A really delicious set of different musical directions again this week; plus plenty of Neil Young, which always goes down well in these parts.

Lots of new and lots of reissues, the early summer and beyond is looking stacked. Delighted to have WMC back and we've also all been floating along to some of the week's more ambient hues.

Working Men's Club
Fear Fear
Heavenly Recordings

Pounding new Ross Orton produced LP from WMC. Includes a limited Translucent Pink Vinyl pressing.



Zola Jesus
Arkhon
Sacred Bones

Sixth studio LP from the always-essential Zola Jesus. Includes a limited ECO mix pressing.



Soccer Mommy
Sometimes, Forever
Loma Vista Recordings

Loads of dreamy guitars and Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never)!!! on production duties.



Saâda Bonaire
1992
Captured Tracks

Fascinating archive release from the German art concept duo, blurring a wild set of genres.



Joyfultalk
Familiar Science
Constellation

Multi-talented, multi-disciplinary artist Jay Crocker releases his third LP under the moniker JOYFULTALK. Loads of space, loads of texture and quite driving too.




Denzel Curry
Melt My Eyez See Your Future
Loma Vista Recordings

Smooth, vintage and nostalgic-sounding hip-hop from Denzel Curry with loads of guests. Digital is out now, LP (including Transparent Maroon Vinyl pressing) is September.



Sam Slater
I Do Not Wish To Be Known As A Vandal
Bedroom Community

New LP from Sam Slater (Grammy and Oscar winning score producer of Chernobyl / Joker soundtracks amongst many others). A really stunning album and an utterly beautiful Dinked Edition.



Arooj Aftab
Vulture Prince
Decca

Deluxe offering of Grammy® Best New Artist nominee Arooj Aftab’s breakthrough album Vulture Prince. The Brooklyn-based Pakistani vocalist, music composer, and producer is one of our most-watched ones-to-watch!



Diatom Deli
Time~Lapse Nature
RVNG INTL

Navigations through serene and hypnotic spaces from the New Mexico artist. Really immersive, can't wait for this.



Alison Cotton
The Portrait You Painted Of Me
Rocket Recordings

Another immersive one, with viola, harmonium and voices merged together to create a wooze. 



Also announced this week, forthcoming releases from; Perfume Genius, Lykke Li, ODESZA, Beabadoobee, Jimi Tenor, The Amazons, The Range, Gaika, Shearwater, Graham Nash, Sound of Ceres, M Huncho and Richard Thompson's acoustic recordings for the Grizzly Man Documentary. 

A fantastic reissue offering this week, with; Wayne Davis' powerful self-titled gospel-soul album from 1976, Half Speed Masters editions of The Who's My Generation and A Quick One, Gazelle Twin's The Entire City / The Wastelands, Orchestre Les Vulcans du Benin, a couple of Blue Note bangers from Brother Jack McDuff and Ronnie Foster, Oceansize, The Get Up Kids, Sun Ra Arkestra & Salah Ragab and following last week's Official Release Series Vol 4 announcement, Neil Young also releases three live recordings as part of his Official Bootleg Series (OBS).

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