Boo Boo Records

Social Media Program Titles Released This Week:

Mort Garson – Music From Patch Cord Productions CD/LP (Sacred Bones)

A collection of rare and unreleased recordings from the archives of electronic music pioneer Mort Garson, composer of Mother Earth’s Plantasia. The compilation plays like an ultimate Mort Garson playlist, and includes alternate takes of Plantasia tracks, music for never-aired radio advertisements, themes for science fiction films, erotic oddities, and much more from the prolific composer’s ’60s and ’70s synthesizer oeuvre. This deluxe edition includes art by Robert Beatty and new liner notes by Andy Beta (Pitchfork). [Limited colored vinyl pressing also available. Vinyl reissues of Didn’t You Hear?, Black Mass (under the alias Lucifer) and The Unexplained(his only release under the name Ataraxia) are also available this week.]

Holy Motors – Horse CD/LP (Wharf Cat)

At 22 years old, Eliann Tulve resembles Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval, reincarnated as an Estonian cowgirl. She is enigmatic as ever but stands more firmly alongside co-songwriter Lauri Raus, the solidification of their roles perhaps accounting for the more hopeful turn their song writing has taken of late. Holy Motors’ new album Horse finds the band acknowledging the Americana and rockabilly strands of their musical DNA without sacrificing any of the otherworldly mystique that keeps them from neatly conforming to the shoegaze and dreampop labels often applied to their music.

November Marketing Program/ Banner/ Listening Station Titles Promoted This Week:

Dave Brubeck – Lullabies CD/LP (Verve)

In 2010 at 91 years old, Dave Brubeck recorded peerless takes on best-known children’s songs, beloved standards, and originals as a gift to his grandchildren and as his last studio recording. His playing, ingenuity and integrity, all hallmarks of great Brubeck recordings, are abundantly apparent on Lullabies. Bookended by two versions of “Brahms Lullaby”, the five originals among the covers are “Going To Sleep”, “Lullaby For Iola”, “Koto Song”, “Softly, William, Softly” and “Briar Bush”. Further tracks include “Over The Rainbow”, “Danny Boy”, “Going To Sleep”, “There’s No Place Like Home”, “A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes” and “Sleep”. “Some of the melodies on this album are like those familiar songs,” says Brubeck. “Some are original pieces that I thought would appeal to a baby as well as an older generation. I hope the littlest ones will respond to this music, and that parents and grandparents will enjoy it as well.”

[Read more…] about New Releases for November 6, 2020

Social Media Program Titles Released This Week:

Atmosphere – The Day Before Halloween LP (Rhymesayers)

For over two decades, Atmosphere has maintained a course of rigorous output, releasing over two dozen studio albums, EP’s and collaborative side projects in as many years. In that time, the venerated duo have built a legacy out of bringing honesty, humility and vulnerability to the forefront of their music, continually challenging themselves to evolve without straying too far from their Minneapolis hip-hop roots. Atmosphere’s new album, The Day Before Halloween, is something of a detour. Cutting loose and eschewing their established norms, Slug and Ant have delivered the anti-pop answer to the content and compositions of previous albums. Over razor-sharp drums and distorted synths, The Day Before Halloween explores the life of a visual artist living in an antiquated surveillance state. [CD edition due November 13.]

November Marketing Program/ Banner/ Listening Station Titles Promoted This Week:

Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface CD (Concord)

Recorded in Helsinki, Paris and New York, Hey Clockface is the latest Elvis Costello and Sebastian Krys production, following their collaboration on Elvis Costello and The Imposters’ Grammy-winning album Look Now. Hey Clockface also features contributions from Bill Frisell, Nels Cline and Steve Nieve. “I wanted the record to be vivid, whether the songs demanded playing that was loud and jagged or intimate and beautiful,” Costello said of the project’s emotional and dynamic range.” [Vinyl edition due November 13.]

Keith Jarrett – Budapest Concert 2xCD (Verve)

The second complete show to be issued from Keith Jarrett’s 2016 European tour, following the acclaimed Munich 2016 concert. This double album documents the pianist’s solo performance at Budapest’s Bela Bart¢k National Concert Hall. Jarrett, whose roots go back to Hungary, saw it as a homecoming; the context inspired much creative improvisation. His later concerts are comprised of independent movements, each a marvel of spontaneous resourcefulness and creative energy.

[Read more…] about New Releases for October 30, 2020

Social Media Program Titles Released This Week:

Jeremy Ivey – Waiting Out The Storm LP+MP3 (ANTI-)

Nashville-based performer Jeremy Ivey has operated in the background for years as a songwriter/guitarist with his wife, celebrated country-rock luminary Margo Price. Ivey is back in the spotlight with his sophomore solo album Waiting Out The Storm. Produced by Price, the ten-song album finds Jeremy Ivey expanding his sound with his band The Extraterrestrials. On Waiting Out The Storm, an album with electricity coursing through its veins, Ivey zooms out to take a widescreen look at the world around us—the landscape, the people that populate it, and the ways in which we help each other survive against all odds. Ivey, who writes prolifically and cites Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan as influences, evokes “Mutations-era Beck along with classic country” (Rolling Stone). His solo material travels through a wide spectrum of classic folk, gently frayed psychedelia, pop, and a bit of Southern rock.

Sasha Sloan – Only Child CD/LP (RCA)

On her full-length debut album, Only Child, Sasha Sloan steps into her own as a profoundly affecting artist and one of music’s most gifted lyricists. Only Child showcases Sasha’s bravery and willingness to put her vulnerabilities on display, with tracks like “Lie” and “House With No Mirrors.” Sasha continues to deliver music that weaves her powerful words and beautifully crafted melodies. “This album is a very mature version of me,” Sasha says. “It’s the most honest I’ve been. And there’s even a twinge of hope in there, which is new for me!” The album, which Sasha has been working on since 2019 and finished in quarantine, is bold, confessional, funny and real.

November Marketing Program/ Banner/ Listening Station Titles Promoted This Week:

Autechre – Sign CD/2xLP+MP3 (Warp)

Practically pocket-sized in comparison to their sprawling torrent of live material and radio recordings in recent years, Sign is a return to the sort of concision found circa Exai and their earlier albums. Effectively they’ve gotten better to grips with their live set-up, and the hyper ideas found in their work-in-progress demonstrations on the five volume Elseq and eight hours of NTS Sessions have been refined into moments of crystalline ambient baroque beauty and liquid-limbed swag on Sign. After their music has undergone what could be called a growth spurt in recent years, the acrid plasma of their complex, hyper-inorganic systems feels to congeal, create more intricate snaps across the album.

[Read more…] about New Releases for October 16, 2020