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Babymetal – The Other One CD/LP (Cooking Vinyl)

Last year Babymetal were “sealed” from the world after a successful 10-year journey. Earlier this year, The Other One restoration project began to recover the Babymetal we never knew existed within a virtual world called the Metalverse. The concept album reveals the other side of the Babymetal story that no one knew existed. A total of 10 songs have been discovered within The Other One restoration project, in which each song represents each theme of the 10 parallel worlds that seem to exist. [Two vinyl colorways are available: transparent and indie store exclusive white.]

The Bouncing Souls – Ten Stories High CD/LP (Pure Noise)

For over three decades The Bouncing Souls have been one of the most reliably joyful bands in punk rock, fostering an incredibly close kinship with their loyal listeners. Now on Ten Stories High, the band have taken this connection even further, creating an album of songs directly inspired by the stories of their fans. Ten Stories High finds The Bouncing Souls – vocalist Greg Attonito, guitarist Pete Steinkopf, bassist Bryan Kienlen, and drummer George Rebelo – making the best of the chaotic past couple of years. With touring on pause during the pandemic, the group turned to Patreon connect with their listener community, including a tier where fans could have a custom song written for them. The process would begin with the band having Zoom conversations with fans. [An indie store exclusive yellow w/ orange & black multicolor vinyl pressing is available.]

Lucinda Chua – YIAN CD/LP+MP3 (4AD)

Conscious to hold space within her music for people to live inside, Chua thought often of YIAN‘s sound in terms of sonic spacing. The hushed, flickering tones of “Autumn Leaves Don’t Come” and swelling strings of instrumental “Grief Piece” sound completely intimate, like she’s singing into your ear, yet capacious, like soft cocoons of sound. “For me, the music is like a home,” Chua explains. Cultivating a Chinese dance practice is as much part of the story of YIAN as the music itself. Chua returned to dance after struggling with the conservative constraints of ballet as a child, finding intuition and affirmation in the fluidity and naturalism of Chinese classical, fan & ribbon and contemporary. Dance is entwined in the very texture of YIAN, with Chua undertaking deep study of Chinese dance forms whilst working on the album. [A limited-edition clear vinyl pressing is available.]

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100 Gecs – 10,000 Gecs CD/LP (Atlantic)

100 Gecs, the duo comprised of Dylan Brady and Laura Les, return with their sophomore album, 10,000 Gecs. Following their breakout debut album 1,000 Gecs, the anticipation of their next body of work has been high and the band’s teases have been plentiful. The new album includes previously released singles “Mememe” which has been described as “an ebullient carnival of ska-inflected verses that bounce off a chorus of thrash guitars and a squiggling synth line” along with the ‘90s alt rock-inspired “Doritos & Fritos”, which The Fader noted is “unlike any other Gecs track before it”. [An indie store exclusive white color vinyl pressing is available.]

All Time Low – Tell Me I’m Alive CD (Fueled By Ramen)

All Time Low has undeniably carved out their own corner of popular culture. The multi-platinum Maryland pop-punk quartet topped charts, sold out arenas worldwide, and served up a series of instantly irresistible anthems in the process. Their influence remains pervasive: 5 Seconds Of Summer have covered their tunes, Cheat Codes and Pierce The Veil have jumped at the chance to collaborate, and they’ve contributed music to films by visionaries such as Tim Burton and Diablo Cody. Speaking of their impact, Rolling Stone even named So Wrong, It’s Right among its 50 greatest pop punk albums. Tell Me I’m Alive is their ninth album and is preceded by the title track.

Invent Animate – Heavener CD/LP (UNFD)

“Invent Animate has always occupied a strange niche in the metalcore scene in that they are nearly universally praised as royalty in the underground, particularly amongst those who like the djent-y and progressive side of the genre but have been seemingly confined to this box since their inception. Many praised the group’s 2021 EP The Sun Sleeps, As If It Never Was as the perfect culmination of their sounds and hoped it would be an indication of what would follow; in hindsight, this hope was an underestimate of what the group is capable of, as Heavener is even a sufficient step-up from its already stunning three-track predecessor. The technical prowess is equally impressive and tasteful, the signature ambient textures are lush and beautiful, the songwriting is unpredictable yet digestible and varied, and most importantly, the emotion is absolutely unhinged.” Matt Jones, Boolin Tunes [A limited-edition transparent cream color vinyl pressing is available.]

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Matt Andersen – The Big Bottle Of Joy CD/2xLP (Sonic)

The Big Bottle Of Joy is about celebration – hard-won, overflowing, exuberant celebration. Matt Andersen’s latest long-player lives up to the grand title from its opening song, “Let It Slide”; a muscular, organ-drenched urge for people to chill out and be good to each other – to its understated, romantic curtain-closer, “Shoes”. Andersen finds reason to sustain this celebration of the life we share together everywhere – on the road, missing a lover; between the sheets in a southern Ontario motel room; from Montreal “all the way to New Orleans”; in a “little kitchen ballroom” on a quiet night at home. Over a dozen songs infused with raw blues-rock, rollicking Americana, thoughtful folk, and ecstatic gospel, he testifies to something we could all do well to remember: the time we have together is special, so let’s spend it the right way.

Jane Bunett and Maqueque – Playing With Fire CD (Linus Entertainment)

By now the international jazz community knows the story that Maqueque came out of a jam session at the Cohiba Hotel in Havana that introduced renowned jazz musician Jane Bunnett with young women musicians and composers who had recently graduated from the Cuban conservatory. Over ten years the band has created opportunities for composing and performing extraordinary jazz that has taken this all-female ensemble around the world and has expanded to include not only women players from Cuba, but also brilliant vocalist Joanna Majoko (from Zimbabwe) and has had musicians from the Dominican Republic, Latin America, Spain and Lebanon.

Shana Cleveland – Manzanita CD/LP/Cassette (Hardly Art)

Manzanita is the common name for a kind of small evergreen tree endemic to California which has strong medicinal properties. It’s also the name of the brand-new full length by songwriter, musician, visual artist, and writer Shana Cleveland. Subtle, powerful, and unafraid, it’s her strongest and most personal album to date. These songs are as strong as the bricks in the Brill building and seem destined to be covered by others in years to come. Where her previous record, 2019’s Night Of The Worm Moon functions as a collection of speculative fictions equally inspired by Afro-futurist pioneers Herman “Sun Ra” Blount and Octavia Butler, Manzanita concerns the love that loves to love. “This is a supernatural love album set in the California wilderness,” Cleveland explains. [A limited-edition maroon color vinyl pressing is available.]

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