Here's the title track from the Florida alt-rockers' first full album in nearly a decade, due in October. Blink-182's Travis Barker produced and added his drums to every song. The band describes this number as an "unflinching reflection on gratitude, perspective and purpose."
With the release of
Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, the band's eighth studio album, we're adding this track that
Melodic Magazine calls "a rallying cry for a generation lost in grief and rage - a standout track that feels tailor-made for the times." Written during frontwoman Shirley Manson’s recovery from hip surgery, the LP is "steeped in reflection and resilience, anchored by a refusal to succumb to despair," writes
Under the Radar.
Just months after dropping an EP,
Somewhere, but three years after its last LP, the Ohio group is back this week with a full album,
Copper Changes Color. This song is said to be inspired by frontman and primary songwriter Taylor Meier’s time in New York City, and seems to describe the early stages of getting to know a potential romantic partner: "Can I get to know you, honey / And all of your lovely mistakes? / I've got more than a few to show you."
Mt. Joy, Gigi Perez: In The Middle
This Philadelphia group broke big with its third album, 2022’s
Orange Blood. They return with
Hope We Have Fun, which includes guest spots by Nathaniel Rateliff and Gigi Perez. Frontman Matt Quinn says he co-wrote this song with Perez at a songwriter retreat, without knowing that she'd just had her own breakout with “Sailor Song.” “I probably would’ve been really nervous if I knew that she was this star songwriter and singer, so I think it just really worked in our favor,” Quinn says. “It was just two people working on a song together.”
In a post announcing her new release,
Medicine, Potter says: "Seventeen years ago, I stepped into the studio with the legendary T Bone Burnett to create an album that captured a raw, authentic sound. That album was shelved and remained unheard - until now."
Glide Magazine reports that "Potter’s label was unhappy with the softer direction, which they saw as off-brand for the rock star persona they were building." Eight of the songs were reworked and re-recorded for 2010's
Grace Potter and The Nocturnals. Our pick for the New Music bin is a song that was never previously released.
