After the surprisingly soft new album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino it seems like
the wild rockin’ years of Alex Turner & Co are over. Today the band confirms its swing of moods again with the previously unreleased track ANYWAYS, the B-side to their new 7″ single with the LP’s title track as the A-side. Sit back, relax and enjoy this modern day’s Frank Sinatra…
Who:“A ravenous Canadian quintet never content with resting easy on their laurels, each of their releases continues to push the band into higher strata. They know, as well as you do, that each new song, each new show, each new album is a test of their mettle, a battle against mediocrity, an artistic expression of the kind of freedom that redefines reality.”
Track: BLACKOUT – single from new, upcoming album – the band says they want you to feel three things when you set your eyes (and ears) on their smashing art piece that they created: Mayhem. Destruction. Escape.
Every week Turn Up The Volume! jumps into the past! Relive 25 Killer Crackers
and 3 Top Albums per year/per week. Here’s an eclectic year to remember: 1982
The 25 Killer Crackers
.
The 3 Top Albums…
– A KISS IN THE DREAMHOUSE by SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES –
Who: London based Singer/songwriter/producer “combining her colourful background and cheerful character with the moody downtempo sounds that influenced and shaped her as an artist; she breathes some much deserved new life into music.”
Track: STORMY EMOTIONS – New single – A song “about the death of a relationship and the overwhelming pain that can come with that. It is also however about moving into a new phase of life, from the darkness to light.”
Score: The hypnotic, bass-driven, electro chill-out groove of this brooding humdinger makes an instant impact from the very start and with Ishani‘s crystal clear voice on top
of it you’ll get the sense of a mystifying experience, even spooky with some creepy backing vocals popping up now and then. I’m sure trip-hop legends Massive Attack would love to have this magnetizing performance on one of their albums. Yes, it’s that impressive, it’s that ravishing. Tune in and drift away…
The former member of legendary Minneapolis noisemakers Hûsker Dû will release his new solo album SUNSHINE ROCK next February. Ahead of it he released a second new track of the new LP today. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO is a solid guitar cracker going heavy from the get-go. Hefty, muscular and speedy. BOB MOULD still knows pretty well how to rock. Join him here…
Who: Singer/songwriter Jake Harms based in Brooklyn, New York
Track: CAR OUTSIDE – title track from upcoming solo debut EP, out 30 November ‘Aquarium” via Good Eye Records. Harms says about the song: “In my mind, it’s a series
of classic images — a chorus that asks someone for a chance at happiness, and an ending the asks an open-ended, unanswerable question. It plays like a series of fragmented movie scenes to me, like a Lynchian drama.”
Score: Vocally singer/songwriter Jake Harms balances between Robert Smith‘s dusk
tone and Jeff Buckley‘s aural devotion. ‘Car Outside‘ is intense, profound, darkish and overwhelmingly compelling. A spellbinding quest that digs deep. Capture the whole- souled performance here..
