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Geordie Greep: The New Sound

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

David Gilmour: Luck And Strange

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On September 6, 2024, “Sony Music” label released “Luck and Strange”, the fifth David Gilmour studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Medina Studio”, “Salvation Studios”, “British Grove Studios”, “Angel Studios”, “Astoria Studios”, “Iguana Studios”, and was produced by Gilmour and Charlie Andrew.

Personnel:

  • David Gilmour – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano, ukulele, bass guitar, Höfner bass, Farfisa organ, keyboards, Hammond organ, Leslie piano, Cümbüş, engineer, mixing
  • Richard Wright – electric piano, Hammond organ
  • Roger Eno – piano
  • Rob Gentry – synthesizer, keyboards, piano, organ
  • Guy Pratt – bass guitar
  • Tom Herbert – bass guitar
  • Steve DiStanislao – drums
  • Steve Gadd – drums, percussion
  • Adam Betts – percussion, djembe, drums
  • Edmund Aldhous – organist and director of music at Ely Cathedral
  • Angel Studios Orchestra
  • Will Gardner – orchestral arrangements
  • Ely Cathedral Choir – vocals
  • Angel Studios Choir – vocals
  • Romany Gilmour – lead and backing vocals, harp
  • Gabriel Gilmour – backing vocals
  • Charley Webb – backing vocals
  • Hattie Webb – backing vocals
  • Louise Marshall – backing vocals
  • Damon Iddins – engineer
  • Charlie Andrew – engineer, mixing
  • Matt Glasbey – engineer, mixing
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Andy Jackson – additional production
  • Luie Stylianou – additional production

Track listing:

All lyrics by Polly Samson, all music by David Gilmour, except where noted.

  1. Black Cat
  2. Luck and Strange
  3. The Piper’s Call
  4. A Single Spark
  5. Vita Brevis
  6. Between Two Points – lyrics by Roger Quigley, music by Mark Tranmer
  7. Dark and Velvet Nights
  8. Sings
  9. Scattered – David Gilmour, Charlie Gilmour, Polly Samson

Mercury Rev: Born Horses

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On September 6, 2024, “Bella Union” label released “Born Horses”, the tenth Mercury Rev album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Simon Raymonde, Grasshopper, Jesse Chandler. Jonathan Donahue and Marion Genser.

Personnel:

  • Jonathan Donahue – vocals, piano, arrangements, orchestration
  • Grasshopper – guitar, bells, omnichord, percussion, whistle, horn arrangements
  • Jesse Chandler – bass pedals, flute, mellotron, piano, tenor saxophone, vibraphone
  • Marion Genser – atmosphere, harmonium, organ, Prophet synthesizer, sounds
  • Chris Heitzman – electric bass, 12 String Acoustic guitar
  • Will Bryant – accordion, Hammond organ
  • Martin Keith – upright bass
  • Jeff Lipstein – drums
  • Thomas Green – saxophone
  • Danny Wayside – cornet
  • Megan Gould – violin
  • Peter Katis – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Marion Genser – artwork
  • David Clark Perry – packaging
  • Simon Raymonde – executive producer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jonathan Donahue, all music by Jesse Chandler, Jonathan Donahue, Marion Genser and Sean Mackowiak.

  1. Mood Swings
  2. Ancient Love
  3. Your Hammer, My Heart
  4. Patterns
  5. A Bird of No Address
  6. Born Horses
  7. Everything I Thought I Had Lost
  8. There’s Always Been a Bird in Me

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Wild God

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On August 30, 2024, “PIAS” label released “Wild God”, the eighteenth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded in 2024 at “Miraval” in Correns, in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in France, “Soundtree” in London, and was produced by Warren Ellis and Nick Cave.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – vocals, piano, backing vocals
  • Warren Ellis – synthesizer, piano, flute, violin, tenor guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • George Vjestica – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Martyn P. Casey – bass
  • Thomas Wydler – drums
  • Jim Sclavunos – vibraphone, percussion, backing vocals
  • Anita Lane – voice
  • Luis Almau – acoustic guitar
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Double R Collective – backing vocals
  • Carly Paradis – whistling

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nick Cave, all music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

  1. Song of the Lake
  2. Wild God
  3. Frogs
  4. Joy
  5. Final Rescue Attempt
  6. Conversion
  7. Cinnamon Horses
  8. Long Dark Night
  9. O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)
  10. As Waters Cover the Sea

Laurie Anderson: Amelia

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On August 30, 2024, “Nonesuch” label released “Amelia”, the eighth Laurie Anderson studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Canal Street Communications” in New York, “Besední dům” in Brno, Czech Republic, “Miraval Studios” in Correns, France, and was produced by Laurie Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Laura Phillips “Laurie” Anderson – lyrics, voice, keyboards, viola
  • Anohni Hegarty – vocals
  • Amelia Earhart – voice
  • Martha Mooke – viola
  • Marc Ribot – guitar
  • Tony Sherr – bass
  • Kenny Wollesen – percussion
  • Ryan Kelly – ukulele, recording
  • Rob Moose – violin, string arrangements
  • Dennis Russell Davies – conductor, string arrangements
  • Marie Petříková – concertmaster, first violin
  • Barbora Gajdošová – first violin
  • Jaromír Graffe – first violin
  • Kristýna Jungová – first violin
  • Jiří Kopecký – first violin
  • Vladimír Lžičař – first violin
  • Marie Pšenicová – first violin
  • Leoš Zavadilík – first violin
  • Radoslav Havlát – second violin
  • Jana Horáková – second violin
  • Dorothea Kellerová – second violin
  • Ludmila Netolická – second violin
  • Josef Ondrůj – second violin
  • Tomáš Vinklát – second violin
  • Petr Pšenica – principal viola, production assistant
  • Martin Heller – viola
  • Nadia Sirota – viola
  • Tomáš Kulík – viola
  • Karel Plocek – viola
  • Otakar Salajka – viola
  • Zbyněk Volf – viola
  • Pavla Jelínková – cello
  • Eva Kovalová – cello
  • Katarína Madariová – cello
  • Lukáš Svoboda – cello
  • Gabriel Cabezas – cello
  • Marek Švestka – principal double bass
  • Jaromír Gardoň – double bass
  • Vojtech Velíšek – double bass
  • Jaroslav Zouhar – recording
  • Damien Quintard – recording, mixing, mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Laurie Anderson.

  1. To Circle the World
  2. I See Something Shining
  3. Take-Off
  4. Aloft
  5. San Juan
  6. Brazil
  7. Crossing the Equator
  8. The Badlands
  9. Waves of Sand
  10. The Letter
  11. India and down to Australia
  12. This Modern World
  13. Flying at Night
  14. The Word for Woman Here
  15. Road to Mandalay
  16. Broken Chronometers
  17. Nothing But Silt
  18. The Wrong Way
  19. Fly Into the Sun
  20. Howland Island
  21. Radio
  22. Lucky Dime

Fontaines D. C.: Romance

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On August 23, 2024, “XL Recordings” label released “Romance”, the fourth Fontaines D.C. studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Grian Chatten – lead vocals, piano, guitar
  • Conor Curley – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass
  • Carlos O’Connell – guitar, Mellotron, Yamaha Reface, backing vocals
  • Conor Deegan III – co-lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Tom Coll – drums, percussion, guitar
  • James Ford – fuzz guitar, mixing
  • Freddy Woodsworth – keyboard arrangements
  • Anthony Cazade – engineer
  • Animesh Raval – strings recording engineer 
  • Samuel Borst – engineer assistant
  • Carlos O’Connell – art direction
  • Texas Maragh – art direction
  • Lulu Lin – cover images

Track listing:

All tracks by Grian Chatten, Conor Curley, Carlos O’Connell, Conor Deegan and Tom Coll, except where noted.

  1. Romance
  2. Starbuster
  3. Here’s the Thing
  4. Desire
  5. In the Modern World
  6. Bug
  7. Motorcycle Boy
  8. Sundowner – Grian Chatten, Conor Curley
  9. Horseness Is the Whatness – Carlos O’Connell
  10. Death Kink
  11. Favourite