Tag Archives: 2018

The Twilight Sad: It Won’t Be Like This All The Time

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On January 18, 2019, “Rock Action” label released “It Won’t be like This All the Time”, the fifth Twilight Sad (The) studio album. It was recorded January – February 2018, at “Middle Farm Studios” in Devon, England, and was produced by Andy MacFarlane.

Personnel:

  • James Alexander Graham – vocals
  • Andy MacFarlane – guitars
  • Brendan Smith – keyboards
  • Jonathan Docherty – bass
  • Jonny Scott – drums, percussion
  • Andrew Bush – engineer
  • Chris Coady – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Dave “DLT” Thomas – artwork
  • Robert Smith – “vambo” (musical guidance)

Track listing:

All lyrics by James Alexander Graham; all music by Andy MacFarlane.

  1. (10 Good Reasons for Modern Drugs)
  2. Shooting Dennis Hopper Shooting
  3. The Arbor
  4. VTr
  5. Sunday Day 13
  6. I/m Not Here (missing face)
  7. Auge/Maschine
  8. Keep It All to Myself
  9. Girl Chewing Gum
  10. Let’s Get Lost
  11. Videograms

Floral Tattoo: You Can Never Have a Long Enough Head Start

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On December 3, 2020, Floral Tattoo self – released “You Can Never Have a Long Enough Head Start”, bands second album. It was recorded December 2018 – May 2019, at the “Hostilgato House” in Renton, Washington, and at Travis Powell and Alex’s Anderson apartment in Renton, Washington.

Personnel:

  • Alex Anderson – vocals, guitar, keyboards, euphonium, melodica, recording
  • Gwen Power – vocals, guitar, organ, synthesizer, melodica, recording
  • Travis Powell – vocals, bass, recording, engineer, mixing
  • Christian Taylor – drums, percussion, recording
  • Mei’lani Eyre – vocals
  • Nat Puff – vocals
  • Jordan Hailey – bells
  • Alex Viglino – mixing
  • Will Killingsworth – mastering

Track listing:

  1. (Foreword)
  2. Life in Color
  3. Julius & Ethel
  4. She
  5. Oar House
  6. Leaving
  7. Don’t Try Things
  8. (Redding Forest Fire / Fermi)
  9. Danny Be Well
  10. Julius & Ethel, Pt. 2
  11. The Art Of Moving On
  12. (My Life Fell Apart This Year)

Imagine Dragons: Origins

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On November 9, 2018, “Kidinakorner”, “Polydor” and “Interscope” labels released “Origins”, the fourth Imagine Dragons studio album. It was recorded November 2017 – October 2018, and was produced by Alex da Kid, Mattman & Robin, John Hill, Joel Little, Tim Randolph, and Jayson DeZuzio.

Personnel:

  • Dan Reynolds – lead and additional backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar, engineer
  • Wayne Sermon – acoustic and electric guitar, violin, backing vocals; engineer
  • Ben McKee – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Daniel Platzman – drums, viola, percussion, backing vocals
  • Kygo – vocals
  • Elisa – vocals
  • Alex da Kid – programming, executive production
  • Mattman & Robin – engineer
  • Ido Zmishlany – engineer
  • Rob Cohen – engineer
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Jorgen Odegard – mixing
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Mark Needham – mixing
  • John Hanes – mixing
  • Tyler Spratt – mixing assistant
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Beeple – cover art
  • Dina Hovsepian – design, layout
  • Eric Ray Davidson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, and Daniel Platzman, additional writers as below.

  1. Natural – Robin Fredriksson, Mattias Larsson, Justin Tranter
  2. Boomerang – Jorgen Odegard
  3. Machine – Alexander Grant
  4. Cool Out – Tim Randolph
  5. Bad Liar – Jorgen Odegard, Aja Volkman
  6. West Coast
  7. Zero – John Hill
  8. Bullet in a Gun – Grant, Jayson DeZuzio
  9. Digital – Grant
  10. Only – Robin Fredriksson, Mattias Larsson, Justin Tranter
  11. Stuck – Grant, Jayson DeZuzio
  12. Love – Ido Zmishlany

Cloud Nothings: Last Building Burning

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On October 19, 2018, “Carpark” label released “Last Building Burning”, the fifth Cloud Nothings studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Sonic Ranch” in Tornillo, Texas, and was produced by Randall Dunn.

Personnel:

  • Dylan Baldi – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Chris Brown – guitar, backing vocals
  • T.J. Duke – bass, backing vocals
  • Jayson Gerycz – drums
  • Randall Dunn – mixing
  • Jason Ward – mastering
  • Rob Carmichael – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dylan Baldi.

  1. On An Edge
  2. Leave Him Now
  3. In Shame
  4. Offer An End
  5. The Echo of the World
  6. Dissolution
  7. So Right So Clean
  8. Another Way of Life

Eric Church: Desperate Man

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On October 5, 2018, “EMI Nashville” and “Snakefarm Records” labels released “Desperate Man”, the sixth Eric Church studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Neon Cross” in Nashville, and was produced by Jay Joyce.

 Personnel:

  • Eric Church – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jeff Cease – electric guitar, handclapping
  • Jeff Hyde – banjo, acoustic guitar, handclapping, backing vocals
  • Jay Joyce – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, handclapping, keyboards, percussion, piano, programming, backing vocals
  • Driver Williams – electric guitar
  • Lee Hendricks – bass guitar, handclapping
  • Craig Wright – bongos, drums, handclapping, percussion, shaker
  • Joanna Cotten – handclapping, backing vocals
  • Jay Joyce – mixing
  • Jason Hall – mixing
  • Jimmy Mansfield – engineer assistant
  • Jaxon Hargrove – engineer assistant
  • Andrew Mendelson – mastering
  • Melissa Spillman – production coordination
  • John Peets – art direction, photography
  • Karen Naff – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Eric Church, except where noted.

  1. The Snake – Eric Church, Jeremy Spillman, Travis Meadows
  2. Hangin’ Around – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde
  3. Heart Like a Wheel
  4. Some of It – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Clint Daniels, Bobby Pinson
  5. Monsters – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde
  6. Hippie Radio
  7. Higher Wire – Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Scooter Carusoe
  8. Desperate Man – Eric Church, Ray Wylie Hubbard
  9. Solid – Eric Church, Anders Osborne
  10. Jukebox and a Bar
  11. Drowning Man – Eric Church, Casey Beathard

Idles: Joy As An Act Of Resistance

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On August 31, 2018, “Partisan” label released “Joy as an Act of Resistance”, the second Idles studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, and was produced by Space.

Personnel:

  • Joe Talbot – lead vocals
  • Mark Bowen – guitar
  • Lee Kiernan – guitar
  • Adam Devonshire – bass
  • Jon Beavis – drums
  • Nick Launay – mixing
  • Adam ‘Atom’ Greenspan – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Adam Devonshire, Jonathan Beavis, Joseph Talbot, Lee Kiernan, and Mark Bowen except where noted.

  1. Colossus
  2. Never Fight a Man with a Perm
  3. I’m Scum
  4. Danny Nedelko
  5. Love Song
  6. June
  7. Samaritans
  8. Television
  9. Great
  10. Gram Rock
  11. Cry to Me – Bert Russell
  12. Rottweiler

Interpol: Marauder

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On August 24, 2018, “Matador” label released “Marauder”, the sixth Interpol studio album.  It was recorded December 2017 – April 2018, at “Tarbox Road” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Dave Fridmann.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Kessler – lead guitar
  • Paul Banks – vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Brandon Curtis – keyboards
  • Sam Fogarino – drums, percussion
  • Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – keyboards
  • Dave Fridmann – recording, mixing
  • Michael Fridmann – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Matt de Jong – artwork
  • Jamie-James Medina – artwork, back photography
  • Elliot Richardson – cover art subject
  • Garry Winogrand – cover art photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Banks, Sam Fogarino and Daniel Kessler.

  1. If You Really Love Nothing
  2. The Rover
  3. Complications
  4. Flight of Fancy
  5. Stay in Touch
  6. Interlude 1
  7. Mountain Child
  8. NYSMAW
  9. Surveillance
  10. Number 10
  11. Party’s Over
  12. Interlude 2
  13. It Probably Matters

The Beths: Future Me Hates Me

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On August 10, 2018, “Carpark” label released “Future Me Hates Me”, the debut Beths (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Jonathan Pearce.

Personnel:

  • Elizabeth Stokes – lead vocals
  • Jonathan Pearce – guitars
  • Benjamin Sinclair – bass
  • Tristan Deck – drums

Track listing:

  1. Great No One
  2. Future Me Hates Me
  3. Uptown Girl
  4. You Wouldn’t Like Me
  5. Not Running
  6. Little Death
  7. Happy Unhappy
  8. River Run: Lvl 1
  9. Whatever
  10. Less Than Thou

Southern Empire: Civilisation

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On July 20, 2019, “Giant Electric Pea” label released “Civilisation”, album by Southern Empire. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Timms Tunes” in Adelaide, Australia, “Fat Trax Studio” in Hendon, Australia, and was produced by Sean Timms, Brody Green, Cam Blokland, Danny Lopresto and Jez Martin.

Personnel:

  • Danny Lopresto – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, arrangements
  • Cam Blokland – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Sean Timms – keyboards, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, percussion, backing vocals  
  • Jez Martin – bass, fretless bass, flugelhorn, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Brody Green – drums, percussion, backing vocals, arrangements 
  • Marek Arnold – soprano saxophone
  • James Capatch – soprano and tenor saxophone, flute
  • Steve Unruh – violin, flute
  • Sean Timms – arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Neville Clark – mastering
  • Ryan Stephens – artwork
  • Angelo Granozio – photography 
  • Matt Williams – tracking

Track listing:

  1. Goliath’s Moon – Cam Blokland, Sean Timms
  2. Innocence & Fortune – Sean Timms, Steve Unruh
  3. Cries for the Lonely – Brody Green, Cam Blokland, Sean Timms
  4. Crossroads (Part I) – Brody Green, Cam Blokland, Danny Lopresto, Jez Martin, Mark Trueack, Sean Timms
  5. Crossroads (Part II)  

Mystery: Lies And Butterflies

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On July 14, 2018, “Unicorn Digital” label released “Lies and Butterflies”, the seventh Mystery studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Michel St-Père.

Personnel:

  • Jean Pageau – vocals, keyboards, flute
  • Michel St-Père – acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards
  • Sylvain Moineau – guitars, keyboards
  • François Fournier – bass guitar, Taurus pedals, keyboards
  • Jean-Sébastien Goyette – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Michel St-Père, except where noted.

  1. Looking for Something Else
  2. Come to Me
  3. How Do You Feel?
  4. Something to Believe In
  5. Dare to Dream – lyrics by Hans Raffelt, Jean Pageau, music by Jean Pageau
  6. Where Dreams Come Alive – lyrics by Michel St-Père, music by Sylvian Moineau
  7. Chrysalis