Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 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: Manchester Orchestra – “A Black Mile to the Surface”–

Genre: Indie-Rock // Label: Loma Vista

Following Cope, a straightforward rock album with few tricks up its sleeve, Manchester Orchestra headed back to the drawing board for their fifth LP A Black Mile to the Surface.  It feels like the logical successor to Simple Math, soaring atop orchestral strings and dramatic song structures.  Purely in terms of rock n’ roll grit, it is easily the farthest the band has ever sounded from Mean Everything To Nothing, but for what it lacks in aggression it more than makes up for in effortless songwriting, immaculate flow, and lyrical aptitude.  It feels like the emotional weight of I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child expressed through the glossy filter of Simple Math‘s production – a prospect that should have a fan of either record salivating in anticipation.  Just when it seemed like Manchester Orchestra’s best days might be behind them, they’ve proven themselves to be one of those rare indie-rock mainstays.  With a record that sounds comfortingly at home for the band, yet totally unlike anything they’ve crafted thus far, A Black Mile to the Surface marks quite the magnificent resurgence.

 Listen to the third single, “The Moth”, below:

 

 

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– Full List of Releases: July 28, 2017 –

 

Abhorrent Decimation: The Pardoner
Genre: Death Metal // Label: Prosthetic

Stream The Pardoner here.

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Accept: The Rise Of Chaos
Genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock // Label: Nuclear Blast America

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Alice Cooper: Paranormal
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal // Label: Earmusic

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Annie Hart: Impossible Accomplice
Genre: Indie-Pop // Label: Annie Hart

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Arcade Fire: Everything Now
Genre: Indie-Rock // Label: Columbia

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The Blight: Meditations On Insignificance
Genre: Experimental Metal // Label:   Tridroid

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Bullet For My Valentine: Live From Brixton: Chapter Two
Genre: Metalcore/Thrash Metal // Label:  Sony BMG Music Entertainment

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Byzantine: The Cicada Tree
Genre: Progressive/Thrash Metal // Label: Metal Blade Records

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Cage the Elephant: Unpeeled
Genre: Indie-Rock/Blues // Label: RCA

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The Fall: New Facts Emerge
Genre: Post-Punk // Label: Cherry Red Records

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Golden Retriever: Rotations
Genre: Drone/Electronic // Label: Thrill Jockey

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Humble Fire: Builder
Genre: Pop // Label: Humble Fire

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John Dennis: Second Wind 
Genre: Folk // Label: Rainfeather Records

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Joywave: Content
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alt-Rock // Label: Cultco Music

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Less Art: Strangled Light 
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal // Label: Gilead Media

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The Midnight Ghost Train: Cypress Ave.
Genre: Stoner Rock // Label: Napalm Records

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Madchild: The Darkest Hour
Genre: Hip-Hop/Soul // Label: Battle Axe

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Manchester Orchestra: A Black Mile to the Surface
Genre: Indie-Rock // Label: Loma Vista

Read our staff review for A Black Mile to the Surface here.

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Passion Pit: Tremendous Sea Of Love [Digital Release]
Genre: Indie-Pop/Electronic // Label: Wishart Group Recordings

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Prong: Zero Days
Genre: Thrash Metal/Industrial // Label: Steamhammer

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Rage: Seasons Of The Black
Genre: Power/Thrash Metal/Progressive Rock // Label: Nuclear Blast

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Rex Brown: Smoke On This…
Genre: Metal/Rock // Label: Metal/Entertainment One

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Rings of Saturn: Ultu Ulla
Genre: Death Metal/Metalcore // Label: Nuclear Blast America

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Vic Mensa: The Autobiography
Genre: Hip-Hop // Label: Roc Nation

Stream The Autobiography here.

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