New This Week: Tyler Ballgame, Lily Allen, The Molotovs, Ye Vagabonds and more…
This week’s Edit brings together records rooted in belief, place and personality — from Ballgame’s Album of the Month, bursting with melodic confidence and self-truth, to Lily Allen’s sharp, clear-eyed pop writing, captured in real time and full of lived detail.
Kiss the Beast signifies a return to the format of a pop album for French Touchicon Sébastien Tellier while Owen Williams’ deft prose builds into a frank account of the delusions of self on and off-line.
The Molotovs inject urgency and attitude with a bristling mix of new wave, punk and garage energy, while Ye Vagabonds’ latest on River Lea offers something more grounded and reflective — songs tied to real homes, real people and the quiet pull of belonging.
Six releases, each distinct, all worth spending time with.
See what else is out this week…
A$AP Rocky – Don’t Be Dumb
Rewarded after a seven year wait, Rocky’s new album featuring artwork by king of whimsy Tim Burton. Black or white LP.
A spontaneous one day of recording resulted in a project that traverses the musical worlds of dub, jazz, electronic, afrobeat, and beyond. 12″.
Fusing subgenres of drum and bass, dance, trip-hop, and rap, while taking Europe by storm with high-energy performances. Mixed silver LP.
The sound of revenge yelled by the damned sons of London’s borderlands. Rough Trade Exclusive white LP.
Out of their comfort zone and into a woozy reinterpretation of an infamous classic. 12″.
A second dip onto the catalogue of Bob Dylan, as reimagined by some of the foremost African-American artists of the 20th century. Double LP.
A poetic, melodic statement of intent from this formidable band. Whitelands have fought back and triumphed in the face of adversity. Green LP.
Rough Trade Exclusives.
Princess Chelsea
Live at Studio 2
Fresh Pre-Orders.
Jessie Ware
Superbloom
Beck
Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometimes
The Prodigy
Firestarter
Thundercat
Distracted
In an era that demands constant commentary, Thundercat makes something beautiful out of the noise.
Indie exclusive clear/black marbled smoke effect with printed inner and poster.
Independent purveyors of great music, since 1976.