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Young Jesus Announces New Album ‘The Fool’, Shares New Songs

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Young Jesus Announces New Album ‘The Fool’, Shares New Songs

Young Jesus has announced a new album, The Fool. The follow-up to 2022’s Shepherd Head is set to arrive on May 24 via Saddle Creek. Today’s announcement comes with the release of two new songs, lead single ‘Brenda & Diane’ and its companion track ‘Hollywood Ending’. Take a listen and find the album artwork and tracklist below.

According to a press release, Young Jesus’ John Rossiter decided to quit music following the release of Shepherd Head to focus on gardening. “You know, when gardening, the right decision to make for the landscape is usually the one that is already happening,” he said. “It just takes time to read what that is.”

After Shahzad Ismaily reached out to him over email, the musicians would improvise whenever they were in the same town, and Rossiter went on to record part of the album at Shahzad’s Figure 8 Studios in Brooklyn. He crafted the songs at home in Los Angeles, working with Alex Babbitt and Alex Lappin.

Speaking about ‘Brenda & Diane’, Rossiter said in a statement:

Brenda and Diane are on the run. The main character thinks he’s better than them. But sits down to talk to them, to humor them. Sees that they have a whole, complex life. Humbling for the main character and his sense of superiority and judgment. Brenda and Diane invite him into life.

As with many of these songs, recording this tune mirrored the content of the song. Alex Lappin, the producer, really challenged me to craft a narrative with the vocal delivery. I was resistant because I like how I sing normally and I don’t like to deviate from my usual delivery– it makes me feel safe. Makes me feel detached.

But we really worked on this one, and I felt I left my ego a bit. Was able, thanks to Alex, to find what the song needed rather than what I wanted.

Of ‘Hollywood Ending’, he added:

The best part of this tune is the strings. Alex Babbitt arranged the strings and his parents, Frank and Cornelia, played cello and violin on it. Around that time, Frank had become very sick.

A couple months later, I was visiting family in Chicago over Thanksgiving. I went to the church I grew up going to with Alex and his brother Ben Babbitt. Ben played organ (pipes throughout the church!) and Alex and I sang, standing at opposite ends of the church. Improvising. We really grew into our voices in there, everything became so resonant, swirling. When we finished we knew we were present for something very special. We reached places vocally and emotionally that we don’t get to often. A few months later, Frank passed. This song is dedicated to the memory of Frank Babbitt.

In December, Young Jesus’ ‘The Weasel’ featured on the soundtrack of Brit Marling and Zal Batmangli’s FX show Murder At the End of the World. Revisit our inspirations interview with Young Jesus.

The Fool Cover Artwork:

The Fool Tracklist:

1. Brenda & Diane
2. Two Brothers
3. Rabbit
4. Rich
5. Moonlight
6. MOTY
7. The Weasel
8. Am I The Only One?
9. Sunrise
10. Dancer
11. God’s Plan

 

Kelly Moran Announces New Album ‘Moves in the Field’, Unveils New Song

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Kelly Moran Announces New Album ‘Moves in the Field’, Unveils New Song

Kelly Moran has announced a new LP called Moves in the Field, which is slated for release on March 29 via Warp. Following 2023’s Vesela EP, it marks the composer and pianist’s first album since 2018’s Ultraviolet. To mark the news, Moran has shared the new single ‘Butterfly Phase’. Check it out along with an album trailer below.

“In early 2020, Yamaha loaned me a Disklavier player piano — a special instrument that allows you to record your performance for the piano to play back on its own,” Moran said in a press release. “I was initially working on a duet for myself and another pianist, but when the pandemic hit, the player piano became my duet partner.

“I began writing a series of duets for myself and the Disklavier, exploring all the different ways I could utilize this instrument to merge its inhuman capabilities with my own playing,” she continued. “The Disklavier allowed me to record multiple layers of my playing so I could create music on the piano that would require more fingers or greater endurance than I physically have – like chords that had more than 10 notes in them, or chords that were spaced out farther than my hands could stretch. Sometimes I’d record a pattern and then speed it up to play back faster than I could ever physically play. My imagination exploded at all the possibilities this instrument allowed me to create, and these explorations culminated in my new record Moves in the Field.”

Moves in the Field Cover Artwork:

Moves in the Field Tracklist:

1. Butterfly Phase
2. Superhuman
3. Don’t Trust Mirrors
4. Dancer Polynomials
5. Sodalis (II)
6. Leitmotif
7. It’s Okay to Disappear
8. Hypno
9. Moves in the Field
10. Solar Flare

Another Michael Detail New Album ‘Pick Me Up, Turn Me Upside Down’, Share New Song

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Another Michael Detail New Album ‘Pick Me Up, Turn Me Upside Down’, Share New Song

Another Michael have shared the details of their new album Pick Me Up, Turn Me Upside Down, which has been set for release on May 31 via Run for Cover. It was originally announced alongside its sibling record, Wishes to Fulfill, which came out in September. Today, the band has unveiled a new song from it called ‘Is There A World?’. Listen to it below.

Check our Artist Spotlight interview with Another Michael.

Pick Me Up, Turn Me Upside Down Cover Artwork:

Pick Me Up, Turn Me Upside Down Tracklist:

1. I’ve Come Around To That
2. Seafood
3. Mudslide
4. Is There A World?
5. I’m Your Roommate
6. Another Reindeer
7. Pick Me Up, Turn Me Upside Down
8. Maureen
9. I’m Not Mad Anymore
10. The Diner’s Spoon
11. Like I Won A Car

Khruangbin Release New Song ‘May Ninth’

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Khruangbin Release New Song ‘May Ninth’

Khruangbin have dropped ‘May Ninth’, the second single from their upcoming LP A la Sala. Check out a visual for it below.

A la Sala, which is Spanish for “To the Room,” will arrive on April 5 via Dead Oceans. It was led by the single ‘A Love International’.

Jim White Releases New Song ‘Marketplace’

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Jim White Releases New Song ‘Marketplace’

Jim White has released a new track called ‘Marketplace’. It’s the second single from the drummer’s debut solo album All Hits: Memories, following lead offering ‘Names Make the Name’. Check out Anna White’s video for the song below.

“‘Marketplace’ emulates the sound and energy of the Saturday morning Victoria Market in North Melbourne,” White explained in a statement. “All kinds of people, boxes, trucks, yelling, chickens, fish, vegetables, bakers, donuts, and musicking, flowing through all the other markets.”

All Hits: Memories is due for release on March 29 via Drag City.

Panda Bear Joins Bullion on New Song ‘A City’s Never’

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Panda Bear Joins Bullion on New Song ‘A City’s Never’

Bullion has offered another preview of his upcoming album, Affection, which is due out on April 26 via Ghostly. Following the producer’s Carly Rae Jepsen collaboration ‘Rare’, the new song, ‘A City’s Never’, features Animal Collective’s Panda Bear (aka Noah Lenox). The track came together while the two artists were living in Lisbon at the same time, though they never actually met, writing and completing the song over DMs. Check it out below.

Adrianne Lenker Releases New Song ‘Fool’

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Adrianne Lenker Releases New Song ‘Fool’

Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker has shared a new single, ‘Fool’, which will appear on her upcoming album Bright Future. Following earlier cuts ‘Ruined’ and ‘sadness as a gift’, the track comes with a video directed by Lenker’s brother, Noah, and featuring her family and their dogs. Check it out below.

‘Fool’ was one of the first songs recorded for the album. “I feel like I can hear her laughing and smiling when I listen back to this song,” producer Philip Weinrobe said in a statement. “The joy is palpable. It’s easy to forget that Adrianne can do unbridled ecstatic happiness just as deftly as every other emotion in the human experience.” He added, “The fireplace was ripping, Oso was barking, and the vibe was just right. After we captured this one I knew we were gonna make a special record.”

Bright Future is set for release on March 22 via 4AD.

Moor Mother Unveils Video for New Single ‘All the Money’

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Moor Mother Unveils Video for New Single ‘All the Money’

Moor Mother has released a new song, ‘All the Money’, lifted from her forthcoming album The Great Bailout. Following lead single ‘GUILTY’, a collaboration with Lonnie Holley, Mary Lattimore, and Raia Was, the track was co-produced by Vijay Ayer and features Alya Al Sultani. Check out director Cauleen Smith’s video for it below.

The Great Bailout, the follow-up to 2022’s Jazz Codes, comes out March 8 via ANTI-.

Real Estate Share Video for New Single ‘Flowers’

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Real Estate Share Video for New Single ‘Flowers’

Ahead of the release of their new LP Daniel on Friday (February 23), Real Estate have served up one more single, ‘Flowers’. Following previous entries  ‘Haunted World’ and ‘Water Underground’, the track arrives with a music video directed by Magnus Carlsson, who also helmed Radiohead’s ‘Paranoid Android’ video. Check it out below.

“For me, the greatest animated music video of all time is Magnus Carlsson’s iconic ‘Paranoid Android’ video for Radiohead,” singer Martin Courtney said of the video. “It looked like nothing else on MTV in 1997. So when we decided to do an animated video for our next single, that was at the top of the mood board. Let’s make something like the “Paranoid Android” video. It didn’t even occur to us that we could actually ask Magnus Carlsson himself to make a video for our song, or that he would actually do it, or that it would end up just as weird and beautiful as we could have imagined. Big thanks to the legend Mr. Carlsson for being up for working with us.”

“This song is the closest Real Estate will ever get to like a Shania Twain style country rocker,” the band added of ‘Flowers’. “We keep saying we didn’t go to Nashville to make a country record – we didn’t – but then we put out shit like this. Who cares though this song rocks. Check out that guitar solo.”

Christine and the Queens Joins MGMT on New Song ‘Dancing in Babylon’

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Christine and the Queens Joins MGMT on New Song ‘Dancing in Babylon’

MGMT have shared the final preview of their upcoming album Loss of Life ahead of its release on Friday (February 23). Following previous singles ‘Bubblegum Dog’, ‘Mother Nature’, and ‘Nothing to Declare’, ‘Dancing in Babylon’ is a collaboration with Christine and the Queens, marking the first-ever official feature on an MGMT album. The track arrives with a music video directed by longtime collaborator Ray Tintori, who previously helmed the visuals for ‘Time to Pretend’, ‘Electric Feel’, and ‘Kids’, starring Chris along with John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Julian Morris (Pretty Little Liars, New Girl), and his real-life husband, the artist Landon Ross. Watch and listen below.

“I always loved MGMT’s multiverse, their freedom and talent, their limpid songwriting and killer soundscapes. Regal, inspiring,” Chris said in a press release. “When they reached out for this power ballad, I was honored and also excited to dive into their dream, because I have the same all-encompassing approach with my work. I loved the backstory of the lyrics as well, and I work my lower register here more than usual. I felt invited into their cool movie, and I’m glad to be now a part of the galaxy. Let’s work on more love in the love galaxy.”

“Creating the ‘Dancing in Babylon’ video with Chris and Ray was a prodigious affair (love), requiring everyone involved to operate in six dimensions at once, all while simultaneously making a simple turkey sandwich with Dijon mustard,” the band’s Andrew Van Wyngarden and Ben Goldwasser commented. “The sandwich that emerged is a cosmic mille-feuille that would be presentable in most high-end French diners.”

“I went back for the second day of shoot – the day where they decided to reinterpret a war scene, but with delirious soldier fits, very Cronenberg, with mushes of brain as knickers and, on my own armor, a pussy-shaped flesh,” Chris added. “I love how the video developed into this baroque odysseus of love. I love how personal and insane it gets with them. Very rejuvenating and liberating. And also, more utopias like this. Resistance is in our imagination. We can alchemize all this world’s pain and turn it into hope, for a better future. Literally, put flowers back at the end of guns. This is a good song for that. Love songs cure despair. End of transmission.”

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