Tag Archives: 2024

Pixies: The Night The Zombies Came

On October 25, 2024, “BMG Rights Management” label released “The Night the Zombies Came”, the ninth Pixies studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Tom Dalgety.

Personnel:

  • Black Francis – lead vocals, guitar
  • Joey Santiago – guitar, backing vocals
  • Emma Richardson – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • David Lovering – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Tom Dalgety – engineer, mixing
  • Robin Schmidt – mastering
  • Dave Snyder – engineer assistant
  • Matt Hall – engineer assistant
  • Joe Jones – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Black Francis, except where noted.

  1. Primrose
  2. You’re So Impatient
  3. Jane (The Night the Zombies Came)
  4. Chicken
  5. Hypnotised -Joey Santiago, Black Francis
  6. Johnny Good Man
  7. Motoroller
  8. I Hear You Mary – Joey Santiago, Black Francis
  9. Oyster Beds
  10. Mercy Me
  11. Ernest Evans
  12. Kings of the Prairie
  13. The Vegas Suite

Laura Marling: Patterns In Repeat

On October 25, 2024, “Chrysalis” label released “Patterns in Repeat”, the eighth Laura Marling studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at Marling’s home studio in London, “Bert Jansch Studio” in London, “Smilo Sound” in New York, and was produced by Dom Monks and Laura Marling.

Personnel:

  • Laura Marling – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano, electric piano, Mellotron, bass, soft synths, string machine, artwork
  • Nick Pini – double bass 
  • Dom Monks – synth bass, triangle, drum, cymbal, bouzouki, engineer, mixing
  • Fred Wordsworth – horns
  • Rob Moose – violin, viola, string arrangements, engineer
  • Harry Fausing Smith – violin
  • Henry Rankin – viola, violin
  • Katt Newlon – cello
  • Buck Meek – backing vocals
  • Maudie Marling – backing vocals
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Rob Shuttleworth – design
  • Tamsin Topolski – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Marling, except where noted.

  1. Child of Mine
  2. Patterns
  3. Your Girl
  4. No One’s Gonnna Love You Like I Can
  5. The Shadows
  6. Interlude (Time Passages)
  7. Caroline
  8. Looking Back – Laura Marling, Charlie Marling
  9. Lullaby
  10. Patterns in Repeat – Laura Marling, George Jephson
  11. Lullaby (instrumental)

The Offspring: Supercharged

On October 11, 2024, “Concord” label released “Supercharged”, the eleventh Offspring (The) studio album. It was recorded September 2022 – May 2024, at “D-13” in Huntington Beach, “Plantation” and “A’ala” in Maui, “The Warehouse” in Vancouver, and was produced by Bob Rock.

Personnel:

  • Dexter Holland – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Noodles – guitar
  • Jonah Nimoy – keyboards
  • Todd Morse – bass
  • Brandon Pertzborn – drums
  • Bob Rock – guitar, backing vocals
  • Adam Greenholtz – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Dave Pierce – strings, keyboards
  • Rebecca Shoichet – additional vocals
  • Adam Garrett – backing vocals
  • Bob Rock – mixing
  • Adam Greenholtz – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Annie Kennedy – engineer assistant
  • Theo Wagner – engineer assistant
  • Ryan Enockson – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Hogan – engineer assistant
  • Andrew Fowler – engineer assistant
  • John Dibiasi – engineer assistant
  • Eric Helmkamp – additional recording
  • Daveed Benito – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Dexter Holland.

  1. Looking Out for #1
  2. Light It Up
  3. The Fall Guy
  4. Make It All Right
  5. OK, but This Is the Last Time
  6. Truth in Fiction
  7. Come to Brazil
  8. Get Some
  9. Hanging by a Thread
  10. You Can’t Get There from Here

The Linda Lindas: No Obligation

On October 11, 2024, “Epitaph” label released “No Obligation”, the second Linda Lindas (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Henson Recording”, “Sunset Sound” and “Music Friends Studios” in Los Angeles. and was produced by Carlos de la Garza.

Personnel:

  • Bela Salazar – vocals, guitar
  • Lucia de la Garza – vocals, guitar
  • Eloise Wong – vocals, bass guitar, piano
  • Mila de la Garza – vocals, drums, percussion
  • “Weird Al” Yankovic – accordion
  • Kye Palmer – trumpet
  • India Anderson – tuba
  • Carlos de la Garza – engineer, mixing
  • Mark Aguilar – engineer
  • Harriet Tam – engineer
  • Alec Wingfield – engineer
  • Jordan Kulp – engineer
  • Sergio Chavez – engineer
  • Dave Collins – mastering
  • Bobb Bruno – guitar technician
  • Spencer Lere – drum technician
  • Eloise Wong – art
  • Wendy Lau – design
  • Zen Sekizawa – art photography
  • Jessie Cowan – band portrait
  • Kiki Stash – outfits
  • Faye Aguilar – hair, makeup

 Track listing:

All tracks by Bela Salazar, Lucia de la Garza, Eloise Wong and Mila de la Garza, except where noted.

  1. No Obligation – Eloise Wong
  2. All in My Head – Lucia de la Garza
  3. Lose Yourself
  4. Too Many Things
  5. Once Upon a Time – Lucia de la Garza
  6. Yo Me Estreso – Bela Salazar
  7. Cartographers – Eloise Wong
  8. Don’t Think – Lucia de la Garza
  9. Resolution/Revolution
  10. Nothing Would Change – Lucia de la Garza, Mila de la Garza
  11. Excuse Me – Eloise Wong
  12. Stop

The Smile: Cutouts

On October 4, 2024, “XL Recordings” label released “Cutouts”, the third Smile (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Sam Petts – Davies.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – voice, guitars, bass, piano, synthesizers, artwork, design
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitars, bass, piano, synthesizers, cello, MaxMSP, orchestral arrangements
  • Tom Skinner – vocals, drums, synthesizers, percussion
  • Robert Stillman – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Pete Wareham – baritone saxophone
  • London Contemporary Orchestra – strings
    • Hugh Brunt – conductor
    • Eloisa-Fleur Thom – leader
  • Joe Wyatt – recording, engineer assistant
  • Sam Petts-Davies – engineer, mixing
  • Oli Middleton – engineer
  • Tom Ashpitel – orchestral engineering, engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Pete Clements – studio technician
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Thom Yorke, all music by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner.

  1. Foreign Spies
  2. Instant Psalm
  3. Zero Sum
  4. Colours Fly
  5. Eyes & Mouth
  6. Don’t Get Me Started
  7. Tiptoe
  8. The Slip
  9. No Words
  10. Bodies Laughing

Geordie Greep: The New Sound

On October 4, 2024, “Rough Trade” label released “The New Sound”, the debut Geordie Greep studio album. It was recorded September 2023 – March 2024, at “RAK”, “Fish Factory”, “Hermitage Works”, “New Sound” and “HOXA HQ” in London, “Estudio Do Tuto” and “Da Pá Virada” in Sao Paulo, and was produced by Seth Evans.

Personnel:

  • Geordie Greep – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, accordion, fretless bass, organ, electric piano, bass
  • Seth Evans – vocals and backing vocals, electric and upright bass, piano, talk box, oboe, percussion, horn arrangements, co–production
  • Paul Jones – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Daniel Rogerson – electric guitar
  • Deschanel Gordon – piano
  • Diarra Walcott–Ivanhoe – piano
  • Chicao Montorfano – electric piano
  • Fabio Sá – electric and upright bass
  • Michael Dunlop – electric and upright bass
  • John Jones – double bass
  • Thiaguinho Silva – drums, percussion
  • Andrei Martynchyk – drums
  • Morgan Simpson – drums
  • Giles King–Ashong – drums
  • Dennys Silva – percussion
  • Adé Eggún Crispin Robinson – percussion
  • Deji Ijishakin – saxophone
  • Billy Rowlatt – trumpet
  • Richard Leigh – trumpet
  • Freddie Wordsworth – trumpet
  • Joe Bristow – trombone
  • Matt Seddon – trombone
  • Nina Lim, Kuari May – violin
  • Freya Hicks – viola
  • Felix Stephens – cello
  • Felix Gonzalez – backing vocals
  • Felix Stephens – string arrangements
  • Harvey Grant – special arrangement for horns, piano, double bass, and vocal
  • Liam Hebb – engineer
  • Margo Broom – engineer
  • Nathan Ridley – engineer
  • Rafa Barreto – engineer
  • Sid Souza – engineer
  • Thiago “Big” Rabello – engineer
  • Victor Neri – engineer
  • Simone Gallazio – engineer
  • Tuto Ferraz – engineer
  • Nathan Boddy – mixing, mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Geordie Greep, except where noted.

  1. Blues
  2. Terra
  3. Holy, Holy
  4. The New Sound
  5. Walk Up
  6. Through a War – Geordie Greep, Seth Evans
  7. Bongo Season
  8. Motorbike – Geordie Greep, Seth Evans
  9. As If Waltz
  10. The Magician
  11. If You Are But a Dream – Jack Fulton, Moe Jaffe, Nal Bonx

Ezra Collective: Dance, No One’s Watching

On September 27, 2024, “Partisan” label released “Dance, No One’s Watching”. the third Ezra Collective studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Femi Koleoso, TJ Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison and Joe Armon-Jones.

Personnel:

  • Joe Armon-Jones – synthesiser
  • James Mollison – tenor saxophone
  • Ife Ogunjobi – trumpet
  • TJ Koleoso – bass
  • Femi Koleoso – drums
  • Yazmin Lacey – vocals
  • Olivia Dean – vocals
  • M.anifest – vocals
  • Moonchild Sanelly – vocals
  • David Wrench – mixing

Track listing:

All music by Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, and TJ Koleoso, except where noted.

  1. Intro
  2. The Herald
  3. Palm Wine
  4. Cloackroom Link Up (Act 1) – music by Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso, Matt Roberts
  5. God Gave Me Feet for Dancing – lyrics by Yazmin Lacey, Craigie Dodds
  6. Ajala
  7. The Traveller – music by Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso, Larry Heard
  8. In the Dance (Act 2) – music by Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso, Matt Roberts
  9. N29
  10. No One’s Watching Me – lyrics by Olivia Dean, music by Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso, Olivia Dean
  11. Our Element (Act 3) – music by Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso, Matt Roberts
  12. Hear My Cry – music by Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison,Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso, Gerald Peters, Marvia Providence
  13. Shaking Body
  14. Expensive
  15. Street Is Calling – lyrics by M.anifest, Moonchild Sanelly, music by M.anifest, Moonchild Sanelly, Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso
  16. Lights On (Act 4) – Femi Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison, Joe Armon-Jones, TJ Koleoso, Matt Roberts
  17. Why I Smile
  18. Have Patience
  19. Everybody

Xiu Xiu: 13 Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips

On September 27, 2024, “Polyvinyl” label released “13 Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips”, the fourteenth Xiu Xiu studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Nurse” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Angela Seo.

Personnel:

  • Jamie Stewart – vocals, guitar, bass, synthesisers, percussion, bajo quinto, drum machine
  • Angela Seo – vocals, synthesisers, organ, sheet metal, percussion, piano, autoharp
  • David Kendrick – drums, percussion
  • Soo Cho – violin
  • David Kim – violin
  • Min Kim – viola
  • John Lee – cello
  • Daniel Park – cello
  • John Congleton – mixing
  • Alan Douche – mastering
  • Janelle Abad – design

Track listing:

  1. Arp Omni
  2. Maestro One Chord
  3. Common Loon
  4. Pale Flower
  5. Veneficium
  6. Sleep Blvd.
  7. T.D.F.T.W.
  8. Bobby Bland
  9. Piña, Coconut & Cherry

Thurston Moore: Flow Critical Lucidity

On September 20, 2024, “The Daydream Library Series” label released “Flow Critical Lucidity”, the ninth Thurston Moore studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Total Refreshment Centre” in London, and was produced by Thurston Moore and Eva Marie Moore.

Personnel:

  • Thurston Moore – vocals, guitars
  • James Sedwards – guitars, organ, piano, glockenspiel
  • Deb Googe – bass
  • Jem Doulton – percussion
  • Jon Leidecker – electronics
  • Lætitia Sadier – backing vocals
  • Kristian Craig Robinson – recording
  • Margo Broom – mixing
  • Jamie Nares – artwork (Samurai Walkman)
  • Christian Killer Corless – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Radieux Radio (Eva Marie Moore), except where noted, all music by Thurston Moore.

  1. New in Town
  2. Sans Limites
  3. Shadow
  4. Hypnogram
  5. We Get It High
  6. Rewilding
  7. The Driver

Nubya Garcis: Odyssey

On September 20, 2024, “Concord Jazz” label released “Odyssey”, the second Nubya Garcia studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Kwes and Nubya Garcia.

Personnel:

  • Nubya Garcia – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Armon-Jones – keyboards
  • Daniel Casimir – double bass
  • Sam Jones – drums
  • Jansen Santana – percussion
  • Chineke! Orchestra – strings
  • Esperanza Spalding – vocals
  • Richie – vocals
  • Georgia Anne Muldrow – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Dawn
  2. Odyssey
  3. Solstice
  4. Set It Free
  5. The Seer
  6. Odyssey – Outerlude
  7. We Walk in Gold
  8. Water’s Path
  9. Clarity
  10. In Other Words Living
  11. Clarity – Outerlude
  12. Triumphance