On May 21, 2021, “Republic” label released “Long Lost”, the fourth Lord Huron studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Whispering Pines Studios”, and was produced by Ben Schneider, Ben Tolliday and Mark Barry.
On May 21, 2021, “Sub Pop” label released “Wink”, the third Chai studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Endhits Studio Inc”, “Foftoo Sound Labs”, “Sound Arts” in Tokyo, “Strange Weather” in New York City, and was produced by Dar Ishikawa,, Mndsgn and YMCK.
On May 20, 2022, “Exile” label released “What’s It Gonna Take?”, the 43rd Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Real World Studios”, “Bath Spa Hotel”, “Richard Dunn Studio”, “Culloden Hotel”, “Hollywood Studios” and “Musicbox Studios”, and was produced by Van Morrison.
Personnel:
Van Morrison – vocal, electric guitar, saxophone
Dave Keary – acoustic guitar, lead electric guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
Stuart Mcllroy – piano
John McCullouh – piano
Richard Dunn – Hammond organ, Rhodes piano, backing vocals
On March 20, 2022, “Atlantic” label released “SZNZ: Spring”, the seventh Weezer EP (the first of four EPs in SZNZ project. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Jake Sinclair, Ethan Gruska and Suzy Shinn.
Personnel:
Rivers Cuomo – lead and backing vocals, guitars
Brian Bell – guitars, backing vocals
Scott Shriner – bass, backing vocals
Patrick Wilson – drums
Rouble Kapoor – engineer
Jason Hiller – engineer
Rachel White – engineer
JC LeResche – engineer
Sejo Navajas – engineer assistant
John Sinclair – mixing
Rob Kinelski – mixing
Eli Heisler – mixing assistant
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Rivers Cuomo, except where noted.
Opening Night
Angels on Vacation
A Little Bit of Love – Rivers Cuomo, Dave Gibson, Jax, Wayne Wilkins
The Guardian of Eden
The Sound of Drums – Rivers Cuomo, Abigail Spinner McBride
On February 18, 2022, “PIAS” label released “As I Try Not to Fall Apart”, the sixth White Lies studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Ed Buller, Claudius Mittendorfer, Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown.
On February 12, 2021, “Because Music” label released “Glowing in the Dark”, the fourth Django Django studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by David MacLean, Vincent Neff, Tommy Grace and Jimmy Dixon.
Personnel:
Vincent Neff – vocals, guitar, design
Tommy Grace – synthesizer, design
Jimmy Dixon – bass, design
David MacLean – drums, mixing, design
Ife Tolentino – additional guitar
Antonio de Freitas – cuíca, tambourine
Charlotte Gainsbourg – vocals
Bridget Samuels – string arrangements
Orchestrate – strings
Raven Bush – strings
Ashana Davidson – backing vocals
Alexis Smith – mixing
Matt Colton – mastering
Oran Wishart – cover painting
Horacio Bolz – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Vincent Neff, Tommy Grace, Jimmy Dixon and David MacLean.
On February 11, 2023, “Fearless” label released “The Jaws of Life”, the fifth studio Pierce the Veil studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Royal” and “Marigny” in New Orleans, and was produced by Paul Meany, Vic Fuentes and Jaime Preciado.
On February 5, 2021, “Fat Possum” label released “Ignorance”, the fifth Weather Station (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Canterbery” in Toronto, Canada, and was produced by Tamara Linderman and Marcus Paguin.
On February 2, 2024, “False Idols” label released “King Perry”, the final Lee “Scratch” Perry studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Daniel Boyle.
Personnel:
Lee “Scratch” Perry – vocals
Greentea Peng – vocals
Fifi Rong – vocals
Shaun Ryder – vocals
Marta Zlakowska – vocals
Rose Waite – vocals
Tricky – rapping, additional production
Zak Waite – drums, additional drum production
Rory Sadler – hornsm saxophone, arrangements
Robert Landen – horns, trumpet, arrangements
Hugo Bechstein – orchestra conducting
Grand Shapes – cover design
Track listing:
All tracks by Lee “Scratch” Perry, except where noted.
100lbs of Summer – Lee “Scratch” Perry, Aria Wells
Evil Generation
Midnight Blues – Lee “Scratch” Perry, Fifi Rong
King of the Animals
Green Banana – Lee “Scratch” Perry, Shaun Ryder
Jesus Life
I Am a Dubby – Lee “Scratch” Perry, Marta Zlakowska
No Illusion
The Person I Am – Lee “Scratch” Perry, Rose Waite
Jah People in Blue Sky – Lee “Scratch” Perry, Aria Wells
Future of My Music – Lee “Scratch” Perry, Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws, Marta Zlakowska