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Brijean – Feelings CD/LP+MP3 (Ghostly International)

“Do you feel what I feel too?” Brijean Murphy floats the question at the start of Feelings, the full-length Ghostly International debut from Brijean, her collaborative project with Doug Stuart. Guided by a lush mix of charismatic keyboard chords, grooving bass lines, and radiant conga-driven rhythms, the “Day Dreaming” lyric doubles as an invitation and a statement of intention. Brijean want you to move, physically, mentally, dimensionally; this is dance music for the mind, body, and soul. With Feelings, they’ve manifested a gentle collective space for respite, for self-reflection, for self-care, for uninhibited imagination and new possibilities. The album cultivates a specific vibe, a softness Murphy has come to call “romancing the psyche.” [Limited color vinyl pressing also available.]

Melvins – Working With God CD/LP (Ipecac)

Working With God is the new studio album from the legendary Melvins featuring their 1983 line-up of Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover and original drummer Mike Dillard. Released along with new reissues of 2002’s Hostile Ambient Takeover and 1987’s Gluey Porch Treatments, Working With God follows this incarnation of Melvins’ 2013 album Tres Cabrones. One of the band’s most playful and melodic efforts, the 13-track collection is introduced by “I F**k Around”, a juvenile re-imagining of The Beach Boys’ classic “I Get Around” and “Bouncing Rick”, about Osborne and Dillard’s junior-high biology teacher. “It’s reflective of our 8th grade sense of humor, which we’ve never grown out of,” Osborne said of “I Fuck Around.” “We hope Brian Wilson doesn’t get mad.” [A limited indie store exclusive silver color vinyl pressing is available. Vinyl reissues of Gluey Porch Treatments and Hostile Ambient Takeover are also available.]

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Architects – For Those That Wish To Exist CD/LP+MP3 (Epitaph)

England-based post-metalcore quintet, Architects release their ninth studio record For Those That Wish To Exist. The self-produced album arrives as the follow-up to the band’s critically acclaimed 2018 effort Holy Hell, which took a look at the pain and despair that lay at the heart of losing a brother, bandmate, and best friend in Tom Searle, the group’s founding guitarist. On For Those That Wish To Exist, Architects examine the part we are all playing in the world’s slow destruction, and tackle the biggest questions facing the future of our planet. The record’s 15-tracks hang in a limbo between energizing positivity that it is not too late to correct our collective course, and a paralyzing negativity of defeatism; where hope and despondency are bedfellows triggered daily by the simple act of existence. A reflection of human condition, For Those That Wish To Exist calls for all of us to rise to challenge established models and strive for a collective betterment. [A limited indie store exclusive vinyl pressing is available.]

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Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – Hunter And The Dog Star CD (Shuffle)

Hunter And The Dog Star is Edie Brickell and New Bohemians’ fifth studio album and their first since 2018’s Rocket – a record that marked a major return for the group following a 12-year hiatus and was released to widespread critical acclaim. Returning to Arlyn Studios in Austin, TX to record with producer Kyle Crusham, Brickell and the New Bohemians – Brandon Aly (drums), John Bush (drums, percussion), Brad Houser (bass, synthesizer) and Kenny Withrow (bass, guitars, synthesizer) – once again put forth a collection of diverse musical ideas and styles on Hunter And The Dog Star, as they have continuously done for the past three decades. Reflecting on the album, Brickell shares, “Hunter And The Dog Star is a collection of songs reflecting the mystery of self-expression, loyalty, companionship and love in the darkest sky just before dawn.”

David Coverdale – Whitesnake [Reissue/1977] LP (Eagle Rock Entertainment)

Limited-edition coke bottle clear vinyl pressing. David Coverdale’s decision to quit Deep Purple in the spring of 1976 allowed him to start work on his first ever solo album, White Snake. Exiled in Germany and unable to form a band, the low-key release, recorded with the help of guitarist Micky Moody, was the first tentative step towards what became a hugely successful career with the band who took their name from this album.

Deep Purple – California Jam: Live In California ’74 2xLP (Eagle Rock Entertainment)

Deep Purple was the biggest selling album act in America when they embarked on a 28-date tour promoting their new album Burn. The undoubted climax of this tour was headlining the California Jam Festival at Ontario Speedway in California, in front of 200,000 people. This year marks the 47^th anniversary of this historic event. The set list includes tracks from Burn, as well as classics like “Space Truckin'” and “Smoke On The Water”. For the first time on 180g vinyl.

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Will Johnson – El Capitan CD/LP (Keeled Scales)

Will Johnson’s new album El Capitan features Will on acoustic guitar with contributions from Britton, Thor Harris, and Lindsey Verrill of Little Mazarn. “These things started years ago at a friend’s dining room table in Oregon,” Will shares. “They built up on desert drives, in hotel bathrooms, in casino bars, and on trail runs. They mortared together into something sensible (to me) over time. Some songs are quite old, and some are pandemic-new. It feels like we’re at the mercy of nature now more than ever, and the quiet of this time seemed right enough to make this record. [A limited indie store exclusive colored vinyl pressing is available.]

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Barry Gibb – Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook, Vol. 1 CD/2xLP (Capitol)

Barry Gibb, the co-creator of the peerless Bee Gees song catalog, is a lifelong fan of country and bluegrass, and has long dreamed of a recording vehicle that would connect him with some of the greatest names in those styles. On Greenfields, Gibb teams with the ever in-demand Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb, in Nashville, to revisit the Gibb brothers’ celebrated songbook. He’s done so in the company of heavyweights like Alison Krauss, Brandi Carlile, Dolly Parton, Jason Isbell, Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Jay Buchanan, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, and Tommy Emmanuel. [Double-vinyl pressing features an etched D-side.

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Dame Shirley Bassey – I Owe It All To You CD (Decca)

Deluxe edition CD with expanded booklet featuring archived material & career highlights. One of Britain’s successful female artists releases a ‘grand finale’ album that includes new material written specifically for the world-renowned singer, plus tracks handpicked by Bassey to reflect her incredible career.

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