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Greta Van Fleet: Starcatcher

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On July 21, 2023, “Lava” and “Republic” labels released “Starcatcher”, the third studio Greta Van Fleet studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2023, at “RCA Studio A” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Low Country South” in Savannah, Georgia, and was produced by Dave Cobb.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Kiszka – lead and backing vocals, harmonica
  • Jacob Kiszka – guitar, backing vocals
  • Samuel Kiszka – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Daniel Wagner – drums, backing vocals
  • Greg Gordon – engineer
  • Phillip Smith – additional engineering
  • Greg Gordon – mixing
  • Dave Cobb – mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Fate of the Faithful
  2. Waited all Your Life
  3. The Falling Sky
  4. Sacred the Thread
  5. Runway Blues
  6. The Indigo Streak
  7. Frozen Light
  8. The Archer
  9. Meeting the Master
  10. Farewell for Now

PJ Harvey: I Inside The Old Year Dying

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On July 7, 2023, “Partisan” label released “I Inside the Old Year Dying”, the tenth PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded January – February 2022, at “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by John Parish, Flood and Rob Kirwan.

Personnel:

  • PJ Harvey – vocals, nylon string guitar, steel string guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, bass guitar, piano, Rhodes piano, bass clarinet, drawings, inner sleeve photography
  • John Parish – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, drums, percussion, Rhodes piano, synth, variophon, trombone, bass guitar, mixing
  • Cecil – field recording samples, voice samples, bass keyboards, keyboards, synth, piano, loop creations, additional recording
  • Flood – synth, field recording samples, effects, pedals, loop creations, sonic disturbance, mixing
  • Ben Whishaw – backing vocals
  • Colin Morgan – backing vocals
  • Rob Kirwan – recording, mixing
  • Oliver Baldwin – additional recording
  • Sam Petts-Davies – original recordings of Ben Whishaw and Colin Morgan
  • Ed Farrell – engineer assistant
  • Jacob Zinzan – 2nd engineer assistant
  • Jason Mitchell – mastering
  • Jasdaface – lacquer cut by
  • Michelle Henning – art direction, design, front cover photography
  • Todd Lynn – back cover portrait – dress by
  • Kieran Tudor – back cover portrait – hair by
  • Rob Crane – additional design, typesetting
  • Steve Gullick – portrait and studio photograph
  • Brian Whar – portrait and studio photography assisted by
  • Sumit Bothra – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by PJ Harvey.

  1. Prayer at the Gate
  2. Autumn Term
  3. Lonesome Tonight
  4. Seem and I
  5. The Nether -edge
  6. I Inside the Old Year Dying
  7. All Souls
  8. A Child’s Question, August
  9. I Inside the Old I Dying
  10. August
  11. A Child’s Question, July
  12. A Noiseless Noise

Nicky Wire: Intimism

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On July 3, 2023, Nicky Wire self-released “Intimism”, his second studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Door to the River” in Caerleon, Wales, “Faster Studios” in Cardiff, Wales, and was produced by Loz Williams and Nicky Wire.

Personnel:

  • Nicky Wire – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, percussion
  • Dave Eringa – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Nicky Wire.

  1. Contact Sheets
  2. Ballad for the Baby Blue
  3. You Wear Your Broken Heart Like a Dress
  4. Migraine No. 1
  5. A Perfect Place to Grow
  6. White Mask
  7. Under California Skies
  8. Keeper of the Flame
  9. Tactical Retreat
  10. Migraine No.2
  11. Saudade
  12. As the Light Fades Away

Nothing But Thieves: Dead Club City

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On June 30, 2023, “Sony Music UK” label released “Dead Club City”, the fourth Nothing but Thieves studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Domenic Craik and Jonathan Gilmore.

Personnel:

  • Conor Mason – vocals
  • Dominic Craik – guitar, synthesizer, programming
  • Joe Langridge-Brown – guitar, backing vocals
  • Philip Blake – bass guitar
  • James Price – drums
  • Jonathan Gilmore – programming
  • Torre Florim – synthesizer, backing vocals, programming
  • Matt Johnson – synthesizer, programming
  • Freddy Williams – engineer
  • Mike Crossey – mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Luke Brickett – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Dominic Craik, Joseph Langridge-Brown and Conor Mason, except where noted.  “Welcome to the DCC” and “Members Only” co-written with Julian Emery and Jim Irvin.

  1. Welcome to DCC – Dominic Craik, Joseph Langridge-Brown, Conor Mason, Julian Emery, Jim Irvin.
  2. Overcome
  3. Tomorrow Is Closed
  4. Keeping You Around
  5. City Haunts
  6. Do You Love Me Yet?
  7. Members Only
  8. Green Eyes – Siena
  9. Foreign Language
  10. Talking to Myself
  11. Pop the Balloon

Lucinda Williams: Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart

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On June 30, 2023, “Highway 20 records” label released “Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart”, the 15th Lucinda Williams studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Tom Overby, Lucinda Williams and Ray Kennedy.

Personnel:

  • Lucinda Williams – vocals
  • Ray Kennedy – acoustic guitar, tambourine, Vox Continental organ, engineer, mixing
  • Travis Stephens – acoustic guitar
  • Stuart Mathis – electric guitar
  • Doug Pettibone – electric guitar, steel guitar
  • Joshua Grange – electric guitar
  • Derek Cruz – electric guitar
  • Stuart Mathis – electric guitar
  • Jim Oblon – electric guitar
  • Margo Price – tambourine, backing vocals
  • Reese Wynans – B3, piano, Vox Jaguar organ
  • Rob Clores – piano
  • Steve Mackie – bass
  • Steve Ferrone – drums
  • Fred Eltringham – drums
  • Will Sayles – drums
  • Lawrence Rothman – horns, chamberlin, Novachord, arrangements, strings recording
  • Angel Olsen – backing vocals
  • Jeremy Ivey – backing vocals
  • Siobhan Maher Kennedy – backing vocals
  • Buddy Miller – backing vocals
  • Sophie Gault – backing vocals
  • Bruce Springsteen – backing vocals
  • Patti Scialfa – backing vocals
  • Tommy Stinson – backing vocals
  • Daniel Bacigalupi – assistant
  • Phillip Smith – engineer assistant
  • Colin Lott – engineer assistant
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Andy West – design
  • Danny Clinch – photography

Track listing:

  1. Let’s Get the Band Back Together – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Jesse Malin
  2. New York Comeback – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Jesse Malin
  3. Last Call for the Truth – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  4. Jukebox – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Jesse Malin, Travis Stephens
  5. Stolen Moments – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby
  6. Rock n Roll Heart – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  7. This Is Not My Town – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  8. Hum’s Liquor – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  9. Where the Song Will Find Me – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  10. Never Gonna Fade Away – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby

The Baseball Project: Grand Salami Time

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On June 30, 2023, “Omnivore” label released “Grand Salami Time!”, the fourth Baseball Project (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Fidelitorium Recordings” in Kernersville, North Carolina, and was produced by Mitch Easter, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Mike Mills, Linda Pitmon and Steve Wynn.

Personnel:

  • Peter Buck – guitar
  • Scott McCaughey – lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Steve Wynn – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Mike Mills – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Linda Pitmon – drums, percussion
  • Steve Berlin – baritone saxophone
  • Mitch Easter – guitar, recording, mixing
  • Stephen McCarthy – lap steel guitar

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Wynn, except where noted.

  1. Grand Salami Time – Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey
  2. The Yips
  3. Screwball – Scott McCaughey
  4. Uncle Charlie – Peter Buck, Steve Wynn
  5. Journeyman – Peter Buck, Steve Wynn
  6. Erasable Man – Scott McCaughey
  7. New Oh in Town – Scott McCaughey
  8. Disco Demolition
  9. Stuff – Mike Mills
  10. The All or Nothings – Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey
  11. That’s Living
  12. 64 and 64 – Scott McCaughey
  13. Having Fun
  14. Fantasy Baseball Widow
  15. The Voice of Baseball – Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey

Swans: The Beggar

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On June 23, 2023. “Mute” label released “The Beggar”, the 16th Swans album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Candy Bomber” in Berlin, Germany, and was produced by Michael Gira.

Personnel:

  • Michael Gira – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, art concept, design
  • Kristof Hahn – vocals, lap steel guitar, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Christopher Pravdica – vocals, keyboards, bass guitar, sounds
  • Dana Schechter – vocals, lap steel guitar, piano, bass guitar, sounds
  • Larry Mullins – vocals, drums, percussion, vibraphone, piano, keyboards
  • Phil Puleo – vocals, drums, percussion, fujara, duduk
  • Norman Westberg – additional guitar
  • Ben Frost – piano, keyboards, synthesizer, electric guitar
  • Paul Walfisch – additional piano
  • Jeniffer Gira – backing vocals
  • Laura Carbone – backing vocals
  • Lucy Kruger – backing vocals
  • Ingo Krauss – engineer
  • Doug Henderson – mastering
  • Jasper – lacquer cut
  • Phil Puleo – layout
  • Paul A. Taylor – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Gira.

  1. Paradise
  2. The Beggar
  3. Los Angeles: City of Death
  4. The Parasite
  5. The Memorious
  6. Michael Is Done
  7. Why Can’t I Have What I Want Anytime That I Want?
  8. Unforming
  9. Ebbing
  10. No More of This

Geese: 3D Country

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On June 23, 2023, “Partisan” label released “3D Country”, the second Geese studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Cameron Winter – lead vocals. image editor, desifn
  • Foster Hudson – electric guitar
  • Gus Green – electric guitar
  • Dominic DiGesu – bass
  • Max Bassin – drums
  • Roope Rainisto – image editor, design
  • Ammy Shwartz – photography

Track listing:

  1. 2122
  2. 3D Country
  3. Cowboy Nudes
  4. I See Myself
  5. Undoer
  6. Crusades
  7. Gravity Blues
  8. Mysterious Love
  9. Domoto
  10. Tomorrow’s Crusade
  11. St. Elmo

Ben Howard: Is It?

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On June 16, 2023, “Island” label released “Is It?”, the fifth Ben Howard studio album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, at “Le Manoir de Léon in Léon” in Landes, France, “Real World Studios” in Box, Wiltshire, England, and was produced by Nathan Jenkins.

Personnel:

  • Ben Howard – vocals, guitar, electric guitar, aerophones, electro-acoustic realization
  • Nathan Jenkins – synthesizer, programming, backing vocals, drum programming, mixing
  • Mickey Smith – guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, baritone, tape realization, backing vocals
  • Nat Wason – guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Richard Thomas – piano, synthesizer, harmonium, backing vocals
  • James Arben – saxophone, bass clarinet, oboe
  • Raven Bush – strings
  • Michael McGoldrick – uilleann pipes, flute
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Bráulio Amado – artwork
  • Allan Wilson – photography
  • Roddy Bow – photography

Track listing:

  1. Couldn’t Make It Up – Ben Howard, Mickey Smith
  2. Walking Backwards – Ben Howard, Nathan Jenkins, Mickey Smith
  3. Days of Lantana – Ben Howard, Mickey Smith – contains a sample of “Trois Beaux Oiseaux De Paradis”, written by Maurice Ravel and performed by Linda Thompson
  4. Life in the Time – Ben Howard, Mike Smith
  5. Moonraker – Ben Howard, Nathan Jenkins, Mike Smith
  6. Richmond Avenue – Ben Howard, Michael McGoldrick, Mike Smith
  7. Interim of Sense – Ben Howard, Nathan Jenkins, Mike Smith
  8. Total Eclipse – Ben Howard, Mike Smith
  9. Spirit – Ben Howard, Nathan Jenkins, Mike Smith
  10. Little Planet – Ben Howard, Nathan Jenkins, Mike Smith

The Teskey Brothers Band: The Winding Way

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On June 16, 2023, “Ivy League” and “Decca” labels released “The Winding Way”, the third Teskey Brothers Band (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Eric J. Dubowsky.

Personnel:

  • Josh Teskey – vocals, guitar
  • Sam Teskey – lead guitar, backing vocals, additional engineering
  • Ben Peeler – lap steel guitar, dobro
  • Andrew Bruce – piano, organ
  • Olaf Scott – piano, organ
  • Fabian Hunter Shaw – bass
  • Justin Stanley – bass
  • Declan Kelly – drums
  • Evan Mannell – drums
  • Oscar Henfrey – drums
  • Charlie Woods, David Ralicke, Ellie Lamb, Harry Angus, Paul Williamson, Jordan Katz – horns
  • Blake Espy, Charlene Kwas, Emma Kummrow, Gared Crawford, Glenn Fischbach, Jonathan Kim, Karoline Menezes, Larry Gold, Leah Zeger, Luigi Mazzocchi, Michelle Packman, Natasha Colkett, Stevie Blacke, Yoshihiko Nakano – strings
  • Ryan Miller – strings
  • Eric J. Dubowsky – backing vocals, engineer
  • Joseph Fairburn – backing vocals
  • Wayne Connolly – engineer
  • Andy Lloyd-Russell – additional engineering
  • Nao Anzai – additional engineering
  • Paul Butler – mixing
  • Matt Curtin – mixing
  • Brian Lucey – mastering
  • Heino Leja – lacquer cut
  • Craig Kelly – artwork, design
  • Josh Diaz – artwork, design
  • Ian Laidlaw – photography
  • ‘Jimmi’ James Wright – photography

Track listing:

  1. I’m Leaving
  2. Oceans of Emotions
  3. Take My Heart
  4. London Bridge
  5. Carry Me Home
  6. Blind Without You
  7. Rich Man
  8. Remember the Time
  9. What Will Be