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Tré Burt – Traffic Fiction CD/LP (Oh Boy)

“Grief can serve as a reason for reflection and a spur for reinvention. After the death of his grandfather, singer-songwriter Tré Burt decided to honor his memory, as well as times shared with his father, by deviating from his more folky style and head back toward his first love – classic soul. Burt’s new album, Traffic Fiction, still trades in Burt’s favorite topics – doomed relationships, financial oppression, and social apathy – while hewing closer to the old-school sounds he fell in love with while listening to music with his music-loving role models.” – Andrew Guiden, American Highways [An indie store exclusive opaque red color vinyl pressing is available.]

Carrtoons – Saturday Night CD (Wichita)

Soul and R&B New York-based producer Ben Carr returns as Carrtoon with his newest release, Saturday Night, his latest album, and follow-up to his debut album, Homegrown. “Described as an ode to joy, the 14-track project which features previous single ‘Grace (ft. Rae Khalil)’, takes comfort in the little moments of happiness that come from something as simple as spending time with your loved ones and watching one of your favorite movies. It’s also a celebration of New York’s thriving creative scene, and the friends Carr has made in the city, many of whom feature on the record including Jay Prince, Haile Supreme, Bad Snacks and Topaz Jones.” – Cailean Coffey, The Line Of Best Fit

Citizen – Calling The Dogs CD/LP (Run For Cover)

With the ability to excel in both quiet ballads and distorted rock anthems, Citizen (which recently expanded to a full quintet with the addition of former touring members drummer Ben Russin and guitarist Mason Mercer) has an incredible knack for channeling raw emotion and energy into singalong songs. On Calling The Dogs, the band exemplifies passionate songwriting and styling while stripping back to what they do best: guitar-driven rock ‘n’ roll. Picking up labels ranging from post-hardcore to shoegaze over the years, it’s reductive to try to categorize Citizen as anything other than one of the best rock bands around today. [A limited-edition brown color vinyl pressing is available.]

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Asinhell – Impii Hora CD/LP (Metal Blade)

Impii Hora is the debut album from Danish musician Michael Poulsen, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter of the rock band Volbeat. When Poulsen was putting together songs for Volbeat’s 2021 album, Servant Of The Mind, he wrote a bunch of death metal riffs which inspired his new death/black metal band Asinhell whose debut album Impii Hora (Latin for Ungodly Hour) is a tribute to Poulsen’s favorite old-school groups. The songs are rooted in crushing riffs yet injected with strong guitar hooks and shout-along refrains. [A limited-edition silver color vinyl pressing is available.]

Victor Axelrod – If You Ask Me To… CD/LP+MP3 (Yep Roc)

If you’re a fan of Daptone Records, chances are you’ve read or heard the name Victor Axelrod, and even if you haven’t, you’ve heard music from his hand. As a producer, arranger, recording and mixing engineer, and keyboardist, his creativity has extended across more than two decades of the label’s releases, even dating to its prehistory with Desco Records. Featuring previously unreleased tracks by Sugar Minott and Binky Griptite, If You Ask Me To (the first LP under his name for the label) is a collection of singles released 2007-2023. [An indie store exclusive translucent red w/ black swirl color vinyl pressing is available.]

Blonde Redhead – Sit Down For Dinner CD/LP (section1)

Blonde Redhead return with Sit Down For Dinner, their first album in nine years. Its title is a nod to the often-sacred communal ritual of sharing a meal with those you love. This immersive, meticulously crafted record appropriately serves an expression of persistent togetherness — a testament to the unique internal logic Blonde Redhead have refined over their three-decade existence. Understated yet visceral melodies charge each song, creating a foil to lyrics about the inescapable struggles of adulthood: communication breakdown in enduring relationships, wondering which way to turn, holding onto your dreams. [A limited-edition opaque white color vinyl pressing is available.]

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3TEETH – Endex CD/LP (3Teeth)

In the post-pandemic desolation of Los Angeles, 3TEETH re-materialize as an enigmatic force of cybernetic entropy, unveiling their most incisive revelation of techno-social disintegration ever: Endex. Alexis Mincolla, the cryptic provocateur and his accomplices escalate their own sonic insurgency with the bewildering rupture of the vanguard single, “Merchant Of The Void”. Delving into the commodification of identity, hyper-consumerism, and the primacy of technology as drivers of ideology and human behavior, they lay bare the foundations of our disintegrating reality. The ensuing sonic shockwaves reverberate through drone-guided offensives, such as the explosive “Slum Planet”, “Higher Than Death”, and a phantasmagoric reimagining of Tears For Fears’ seminal “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”. Endex epitomizes 3TEETH’s transmutation of industrial metal into a hyperstitional era, unleashing a memetic plague of esoteric theory-fiction. [A limited-edition red w/ smoke color vinyl pressing is available.]

The Breeders – Last Splash 30^th Anniversary Edition CD/LP (4AD)

A defining album of the ‘90s, Last Splash by The Breeders turns 30 this year. To celebrate, the band has returned to the original tapes to give it it’s first-ever remaster, and by doing so have also unearthed two lost tracks, “Go Man Go” and “Divine Mascis” (“Go Man Go” is a track that Kim co-wrote with Black Francis while “Divine Mascis” is a different version of “Divine Hammer” with Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis on lead vocals). Recorded by the ‘classic’ Breeders line-up of Kim Deal, Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs, and Jim Macpherson and featuring singles “Cannonball” and “Divine Hammer”, Last Splash was “an alt-rock classic” (Pitchfork’s Top 100 Records of 1990s) on release. [The vinyl edition contains an exclusive, one-sided etched 12″. An indie store exclusive pressing is due September 29.]

Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific CD/LP (Metal Blade)

Since 1988, Cannibal Corpse has been at the forefront of death metal, shaping and defining the genre, creating a seminal, incomparable body of work over the following decades. In 2021 they raised the stakes again with their 15th album, Violence Unimagined, growing ever more complex and intense, and in 2023 they return with its successor, the equally monstrous Chaos Horrific, starting a new chapter in their legacy. Written shortly after the conclusion of the Violence Unimagined sessions (due to the pandemic keeping them off tour), echoes of that album exist in Chaos Horrific, but this is a whole new beast of its own. [An indie store exclusive fog color vinyl pressing is available.]

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