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New Release Round-Up 03-01-24

Liam Gallagher & John Squire - Liam Gallagher & John Squire

Liam Gallagher & John Squire - Liam Gallagher & John Squire - Warner Records

Liam and John have been friends for years but when Liam invited John to join him on stage at Knebworth in 2022 it reignited a long-running ambition of writing and recording an album together. The demos were written at John's home studio in Macclesfield and then recorded with legendary producer, Greg Kurstin and mixed by Spike Stent. Joey Waronker (Atoms for Peace, Beck, R.E.M.) plays drums on the album.

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Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven

Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven - EPITAPH

Mannequin Pussy’s music feels like a resilient and galvanizing shout that demands to be heard. Across four albums, the Philadelphia rock band that consists of Colins “Bear” Regisford (bass, vocals), Kaleen Reading (drums, percussion), Maxine Steen (guitar, synths), and Marisa Dabice (guitar, vocals) has made cathartic tunes about despairing times. “There’s just so much constantly going on that feels intentionally evil that trying to make something beautiful feels like a radical act ,” says Dabice. “The ethos of this band has always been to bring people together.”

Their new album, I Got Heaven, which is out March 1 via Epitaph Records, is the band’s most fully realized recording yet. Over ten ambitious tracks which abruptly turn from searing punk to inviting alternative pop, the album is deeply concerned with desire, the power in being alone, and how to live in an unfeeling and unkind world. It’s a document of a band doubling down on their unshakable bond to make something furious, thrilling, and wholly alive.

Following the 2019 release of their critically acclaimed third album Patience, Mannequin Pussy returned in 2021 for their EP Perfect. They toured that release relentlessly and added guitarist Maxine Steen to the band’s official lineup. The band changed their entire creative formula, choosing to write together in the studio in Los Angeles with producer John Congleton , over slowly crafting tracks at home. “Everyone felt empowered to speak up about their own ideas to make this thing the best it could possibly be,” says Regisford.

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ALSO OUT THIS WEEK

Pissed Jeans - Half Divorced [Limited Edition Spotify Green LP]

Yard Act - Where's My Utopia? [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Orange LP]

Kula Shaker - Natural Magic [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Tie-Dye Orange & Yellow LP]

Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project [2LP]

Faye Webster - Underdressed At The Symphony [Faye Blue LP]

General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners - General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Silver Streak LP]

Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 4 [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Orange 2LP]

Caravan Palace - Gangbusters Melody Club - Tan [Colored Vinyl] [180 Gram]

Master Peace - How To Make A Master Peace [Translucent Yellow LP]

Slayer - Reign In Blood [RSD Essential Clear w/Red Splatter LP]

Everything Everything - Mountainhead [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear LP]

Shane Smith & the Saints - Norther [LP]

Amaro Freitas - Y'Y [LP]

Sheer Mag - Playing Favorites [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear w/Pearlescent Flo Orange Wisp LP]

Lang Lang/Gina Alice/Andris Nelsons/Gewandhausorchester - Saint-Saëns [2 CD]

New Years Day - Half Black Heart [Opaque Silver LP]

Albert Hammond  - Body of Work [2LP]

Vitamin String Quartet - VSQ Preforms Fall Out Boy [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Translucent Ruby LP]

Widespread Panic - Dirty Side Down [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition 2LP]

Various Artists - Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels [Orange Marble 2LP]

Thunder - Live At Leeds [3LP]

Big Big Train - The Likes Of Us [2LP]

The Who - Live At Shea Stadium 1982 [3 LP]

Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans - Know What I Mean? (Original Jazz Classics Series) [LP]

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Caravan [Original Jazz Classics Series LP]

BrhyM - Deep Sea Vents [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Opaque Violet LP]

Various Artists - Priscilla (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [LP]

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes: Remastered 2023 [Deluxe Edition 3LP+7in]

The Glass Hours - The Glass Hours [LP]

Julian Lage - Speak To Me [Limited Edition Bone 2 LP]

Linkin Park - Lost Demos

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds [RSD Essential Coke Bottle Clear LP]


& More .....

For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.

UPCOMING RELEASES

Nora Jones - Visons

Norah Jones - Visions - Blue Note


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