New Releases: July 30, 2021

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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)

Artist:	Title:	Label:
Bleachers	“Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night” (new single: “Stop Making This Hurt”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW	(RCA)
Blues Traveler	“Traveler’s Blues” (a collection of re-imagined and recharged classics from the American blues songbook; producer: Matt Rollings; guests: Keb’ Mo’, Warren Haynes, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Rita Wilson, John Scofield, Wendy Moten; new singles: “Funky Bitch” and “Ball & Chain”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW	(Round Hill Music)
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! (French post-hardcore band)	“Gone Are the Good Days” (new single: “Gone Are the Good Days”; See here; Translucent Tiger’s Eye Vinyl, out Aug. 13; Download; Apple Music; Target) » BUY NOW	(Fearless)
Billie Eilish	“Happier Than Ever” (featuring “my future” and “Therefore I Am”; producer: FINNEAS; new single: “Your Power”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive CD Box Set, in a pink color variant, with a light blue scarf, printed Prime Day poster and a 20-page Amazon Prime Day Show Book; Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Green Vinyl; Target-Exclusive CD, with poster; Target-Exclusive Light Blue Vinyl, with poster; Walmart-Exclusive Pale Yellow Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW	(Darkroom / Interscope)
Erasure	“The Neon Remixed” (re-workings of their 2020 album from producers like Octo Octa, OMD’s Paul Humphreys, and Gareth Jones, along with a new song, “Secrets”; Hear here; Amber and Yellow Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW	(Mute)
Naia Izumi (winner of NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest in 2018)	“A Residency in the Los Angeles Area” (singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer’s major label debut album; producer: Tony Berg; first single: “Voodoo”; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW	(Sony Masterworks)
Leela James	“See Me” (producer: Rex Rideout, Jairus “JMo” Mozee; guest: Mumu Fresh; new single: “Put It On Me”; See here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW	(BMG Rights Management)
Durand Jones & The Indications	“Private Space” (first single: “Witchoo”; See here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW	(Dead Oceans / Colemine)
Jim Lauderdale	“Hope” (his 34th studio album; new single: “The Opportunity to Help Somebody Through It”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW	(Yep Roc)
Los Lobos	“Native Sons” (L.A.-themed covers album; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW	(New West)
LUMP (Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay of Tunng)	“Animal” (first single: “Animal”; See here; Download) » BUY NOW	(Partisan / Chrysalis)
Parker McCollum	“Gold Chain Cowboy” (his major-label, full-length debut; songs co-written with Miranda Lambert, Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley, Randy Rogers, Rhett Akins, Wade Bowen, etc.; guest: Danielle Bradbery; See here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW	(MCA Nashville)
NEEDTOBREATHE	“Into the Mystery” (guests: Carrie Underwood, Switchfoot’s Jon Foreman, Natalie Hemby; new single: “I Wanna Remember”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW	(Elektra)
Nobody’s Girl	“Nobody’s Girl” (producer: Michael Ramos; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW	(Lucky Hound)
Pageants	“Sun and Settled Days” (first single: “It Might Be Crazy”; Hear here; Read here) » BUY NOW	(Eye Dull)
Patrick Paige II (producer, multi-instrumentalist and The Internet bassist)	“If I Fail Are We Still Cool?” (guests: Steve Lacy, Allen Love, Durand Bernarr, Westside Mcfly, Ohana Bam, etc.; new single: “Whisper [Want My Luv]”; See here; Vinyl; Download, released on May 21; Apple Music) » BUY NOW	(Fat Possum)
Charlie Parr	“Last of the Better Days Ahead” (producers: Parr, Brad Cook; first single: “Last of the Better Days Ahead”; See here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW	(Smithsonian Folkways)
Ric Robertson	“Carolina Child” (producer: Dan Molad of Lucius; guests: Lucius, Logan Ledger, Oliver Wood, Dori Freeman, etc.; new single: “I Don’t Mind”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW	(Free Dirt)
Dee Snider	“Leave a Scar” (producers: Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta, drummer Nick Bellmore; new single: “I Gotta Rock [Again]”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW	(Napalm)
Son Lux	“Tomorrows” (multi-album project; the first two were released last year as a download, and the third installment, “Tomorrows III,” is out on April 16; Hear here; Vinyl) » BUY NOW	(City Slang)
Son Volt	“Electro Melodier” (first single: “Reverie”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW	(Transmit Sound / Thirty Tigers)
TORRES	“Thirstier” (new single: “Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW	(Merge)
Clay Walker	“Texas to Tennessee” (producers: Michael Knox, Jaron Boyer; See here; Read here; Download) » BUY NOW	(Show Dog Nashville)
Yola	“Stand for Myself” (producer: Dan Auerbach; new single: “Diamond Studded Shoes”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW	(Easy Eye Sound)

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New Releases (Downloads)

Artist:	Title:	Label:
Ryan Caraveo	“Northend Sweetheart” (first single: “Daisies”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW	(Paradise Forever, LLC)
GrandEvolution (Worcester, MA-based alt-rock group)	“Glow” (See here) » BUY NOW	(iamspyder)
Lakes	“Start Again” (first single: “Start Again”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW	(Know Hope)
Parmalee	“For You” (guests: Fitz, Avery Anna, Blanco Brown; new single: “Take My Name”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW	(This Is Hit / Stoney Creek)
Isaiah Rashad	“The House Is Burning” (producers: Devin Malik, Kal Banx, Hollywood Cole, J. LBS, Amaire Johnson, Rory Behr, Kenny Beats, Free P, Tiggi, Crooklin, Pete [Scum] Nebula; guests: SZA, Lil Uzi Vert, Duke Deuce, Amindi, Jay Rock, Jay Worth, Doechii, Kal Banx, YGTUT, 6LACK; new single: “Wat U Sed”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW	(TDE / Warner)
Somi (Grammy-nominated vocalist and songwriter)	“Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba” (guests: Gregory Porter, Angélique Kidjo, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Msaki, Seun Kuti, Thandiswa Mazwai, Nduduzo Makhathini; new single: “Pata Pata”; See here) » BUY NOW	(Salon Africana, Inc.)
Jeremy Squires	“Unravel” (new single: “Fade”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW	(Blackbird Record Label)

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Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)

Artist:	Title:	Label:
Cindytalk	“The Wind Is Strong …” (1990 album; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW, “Wappinschaw” (1995 album; with three bonus tracks; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW	(Dais)
Aretha Franklin	“ARETHA” (four-CD box set, with 81 newly remastered tracks; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Opaque Purple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Merch) » BUY NOW	(Rhino / Atlantic)
Phyllis Hyman	“Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976-1998” (nine-CD, 113-song box set; See here; Read here; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW	(SoulMusic / Cherry Red)
Level 42	“The Complete Polydor Years, Volume Two 1985-1989” (10-CD box set includes all four albums during that period, plus four discs of B-sides, 7-inch mixes, remixes and rare versions; Read here; On Tour) » BUY NOW	(Robinsongs / Cherry Red)
London Boys	“Requiem: The London Boys Story” (five-CD box set features three albums, with bonus material; See here; Read here; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW	(Cherry Pop)
Prince	“Welcome 2 America” (unreleased album from 2010; first single: “Welcome 2 America”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe Edition, two-LP and one-CD versions of the album with a never-before-released Blu-ray of Prince’s full April 28, 2011 performance at the Forum, part of the Welcome 2 America Tour’s historic 21 Nite Stand in Los Angeles; Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Clear Vinyl; Walmart; Download; Apple Music; Deezer; Merch) » BUY NOW	(NPG / Legacy Recordings)
Various artists	“Separate Paths Together: An Anthology of British Male Singer / Songwriters 1965-1975” (three-CD clamshell box set; Read here) » BUY NOW	(Grapefruit / Cherry Red)
Various artists	“Taking Some Time On: Underground Sounds of 1970” (four-CD clamshell box set; Read here) » BUY NOW	(Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red)

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