Tag Archives: 2019

House and Land: Across the Field

On June 14, 2019, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Across the Field”, the second House and Land studio album.

Personnel:

  • Sarah Louise Henson – vocal, guitar, various instruments
  • Sally Anne Morgan – vocal, banjo, fiddle

Track listing:

  1. Two Sisters
  2. Rainbow ‘Mid Life’s Willows
  3. Cursed Soldier
  4. Blacksmith
  5. Carolina Lady
  6. Precious Jewels
  7. Ca the Yowes

Thank You Scientist: Terraformer

On June 14, 2019, “Evil Ink Records” label released “Terraformer”, the third Thank You Scientist album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Barber Shop Studios”, “Self-Titled Studios”, “The Hangar”, and was produced by Tom Monda, Cody McCorry, Ben Karas, Joe Fadem and Salvatore Marrano.

Personnel:

  • Salvatore Marrano – vocals
  • Tom Monda – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, fretless guitar, bouzouki, guzheng, harp, synth, string arrangements
  • Cody McCorry – electric upright bass, synthesizer, mellotron, theremin, saw, string arrangements
  • Joe Fadem – drums, percussion, drum programming
  • Ben Karas – vocal, violin, viola, erhu
  • A.J. “The Real Deal” Merlino – percussion
  • Sam Greenfield – vocal, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, electric wind instrument
  • Joe Gullace – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Joonas Juhani Lemetyinen – trombone
  • Joe Deninzon, Rebecca Harris-Lee- violin
  • Alexandra Dadon – viola
  • Terence Thornhill – cello
  • Brian Lawlor – harpsichord
  • Audra Mariel, Martin Howth – additional vocals
  • Ben Karas, Joe Gullace – string arrangements
  • Mike Ferretti – mixing
  • Andy van Delte – mastering
  • Lady King – artwork
  • Templar – artwork
  • Shamfoo – illustration, layout

Track listing:

All lyrics by Salvatore Marrano, all music by Tom Monda, Cody McCorry, Ben Karas, Joe Fadem and Salvatore Marrano.

  1. Wrinkle
  2. FXMLDR
  3. Swarm
  4. Son of a Serpent
  5. Birdwatching
  6. Everyday Ghosts
  7. Chronology
  8. Geronimo
  9. Life of Vermin
  10. Shatner’s Lament
  11. Anchor
  12. New Moon
  13. Terraformer

Jamie Cullum: Taller

On June 7, 2019, “Island” label released “Taller”, the eight Jamie Cullum album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Spark Studio”, “Moon Palace Studio”, “Master Chord Studio”, “British Grove”, “The Church”, “Kensaltown Recording Studios”, and was produced by Troy Miller and Jamie Cullum.

Personnel:

  • Jamie Cullum – vocal, piano, electric piano, bass, synth, mellotron, kalimba
  • Femi Towowo, Tom Varrall – guitar
  • Paul Stacey – guitar
  • Loz Garratt – bass
  • Troy Miller – drums, synths, organ, electric bass, conductor, string arrangements, mixing
  • Brad Webb – drums
  • Tom Richards – tenor and baritone saxophone, horn arrangements
  • Nichol Thomson – trombone
  • Rory Simmons, Tom Rees-Roberts – trumpet
  • London Symphony Orchestra – strings
  • Tippett Quartet – strings
  • Brendan Reilly, Jennifer Moore , Jono Mcneil, Kevin Mark-Trail, Ladonna Harley-Peters, Sewuese, Sharleen Linton, Sharlene Hector, Sumudu Jayatilaka, Wendi Harriet, Xantoné Blacq – backing vocals
  • Danny Allin – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jamie Cullum, except where noted.

  1. Taller – Jamie Cullum, Simon Aldred
  2. Life Is Grey
  3. Mankind
  4. Usher – Ben Cullum, Jamie Cullum
  5. The Age of Anxiety
  6. For the Love – Jamie Cullum, Jayson DeZuzio, Martin Terefe, Sasha Sloan
  7. Drink
  8. You Can’t Hideaway from Love – Jamie Cullum, Troy Miller
  9. Monster – Jamie Cullum, Jamie Hartman
  10. Endings and Beginnings

Silversun Pickups: Widow’s Weeds

On June 7, 2019, “New Machine Recordings” label released “Widow’s Weeds”, the fifth Silversun Pickups studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Butch Vig.

Personnel:

  • Brian Aubert – lead and backing vocals, guitars, additional keyboards
  • Joe Lester – keyboards, synthesizer, sound manipulation
  • Nikki Moninger – bass, backing vocals
  • Christopher Guanlao – drums, percussion
  • Paul Cartwright – violin
  • Matt Booker – cello
  • Billy Bush – mixing, engineer
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Lawrence Azerrad – design
  • Claire Marie Vogel – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Brian Aubert, Joe Lester, Nikki Moninger and Christopher Guanlao.

  1. Neon Wound
  2. It Doesn’t Matter Why
  3. Freakazoid
  4. Don’t Know Yet
  5. Straw Man
  6. Bag of Bones
  7. Widow’s Weeds
  8. Songbirds
  9. Simpatico
  10. We Are Chameleons

Richard Hawley: Further

On May 31, 2019, “BMG Rights Management” label released “Further”. the eighth Richard Hawley studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Yellow Arch Studios” in Neepsend, Sheffield, “Disgracelands” in Sheffield, “The Chairworks” Castleford, UK, and was produced by Collin Elliot and Shez Sheridan.

Personnel:

  • Richard Hawley – vocal, guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Shez Sheridan – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, engineer
  • Clive Mellor – harmonica
  • Colin Elliot – bass, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals, arranger, engineer, mixing
  • Dean Beresford – drums
  • Up North Session Orchestra
  • Martin L. Robinson – saxophones
  • Catherine Leech, Jessica Hall, Liz Rossi, Susie Gibbon – violin
  • Christine Anderson, Katrina Baker – viola
  • Elinor Gow, Liz Hanks – cello
  • David Watts – engineer
  • Guy Massey – mixing
  • Duncan Cowell – mastering
  • Nick Phillips – design
  • Chris Saunders – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Hawley, except where noted.

  1. Off My Mind
  2. Alone
  3. My Little Treasures
  4. Further
  5. Emilina Says
  6. Is There a Pill?
  7. Galley Girl
  8. Not Lonely – Richard Hawley, Mark Sheridan
  9. Time Is
  10. Midnight Train
  11. Doors

Sublime with Rome: Blessings

On May 31, 2019, “5 Music” label released “Blessings”, the third Sublime with Rome studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Sonic Ranch” in El Paso, Texas, and was produced by Rob Cavallo and Leigh Snyder.

Personnel:

  • Rome Ramirez – vocals, guitar
  • Eric Wilson – bass
  • Carlos Verdugo – drums, percussion
  • Gabrial McNair – trombone, keyboards
  • Eddie Zuko – guest vocals

Track listing:

  1. Blessing
  2. Light On
  3. Wild Fire
  4. Spiderweb
  5. Blackout
  6. Wicked Heart
  7. Survive
  8. May Day
  9. One Day at a Time
  10. Thank U
  11. For the Night

Biffy Clyro: Balance, Not Symmetry

On May 17, 2019, “Warner Bros” label released “Balance, Not Symmetry”, is Biffy Clyro soundtrack album to the movie of the same name, co-written by the band’s frontman Simon Neil. It was recorded at 2018 – 2019, at “AIR Studios” in London, “Monnow Valley Studio” Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales, “ICP Studios” in Brussels, and was produced by Adam Noble, Simon Neil, James Johnston and Ben Johnston.

Personnel:

  • Simon Neil – lead vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboards, percussion, marimba, strings, clapping
  • James Johnston – bass, clapping, backing vocals
  • Ben Johnston – drums, percussion, marimba, keyboards, clapping, backing vocals
  • Adam Noble – bass, keyboards, synthesizers, organ, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Jakwob – keyboards, programming
  • Fyfe Dangerfield – piano
  • Blair Mowat – programming, orchestral arrangements
  • James Hockley – programming
  • John Prestage – engineer
  • John Paul Reid – engineer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Neil, except where noted.

  1. Balance, Not Symphony
  2. All Singing and All Dancing – John Hill
  3. Different Kind of Love – John Feldmann
  4. Sunrise
  5. Pink
  6. Colour Wheel – Stuart Price
  7. Gates of Heaven – John Feldmann
  8. Fever Dream
  9. Navy Blue
  10. Tunnels and Trees
  11. Plead
  12. The Naturals
  13. Yellow
  14. Touch
  15. Jasabiab
  16. Following Master
  17. Adored

Sparks: A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip

On May 15, 2020, “BMG Rights Management” label released “A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip”, the 24th Sparks studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Sparks” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Russell Maell and Ron Mael.

Personnel:

  • Russell Mael – vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Ron Mael – keyboards, programming
  • Evan Weiss – guitars
  • Eli Pearl – guitars
  • Patrick Kelly – bass
  • Steven Nistor – drums
  • Ryan Parrish – saxophone
  • Alex Casnoff – additional keyboards
  • Coldwater Canyon Youth Choir – additional vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Russell Mael and Ron Mael.

  1. All That
  2. I’m Toast
  3. Lawnmower
  4. Sainthood Is Not in Your Future
  5. Pacific Standard Time
  6. Stravinsky’ Only Hit
  7. Let Out in the Cold
  8. Self-Effacing
  9. One for the Ages
  10. Onomato Pia
  11. iPhone
  12. The Existential Threat
  13. Nothing Travels Faster Than the Speed of Light
  14. Please Don’t Fuck Up My World

Moses Sumney: Grae

On May 15, 2020, “Jagjaguwar” label released “Græ”, the second Moses Sumney studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, and was produced by Moses Sumney, Adult Jazz, Ben Baptie, John Congleton, FKJ, Daniel Lopatin and Matthew Otto.

Personnel:

  • Moses Sumney – vocals, piano, piano FX, keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, bass, percussion, saxophone and flute arrangements, art direction, engineer
  • Mike Haldeman – guitar, guitar FX 
  • Noah Kardos-Fein – guitar
  • Tom Gallo – guitar
  • John Congleton – guitar, additional percussion
  • Simon Ribchester – piano, engineer
  • Daniel Lopatin – keyboards, synthesizers, bass, drum programming
  • Jamie Stewart – organ, drum programming
  • Ben Baptie – piano FX, additional synthesizers, drum programming
  • James Blake – keyboards, drum programming engineer,
  • FKJ – saxophone, keyboards, synthesizers, all instrumentation, engineer
  • Matthew Otto – synthesizers
  • Shahzad Ismaily – bass, bass synthesizer, additional synthesizers
  • Adult Jazz – bass, piano, synthesizers, horns
  • Brandon Coleman – bass, piano, synthesizers, piano
  • Thundercat – bass
  • Ian Chang – drums, drum programming, percussion
  • Jamire Williams – drums 
  • John Keek – saxophone 
  • Shabaka Hutchings – saxophone 
  • Jonathan Slater – horns
  • Nubya Garcia – flute 
  • Rob Moose – strings, string arrangements
  • Keith Tutt II – strings, cello
  • Brandee Younger – harp
  • Tunde Jegede – kora
  • Daniel Lopatin – engineer
  • Steph Marziano – engineer
  • Jake Viator – engineer
  • Ricardo Wheelock – engineer
  • Matthew Otto – engineer
  • Mac DeMarco – engineer
  • Andrew Chugg – engineer
  • Alexis Berthelot – engineer
  • Rashaan Carter – engineer
  • Matt Cohn – engineer
  • Sean Cook – engineer
  • Tom Gallo – engineer
  • Ben Baptie – engineer, mixing
  • Tom Archer – mixing assistant
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Julian Gross – art direction, design
  • Eric Gyamfi – photography

Track listing:

  1. Insula – Moses Sumney, Taiye Selasi, Ayesha K.Faines
  2. Cut Me – Moses Sumney, Asult Jazz, Daniel Lopatin
  3. In Bloom – Moses Sumney
  4. Virile – Moses Sumney, YVETTE
  5. Conveyor – Moses Sumney, YVETTE
  6. Boxes – Michael Chabon, Ezra Miller, Ayesha K.Faines, Taiye Selasi, Moses Sumney
  7. Gagarin – Moses Sumney, Esbjorn Svensson, Dan Berglund, Magnus Ostrom
  8. Jill Jack – Jill Scott, Moses Sumney
  9. Colouour – FKJ, Moses Sumney
  10. Also Also Also And And And – FKJ, Moses Sumney, Taiye Selasi, Miller
  11. Neither/Nor – Moses Sumney
  12. Polly – Moses Sumney, Tom Gallo
  13. Two Dogs – Daniel Lopatin, Moses Sumney
  14. Bystanders – Moses Sumney, Matthew Otto, Daniel Lopatin
  15. Me in 20 Years – Moses Sumney, Matthew Otto
  16. Keeps me Alive – Moses Sumney
  17. Lucky Me – Moses Sumney, James Blake
  18. And so I Come to Isolation – Taiye Selasi, Moses Sumney
  19. Bless Me – Moses Sumney
  20. Before You Go – Taiye Selasi, Michaela Coel, Miller, Moses Sumney

The Black Keys: Delta Kream

On May 14, 2021, “Easy Eye Sound” and “Nonesuch” labels released “Delta Kream”,  tenth Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded in December 2019, at “Easy Eye Sound” in Nashville, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach – lead vocals, electric guitar
  • Patrick Carney – drums, percussion
  • Kenny Brown – electric guitar
  • Eric Deaton – bass
  • Sam Bacco – additional percussion
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • M. Allen Parker – engineer
  • Caleb Van Buskirk – additional engineering
  • Michael Deano – engineer assistant
  • Mickey Smay – engineer assistant

Track list

  1. Crawling Kingsnake – John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman
  2. Louise – Mississippi Fred McDowell
  3. Poor Boy a Long Way from Home – R. L. Burnside
  4. Stay All Night – Junior Kimbrough
  5. Going Down South – R. L. Burnside
  6. Coal Black Mattie – Ranre Burnette
  7. Do the Romp – Junior Kimbrough
  8. Sad Days, Lonely Nights – Junior Kimbrough
  9. Walk with Me – Junior Kimbrough
  10. Mellow Peaches – Big Joe Williams
  11. Come On and Go with Me – Junior Kimbrough