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Interpol: The Other Side Of Make Believe

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On July 15, 2022, “Matador” label released “The Other Side of Make Believe”, the seventh Interpol studio album. It was recorded September 2021 – January 2022, at “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by Mark “Fllod” Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Paul Banks – vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Daniel Kessler – lead guitar, piano
  • Sam Fogarino – drums
  • Flood – guest vocals
  • Richie Kennedy – guest vocals
  • Juliet Seger – guest vocals
  • Jacob Tressider – guest vocals
  • Richie Kennedy – recording, additional production
  • Ed Farrell – engineer assistant
  • Tom Herbert – mixing
  • Alan Moulder – mixing, additional production
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Jacob Tressider – studio assistant
  • Undercard (Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina) – artwork
  • Tim Head – front cover art
  • Nicolas Ortega – rear cover art
  • Atiba Jefferson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Banks, Sam Fogarino and Daniel Kessler.

  1. Toni
  2. Fables
  3. Into the Night
  4. Mr. Credit
  5. Something Changed
  6. Renegade Hearts
  7. Passenger
  8. Greenwich
  9. Grand Hotel
  10. Big Shot City
  11. Go Easy (Palermo)

Johnny Blue Skies: Passage du Desir

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On July 12, 2024, “High Top Mountain” label released “Passage du Desir”, the eight Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson) album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Abbey Road” in London, “Clement House” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by David R. Ferguson and Sturgill Simpson.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Blue Skies – vocals, guitar, mixing, photography
  • Jake Bugg – acoustic guitar
  • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
  • Sierra Hull – mandolin, siren
  • Mike Rojas – accordion, keyboards, melodica
  • Steve Mackey – bass guitar
  • Fred Eltringham – drums, percussion
  • Matt Combs – strings
  • Sean Sullivan – engineer
  • Cameron Davidson – engineer assistant 
  • Ed Farrell – engineer assistant
  • David R. Ferguson – mixing
  • David Glasser – mastering
  • Fetzer Design – art direction
  • Dreez Nutz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Blue Skies.

  1. Swamp of Sadness
  2. If the Sun Never Rises Again
  3. Scooter Blues
  4. Jupiter’s Faerie
  5. Who I Am
  6. Right Kind of Dream
  7. Mint Tea
  8. One for the Road

Ride: Interplay

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On March 29, 2024, “Wichita” label released “Interplay”, the seventh Ride studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “OX4” in Oxford, “Vade” in Alcester, “Battery” in London, and was produced by Richie Kennedy.

Personnel:

  • Andy Bell – vocals, guitar
  • Mark Gardener – vocals, guitar, engineer
  • Steve Queralt – bass
  • Loz Colbert – drums
  • Richie Kennedy – engineer, programming
  • Ed Farrell – engineer
  • Justin Tressider – engineer
  • George Perks – engineer assistant
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Laura Taylor – creative direction
  • Cal Bain – design, artwork
  • Andreas Brooks – design, artwork
  • Cal McIntyre – photography

Track listing:

  1. Peace Sign – Mark Gardener, Andy Bell, Steve Queralt, Loz Colbert
  2. Last Frontier – Andy Bell
  3. Light in a Quiet Room – Andy Bell, Steve Queralt
  4. Monaco – Mark Gardener, Steve Queralt
  5. I Came to See the Wreck – Mark Gardener, Steve Queralt
  6. Stay Free – Andy Bell
  7. Last Night I Went Somewhere to Dream – Andy Bell, Laurence Colbert
  8. Sunrise Chaser – Mark Gardener, Andy Bell, Laurence Colbert
  9. Midnight Rider – Andy Bell
  10. Portland Rocks – Andy Bell, Steve Queralt
  11. Essaouira – Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Steve Queralt, Loz Colbert
  12. Yesterday Is Just a Song – Andy Bell

White Lies: As I Try Not to Fall Apart

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On February 18, 2022, “PIAS” label released “As I Try Not to Fall Apart”, the sixth White Lies studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Ed Buller, Claudius Mittendorfer, Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown.

Personnel:

  • Harry McVeigh – lead vocal, guitar, keyboards
  • Charles Cave – bass guitar, keyboards
  • Jack Lawrence-Brown – drums, percussion
  • Richie Kennedy – engineer
  • James Mellor – engineer
  • Darren Lawson – engineer
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Claude Vause – studio assistant
  • Ed Farrell – studio assistant
  • Annelise Keestra – design

Track listing:

  1. Am I Really Going to Die
  2. As I Try Not to Fall Apart
  3. Breathe
  4. I Don’t Want to Go to Mars
  5. Step Outside
  6. Roll December
  7. Ragworm
  8. Blue Drift
  9. The End
  10. There Is No Cure for It

The Pretenders: Relentless

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On September 15, 2023, “Parlaphone” label released “Relentless”, the twelfth Pretenders (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Battery Studios” and “Studio Bruxo” in London, and was produced by David Wrench.

Personnel:

  • Chrissie Hynde – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, finger snaps
  • James Walbourne – electric guitar, bass, Mellotron, piano, organ, finger snaps, EBow guitar, Rhodes piano, Logan String Melody keyboard, backing vocals
  • Carwyn Ellis – acoustic guitar, organ, Mellotron, Ace Tone
  • Chris Hill – bass, upright bass
  • Dave Page – bass
  • Kris Sonne – drums, tambourine, finger snaps, backing vocals
  • David Wrench – bongos, finger snaps, Moog One synthesizer, Tempest drum machine, Space Echo effects, backing vocals
  • Jonny Greenwood – string arrangements
  • 12 Ensemble – strings
  • Grace Banks – engineer
  • Ed Farrell – engineer assistant
  • Jamie Sprosen – engineer assistant
  • Graeme Stewart – string engineering
  • Omri Katan – string engineering assistant
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Stuart Crouch Creative – design, artwork
  • Solus – cover graffiti

Track listing:

All tracks by Chrissie Hynde and James Walbourne.

  1. Losing My Sense of Taste
  2. A Love
  3. Domestic Silence
  4. The Copa
  5. Promise of Love
  6. Merry Widow
  7. Let the Sun Come In
  8. Look Away
  9. Your House Is on Fire
  10. Kust Let Go
  11. Vainglorious
  12. I Think About You Daily

PJ Harvey: I Inside The Old Year Dying

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On July 7, 2023, “Partisan” label released “I Inside the Old Year Dying”, the tenth PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded January – February 2022, at “Battery Studios” in London, and was produced by John Parish, Flood and Rob Kirwan.

Personnel:

  • PJ Harvey – vocals, nylon string guitar, steel string guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, bass guitar, piano, Rhodes piano, bass clarinet, drawings, inner sleeve photography
  • John Parish – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, drums, percussion, Rhodes piano, synth, variophon, trombone, bass guitar, mixing
  • Cecil – field recording samples, voice samples, bass keyboards, keyboards, synth, piano, loop creations, additional recording
  • Flood – synth, field recording samples, effects, pedals, loop creations, sonic disturbance, mixing
  • Ben Whishaw – backing vocals
  • Colin Morgan – backing vocals
  • Rob Kirwan – recording, mixing
  • Oliver Baldwin – additional recording
  • Sam Petts-Davies – original recordings of Ben Whishaw and Colin Morgan
  • Ed Farrell – engineer assistant
  • Jacob Zinzan – 2nd engineer assistant
  • Jason Mitchell – mastering
  • Jasdaface – lacquer cut by
  • Michelle Henning – art direction, design, front cover photography
  • Todd Lynn – back cover portrait – dress by
  • Kieran Tudor – back cover portrait – hair by
  • Rob Crane – additional design, typesetting
  • Steve Gullick – portrait and studio photograph
  • Brian Whar – portrait and studio photography assisted by
  • Sumit Bothra – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by PJ Harvey.

  1. Prayer at the Gate
  2. Autumn Term
  3. Lonesome Tonight
  4. Seem and I
  5. The Nether -edge
  6. I Inside the Old Year Dying
  7. All Souls
  8. A Child’s Question, August
  9. I Inside the Old I Dying
  10. August
  11. A Child’s Question, July
  12. A Noiseless Noise