PRESS PLAY: 9 New Albums out May 7th

This is one of those weeks where the only thing that the following albums have in common is that they’re all released today! Country cornerstones Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, and Jon Randall have been making regular pilgrimages to Marfa, Texas, and their campfire-ready harmonies are on full display on The Marfa Tapes. They also joined us earlier this week for a breezy and heartwarming NonComm set. London rockers Squid make use of every moment on their sprawling full-length debut, Bright Green Field. Toronto musician Simone Schmidt’s latest release as Fiver, Fiver with the Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition, is an inventive collection of ever-mutating songcraft. Longtime purveyors of retro funk and soul, Melbourne’s The Bamboos return with the party-starting Hard Up. Prolific songwriter Maia Sharp returns with her first collection in six years, Mercy Rising. Best known as the leader of The Revivalists, New Orleans-based David Shaw makes his self-titled solo debut. For the past few weeks, Sufjan Stevens has released ongoing installments of Convocations, an ambient opus that’s out in its entirety. Following last year’s Giver Taker, Boston singer Anjimile teams up with Jay Som, SASAMI, and Lomelda to rework their songs on the EP Reunion. Finally, Dan Auerbach unearths archival recordings of late swamp rock pioneer Tony Joe White for Smoke from the Chimney. PRESS PLAY on these released (and a bunch more) below…

Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, and Jon Randall – The Marfa Tapes
WE LOVE: “In His Arms” “Tin Man” “Anchor”

Squid – Bright Green Field
WE LOVE: “Paddling” “Narrator”

Fiver – Fiver with the Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition
WE LOVE: “Leaning Hard (on My Peripheral Vision)” “Paid in Pride”

The Bamboos – Hard Up
WE LOVE: “If Not Now (Then When)” “Nothing I Wanna Know About”

Maia Sharp – Mercy Rising
WE LOVE: “Backburner” “You’ll Know Who Knows You”

David Shaw – David Shaw
WE LOVE: “Got Me Feeling Good” “Heavy Soul”

Sufjan Stevens – Convocations
WE LOVE: “Meditation V” “Revelation II”

Anjimile – Reunion EP
WE LOVE: “In Your Eyes (Reflection)” “1978 (Reunion)”

Tony Joe White – Smoke from the Chimney
WE LOVE: “Smoke from the Chimney” “Bubba Jones”

Iron and Wine – Archive Series Volume No. 5: Tallahassee Recordings
WE LOVE: “Calm on the Valley” “This Solemn Day”

Angel Olsen – Song of the Lark and Other Far Memories
WE LOVE: “It’s Every Season (Whole New Mess)” “Alive and Dying (Waving, Smiling)”

EXTENDED PLAYS (even more new releases out this week)

Nancy Wilson – You and Me, Pete Yorn – Rooftop EP, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – When God Was Great, Annie Hart – Everything Pale Blue, McKinley Dixon – For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her, Judy Collins – White Bird: Anthology of Favorites, Daniel Bachman – Axacan, Night Beats – Outlaw R&B, Rosali – No Medium, Iceage – Seek Shelter, Man on Man – Man on Man, Lisa Gerrard & Jules Maxwell – Burn, Blue Cactus – Stranger Again, Pile – In the Corners of a Sphere-Filled Room, Sarah Jarosz – Blue Heron Suite, Ganser – Look at the Sun EP, Weezer – Van Weezer, Mitski – This is Where We Fall (Original Soundtrack), Van Morrison – Latest Record Project: Volume 1, A Certain Ratio – ACR:EPA EP, Alex Chilton and Hi Rhythm Section – Boogie Shoes: Live on Beale Street