Long Wave Home masterfully pairs the voice of Jesca Hoop, sounding like the calmest of seas, with a diverse, textural approach to her arrangements that sparkle like a coral reef, hiding multitudes below the surface.
Lambchop announce new album Punching The Clown, due 21st August via City Slang — their first in nearly four years. Inspired by lined out singing, an obscure gospel form rooted in late-1800s Scotland and Appalachia, the album frames Kurt Wagner’s songs around guitar, banjo, voice and choir, with Justin Vernon, Andrew Broder and Mark Nevers. Lead single Weakened is out now.
Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders share ‘Critical Masses,’ a new track from their forthcoming album ‘Liquid Donnon,’ out 12th June via Riot Season Records (UK) and Feeding Tube Records (US). Convened in 2019, the band — featuring members of Elkhorn and drummer Scott Verrastro, alongside guitarist-vocalist Alexander — pulls together cosmic jazz, deep psych and free improv, threaded with memory of Alexander’s late friend Donnon.
