Tag Archives: 2025

Pulp: More

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On June 6, 2025, “Rough Trade” label released “More”, the eighth Pulp studio. It was recorded in 2024, at “Orbb” in London, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Jarvis Cocker – vocals, Dobro, acoustic and classical guitar, guitar, Wurlitzer piano, Korg Trident, original landscape and studio shot photography, cover concept
  • Mark Webber – guitar, electric guitar, piano
  • Candida Doyle – Farfisa keyboard, piano, Solina, synth, Korg Trident synth
  • Nick Banks – drums, Synare
  • Brian Eno, Cecily Eno, Darla Eno, Irial Eno, Lotti Eno – vocals
  • Richard Hawley – acoustic guitar
  • Chilly Gonzales – piano
  • Animesh Raval – piano, Wurlitzer 
  • Serafina Steer – keyboard
  • Emma Smith – violin, 12 string Vox guitar, choir and backing vocals, string arrangements,
  • Rich Jones – conductor, string arrangements, viola, piano, keyboards
  • Jennymay Logan – violin, choir vocals
  • Paloma Deike, Phil Granell, Rosie Tompsett – violin
  • Mandhira de Saram, Patrick Dawkins, Ros Stephen – violin
  • Freya Goldmark – violin
  • Chihiro Ono – violin
  • Flora Curzon – violin, choir vocals
  • Shelley Britton, Zami Jalil – viola, choir vocals
  • Charlotte Stock – viola, choir vocals
  • Jordan Bergmans – viola
  • Laura Moody – cello, choir vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Sergio de Serra – cello
  • David Kadumukasa – cello, choir vocals
  • Val Welbanks – cello
  • Sam Becker – double bass
  • Andrew McKinney – bass
  • Jason Buckle – electronics, guitar
  • Adem Ilhan, Leo Chadburn, Mara Carlyle, Matthew Kerr – choir vocals
  • Adam Betts – Synare, percussion
  • Animesh Raval – engineer, mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Julian House – design, image creation
  • Rankin – cover band cut-outs
  • Tom Jackson – LP back cover band and book back cover portrait
  • Ashley Bayston – studio painting

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jarvis Cocker, music by Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Mark Webber, Jason Buckle, Andrew McKinney, and Emma Smith, with additional composers noted.

  1. Spike Island – additional composer Adam Betts
  2. Tina – additional composer Adam Betts
  3. Grown Ups – additional composer Steve Mackey
  4. Slow Jam – additional composer Serafina Steer
  5. Farmers Market
  6. My Sex – additional composer Adam Betts
  7. Git to Have Love – additional composer Adam Betts, Nick Ingman, Steve Mackey
  8. Background Noise
  9. Partial Eclipse – Serafina Steer
  10. The Hymn of the North – Adam Betts
  11. A Sunset – lyrics with The Earth, additional composer Richard Hawley

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

Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe: Lateral

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

Personnel:

  • Brian Eno – synthesizers, keyboards, design
  • Beatie Wolfe: guitars, synthesizers, keyboards, design
  • Dean Martin Hovey – mastering
  • Nick Robertson – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno.

  1. Big Empty Country (Day)
  2. Big Empty Country (Night)

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

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

The Flower Kings: Love

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On May 2, 2025, “Inside Out Music” label released “Love”, the seventeenth Flower Kings (The) album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Roine Stolt.

Personnel:

  • Roine Stolt – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Hasse Fröberg – lead vocals, guitar
  • Lalle Larsson – keyboards, Mellotron, organ, piano, synthesizer
  • Michael Stolt – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer
  • Mirko DeMaio – drums, percussion
  • Aliaksandr Yasinski – accordion
  • Jannica Lund – vocals
  • Hasse Bruniusson – percussion
  • Lars Hallbäck – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Roine Stolt, except where noted.

  1. We Claim the Moon
  2. The Elder
  3. How Can You Leave Us Now?
  4. World Spinning – Lalle Larsson
  5. Burning Both Edges
  6. The Rubble
  7. Kaiser Razor
  8. The Phoenix
  9. The Promise
  10. Love Is
  11. Walls of Shame
  12. Consideration – lyrics by Michael Stolt, Jannica Lund, music by Michael Stolt

Suzanne Vega: Flying With Angels

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On May 2, 2025, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Flying with Angels”, the tenth Suzanne Vega studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “GB’s Juke Joint” in Queens, New York City, and was produced by Gerry Leonard.

Personnel:

  • Suzanne Vega – lead vocals, bass guitar
  • Gerry Leonard – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jamie Edwards – keyboards
  • Daniel Mintseris – keyboards
  • Jeff Hill – bass guitar
  • Aaron Johnston – drums
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals
  • Ruby Froom – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Speakers’ Corner – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  2. Flying with Angels – Suzanne Vega
  3. Witch – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  4. Chambermaid – Bob Dylan, Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  5. Love Thief – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  6. Lucinda – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  7. Last Train from Mariupol – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  8. Alley – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  9. Rats – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  10. Galway – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard