Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 27, 2018.  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 artwork (if we remember…) so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.

Featured Release

White Ring: Gate of Grief
Genre: Electronic/Indie Rock
Label: Rocket Girl

Now this is just creepy.  There’s such an unsettling vibe to this whole thing, from the band name to the artwork to the massive industrial groove beats that throw me all the way back to The Downward Spiral (or, more recently, Crystal Castles).  Oh, and those shrill, shouted vocals, followed by by the low, distorted Frank the Rabbit (Donnie Darko) spoken passage.  Yikes.  This thing just feels monumental.  I get the feeling from the tracklist that there could be some serious political vibes on this thing as well.  They have only released one other album and it was all the way back in 2010.  Apparently, Gate of Grief has been 7 years in the making.  I have a feeling it will be well worth the wait, and one of those albums that catches everyone off guard when it comes out of nowhere.  Listen to “Leprosy” below:

– List of Releases: July 27, 2018 –

Astronauts, etc.: Living In Symbol
Genre: Soul/Indie-Pop/Psychedelic
Label: Company Records

Bellini: Before the Day Has Gone
Genre: Indie/Math-Rock
Label: Temporary Residence Ltd

Boz Scaggs: Out Of The Blues
Genre: Rock/Soul
Label: Concord

Catherine McGrath: Talk of This Town
Genre: Country
Label: Warner Bros

Clearance: At Your Leisure
Genre: Lo-Fi/Dream Pop
Label: Top Shelf

Cody Jinks: Lifers
Genre: Country
Label: New Rounder

Daughtry: Cage To Rattle
Genre: Pop Rock/Grunge
Label: RCA

Daniel Bachman: The Morning Star
Genre: Folk/Americana/Ambient
Label: Three Lobed Rec

Stream The Morning Star here.

Deaf Wish: Lithium Zion
Genre: Punk/Indie-Rock
Label: Sub Pop

Decline Of The I: Escape
Genre: Post/Black Metal
Label: Agonia Records

Dee Snider: For the Love of Metal
Genre: Rock/Electronic/Heavy Metal
Label: Napalm

Eiko Ishibashi and Darin Grey: Ichida
Genre: Jazz/Electronic
Label: Black Truffle

Face to Face: Hold Fast
Genre: Punk
Label: Fat Wreck Chords

Gia Margaret: There’s Always Glimmer
Genre: Indie-Rock
Label: Ordinal

Halestorm: Vicious
Genre: Pop-Rock/Hard Rock
Label: Atlantic

Israel Nash: Lifted
Genre: Folk/Americana/Rock
Label: Desert Folklore

Kenny Chesney: Songs for the Saints
Genre: Country
Label: Blue Chair Records

Matchess: Sacracorpa
Genre: Drone/Electronic/New Age
Label: Trouble In Mind

Otep: Kult 45
Genre: Nu-Metal/Death Metal/Metalcore
Label: Napalm

Phantastic Ferniture: Phantastic Ferniture
Genre: Alternative/Indie Rock
Label: Polyvinyl Records

Redemption: Long Night’s Journey Into Day
Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Metal Blade

Rise Against: The Ghost Note Symphonies, Vol I
Genre: Punk/Alternative Rock
Label: Capitol

RL Grime: Nova
Genre: Electronic
Label: WeDidIt

Shadowparty: Shadowparty
Genre: Alternative Rock/Electronic
Label: MUTE

Talons: We All Know
Genre: Post-Rock/Indie Folk/Hardcore
Label: Holy Roar

Thin Lips: Chosen Family
Genre: Punk/Indie-Rock
Label: Lame-O

Thou: Rhea Sylvia
Genre: Sludge/Black/Doom Metal
Label: Deathwish Inc

Tony Molina: Kill the Lights
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Slumberland

Underworld & Iggy Pop: Teatime Dub Encounters
Genre: Electronic
Label: Caroline International

White Ring: Gate of Grief
Genre: Indie-Rock/Electronic
Label: Rocket Girl

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