5 AMAZING ALBUM COVERS – SEPTEMBER 2024

2 October 2024

Band: THE VOIDZ
Who: The side project of The Strokes
frontman Julian Casablancas.

Album: LIKE ALL BEFORE YOU
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Artists: HORACE ANDY and JAH WOBBLE
Who: Jamaican reggae legend (73)
and former P.i.L dub bass wizard

Album: TIMELESS ROOTS
Covers LP


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Band: ANCIIENTS
Who: Metalheads from
Vancouver, British Colombia.

Album: BEYOND THE REACH OF THE SUN
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Band: THE THE
Who: The musical moniker of British
veteran songsmith Matt Johnson.

Album: ENSOULMENT
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Band: FAKE FRUIT
Who: Post-punk trio
from Oakland, CA.

Album: MUCHO MISTRUST


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TURN UP THE VOLUME’s JUKEBOX 2024 – 10 New Tracks Added Every Week

Every week 10 new rad tracks added

In order to not miss a beat Turn Up The Volume scans the musical
horizon daily (doing it for years now, actually) to stay in touch with
all new things sonically great and shares the results on a weekly
basis.

FULL JUKEBOX (so far)


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The 10 new ones added this week

TRACK-BY-TRACK


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Band: PRIMAL SCREAM
Scottish veterans, fronted by Bobby Gillespie.
Track: READY TO GO HOME

Another new piece from The Scream‘s upcoming
new album Come Ahead, out in November.

Sounds like Talking Heads backed by a gospel
choir. Hallelujah, brothers and sisters.

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Artist: MISSING PET
Who: The musical project of Toronto-based singer-songwriter
and multi-instrumentalist Adam Marek Platek that germinated
out of the sludge of the pandemic.

“During the pandemic, I felt like a house pet trapped in an unnatural habitat
of my own making. I realized then that something felt off, and was uncomfortably
missing in the life I had spent more than a decade creating.”

Track: I USED TO CARE
From his brand new excellent
4-track EP Sentimental Germ.

Get ready to move and groove to this
irresistibly funky stomper. Bullseye!


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Artist: RONNY TIBBS
Who: Singer-songwriter from Detroit, whose music provides an effervescent
escapism, an effortlessly propulsive and richly evocative road trip in your mind
into a realm where genres blur, nostalgia surges, and eclecticism abounds.

Track: WHAT YOU DO
Cut from upcoming EP Shorthand,
out on October 29.

Tibbs will make your day and your ears with this electrically charged rocker.
Foot on the gas pedal from the kick-off and never looking back. Puisant piece.
Striking stroke.

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Band: BARBARISM
Who: 5-piece This Manchester five-piece have been wallowing in the glittery
sludge of late-stage capitalism. They have considered that maybe, just maybe,
we shouldn’t poison the earth and condemn half the population to misery in
order to meet the gurgling whims of several man-babies with yachts.

Track: TIL ZERO

‘Til Zero is a track about the endurance of the human spirit. Born out of years of pain watching as humanity staggers into the 21st century, these words celebrate the tenacity of the joy of life, and try to find some optimism in the face of despair and destitution. The track concludes by embracing the fact that even if the struggle for a better world is utterly fruitless, there is meaning in the attempt.

Amps up, guitars up, energy up. Til Zero is a jacked jackhammer, solid as
a rock, with out-of-control guitars, frenetic vocals, and an insane bass riff.
Bingo!


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Band: AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS
Australia‘s rock tornado fronted by
the awesome Amyl Taylor.
Track: BIG DREAMS

The latest new piece from the group’s upcoming 3rd LP,
titled Cartoon Darkness, out on October 25th.

Get on your bike and join easy rider Amyl.
Right here, right now.

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Band: DEREK SMITH & THE COSMIC VULTURES
Who: Captivating pop/rock outfit from Boston with
5 LPs under their belt. Check them out on Spotify
right here.

Track: SONGBIRD

“Songbird,” with its rolling propulsion and timeless charm, is a compass for compassion; it’s a way forward, through the highs and lows of life, softening the twists and turns and highlighting the good while snuffing out the bad. Its sound rings out as timeless as echoes of ‘70s AM radio gold canvas a yearning spectrum that soars through the songs that shaped us before touching down in the modern day.”

An Americana power ballad that bewitches, captivates, and triggers instant daydreaming.
Back in the days, lighters would turn on en masse when this kind of emotions-absorbing gem came out of the giant speakers at a concert.

Feel the passion here.


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📸 Toria Pate

Band: POINTS
Who: Indie trio from the UK

Track: STEAL TO FEED


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Rob Sanderson (vocals/bass) said: “From the moment we wrote the music, images of a getaway scene in a post-apocalyptic world came to mind, like in the films ‘The Book of Eli’ and ‘Mad Max’. With that, the song evolved into a futuristic Robin Hood story. The classic tale of stealing from the rich to give to the poor. It made me think how better off we could all be if we helped each other, and even if things are looking extremely bleak, there’s probably someone out there trying to make a difference in one way or another.”

Interpol-like guitars, non-stop vocal passion, forth and back progression.
Jump on this rough roller coaster and enjoy a high-powered ride.

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Artist: CARLA AARKE
Who: Songstress from Helsinki

Track: Watercolour
This track also signals her forthcoming
full-length Things I Forgot to Tell You.

Aakre: “‘watercolour’ is an ode to friendship. Sometimes you need someone to remind
you of the beauty around you. With the help of friendship, even in difficult moments, you
can find something you want to cherish.”

Dream-pop at its seducing and entertaining best. watercolour moves swiftly and sensually, circling around magnetic guitar lines and propelled by foot-stomping drum drive, while Aarke‘s arresting vocals roll all over it. Top-drawer tune.


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Band: THE THE
Track: LIFE AFTER LIFE

British veteran singer-songwriter Matt Johnson and his TT moniker is back
with his 1st album in 24 years. It’s named Ensoulment and Life Is life is
one of the highlights of the new moody TT opus.


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Band: THE KILLS
Vocalist Alison Mosshart and guitarist Jamie Hince
Track: MY GIRLS MY GIRLS

From new 5-track EP Happy Girls Sessions featuring
a Billie Eilish cover and non-electric versions of 4 songs
from last year’s album God Games.
How can you not love Mosshart‘s heartfelt voice?


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MATT JOHNSON And THE THE Release Their First LP In 24 Years Next September – ‘COGNITIVE DISSIDENT’ Is The Bass-Driven First Single

Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine

20 May 2024

THE THE, the musical project of London‘s veteran psych-pop songsmith
MATT JOHNSON started its journey 45 years ago. The Smiths‘ former
guitar hero Johnny Marr was a TT member for a long time. The The‘s eight
longplayer NakedSelf is the most recent album. It came out in 2000.

Thereafter, it was time for a pause until 2017, with The The that is, except
for an only download single in 2007. Johnson started writing soundtracks
for several documentaries.

Finally now, the news came in that Johnson wrote/recorded album #9. He named
it ENSOULMENT and it’ll see the day of light on September 6. Pre-order info here.


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COGNITIVE DISSIDENT is the first single. Johnson wrote it with guitarist Barrie Cadoga.
It’s a bouncing bass pulsating and foot-stomping groove that draws’ your ears attention from the get-go.

Wake up, people
THE THE is back.

WATCH/LISTEN

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(Image on top: Cover of his live ‘Royal Albert Hall’ album)

TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘Infected’ – THE THE

Remarkable albums from the past

‘Infected’
THE THE

Released: 17 Nov 1986
Second longplayer

ALL MUSIC / Johnny Loftus wrote: “Infected’s sound still suggests dance-pop, especially
on the title track. But don’t get the impression that it’s made for dancing. Instead of the light fare displayed on Soul Mining, Infected’s songs seethe instead of preen, and Matt Johnson’s lyrics are laced with tension. Thematically, he plunges a lance into the exposed midsection of Great Britain, analyzing the state of modern urban life in the country. ‘Infected’ was the first true indication of Johnson’s mercurial nature, and established the dissonance and reinvention of his later work.”
Score: 4.5/5 – Full review here.

TURN UP THE VOLUME‘s favorite track: ardent soul music… ANGELS OF DECEPTION

Album in full

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THE THE: Facebook – All Albums