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Van Morrison: Remebering Now

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On June 13, 2025, “Exile Productions” and “Virgin” labels released “Remembering Now”, the 47th Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Van Morrison.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, saxophone
  • Dave Keary – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar, bouzouki, backing vocals
  • Richard Dunn – Hammond organ, Rhodes, backing vocals
  • Stuart McIlroy – piano
  • John McCullough – piano, Hammond organ
  • Nicky Scott – bass
  • Pete Hurley – bass
  • Colin Griffin – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Eamon Ferris – drums
  • Alan “Sticky” Wicket – percussion
  • Joanne Quigley – bandleader
  • Paul O’Reilly – saxophone
  • Mike Barkley – trumpet, saxophone
  • Seth Lakeman – violin
  • Fews Ensemble – strings
  • Crawford Bell – backing vocals
  • Dana Masters – backing vocals
  • Kelly Smiley – baritone and backing vocals
  • Jolene O’Hara – backing vocals
  • Pete Wallace – backing vocals
  • Chantelle Duncan – backing vocals
  • Teena Lyle – backing vocals
  • Ben McAuley – engineer, mixing
  • Tony Cousins – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Van Morrison.

  1. Down to Joy
  2. If It Wasn’t for Ray
  3. Haven’t Lost My Sense of Wonder
  4. Love, Lover and Beloved
  5. Cutting Corners
  6. Back to Writing Love Songs
  7. The Only Love O Ever Need Is Yours
  8. Once in a Lifetime Feelings
  9. Stomping Ground
  10. Memories and Visions
  11. When the Rains Came
  12. Colourblind
  13. Remembering Now
  14. Stretching Out

IZZ: Collapse The Wave

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On June 11, 2024, “Doone records” released “Collapse the Wave”, the 13th IZZ album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Underground Studios” in South Salem, New York, and was produced by Tom Galgano.

Personnel:

  • Tom Galgano – vocals, keyboards, arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Laura Meade – vocals, arrangements
  • Paul Bremner – acoustic and electric guitar, arrangements
  • John Galgano – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, arrangements
  • Brian Coralian – drums, electronic drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Greg DiMiceli – drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Joe Lambert – mastering
  • Julie Morris – cover art, animation
  • Diandra Muley – design
  • Uladzimir Taukachau – photography
  • Jonah Mejia – IZZ logo

Track listing:

  1. We Are the 3rd – lyrics by John Galgano, Tom Galgano, music by Brian Coralian, Greg DiMiceli, John Galgano, Laura Meade, Tom Galgano
  2. So Many Voices – Tom Galgano
  3. Brace for Impact – lyrics by John Galgano, Paul Bremner, music by Brian Coralian, John Galgano, Paul Bremner
  4. Deep Inside – John Galgano
  5. Collapse the Wave – lyrics by John Galgano, Tom Galgano, music by John Galgano, Paul Bremner, Tom Galgano
  6. Sometimes Sublime – lyrics by Paul Bremner, music by Laura Meade, Paul Bremner. Tom Galgano
  7. There’s Hope! – lyrics by Brian Coralian, Tom Galgano, music by Brian Coralian, Greg DiMiceli, Tom Galgano, John Galgano
  8. Brethren – music by Brian Coralian, Greg DiMiceli, Paul Bremner
  9. Not About Me – music by Tom Galgano
  10. Soak Up the Sunlight – lyrics by John Galgano, music by Greg Di Miceli, Tom Galgano
  11. And We Will Go – John Galgano

Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno: Luminal

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On June 6, 2025, “Verve” label released “Luminal”, album by Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno.

Personnel:

  • Beatie Wolfe – vocals, guitars, omnichord, synthesizers, keys, melodica, design
  • Brian Eno – synthesizers, keys, slide guitar, bass, Omnichord, backing vocals
  • Dean Martin Hovey – mastering
  • Jeff Powell – lacquer cut
  • Nick Robertson – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno.

  1. Milky Sleep
  2. Hopelessly at Ease
  3. My Lovely Day
  4. Play On
  5. Shhh
  6. Suddenly
  7. A Ceiling and a Lifeboat
  8. And Live Again
  9. Breath March
  10. Never Was It Now
  11. What We Are

Volbeat: God of Angels Trust

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On June 6, 2025, “Vertigo” label released “God of Angels Trust”, the ninth Volbeat studio album. It was recorded October – November 2024, and was produced by Jacob Hansen and Michael Poulsen.

Personnel:

  • Michael Poulsen – vocals, guitars
  • Kaspar Boye Larsen – bass
  • Jon Larsen – drums
  • Flemming C. Lund – lead guitar
  • Martin Pagaard Wolff – acoustic and lead guitar
  • Mia Maja – backing vocals
  • Tue Bayer – engineer
  • Jacob Hansen – mixing, mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Michael Poulsen, music as noted.

  1. Devils Are Awake – Michael Poulsen, Jon Larsen
  2. By a Monster Hand – Michael Poulsen
  3. Acid Rain – Michael Poulsen
  4. Demone Depression – Michael Poulsen
  5. In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan’s Spawn in a Dying World of Doom – Michael Poulsen
  6. Time Will Heal – Michael Poulsen
  7. Better Be Fueled Than Tamed – Michael Poulsen, Kasper Boye Larsen
  8. At the End of the Sirens – Michael Poulsen
  9. Lonely Fields – Michael Poulsen, Jon Larsen, Kasper Boye Larsen
  10. Enlighten the Disorder (By a Monster’s Hand Part 2) – Michael Poulsen

Kavus Torabi: The Banishing

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On May 3, 2024, “Believers Roast” label released “The Banishing”, the second Kavus Torabi studio album.

Personnel:

  • Kavus Torabi – guitar, bass, Fender Rhodes, Prophet synthesizer, santoor, vichitra veena, harmonium, snare, tambourine, ride cymbal, bass drum, autoharp, hand claps, double bass, guzheng, shakers, prayer bells, glockenspiel
  • Kate Davis – flute

Personnel:

  1. The Horizontal Man
  2. Snake Humanis
  3. Heart the Same
  4. A Thousand Blazing Chariots
  5. The Sweetest Demon
  6. Push the Faders
  7. Mountains of Glass
  8. Untethered

John McKiel: Hex

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On May 3, 2024, “You’ve Changed” label released “Hex”, the seventh Jon McKiel album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Jay Crocker and John McKiel.

Personnel:

  • Jon McKiel – vocals, instrumentation, recording
  • Jay Crocker – instrumentation, recording
  • Nicola Miller – saxophone
  • Paul Henderson – artwork, design
  • Harris Newman – mastering

Track listing:

All songs written by Jon McKiel, except where noted.

  1. Hex
  2. String
  3. Still Life
  4. The Fix
  5. Under Burden
  6. Memory Screen pt. 1
  7. Everlee
  8. Lady’s Mantle
  9. Concrete Sea – Terry Jacks
  10. Memory Screen pt. 2

James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Abstraction Is Deliverance

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On May 30, 2025, “Intakt Records” label released “Abstraction Is Deliverance”, album by James Brandon Lewis Quartet (the 17th James Brandon Lewis album overall). It was recorded in April 2024, at “Hardstudios” in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Personnel:

  • James Brandon Lewis – tenor saxophone, mixing
  • Aruán Ortiz – piano
  • Brad Jones – bass
  • Chad Taylor – drums
  • Michael Brändli – engineer, mixing
  • Patrick Lanfolt – mixing
  • Paul Bieri – artwork, design
  • Teju Cole – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by James Brandon Lewis, except where noted.

  1. Ware
  2. Per 7
  3. Even the Sparrow
  4. Remember Rosalind
  5. Abstraction Is Deliverance
  6. Multicellular Beings
  7. Mr. Crick
  8. Left Alone – Mal Waldron
  9. Polaris

Peter Murphy: Silver Shade

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On May 9, 2025, “Metropolis Records” label released “Silver Shade”, the tenth Peter Murphy studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Youth.

Personnel:

  • Peter Murphy – vocals
  • Youth – guitar, bass
  • Michael Rendall – keyboards, synthesizer, strings. programming, recording, mixing
  • Eddie Banda – synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming
  • Justin Chancellor – bass
  • Amir John Haddad – oud, bouzouki, acoustic and electric guitar, flamenco guitar, handclaps
  • Boy George – vocals
  • Trent Reznor – vocals
  • Danny Carey – drums, percussion
  • Emilio DiZefalo – violin
  • Tim Dawson – additional engineering
  • Lore Young – engineering assistant
  • Tim Debney – mastering
  • Robert Hakalski – cover art, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Peter Murphy and Martin Glover, except where noted.

  1. Swoon
  2. Hot Roy
  3. Sherpa
  4. Silver Shade – Peter Murphy, Paul Statham
  5. The Artroom Wonder
  6. Meaning of My Life
  7. Xavier New Boy
  8. Cochita is Lame – Peter Murphy, Kevin Haskins, Peter DiStefano, Eric Avery, Doug DeAngelis
  9. Soothsayer
  10. Time Waits – Peter Murphy, Mark Mason
  11. Sailmaker’s Charm
  12. Let the Flowers Grow – Peter Murphy, Boy George, Martin Glover

Counting Crows:Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!

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On May 9, 2025, “BMG” label released “Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!”, the eighth Counting Crows studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Vrian Deck.

Personnel:

  • Adam Duritz – lead and harmony vocals, piano
  • David Bryson – guitar, acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
  • David Immerglück – vocals, harmony vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin
  • Dan Vickrey – guitar, 12-string guitar, harmony vocals
  • Charlie Gillingham – keyboards, piano, Hammond B3 organ, Mellotron, harmony vocals
  • Millard Powers – bass guitar, harmony vocals
  • Jim Bogios – drums, percussion, harmony vocals
  • Curtis Watson – trumpet
  • Dave Drago – backing vocals
  • Neil Strauch – recording
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Meghan Foley – art direction
  • Beth Hoeckel – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Adam Duritz.

  1. With Love, From A-Z
  2. Spaceman in Tulsa
  3. Boxcars
  4. Virginia Through the Rain
  5. Under the Aurora
  6. The Tall Grass
  7. Elevator Boots
  8. Angel of 14th Street
  9. Bobby and the Rat-Kings

Arcade Fire: The Pink Elephant

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On May 9, 2025, “Columbia” label released “Pink Elephant”, the seventh Arcade Fire studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Win Butler, Régine Chassagne and Daniel Lanois.

Personnel:

  • Win Butler – vocals, backing vocals, synthesizer, acoustic and electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, Wurlitzer piano, organ, mellotron, bass guitar, drums, percussion, drum machine, theremin, cowbell; timpani, cymbals
  • Richard Reed Parry – electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Régine Chassagne – vocals, synthesizer, bass guitar, pedal steel guitar, theremin, mellotron, drums, bells, glockenspiel, timpani, programming
  • Tim Kingsbury – bass guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Jeremy Gara – drums, synthesizer
  • Daniel Lanois – pedal steel guitar, percussion
  • Dan Boeckner – electric guitar
  • Micah Nelson – electric guitar
  • Marley Mackey – synthesizer
  • Brian Blade – drums
  • Sarah Neufeld – violin
  • Gerardo “Jerry” Ordonez – engineer, mixing, co-production 
  • Eric Heigle – co-production, additional engineering
  • John Krischer – additional engineering
  • Maria Paula Mariño – engineer assistant
  • Emily Eck – engineer assistant
  • Marc Olivier-Germain – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne.

  1. Open Your Heart or Die Trying
  2. Pink Elephant
  3. Year of the Snake
  4. Circle of Trust
  5. Alien Nation
  6. Beyond Salvation
  7. Ride or Die
  8. I Love Her Shadow
  9. She Cries Diamond Tears
  10. Stuck in My Head