Prophet). James multiplyingintotheblissfulcosmicpop monogamy’slimits–butMeringalways who’s jumped on that bandwagon needs to get some fucking light years away, then, from perfectly decked in country- Lavelle mostly convinces as that fills Titanic Rising.It’snotanentirely returnstohiddenmessages,lostsignals. guts. How ugly is it in there? I wanna know, man.” what we’d normally expect politan arrangements. Heart a modern-day sonic Cecil B from the O Brother, Where Art Like A Kite dips on sweeping DeMille, a brace of misplaced unexpectedleapforward–2016’sFront It’swhysheevokesHoagyCarmichaelon HowrealisyouronlinebeefwithSleafordMods? Thou? soundtrack composer, melodies to match fickle love. covers aside – Keaton Henson’s RowSeatToEarthsaw her moving away theantiqueechoofPictureMeBetteror “Haha!I’vegottoselltickets,man.They’retellingmetoputapost whopresentsaseriesof My Dreams Have All Come The First Time Ever I Saw Your from margins and into singsofacentury“losttomemories”on outaboutmyEuropeantour,and,‘Canyouwritesomething ominous, reverb-drenched True – which sounds tailor- Face feels peculiarly over- cleveraboutBrexit?’I’mlike,Whydon’twerinseoutalltheother spoken narratives floating made for Roy Orbison – isn’t wrought and a reimagining of the honeyed Laurel Canyon light but even ALot’sGonnaChange.ThebitofTitanic bands,gorouteone?Yousee,IloveSleafordMods,putthat on an immersive sea of tribal the victory lap its title sug- Rui Da Silva’s Touch Me with so, Titanic Rising isarevelation. Rising visibleabovethewaterisbeautiful; drums and electronic effects. gests but a disaster prophecy. Leila Moss shares too much downfortherecord.ButIreallywanttohearJasondoaromantic The end result is dark and Over the years, White’s earned DNA with the original. But with Theseopulent,sculpturalsongshave thenine-tenthssubmergedmakeit record, and to hear some tenderness. Because there’s no way after desolate, but also profound fans among peers, and he Lavelle and his co-conspirators sacrificednoneofMering’sidiosyncrasy, fascinating.Meringmightnolongerbe allthatsuccessandallthatcash,right,thathecanstillfeelas and provocative. Whether it enlists ’70s hitmaker Bobby leaving everything out on the fuckedoffashedidinthefirstplace.Andcomeon,he’salways The Chemical orabilitytounnerve.DreamyopenerA theonlyonetakinghermusicseriously, offers, as Burnett hopes, an Brothers: their Braddock as co-writer on This pitch, you can’t criticise them Lot’sGonnaChangehasitsburnished butshe’sstilloutthereonherown. pulling other people to pieces.” antidote to a world where world’s in motion. Isn’t Gonna End Well, while for lacking effort.

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