HighSchool – the Australian post-punk/ dream pop trio of Rory, Lilli and Scotty – have today released their first single for Dalliance Recordings titled ‘New York, Paris and London’. Check it out below, alongside a Rory Trobbiani-directed music video.
“New York Paris and London’ exposes peer validation that exists in settings where criticism is common,” Lilli explains in a statement. “It suggests that dreaming and manifesting is as meaningful as our ambitions coming to fruition. New York, Paris and London are three highly desirable, yet clichéd destinations that symbolise the elusiveness of our own self expectations.”
Following on from their first single ‘Frosting’, ‘New York, Paris and London’ is lifted from HighSchool’s upcoming debut EP, scheduled for release in early 2021.
Recalling the first time she listened to the demo of her new single, Reid explained in a statement: “I listened to the demo on the train from London to Glasgow. I had tears streaming down my face. That was when I realised, I had written something deeply personal to me.”
‘Seamless’ follows Reid’s previously released single ‘Tribute’.
PHOEBE ∆X∆ has released a new song called ‘Things’ (via AWAL). Following her debut single ‘Wisdom Teeth (Pressure)’, it was written, recorded and produced by the 19-year-old singer-songwriter in her family home. Check it out below, alongside an accompanying DIY homemade visual directed by Ariana Xeno.
In a statement about the track, Phoebe explained: “‘Things’ is that one thought that plants the seed in your head and before you know it, you have a jungle… it’s about anyone who overthinks… giving up an attachment, paranoia and insecurities consuming you.”
BENEE has announced her highly-anticipated debut album, Hey u x. It’s set for release on November 13th. Below, check out the album’s cover art and tracklist.
The 13-track LP features contributions from Lily Allen, Grimes, Flo Milli, Gus Dapperton, Mallrat, Kenny Beats, Bakar, and Muroki. It includes the previously released singles ‘Supalonely’, ‘Night Garden’, and ‘Snail’. “Soso stoked to announce this album release,” BENEE said in a statement. “It’s an eclectic mix of songs I’ve been working on for some time now. Can’t wait to share them!”
BENEE is currently doing a headline tour across her home country of New Zealand, where concerts have returned. On Saturday, October 17, she will be performing a special livestream finale show from New Zealand’s Spark Arena, which will mark the world’s first livestreamed show in front of a sold-out arena audience of 12,000 people.
Next week, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are set to release their new album, Letter to You. On October 23, to coincide with the the album’s release, a feature-length documentary about the making of the project is coming to Apple TV+. Now, the first full trailer for the film has been unveiled. Check it out below.
Springsteen wrote the film, which was directed by frequent collaborator Thom Zimny. Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You will feature full final-take performances of Springsteen and the band recording 10 of the album’s songs live-to-tape.
The album of the same name includes the previously released singles ‘Ghosts’ and the title track. It follows Springsteen’s 2019 album Western Stars.
Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin have shared a new song called ‘Mind Right’, featuring guest vocals from Liv.e. It arrives with an accompanying music video directed by Barrington Darius and filmed at Poobah’s Record Shop in Los Angeles. Check it out below.
Produced by Jay Versace, ‘Mind Right’ is taken from Siifu and Anakin’s upcoming collaborative album FlySiifu’s, out November 13 via Lex Records. The LP includes the previously released singles ‘Dollar Dr. Dream’ and ‘Richard Pryor’ and features additional guest contributions from $ILKMONEY, Fousheé, and B. Cool-Aid, as well as production credits from Madlib, Richmond beatmaker Graymatter, and more.
Elvis Costello has released a new song called ‘Newspaper Pane’. It’s the latest preview from his upcoming album, Hey Clockface. Listen to it below.
While the previous singles from the album were recorded in Helsinki and Paris before the pandemic, the music for ‘Newspaper Pane’ was written and produced in New York by composer/arranger Michael Leonhart alongside guitarist Bill Frisell. Costello’s lyrical verses were then added “from his westward hideout via the miracle of telecommunications,” as a press release puts it, while trumpet player Michael Leonhart contributed a horn arrangement to the track.
Local Natives and Sharon Van Etten have joined forces for a new track called ‘Lemon’. The song is taken from Local Natives’ upcoming EP Sour Lemon, which arrives October 23 via Loma Vista. Check it out below, alongside a Kenny Laubbacher-directed music video.
“From the time we started writing to recording to shooting the video, I have moved to L.A., Taylor [Rice] had a child who is now 10 1/2 months, and Ryan [Hahn] is now engaged,” Sharon Van Etten said of the song in a statement. “I connected with the song at each stage: collaborating and getting to know each other, receiving their openness and generosity, recording the song and feeling the camaraderie and accepted as a part of the band, to shooting the video and reciprocating the longing and connection. Our friendship and our lives have grown since we first met, and this is a documentation of that… I’m looking forward to seeing where we all go from here.”
Local Natives will perform a livestream performance at Lodge Room in Los Angeles on October 21. Tickets are available to purchase here.
Sharon Van Etten recently released a new song for Arthur Jones’ documentary Feels Good Man called ‘Let Go’.
Lana Del Rey has shared a new song called ‘Let Me Love You Like a Woman’. It’s the first single from her upcoming album, Chemtrails Over the Country Club. Listen to it below.
Del Rey teased the track in Instagram post on Thursday, alongside what appears to be the single artwork. The singer-songwriter initially said the album would come out on September 5. During a surprise book signing, she revealed that she is now planning for the album to come out either December 10th or January 7th.
In this segment, we showcase the most notable albums out each week. Here are the albums out on October 16th, 2020:
Autechre,SIGN
Autechre have returned with his first studio album in seven years. Out now via Warp, the prolific electronic duo’s latest is called SIGNand follows 2013’s Exai as well as their recent AE_LIVE 2016-2018 series. Containing 11 tracks, the LP clocks in at just over an hour and includes a typically cryptic tracklist with titles such as ‘si00’, ‘sch.mefd 2’, and ‘Metaz form8’. According to an interview with Sasha Frere-Jones, Autechre’s Sean Booth and Rob Brown worked on tracks for over a year, finishing just before lockdown in February of 2020. “I hadn’t felt that solid about putting together an album in a while,” Booth said.
Matt Berninger, Serpentine Prison
The National frontman Matt Berninger has come through with his debut solo album, Serpentine Prison. It’s out now via Book Records, a new imprint he created with the record’s producer, Booker T. Jones, alongside Concord Records. It features guest appearances from Andrew Bird, The National’s Scott Devendorf, The Walkmen’s Matt Barrick, Menomena’s Brent Knopf, and many others. “For a long time, I had been writing songs for movies and musicals and other projects where I needed to get inside someone else’s head and convey another person’s feelings,” the singer-songwriter explained. “I liked doing that, but I was ready to dig back into my own garbage and this was the first thing that came out.”
Kevin Morby, Sundowner
Kevin Morby has released a new album called Sundowner, out now via Dead Oceans. The singer-songwriter started working on Sundowner all the way back in 2017, when he moved back to his hometown of Kansas City, KS, and still finishing up his last album, 2019’s Oh My God. Using mostly a four-track Tascam 424 recorder, he recorded the album at Texas’ Sonic Ranch with producer Brad Cook. “I wrote the entire album wearing headphones, hunched over the 424, letting my voice and guitar pass through the machine, getting lost in the warmth of the tape as if another version of myself was living on the inside, singing back at me,” Morby explained in a statement. “I was mesmerized by the magic of the four track not only as a recording device, but also an instrument, and considered it my songwriting partner throughout the whole process.”
Open Mike Eagle,Anime, Trauma And Divorce
Open Mike Eagle is back with a new album. The follow-up to 2017’s Brick Body Kids Still Day Dream is called Anime, Trauma And Divorceand it’s out now via AutoReverse Records. “Before the world went to shit I was already in the middle of a few personal crisis’,” the rapper said in a statement. “Shit had gone haywire personally and professionally and my therapist had to remind me that I have an outlet to process some of my shit in rap music. So I made a bunch of painful rap songs and Jacknife Lee was kind enough to help me make good music out of them. Maybe it can help other people too. It probably won’t but maybe.”
beabadoobee, Fake It Flowers
20-year-old singer-songwriter Bea Kristi, aka beabadoobee, has come through with her debut studio album, Fake It Flowers, out now via via Dirty Hit. Following last year’s Space Cadet EP, the album includes the previously released singles ‘Together’, ‘How Was Your Day?’, ‘Care’, ‘Sorry’, and ‘Worth It’. “It’s pretty much my whole life in one album, ,” Bea told i-D. “People are gonna know a lot, and it’s fun because I finally feel like this is really genuine – the music and the way it sounds is something I’ve always wanted to make. There are some songs that’re completely different to the others – there’s kind of a thrashy one, then there’s one that’s just me and an acoustic guitar.”
Autechre have returned with his first studio album in seven years. Out now via 
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Open Mike Eagle is back with a new album. The follow-up to 2017’s Brick Body Kids Still Day Dream is called 
20-year-old singer-songwriter Bea Kristi, aka beabadoobee, has come through with her debut studio album, 