On their new album,
Never Not Together, the New York alt-pop-rock band delivers what
AllMusic calls "lyrical anthems rife with an electric, '90s-style power pop shimmer." A reviewer on
ABC News described the collection as "nine songs about connections, empathy and alienation tied together by Matthew Caws' eternally youthful vocals and a bouquet of inviting melodies." We're featuring the opening track, which fits right in with the band's best-known tunes, but will also delve into some of the album's more innovative tracks.
The project of Melbourne's Kevin Parker has just released its first album in five years. In the meantime, Parker has become part of the LA music scene as a producer of hip-hop and pop albums. Now his domesticated antelope returns with a solid collection of psych-synth pop-rock. "Crunchy guitars are largely absent,
writes NME, "but we’re left with something far more intriguing – a pop record bearing masterful electronic strokes." There's a bit of a theme of time passing: We previously featured "It Might Be Time," and this track is about how nostalgia colors the past: "Now even though that was a time I hated from day one / Eventually terrible memories turn into great ones."
Kodaline: Wherever You Are
This Dublin band is previewing its upcoming fourth album with this slice of anthemic power-pop on the familiar theme of maintaining a connection with a distant loved one. Vocalist Steve Garrigan says, "I wrote it specifically for my girlfriend as due to being away on tour all the time, we never really get to see each other." Mixes well with Coldplay, Wyland, Talk Talk.
It was only a year ago that this alternative pop/rock band from Norway released its very impressive debut album. They've hardly taken a break since; apparently they can't stop/won't stop releasing well-crafted, catchy tunes - three so far, unless we missed one - that fit nicely into our big mix. This latest single has been getting spins on
The Detour in recent weeks, and now we're upping it to the New Music Bin.
Our New Music selections this week are rather heavy on electronic pop-rock - as is much of the music being released these days - so we're glad to be able to add a good dose of guitar-based rock. We've been playing several tracks by this Texas-based purveyor of "heartland rock 'n' roll" since he released his solo debut album in 2016. Now comes this brand-new single - full of energy and passion with a lyric describing the incendiary start of an affair: "Pour out your love and we'll strike a match / Drop it to the floor, baby never look back."
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