On June 4, 2021, “Concord” label released “Hardware”, the third Billy Gibbons studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Billy Gibbons, Matt Sorum and Mike Fiorentino.
Personnel:
Billy Gibbons – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, ‘virtual’ bass
On May 26, 2022, Andrew John Leonard Fletcher died aged 60. He was musician (keyboards, synthesizers, bass, samplers), DJ and manager, member of the band No Romance, but was best known as founding member of Depeche Mode. In 2020, Fletcher was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” as a member of Depeche Mode.
On May 20, 2020, “Polyvinyl Record Co.” label released “No Dream”, the fourth Jeff Rosenstock album. It was recorded in February 2020, at “The Atomic Garden Recording Studios”, in Oakland, California, and was produced by “Grammy Jack” Shirley.
Personnel:
Jeff Rosenstock – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, mixing
Mike Huguenor – vocals, guitars
Dan Potthast – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
John DeDomenici – bass
Kevin Higuchi – drums
Chris Farren – vocals, keyboards
Bob Vielma – trombone
Laura Stevenson – vocals
Lauren Brief – vocals and backing vocals, claps
Gilbert Armendariz – backing vocals
Angelina Banda – claps, backing vocals
Sim Castro – claps, backing vocals
Laura Hammond – claps, backing vocals
Neil Sharma – claps, backing vocals
Jack Shirley – recording, engineer, mixing, mastering
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.
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
On May 8, 2020, “Shelter Press” label released “Yeo-Neun”, the eighth Okkyung Lee studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Second Story Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Okkyung Lee.
Personnel:
Okkyung Lee – cello
Jacob Sacks – piano
Maeve Gilchrist – harp
Eivind Opsvik – bass
Jeff Cook – recording, mixing
Rashad Becker – mastering
Ron Jude – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Okkyung Lee.
Here We Are (Once Again)
The Yellow Porcelain Bird
Another Old Story
In Stardust
Eternally
Uiro (Up and Up and Up)
The Longest Morning
One Bright Lazy Sunday Afternoon (You Whispered That Name)
On May 8, 2020, “Verve” label released “Mutable Set”, the fourth Blake Mills studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Sound City Studios”, “SWT”, “Boulevard Recording Studios”, and was produced by Blake Mills.
Personnel:
Blake Mills – vocals, guitar, arranger, art direction
Gabriel Kahane – piano
Aaron Embry – keyboards
David Boucher – acoustic bass, recording
Pino Palladino – electric bass
Abe Rounds – drums
Sem Gendel – saxophone
Rob Moose – strings, string arrangements
Joseph Lorge – recording
Joseph Lorge, Will Maclellan – additional recording
Maddy Baltor – engineer assistant
Greg Coller – mixing
Patricia Sullivan – mastering
Julio Chavez – art direction
Emilio Villalba – artwork
Ian Sefchick – artwork
Track listing:
Never Forever – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
May Later – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
Eat My Dust – Blake Mills
Money Is the One True God – Blake Mills
Summer All Ove – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
Vanishing Town – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
My Dear One – Blake Mills, Cass McCombs
Farsickness – Blake Mills, Gabriel Kahane
Mirror Box – Blake Mills
Window Facing a Window – lyrics by Blake Mills, music by Blake Mills, Armando Manzanero
On May 7, 2021, “Warp Records” label released “Bright Green Field”, the debut Squid studio album. It was recorded March – October 2020, at “Mr. Dan’s Studio” in London, and was produced by Dan Carey.
Personnel:
Louis Borlase – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
Anton Pearson – vocals, guitar, bass, percussion
Arthur Leadbetter – keyboards, strings, percussion
On May 7, 2021, “Crush Music” and “Atlantic” labels released “Van Weezer”, the fifteenth Weezer studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2020, and was produced by Suzy Shinn.
Personnel:
Rivers Cuomo – lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards
On April 30, 2021, “Modern Sky UK” label released “Coral Island”, the tenth Coral (The) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Parr Street Studios” in Liverpool, and Ian Murray’s house in Merseyside, and was produced by Chris Taylor, James Skelly, Paul Duffy, Paul Molloy, Nick Power and Ian Skelly.
Personnel:
James Skelly – lead vocals, guitar, recording, mixing
Paul Molloy – guitar, piano, recording, mixing
Nick Power – keyboards, recording, mixing
Paul Duffy – bass, recording, mixing
Ian Skelly – drums, recording, mixing
Ian Murrary – narration
Phil McKinnell – slide guitar, guitar
Chris Taylor – stylophone
Jack Prince – shaker
Fiona Skelly – backing vocals
Niamh Rowe – backing vocals
Chris Taylor – recording, mixing
Richard Turvey – recording
Liam Power – narration recording
Joe LaPorta – mastering
Edwin Burdis – artwork
Mark El-khatib – design
Gabriella Jackson – photography
Simon Cardwell – band photography
Track listing:
Welcome to the Coral Island – James Skelly, Nick Power
Lover Undiscovered – James Skelly
Change Your Mind – James Skelly, Rich Turvey
Mist on the River – James Skelly
Pavilions of the Mind – Nick Power, Paul Duffy
Vacancy – James Skelly, Nick Power
My Best Friend – James Skelly, Nick Power
Arcade Hallucinations – Nick Power
The Game She Plays – James Skelly
Autumn Has Come – James Skelly
The End of the Pier – Nick Power
The Ghost of the Coral Island – Nick Power, Ian Skelly, Paul Duffy, Phil McKinnell
Golden Age – James Skelly, Ian Skelly
Faceless Angel – James Skelly
The Great Lafayette – Nick Power
Strange Illusions – James Skelly, Nick Power
Take Me Back to the Summertime – James Skelly, Ian Skelly
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