Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 28, 2017.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.  As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.

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–Featured Release: Gorillaz: “Humanz”–

Genre: Trip-Hop/Electronic // Label: Parlophone Records/Warner

Background:

It’s been 7 years since Gorillaz dropped Plastic Beach and The Fall, and the demand for a new record from these guys probably couldn’t be any higher than it is at this point.   With a handful of new tracks already released to varying levels of acclaim, the virtual quartet seems primed to cast all other mainstream releases under its shadow this week.  With Humanz – an album that paints a fresh gleam on the group’s core sound – has them entering the chaotic and uncertain times of 2017 sounding both vibrant and purpose-driven.  Time will tell if it lives up to the best Gorillaz albums, but no matter what it will be an interesting listen worthy of just about anyone’s time.

Listen to “Ascension” below:

 

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 – Full List of Releases: April 28, 2017 –

Aethere: Adrift
Genre: Death/Progressive Metal // Label: Tragic Hero

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All That Remains: Madness
Genre: Metalcore // Label: Razor & Tie

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Anamai: What Mountain
Genre: Experimental Folk/Ambient // Label: Halocline Trance

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Ayreon: The Source
Genre: Progressive Metal/Rock // Label: Mascot

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BNQT: Volume 1
Genre: Indie-Rock // Label: Dualtone Music Group

Stream Volume 1 here.

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Colin Stetson: All This I Do For Glory
Genre: Jazz/Experimental // Label: Colin Stetson

Stream All This I Do For Glory here.

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The Cranberries: Something Else
Genre: Alternative Rock // Label: BMG

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Cursus: Cursus
Genre: Metal // Label: Artificial Head

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Feist: Pleasures
Genre: Indie/Folk // Label: Polydor

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Figure Walking: The Big Other
Genre: Alternative Rock // Label: Disintegration Records

Stream The Big Other here.

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Galley Beggar: Heathen Hymns
Genre: Psychedelic/Folk Rock // Label: Rise Above

Stream Heathen Hymns here.

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Gorillaz: Humanz
Genre: Trip-Hop/Electronic // Label: Parlophone Records/Warner

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He Is Legend: Few
Genre: Post-Hardcore/Psychedelic // Label: Spinefarm

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Ides Of Gemini: Women
Genre: Post-Rock/Ambient // Label: Rise Above

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JMSN: Whatever Makes U Happy
Genre: Soul/R&B // Label: White Room Records

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John Mellencamp: Sad Clowns & Hillbillies
Genre: Folk/Americana // Label: John J Mellencamp

Listen to Sad Clowns & Hillbillies here.

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Juliana Hatfield: Pussycat
Genre: Alternative Rock/Indie-Pop // Label: American Laundromat Records

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Life Of Agony: A Place Where There’s No More Pain
Genre: Metal/Hard Rock// Label: Napalm

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Little Cub: Still Life
Genre: Indie-Pop/Electronic // Label: Domino Recording Co

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Liv Sin: Follow Me
Genre: Metal // Label: Despotz

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Lonely Robot: The Big Dream
Genre: Progressive Rock // Label: InsideOutMusic

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Mark Lanegan: Gargoyle
Genre: Indie-Rock/Americana // Label: Heavenly Recordings

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Mew: Visuals
Genre: Indie-Rock/Dream Pop // Label: Play It Again Sam

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MindMaze: Resolve
Genre: Progressive Metal/Gothic // Label: Inner Wound

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New Found Glory: Makes Me Sick
Genre: Pop-Punk // Label: Hopeless Records

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The New Year: Snow
Genre: Indie-Rock// Label:  Undertow Music

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Pyramaze: Contingent
Genre: Progressive Rock/Power Metal // Label: Inner Wound

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Ryuichi Sakamoto: async
Genre: Minimal/Classical/Electronic // Label: KAB America

Stream async here.

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Sarcasm: Within The Sphere Of Ethereal Minds
Genre: Thrash Metal // Label: Dark Descent

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Sylvan Esso: What Now
Genre: Indie-Folk/Electronic // Label: Loma Vista Recordings

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Weed: Born Wrong Love
Genre: Rock/Psychedelic // Label: Smoking Room

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Willie Nelson: God’s Problem Child
Genre: Country/Folk // Label: Sony

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