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Papa Roach: Ego Trip

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On April 8, 2022, “New Noize” label released “Ego Trip”, the eleventh Papa Roach studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Colin Brittain, Jason Evigan, Nicholas Furlong, Andrew Goldstein, Drew Fulk, Jacoby Shaddix, Jerry Horton, Tobin Esperance and Tony Palermo.

Personnel:

  • Jacoby Shaddix – vocals
  • Jerry Horton – guitars
  • Tobin Esperance – bass
  • Tony Palermo – drums
  • Anthony Esperance – additional guitars
  • Jonathan Gering – keyboards, programming
  • Erica Sliver – backing vocals
  • Meron Ryan – backing vocals
  • Fever 333
  • Sueco
  • Andrew Migliore – string arrangements
  • Jason Evigan – engineer
  • Nicholas Furlong – engineer
  • Drew Fulk – engineer
  • Michael Nolasco – engineer
  • Brenden Collins – engineer assistant
  • Colin Brittain – mixing
  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • Kevin McCombs – additional production
  • Darren Craig – creative director, design
  • Bryson Roatch – creative director
  • Jim Hughes – layout

Track listing:

  1. Kill the Noise
  2. Stand Up
  3. Swerve
  4. Bloodline
  5. Liar
  6. Ego Trip
  7. Unglued
  8. Dying to Believe
  9. Killing Time
  10. Leave a Light On (Talk Away the Dark)
  11. Always Wandering
  12. No Apologies
  13. Cut the Line
  14. I Surrender

Father John Misty: Chloë and the Next 20th Century

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On April 8, 2022, “Sub Pop” label released “Chloë and the Next 20th Century”, the fifth Father John Misty (Josh Tillman) studio album. It was recorded August – December 2020, and was produced by Jonathan Wilson and Josh Tillman.

Personnel:

  • Josh Tillman – performance
  • Jonathan Wilson – performance
  • Drew Erickson – performance, arrangements
  • Chris Darley – guitar
  • Nona Quartet
    • Andrew Bulbrook – violin
    • Wynton Grant – violin
    • Zach Dellinger – viola
    • Jake Braun – cello
  • Dan Higgins – flute, clarinet, saxophone, additional arrangements
  • Steve Holtman – trombone, bass trombone
  • Wayne Bergeron – trumpet
  • Greg Huckins – flute, clarinet
  • Chad Smith – bassoon
  • John Yoakum – oboe, clarinet
  • Mark Hollingsworth – flute, clarinet
  • Grant Milliken – vibraphone
  • Jason Crosby – fiddle
  • Davey Chegwidden – congas, bongos, percussio
  • Cristina Black – harp
  • Dave Cerminara – engineer, mixing, additional production
  • Drew Erickson – additional production
  • Sasha Barr – layout, design
  • Josh Tillman – concept, art direction
  • Kelci Tillman – illustration
  • Lauren Ward – photography
  • Alex Kweskin – photography
  • Steve Moulton – darkroom printing, comping
  • Alia Penner – costume design, collage
  • Payton Morse – model

Track listing:

All tracks by Josh Tillman.

  1. Chloe
  2. Goodbye Mr. Blue
  3. Kiss Me (I Loved You)
  4. (Everything But) Her Love
  5. Buddy’s Rendezvous
  6. Q4
  7. Olvidado (Otro Momento)
  8. Funny Girl
  9. Only a Fool
  10. We Could Be Strangers
  11. The Next 20th Century

Crown Lands: Fearless

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On March 31, 2023, “Universal Music Canada” label released “Fearless”, the second Crown Lands studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “80A Studios” and “Mainstation Studio” in Toronto, “Rock Falcon Studio” in Nashville, and was produced by David Bottrill and Nick Raskulinecz.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Comeau – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, pedalboard, synthesizer, mellotron, piano
  • Cody Bowles – drums, wind chimes, flute
  • Nathan Yarborough – engineer 
  • Phil Hotz – engineer
  • David Bottrill – mixing
  • Nick Raskulinecz – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Andy Slater – creative director
  • Quinn Henderson – painting
  • James Livitski – design, layout
  • Andy Ford – photography
  • Shawn Marino – A&R

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Comeau, except where noted.

  1. Starlifter: Fearless Pt. II
  2. Dreamer of the Dawn
  3. The Shadow – Cody Bowles, David Bottrill
  4. Right Way Back
  5. Context: Fearless Pt. I
  6. Reflections
  7. Penny
  8. Lady of the Lake
  9. Citadel

The Flower Kings: By Royal Decree

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On March 4, 2022, “Inside Out Music” label released “By Royal Decree”, the fifteenth Flower Kings (The) studio album.

Personnel:

  • Roine Stolt – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, ukulele, Portuguese guitar, nylon guitar, additional keyboards, orchestration, mixing
  • Hasse Fröberg – vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar
  • Zach Kamins – organ, piano, synthesizers, orchestrations
  • Jonas Reingold – fretted bass, fretless bass
  • Michael Stolt – bass, Moog Taurus pedalboard, backing vocals
  • Mirko DeMaio – drums, percussion, additional orchestration
  • Aliaksandr Yasinski – accordion
  • Jonas Lindberg – bass
  • Rob Townsend – saxophones
  • Hasse Bruniusson – acoustic and electronic percussion
  • Jannica Lund – backing vocals
  • Lasse Hallbäck – engineer
  • Kevin Sloan – artwork
  • Thomas Ewerhard – layout
  • Lilian Forsberg, Patrick Marek – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Great Pretender
  2. World Gone Crazy
  3. Blinded
  4. A Million Stars
  5. The Soldier
  6. The Darkness in You
  7. We Can Make It Work
  8. Peacock on Parade
  9. Revolution
  10. Time the Great Healer
  11. Letter
  12. Evolution
  13. Silent Ways
  14. Moth
  15. The Big Funk
  16. Open Your Heart
  17. Shrine
  18. Funeral Pyres

Big Big Train: Welcome To The Planet

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On January 28, 2022, “English Electric” label released “Welcome to the Planet”, the fourteenth Big Big Train studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Real World” in Box, Wiltshire, England, “Sweetwater” in Fort Wayne, Indiana, “Aubitt” in Southampton, England, “Castlesound” in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was produced by David Longdon, Gregory Spawton, Nick D’Virgilio, Richard Sjöblom, Dave Foster and Clare Lindley.

Personnel:

  • David Longdon – vocals, tambourine, mellotron, piano, flute
  • Dave Foster – acoustic and electric guitar, 6-and 12-string electric guitars
  • Rikard Sjöblom – Hammond organ, mellotron, guitar, ARP synthesizer, accordion, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer piano, piano, 12 string acoustic guitar
  • Carly Bryant – vocals, backing vocals, piano, synthesizer
  • Clare Lindley – vocals, violin
  • Gregory Spawton – bass guitar, bass pedals, 12 string-acoustic guitar, 6 string-acoustic guitar, mellotron, organ, synthesizer, backing vocals, spoken voice
  • Nick D’Virgilio – vocals, drums, vibraphone, mellotron, percussion loops, keyboards, sleigh bells, Fender Rhodes, organ, synthesizer; percussion
  • John Storey – euphonium
  • Nick Stones – French horn
  • Dave Desmond – trombone, brass arrangementс
  • Ben Godfrey – trumpet
  • Jon Truscott – tuba
  • Derek Reeves – violin
  • Aidan O’Rourke – violin, soundscapes
  • Riaan Vosloo – double bass
  • Stuart Hamilton – engineer
  • Bobby Dellarocco, Shawn Dealey – engineer
  • Rob Aubrey – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Sarah Louise Ewing – artwork
  • Ioan Hazell – engineer assistant
  • Rachel Leonard – engineer assistant

Track listing:

  1. Made from Sunshine – lyrics by David Longdon, music by Dave Foster
  2. The Connection Plan – Nick D’Virgilio
  3. Lanterna – Gregory Spawton
  4. Capitoline Venus – Gregory Spawton
  5. A Room with No Ceiling – Richard Sjöblom
  6. Proper Jack Froster – Gregory Spawton
  7. Bats in the Belfry – Nick D’Virgilio
  8. Oak and Stone – lyrics by Gregory Spawton, music by Gregory Spawton, Nick D’Virgilio, Richard Sjöblom
  9. Welcome to the Planet – Carly Bryant

Elder: Innate Passage

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On November 25, 2022, “Stickman” label released “Innate Passage”, the sixth Elder album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Clouds Hill Studio” in Hamburg, Germany, and was produced by Linda Dag.

Personnel:

  • Nick DiSalvo – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Michael Risberg – guitar, keyboards
  • Jack Donovan – bass
  • Georg Edert – drums
  • Fabio Cuomo – additional keyboards
  • Behrang Alavi – additional vocals
  • Linda Dag – recording, mixing
  • Carl Saff – mastering
  • Adrian Dexter – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Catastasis
  2. Endless Return
  3. Coalescense
  4. Merged in Dreams – Ne Plus Ultra
  5. The Purpose

Quadeca: I Didn’t Mean To Haunt You

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On November 10, 2022, “Dead Air” and “AWAL” labels released “I Didn’t Mean to Haunt You”, the third Quadeca studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Trend Def” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quadeca.

Personnel:

  • Quadeca – lead vocals, engineer
  • Danny Brown – vocal
  • Sunday Service Choir
  • Thor Harris – drums, percussion
  • Christian Wright – mastering
  • Paige Prier – artwork
  • Digiyams – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Lasky (Quadeca), except where noted.

  1. Sorry4Dying
  2. Tell Me a Joke
  3. Don’t Mind Me
  4. Picking Up Heads
  5. Born Yesterday
  6. The Memories We Lost in Translation
  7. House Settling – Ben Lasky, Daniel Sewell
  8. Knots
  9. Fantasyworld
  10. Fractions of Infinity – Ben Lasky, Mychal Brandon, Erik Brooks, Jenelle Dunkley, LaMarcus Eldridge, Chelsea Miller
  11. Cassini’s Division – Ben Lasky, Thor Harris

The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World

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On November 1, 2024, “Fiction” label released “Songs of a Lost World”, the fourteenth Cure (The) studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2022, at “Rockfield” in Monmouthshire, Wales, and was produced by Robert Smith.

Personnel:

  • Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, six-string bass, keyboards, arrangements, mixing, recording assistance, sleeve concept, pictures of stone
  • Reeves Gabrels – guitars
  • Roger O’Donnell – keyboards
  • Simon Gallup – bass
  • Jason Cooper – drums, percussion
  • Paul Corkett – recording, mixing
  • Jack Boston – recording assistant
  • Joe Jones – recording assistant
  • Bunny Lake – recording assistant
  • Matt Colton – digital and CD mastering
  • Miles Showell – vinyl mastering
  • Andy Vella – art, design
  • Janez Pirnat – Bagatelle sculpture

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Smith.

  1. Alone
  2. And Nothing Is Forever
  3. A Fragile Thing
  4. Warsong
  5. Drone: Nodrone
  6. I Can Never Say Goodbye
  7. All I Ever Am
  8. Endsong

Jane Remover: Census Designated

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On October 20, 2023, “DeadAir” label released “Census Designated”, the second Jane Remover studio album. It was recorded February 2022 – July 2023, at “Studio North” in Philadelphia, Jane Remover’s house in New Jersey, and was produced by Jane Remover.

Personnel:

  • Jane Remover – vocals, mixing
  • Douglas Dulgarian – additional guitar, bass
  • Kale Itkonen – additional synths
  • Kayla Reagan – mixing 
  • Hector Vega – mastering
  • Moa – vinyl mastering
  • Brendon Burton – cover art, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jane Remover.

  1. Cage Girl / Camgirl
  2. Lips
  3. Fling
  4. Holding a Leech
  5. Backseat Girl
  6. idling Somewhere
  7. Always Have Always Will
  8. Census Designated
  9. Video
  10. Contingency Song (album version)

The 1975: Being Funny In Foreign Language

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On October 14, 2022, “Dirty Hit” label released “Being Funny in a Foreign Language”, the fifth 1975 (the) studio album. It was recorded January – May 2022, at “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Real World” in Box, Wiltshire, and was produced by Matthew Healy, George Daniel and Jack Antonoff.

Personnel:

  • Matthew Healy – vocals, guitar, piano, clavinet, drums, percussion, string arrangements, creative direction
  • Adam Hann – guitar, programming, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ross MacDonald – bass, double bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • George Daniel – drums, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, percussion, programming, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Jack Antonoff – guitar, piano, drums, backing vocals, violin, keyboards, synthesizers, programming, string arrangements
  • Tommy King – keyboards, synthesizers
  • BJ Burton – programming, synthesizers
  • Jamie Squire – piano, Wurlitzer, clavinet, synthesizers, organ, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Oli Jacobs – Wurlitzer
  • John Waugh – saxophone
  • Zem Audu – saxophone
  • Evan Smith – brass
  • Bobby Hawk – strings, string arrangements
  • Warren Ellis – strings, string arrangements
  • Michelle Zauner – backing vocals
  • Carly Holt – additional vocals
  • Sabrina the Teenage DJ – programming
  • Bobby Hawk – string arrangements
  • Ben Hudson – additional programming
  • BJ Burton – additional production
  • Laura Sisk – engineer
  • Oli Jacobs – engineer
  • Dom Shaw – engineer assistant
  • Katie May – engineer assistant
  • Freddy Williams – engineer assistant
  • John Rooney – engineer assistant
  • Dani Perez Carasols – engineer assistant
  • Liam Hebb – engineer assistant
  • Evan Smith – additional engineering
  • Jon Gautier – additional engineering
  • Andrew Gearhart – additional engineering
  • Dave Gross – additional engineering
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Chris Galland – mixing
  • Robin Florent – mixing assistant
  • Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
  • Jeremie Inhaber – mixing assistant
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Samuel Burgess-Johnson – artwork, creative direction
  • Patricia Villirillo – creative direction
  • Ed Blow – creative direction
  • Samuel Bradley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew Healy and George Daniel, with co-writers as noted.

  1. The 1975 – BJ Burton, Tommy King
  2. Happiness – DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ
  3. Looking for Somebody (To Love) – Ilsey Juber, Jamie Squire
  4. Part of the Band – Jamie Squire
  5. Oh Caroline – Ilsey Juber, Jamie Squire, Benjamin Francis Leftwich
  6. I’m in Love with You – Adam Hann
  7. All I Need to Hear – Jamie Squire
  8. Wintering – Jacob Bugden
  9. Human Too – Jamie Squire, Benjamin Francis Leftwich
  10. About You
  11. When We Are Together – Rob Milton