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Alabaster DePlume: A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole

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On March 7, 2025, “International Anthem” label released “A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole”, the seventh Alabaster DePlume album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Total Refreshment Centre” in London, and was produced by Alabaster DePlume.

Personnel:

  • Alabaster DePlume (Angus Fairbarn) – voice, tenor and baritone saxophone, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, synthesizers, engineer, recording
  • Conrad Singh – guitar
  • John Ellis – piano
  • Rozi Plain – bass guitar
  • Ruth Goller – voice, bass
  • Donna Thompson – voice, drums, vocal arrangements
  • Hannah Miller – cello
  • Macie Stewart – violin, string arrangements
  • Mikey Kenney – violin, voice
  • Momoko Gill – voice, drums, string arrangements
  • Kristian Craig Robinson – engineer, recording
  • Dave Vettraino – strings engineering
  • Dilip Harris – mixing
  • David Allen – mastering
  • Rebecca Salvadori – artwork
  • Aaron Lowell Denton – design, layout
  • Chris Almeida – portrait photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Angus Fairbarn, except where noted.

  1. Oh My Actual Days
  2. Thank You My Pain
  3. Invincibility
  4. Form a V
  5. A Paper Man
  6. Who Are You Telling, Gus
  7. Prayer for my Sovereign Dignity
  8. Kuzushi
  9. Salty Road Dogs Victory Anthem – Angus Fairbarn, Conrad Singh, Momoko Gill, Rozi Plain
  10. Too True
  11. That Was My Garden

Ben Frost: Scope Neglect

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On March 1, 2024, “Mute” label released “Scope Neglect”, the sixth Ben Frost studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Candybomber” in  Berlin Tempelhof Airport, and was produced by Ben Frost.

Personnel:

  • Ben Frost – performance
  • Liam Andrews – performance
  • Greg Kubacki – performance
  • Christian Wright – mastering
  • Form und Konzept – design
  • Tim Hecker – additional production
  • Carlos Boix – live production
  • Paul Corley – additional production
  • Lawrence English – additional production

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Frost.

  1. Lamb Shift
  2. Chimera
  3. The River of Light and Radiation
  4. 1993
  5. Turning the Prism
  6. Load Up on Guns, Bring Your Friends
  7. Tritium Bath
  8. Unreal in the Eyes of the Dead

Doves: Constellations For The Lonely

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On February 28, 2025, “EMI North” label released “Constellations for the Lonely”, the sixth Doves studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2024, at “Frank Bough Sound III” in Cheshire, England, and was produced by Dan Austin, Jim Goodwin, Jez Williams and Andy Williams.

Personnel:

  • Jimi Goodwin – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, guitar, drums; synthesizer, programming
  • Jez Williams – lead and backing vocals, guitar; bass guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, string arrangement, programming, mixing
  • Andy Williams – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards, harmonica, programming, samples
  • Martin Rebelski – keyboards
  • Fredrik Björling  – drums
  • Belinda Hammond – violin
  • Hannah Groarke-Young – violin
  • Jayne Coyle – viola
  • Elinor Gow – cello
  • Seadna McPhail – engineer
  • Martin King – engineer
  • Dan Austin – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams.

  1. Renegade
  2. Cold Dreaming
  3. In the Butterfly House
  4. Strange Weather
  5. A Drop in the Ocean
  6. Last Year’s Man
  7. Stupid Schemes
  8. Silent Teresa
  9. Orlando
  10. Southern Bell

Mary Halvorson: Cloudward

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On January 19, 2024, “Nonesuch” label released “Cloudward”, the 13th Mary Halvorson album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Sear Sound” in New York, and was produced by John Dieterich.

Personnel:

  • Mary Halvorson – guitars
  • Adam O’Farrill – trumpet
  • Jacob Garchik – trombone
  • Nick Dunston – double bass
  • Tomas Fujiwara – drums
  • Patricia Brennan – vibraphone
  • Laurie Anderson – violin

Track listing:

  1. The Gate
  2. The Tower
  3. Colapsing Mouth
  4. Unscrolling
  5. Desiderata
  6. Incarnadine
  7. Tailhead
  8. Ultramarine

Cast: Love Is The Call

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On February 16, 2024, “Cast” label released “Love Is the Call”, the seventh Cast studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Space Mountain Studios” in Granada, and was produced by Youth.

Personnel:

  • John Power – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass
  • Liam “Skin” Tyson – guitars, backing vocals
  • Keith O’Neill – drums, backing vocals
  • Manolo Iglesias Ferrer, Adrián Robles Sánchez, Antonio Parejo Ibáñez – brass section
  • Michael Randell – engineer
  • Eliot Verreux – engineer assistant
  • Charlie Russell – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by John Power.

  1. Bluebird
  2. First Smile Ever
  3. The Rain That Falls
  4. Faraway
  5. Love You Like I Do
  6. Love Is the Call
  7. Starry Eyes
  8. I Gave Been Waiting
  9. Look Around
  10. Time Is Like a River
  11. Tomorrow Call My Name

Grandaddy: Blu Wav

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On February 16, 2024, “Dangerbird” label released “Blu Wav”. the sixth Grandaddy studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Jason Lytle.

Personnel:

  • Jason Lytle – vocals, instrumentation, mixing, cover art
  • Max Hart – pedal steel guitar
  • Aaron Espinoza – recording
  • Tucker Martine – mixing
  • Ruairi O’Flaherty – mastering
  • Chris Pace – additional recording
  • Brian Rosemeyer – additional recording
  • Francie Chang – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Jason Lytle.

  1. Blu Wav
  2. Cabin in My Mind
  3. Long as I’m Not the One
  4. You’re Going to Be Fine and I’m Going to Hell
  5. Watercooler
  6. Let’s Put this Pinto on the Moon
  7. On a Train or Bus
  8. Jukebox App
  9. Yeehaw AI in the Year 2025
  10. Ducky, Boris and Dart
  11. East Yosemite
  12. Nothin’ to Lose
  13. Blu Wav Buh Bye

The Lumineers: Automatic

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On February 14, 2025, “Dualtone” label released “Automatic”, the fifth Lumineers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Utopia”, “Bearsville” in Woodstock, and was produced by David Baron, Simone Felice, Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites.

Personnel:

  • Wesley Schultz – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, stomps
  • Jeremiah Fraites – piano, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizers, drums, percussion, Rhodes, Mellotron, bass, sub-bass, programming, stomps
  • David Baron – synthesizers, engineer, mixing
  • Simone Felice – stomps, percussion, tambourine, backing vocals
  • Byron Isaacs – bass, upright bass, backing vocals
  • Megan Gould – violin, viola
  • Marlon Saunders – backing vocals
  • Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
  • Dorethea “Biti” Strauchan – backing vocals
  • Renée Hikari – engineer assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Will Borza – mastering
  • Brad Coletta – production assistant
  • Stephen “Ruff” Stewart – guitar technician
  • Derek Brown – drum technician
  • Scott Andrews – piano technician
  • Nicholas Sutton Bell – creative direction, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites.

  1. Same Old Song
  2. Asshole
  3. Strings
  4. Automatic
  5. You’re All I Got
  6. Plasticine
  7. Ativan
  8. Keys on the Table
  9. Better Day
  10. Sunflowers
  11. So Long

The Pineapple Thief: It Leads To This

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On February 9, 2024, “Kscope” label released “It Leads to This”, the fifteenth Pineapple Thief (The) studio album. It was recorded 2012 – 2023, at “Bourne Place” in London, “Soord Studios” in Yeovil, Somerset, England, and was produced by Bruce Soord.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars, mixing
  • Beren Matthews – additional guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mastering
  • Jon Sykes – bass, backing vocals
  • Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion, mixing
  • Beech – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Bruce Soord, all music by Gavin Harrison and Bruce Soord.

  1. Put It Right
  2. Rubicon
  3. It Leads to This
  4. The Frost
  5. All That’s Left
  6. Now It’s Yours
  7. Every Trace of Us
  8. To Forget

Joel Ross: Nublues

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On February 9, 2024, “Blue Note” label released “Nublues”, the fourth Joel Ross album. It was recorded in 2023, at “The Bunker Studio” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Walter Smith III and Joel Ross.

Personnel:

  • Joel Ross – vibraphone
  • Immanuel Wilkins – alto saxophone
  • Gabrielle Garo – flute
  • Jeremy Corren – piano
  • Kanoa Mendenhall – bass
  • Jeremy Dutton – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Joel Ross except where noted.

  1. Early
  2. Equinox – John Coltrane
  3. Mellowdee
  4. Chant – Gabrielle Garo, Joel Ross
  5. What Am I Waiting For?
  6. Bach (God the Father in Eternity
  7. Nublues – Joel Ross, Immanuel Wilkins, Jeremy Corren, Jeremy Dutton, Kanoa Mendenhall
  8. Ya Know?
  9. Evidence – Thelonious Monk
  10. Central Park West – John Coltrane

Helado Negro: Phasor

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On February 9, 2024, “4AD” label released “Phasor”, the eighth Helado Negro studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Helado Negro.

Personnel:

  • Helado Negro (Roberto Carlos Lange) – vocals, instrumentation, engineer, mixing
  • Sufjan Stevens – vocals, tone bells 
  • Opal Hoyt – vocals, piano
  • Jason Ajemian – bass
  • Andy Stack – bass
  • Jason Nazary – drums, percussion
  • Jason Trammell – drums, percussion
  • Benjamin Julia – drums, percussion
  • Matt Crum – drums, percussion
  • Savannah Harris – drums, percussion
  • Pinson Chanselle – drums, percussion
  • Rob Frye – drums, percussion
  • Zach Cooper – tempo consultation
  • Rachel Alina – mastering
  • Crystal Zapata – design
  • Kristi Sword – drawing
  • Sol Talamantes – inner sleeve photo

Track listing:

All tracks by Roberto Carlos Lange.

  1. LFO (Lupe Finds Oliveros)
  2. I Just Want to Wake Up With You
  3. Best of You and Me
  4. Colores Del Mar
  5. Echo Tricks Me
  6. Out There
  7. Flores
  8. Wish You Could Be Here
  9. Es Una Fantasia