Tag Archives: 2022

The New Pornographers: Continue As A Guest

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On March 31, 2023, “Merge” label released “Continue as a Guest”, the ninth New Pornographers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by A. C. Newman.

Personnel:

  • Neko Case – lead vocals
  • A. C. Newman – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, recording, mixing
  • Todd Fancey – guitar, engineer
  • Kathryn Calder – vocals, keyboards, engineer
  • John Collins – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, engineer
  • Joe Seiders – drums, vocals, engineer
  • Paul Rigby – pedal steel guitar
  • Zach Djanikian – soprano and tenor, saxophone, guitar, bass guitar, engineer
  • Jeff Galegher – engineer
  • D. James Goodwin – engineer
  • Pete Caigan – recording assistant
  • Lee Falco – recording assistant
  • Pete Hanlon – mixing
  • Matthew Barnhart – mastering
  • Amy Casey – cover
  • Daniel Murphy – design, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by A. C. Newman, except where noted.

  1. Really Really Light – A. C. Newman, Dan Bejar
  2. Pontius Pilate’s Home Movies
  3. Cat and Mouse with the Light
  4. Last and Beautiful
  5. Continue as a Guest
  6. Bottle Episodes
  7. Marie and the Undersea
  8. Angelcover
  9. Firework in the Falling Snow – A.C. Newman, Sadie Dupuis
  10. Wish Automatic Suite

Sid: Umibe

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On March 23, 2022, “Ki/oon Music” label released “Umibe”, the eleventh Sid studio album.

Personnel:

  • Mao – vocals
  • Shinji – guitar
  • Aki – bass
  • Yūya – drums

Track listing:

  1. Keibetsu
  2. Daisuki dakara…
  3. Juusangastu
  4. Gairouju
  5. Ekitai
  6. Damashi Ai
  7. Shiroi Koe
  8. Jiu no Kuchizuke
  9. Yureru Natsufuku
  10. Umibe

Caravan Palace: Gangbusters Melody Club

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On March 1, 2024, “Lone Digger” label released “Gangbusters Melody Club”, the fifth Caravan Palace studio album. It was recorded 2011–2012, 2014–2015, 2020, 2022, 2023m at “Verywise Studio” in Paris, and was produced by Paul-Marie Barbier,  Martin Berlugue, Arnaud “Vial” de Bosredon, Charles Delaporte, Lucas Saint-Cricq, Luis Calderon, Hugues Payen and Camile Chapelière.

Personnel:

  • Zoé Colotis – lead and chorus vocals
  • Paul-Marie Barbier – piano, percussion, vibraphone
  • Luis Calderon – piano, synthesizer, mastering
  • Arnaud “Vial” de Bosredon – synthesizer, acoustic and electric guitar, chorus vocal, saxophones, drum programming, mixing
  • Charles Delaporte – synthesizer, keyboard bass, electric bass, contrabass, drum programming, backing vocals 
  • Camile Chapelière – saxophone
  • Lucas Saint Cricq – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, violin
  • Martin Berlugue – trombone
  • Hugues Payen – violin
  • Robin Mansanti – chorus vocals
  • Ella Washington – lead vocals
  • Aurélien – editing

Track listing:

All tracks by Arnaud de Bosredon.

  1. Mad
  2. Mirrors
  3. 81 Special
  4. Raccoons
  5. Avalanches
  6. Reverse
  7. Fool
  8. Spirits
  9. Blonde Dynamite
  10. Portobello
  11. City Cook
  12. Vita Rose

D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings: Troika

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On February 25, 2022, “InsideOut Music” label released “Troika”, album by Nick D’Virgilio, Neal Morse and Ross Jennings, under the moniker D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings.

Personnel:

  • Ross Jennings – vocals, 6 & 12-string acoustic guitar, lead electric guitar, synthesizer
  • Neal Morse – vocals, acoustic, bass, fretless bass, slide and electric guitar, organ, melodica, electric piano, mandolin
  • Nick D’Virgilio – vocals, drums, percussion, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, mellotron
  • Tony Levin – bass

Track listing:

  1. Everything I Am – Neal Morse
  2. Julia – Ross Jennings, Neal Morse
  3. You Set My Soul on Fire – Nick D’Virgilio
  4. One Time Less – Neal Morse
  5. Another Trip Around the Sun – Ross Jennings
  6. A Change Is Gonna Come – Neal Morse
  7. If I Could – Nick D’Virgilio
  8. King for a Day – Ross Jennings
  9. Second Hand Sons – Neal Morse
  10. My Guardian – Nick D’Virgilio
  11. What You Leave Behind – Neal Morse
  12. Julia (alternative version) – Ross Jennings

White Lies: As I Try Not to Fall Apart

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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.

Personnel:

  • Harry McVeigh – lead vocal, guitar, keyboards
  • Charles Cave – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Jack Lawrence-Brown – drums, percussion
  • Richie Kennedy – engineer
  • James Mellor – engineer
  • Darren Lawson – engineer
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Claude Vause – studio assistant
  • Ed Farrell – studio assistant
  • Annelise Keestra – design

Track listing:

  1. Am I Really Going to Die
  2. As I Try Not to Fall Apart
  3. Breathe
  4. I Don’t Want to Go to Mars
  5. Step Outside
  6. Roll December
  7. Ragworm
  8. Blue Drift
  9. The End
  10. There Is No Cure for It

Shonen Knife: Our Best Place

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On February 15, 2023, “Good Charamel” label released “Our Best Place”, the 24th Shone Knife album. It was recorded in 2022, in Osaka, Japan, and was produced by Good Charamel and P-Vine.

Personnel:

  • Naoko Yamano – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Atsuko Yamano – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Risa Kawano – lead and backing vocals, drums
  • Naru Ishizuka – bass guitar, backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Mujinto Rock
  2. Nice Day
  3. The Story of Baumkuchen
  4. Vamos Taquitos
  5. Spicy Veggie Curry
  6. Girl’s Rock” (2023 Version)
  7. Afternoon Tea
  8. Ocean Sunfish
  9. Better
  10. Just a Smile

Pierce The Veil: The Jaws of Life

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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.

Personnel:

  • Vic Fuentes – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Tony Perry – guitar
  • Jaime Preciado – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, programming, engineer
  • Brad Hargreaves – drums, percussion
  • Paul Meany – keyboards, percussion, engineer, executive producer
  • Leila Birch – spoken word
  • Chloe Moriondo – vocals
  • Colin Brittain – engineer
  • Sannkaed – engineer
  • Adam Hawkins – mixing
  • David Garcia Marino – editing, engineer assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Henry Lunetta – mixing assistant
  • Steven Williamson – mixing assistant
  • Tension Division – art direction, design
  • Natasha Wiseman – photography

Track listing:

  1. Death of an Executioner – Vic Fuentes, Jaime Preciado, Paul Meany, Tony Perry. Colin Holbrook, Curtis Peoples
  2. Pass the Nirvana – Vic Fuentes, Paul Meany, Curtis Peoples, David Dahlquist, Pat Morrissey
  3. Even When I’m Not with You – Vic Fuentes
  4. Emergency Contact – Vic Fuentes, Curtis Peoples
  5. Flawless Execution – Vic Fuentes, Paul Meany
  6. The Jaws of Life – Vic Fuentes, Curtis Peoples, David Dahlquist, Pat Morrissey
  7. Damn the Man, Save the Empire – Vic Fuentes, Curtis Peoples, Paul Meany, Mike Fuentes
  8. Resilience – Vic Fuentes, Collin Brittain, Curtis Peoples
  9. Irrational Fears (Interlude) – Jaime Preciado
  10. Shared Trauma – Vic Fuentes, Jaime Preciado
  11. So Far So Fake – Vic Fuentes, Jaime Preciado, Pail Meany, Curtis Peoples, Steve Solomon
  12. 12 Fractures 0 Vic Fuentes, Curtis Peoples

The Go! Team: Get up Sequences Part Two

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On February 3, 2023, “Memphis Industries” label released “Get up Sequences Part Two”, the seventh The Go! Team studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Church Road Studio”, “Howard RD”, “Studio 95” in Brighton, England, “Tempermill Studio” in Detroit, Michigan, and was produced by Ian Parton.

Personnel:

  • Ian Parton – vocals, guitars, mixing
  • Niadzi Muzira – vocals, guitars, percussion
  • Sam Dook – guitars
  • Adam Znaidi – bass guitar
  • Jaleesa Gemerts – drums, percussion
  • Ninja – vocals, drums
  • Deanna Wilhelm – vocals, trumpet
  • IndigoYaj – backing vocals
  • Jessie Miller – backing vocals
  • Nitty Scott – backing vocals
  • Star Feminine Band – backing vocals
  • Rian Woods – backing vocals
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Luke Insect –design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Parton, except where noted.

  1. Look Away, Look Away – Ian Parton, André Balaguemon
  2. Divebomb
  3. Getting to Know (All the Ways We’re Wrong for Each Other)
  4. Stay and Ask Me in a Different Way
  5. The Me Frequency – Ian Parton, André Balaguemon
  6. Whammy-O – Ian Parton, Nitty Scott
  7. But We Keep On Trying
  8. Sock It to Me
  9. Going Nowhere
  10. Gemini
  11. Train Song
  12. Baby

The Waeve: Same

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On February 3, 2023, “Transgressive” label released the self-titled, debut Waeve (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Graham Coxon, Rose Elinor Dougall and James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Graham Coxon – lead vocals, saxophone, guitar, recording
  • Rose Elinor Dougall – lead vocals
  • James Ford – additional instruments, mixing, additional production
  • Elysian Quartet – strings

Track listing:

All tracks by Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall.

  1. Can I Call You
  2. Kill Me Again
  3. Over and Over
  4. Sleepwalking
  5. Drowning
  6. Someone Up There
  7. All Along
  8. Undine
  9. Alone and Free
  10. You’re All I want to Know