ERIC CHENAUX – Say Laura
A strange little record, very hard to describe and even harder to enjoy, it’s like Chet Baker singing the most bonkers Bjork stuff. (6)
ROSALIE CUNNINGHAM – Two Piece Puzzle
Everything about Cunningham – her songwriting/chord change choices, her arrangements, even her clothes – are spot-on evoking a very specific niche vintage Englishness, a mythical world where Freddie Mercury stars in the BBC TV adaptation of a Lewis Carroll novel after raiding Julie Driscoll’s wardrobe. This is fabulous, darling! (8)
CHARLIE GABRIEL & PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND – Eighty Nine
89-year-old leads a classic jazz trio consisting of PHJB members through a bunch of standards and a couple of originals. Touching. (8)
GANG OF YOUTHS – Angel In Realtime.
If you like big-sounding indie rock (Arcade Fire, The National) you’ll probably love this. (7)
HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF – Life On Earth
The departure from folk rock started with her previous album which explored her Puerto Rican cultural background and on “Life On Earth” she moves further towards indie pop, big choruses and all. (7)
CARSON McHONE – Still Life
Austin, TX born and raised singer/songwriter on solid Americana effort, RIYL Gillian Welch. (7)
MATT PIKE – Pike Vs The Automaton
Pike’s solo album sits somewhere in the middle between Sleep’s marijuana haze and High On Fire’s Motorhead-like wall of sound, but some songs drag on and on and on overstaying their welcome. (6)
SASAMI – Squeeze
An album can only be described as bipolar when almost half the songs sound like System Of A Down, almost half the songs sound like Sheryl Crow, and the rest sound like Trent Reznor producing/remixing a Sheryl Crow-fronted System Of A Down. (8)
SARAH SHOOK & THE DISARMERS – Nightroamer
I’ve previously compared Sarah Shook & The Disarmers country punk to early Lydia Loveless, and I’ll stand by that this time around as well despite the indie rock leanings of the excellent new album. (8)
TEARS FOR FEARS – The Tipping Point
The vocals are surprisingly youthful for 60-year-olds and the production sounds like it cost a million bucks. If you miss 80’s (sm)art-pop bands like Talk Talk you’ll certainly enjoy this one. (8)
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