Katrina Ford, formerly the lead singer of Celebration and Mt. Royal, has released a new song called ‘Peace Out’. It’s the first offering from her forthcoming solo debut, which is due out later this year. Give it a listen below.
Talking about the single, Ford said in a press release: “Hangovers become blended into euphoric indulgent self-care. Using flint to communicate with crickets. Letting in, inviting the slow. Healing in isolation. The journey to sobriety. We mixed this with Tony Duggan in Glasgow, it rained a lot but the sky was filled with rainbows every day.”
Belle and Sebastian have returned with news of their 9th album and first studio LP in seven years. A Bit of Previous, the follow-up to 2015’s Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, lands on May 6 via Matador. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the new single ‘Unnecessary Drama’, which arrives with an accompanying video. Check it out and find the album’s four variant covers and full tracklist below.
“The song is about a young person experimenting in being a human again after a forced hiatus,” frontman Stuart Murdoch said of ‘Unnecessary Drama’ in a statement. “The person is weighing up whether or not it’s worth the mess! Still, you dip your toe in and it becomes delicious, and you get too much of it. Between trouble and nothing, we still choose the trouble.”
The new album was recorded in Belle and Sebastian’s hometown of Glasgow after their plans to fly to Los Angeles in spring 2020 were scrapped due to COVID-19. “We did it together, us and the city,” Murdoch remarked. “This record was the first ‘full’ LP recording for B&S in Glasgow since Fold Your Hands Child, 1999. We clocked in every morning, we played our songs, we wrote together, we tried new things, we took the proverbial lump of clay, and we threw it every day.”
A Bit of Previous Cover Artwork (Composite):
A Bit of Previous Tracklist:
1. Young And Stupid
2. If They’re Shooting At You
3. Talk To Me Talk To Me
4. Reclaim The Night
5. Do It For Your Country
6. Prophets On Hold
7. Unnecessary Drama
8. Come On Home
9. A World Without You
10. Deathbed Of My Dreams
11. Sea Of Sorrow
12. Working Boy In New York City
Danish alternative pop duo First Hate have announced their second album, Cotton Candy. The follow-up to 2017’s A Prayer for the Unemployed is out May 27 via Escho and Cascine. Today, First Hate have previewed the album with a self-directed video for the lead single ‘Commercial’, alongside the track ‘In My Head’. Check out both songs below, and scroll down for the record’s cover artwork and tracklist.
Describing ‘Commercial’ in a press release, First Hate’s Joakim Wei Bernild said: “Big white smiles and perfect photoshopped bodies with over-dimensioned features on everything from big billboards on the highway to our Instagram feed. This song is about the big wheels of capitalism turning around constantly and indulging in it.” Anton Falck added that the song encapsulates “everything the capitalist heart desires.”
Cotton Candy Cover Artwork:
Cotton Candy Tracklist:
1. Someone New
2. What’s The Matter Boy
3. Cotton Candy
4. What About Me
5. Hearts
6. Cowboys In The Tub
7. Fortune Teller
8. Commercial
9. In My Head
10. Vampire Boi
11. Solitary Sundays
Norwegian art-pop outfit Mall Girl have released ‘Poolside Person’, the latest single from their upcoming debut album Superstar. It follows the previously shared tracks ‘For Hannah’, ‘Bachtap’, and ‘Bubbly Cool Drink’. Give it a listen below.
In a press release, Mall Girl described the new song as “an image of living your best life as a rich celebrity, spending lazy afternoons drinking colourful drinks by the pool, contrasting with the conflicting feeling of craving something deep and meaningful, living with the fear that all people will see is the ‘person by the poolside’.”
Big Thief were the musical guests on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night (March 1), where they performed ‘Simulation Swarm’, a track from their latest album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You. Watch their performance below.
‘Simulation Swarm’ is one of seven singles Big Thief shared ahead of the release of the 20-track LP, which arrived last month. The Brooklyn band last appeared on The Late Show back in 2019, when they played their Two Hands single ‘Not’.
Lou Roy has unveiled the latest offering from her forthcoming debut album, Pure Chaos. This one’s called ‘Down Since ’07’, and it follows previous entries ‘Uppercut’ and ‘Valkyrie’. Check it out below.
“More than one person has thought that this song is about me being depressed since 2007,” Roy said in a press release. “I used to say they were wrong and that it’s purely about being down to bang someone I met in 2007. I try to come off real calm, cool and collected initially as if I totally know what I’m after. However, by the end, I’m screaming about how down I am for this relationship, for sex….but it isn’t quite the joyful yodel into a lush canyon echoing back to me that I’d planned for. So yeah, shit, ‘Down Since ‘07’ might actually be about being all fucked up since 2007, and listeners knew it before I did.”
Pure Chaos, which was co-produced by Sarah Tudzin of illuminati hotties, is out April 29 via Balloon Machine.
‘Noble’ was named after drummer McKenzie Smith’s infant son who was born with a rare brain disorder. (You can donate to support Noble here.) Talking about the track, frontman Eric Pulido said:
Noble was born with a rare brain disease. When he was born, we were told the life expectancy of most children with his disease was between 6 months to 2 years. The heavy nature of Noble’s condition and the new reality for my friend and bandmate McKenzie (and his wife and daughter) wasn’t something we took lightly. We were really excited to create this song for him and for Noble to not only acknowledge the struggle but to also celebrate this amazing and beautiful boy. The wonderful news is that more than 2 years later, Noble is still here with us! He has beaten so many odds already and continues to amaze and prove to us how incredibly strong he is. His life is extremely challenging on many levels, so every day we have with him is a precious gift.
Midlake’s For the Sake of Bethel Woods is due out March 18 via Bella Union.
Jim James stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (March 1) to deliver a solo performance of My Morning Jacket’s ‘In Color’. Watch it below.
‘In Color’ is taken from My Morning Jacket’s self-titled LP, their first album of all new material since 2015’s The Waterfall, which was released in October 2021 via ATO Records. The band will perform at this year’s South Carolina’s High Water Fest, set to take place on April 23-24, alongside Jack White, Modest Mouse, Black Pumas, Mavis Staples, and others.
Rolling Loud Miami has announced its 2022 festival lineup, with Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, and Future set to headline. Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti, Baby Keem, Gunna, Lil Durk, Saweetie, City Girls, Gucci Mane, Three 6 Mafia, Flo Milli, A$AP Ferg, 2 Chainz, Moneybagg Yo, Don Toliver, and more will also perform. Check out the full lineup on the poster below.
The Rolling Loud Miami fest will take place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on July 22-24. Travis Scott, A$AP Rocky, and Post Malone headlined last year’s edition, which ended on a controversial note when DaBaby made homophobic comments toward people with HIV and AIDS during his set. DaBaby was one of the guests on Ye’s 2021 album Donda; its recently unveiled follow-up, Donda 2, was executive produced by Future.
Mitski was the musical guest on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, where she performed her Laurel Hell track ‘Stay Soft’. Watch it below.
Laurel Hell, Mitski’s sixth album, arrived last month. Mitski is currently on a sold-out US tour in support of the album, which wraps March 31 in Nashville. She previously took the stage on Jimmy Kimmel Live back in 2018, performing the tracks ‘Nobody’ and ‘Two Slow Dancers’ off Be the Cowboy.
