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Foster The People: Paradise State Of Mind

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On August 16, 2024, “Atlantic” label released “Paradise State of Mind”, the fourth Foster the People studio album. It was recorded 2022 – 2024, at “EastWest” in Hollywood, “The Church” in London, and was produced by Chrome Sparks, Paul Epworth, Mark Foster and Isom Innis.

Personnel:

  • Mark Foster – lead vocals, synthesizer, guitar, piano, bass, drums, percussion, engineer
  • Sean Cimino – guitar, slide guitar, synthesizer, programming
  • Isom Innis – piano, synthesizer, drums, programming, engineer
  • Jack Peñate – guitar, backing vocals, programming
  • Nikolaj Torp Larsen – organ, piano, synthesizer
  • Jherek Bischoff – double bass 
  • Jeremy Malvin – bass, synthesizer, programming
  • Paul Epworth – synthesizer, drums, backing vocals
  • Aaron Redfield – drums
  • Jacob Scesney – tenor and baritone vocals, Western concert flute, bass saxophone
  • Stewart Cole – chant vocal, trumpet, baritone horn, flugelhorn, synthesizer
  • Paul Jacob Cartwright – concert master
  • Alyssa Park – violin
  • Andrew Duckles – violin
  • Ina Veli – violin
  • Kerenza Peacock – violin
  • Luanne Homzy – violin
  • Paul Jacob Cartwright – violin
  • Zach Dellinger – violin
  • Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello
  • Lily Kershaw – backing vocals
  • Riley MacIntyre – programming
  • Jherek Bischoff – string arrangements
  • Chaz Sexton – engineer
  • Patrick Ford – engineer
  • Riley MacIntyre – engineer
  • Luke Pickering – engineer
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Mayumi Heider – engineer assistant
  • Matt Hansel – painting

Track listing:

  1. See You in the Afterlife – Mark Foster, Isom Innis, Riley McIntyre
  2. Lost in Space – Mark Foster, Ison Innis
  3. Yake Me Back – Mark Foster, Ison Innis
  4. Ket Go – Mark Foster, Sarah Aarons, Paul Epworth
  5. Feed Me – Mark Foster, Ison Innis
  6. Paradise State of Mind – Mark Foster, Paul Epworth, Jack Peñate
  7. Glitchzig – Mark Foster
  8. The Holy Shangri-La – Mark Foster, Paul Epworth, Riley McIntyre, Asa Taccone
  9. Sometimes I Wanna Be Bad – Mark Foster
  10. Chasing Low Vibrations – Mark Foster, Ison Innis, Jeremy Malvin
  11. A Diamond to Be Born – Mark Foster, Ison Innis

Iron & Wine: Light Verse

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On April 26, 2024, “Sub Pop” label released “Light Verse”, the seventh Iron & Wine studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Waystation” in Los Angeles, “Silent Zoo Studios” in Glendale, California, and was produced by Sam Beam.

Personnel:

  • Sam Beam – vocals, guitar, art direction, artwork
  • Fiona Apple – vocals
  • David Garza – guitar, Zither, kalimba
  • Paul Cartwright – guitar, strings
  • Tyler Chester – piano, organ
  • Sebastian Steinberg – bass
  • Stephanie Payne – contrabass
  • Steve Pfifer – contrabass
  • Elizabeth Goodfellow, Griffin Goldsmith, Kyle Crane – drums, percussion
  • Aiko Richter, Alyssa Park, Andrew Bulbrook, Anna Kostyuchek, Ashoka Thiagarajan, Chris Woods, Ina Veli, Kerenza Peacock, Luanne Homzy, Megan Shung, Neel Hammond, Sarah Thornblade, Stephanie Matthews, Yvette Holzwarth – violin
  • Andrew Duckles, Erik Rynearson, Zach Dellinger, Linnea Powell, Rita Andrade, Stefan Smith – viola
  • Charlie Taylor – cello
  • Evgeny Tonkha – cello
  • Timothy Loo – cello
  • Vanessa Freebairn – Smith – cello
  • Paul Cartwright – arrangements
  • Dave Way – engineer, recording
  • Dave Boucher – additional recording
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Dusty Summers – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Sam Beam.

  1. You Never Know
  2. Anyone’s Game
  3. All in Good Time
  4. Cutting It Close
  5. Taken by Surprise
  6. Yellow Jacket
  7. Sweet Talk
  8. Tears That Don’t Matter
  9. Bag of Cats
  10. Angels Go Home

Depeche Mode: Memento Mori

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On March 24, 2023, “Columbia” label released “Memento Mori”, the fifteenth Depeche Mode studio album. It was recorded July – October 2023, at “Electric Ladyboy” in Santa Brabara, “Shangri-La” in Malibu, and was produced by James Ford.  

Personnel:

  • Dave Gahan – lead vocals
  • Martin L. Gore – lead, co-lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, guitar
  • James Ford – programming, synthesizer, guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums, percussion, strings, additional strings arrangement
  • Davide Rossi – strings, cello, violin, strings arrangements
  • Desiree Hazley – violin
  • Luanne Homzy – violin
  • Christian Eigner – programming
  • Peter Gordeno – programming
  • Marta Salogni – programming, engineer, mixing
  • Adrian Hierholzer – vocal engineering
  • Francine Perry – engineer assistant
  • Grace Banks – engineer assistant
  • Gregg White – engineer assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Anton Corbijn – cover, all visuals, art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Martin L. Gore except where noted.

  1. My Cosmos Is Mine
  2. Wagging Tongue – Martin L. Gore, Dave Gahan
  3. Ghost Again – Martin L. Gore, Richard Buttler
  4. Don’t Say You Love Me – Martin L. Gore, Richard Buttler
  5. My Favourite Stranger – Martin L. Gore, Richard Buttler
  6. Soul with Me
  7. Caroline’s Monkey – Martin L. Gore, Richard Buttler
  8. Before We Drown – Martin L. Gore, Peter Gordeno, Christian Eigner
  9. People Are Good
  10. Always You
  11. Never Let Me Go
  12. Speak to Me – Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, James Ford, Marta Salogni