Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 15, 2019.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– Featured Release –

Copeland: Blushing
Genre: Indie-Pop/Emo/Rock
Label: Tooth & Nail

Copeland have never been the flashiest band.  They prefer to retreat into soft-spoken verses and piano-laden indie rock, employing experimental structuring and romantically-inclined whims.  After five albums, it’s telling that Copeland has been able to evoke such excitement out of the few songs they’ve streamed in advance of Blushing, which is currently postured to – quite possibly – eclipse the beauty of their previous discography.  It’s not that it’s necessarily taking a different approach, but there’s something about songs like ‘Pope’ that feel refreshingly original; it glows with the soft embers of spellbinding romanticism as well as an underlying sense of urgency.  If the entire album can match that kind of beauty, then we’re all undoubtedly in for a treat.

– List of Releases: February 15, 2019 –

Avantasia: Moonglow
Genre: Power Metal/Hard Rock
Label: Nuclear Blast

Avril Lavigne: Head Above Water
Genre: Pop/Rock
Label: BMG Rights Management

Ben Shemie: A Skeleton
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Hands in the Dark

Broken Social Scene: Let’s Try the After – Vol. 1
Genre: Indie-Rock/Post-Rock
Label: Arts & Crafts Productions, Inc.

The Cat Empire: Stolen Diamonds
Genre: Reggae/Jazz/Funk
Label: Two Shoes

Copeland: Blushing
Genre: Indie-Pop/Emo/Rock
Label: Tooth & Nail

Czarface & Ghostface Killah: Czarface Meets Ghostface
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Silver Age

Endon: Boy Meets Girl
Genre: Experimental/Black Metal/Hardcore
Label: Thrill Jockey

Florida Georgia Line: Can’t Say I Ain’t Country
Genre: Country/Pop
Label: BMX

Hayes Carll: What It Is
Genre: Country
Label: Dualtone Music

Heartstreets: Why Make Sense
Genre: Pop/R&B
Label: Heartstreets

Hexvessel: All Tree
Genre: Folk/Psychedelic
Label: Century Media

HOMESHAKE: Helium
Genre: Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Label: Sinderlyn

Jon Fratelli: Bright Night Flowers
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alternative Rock
Label: Cooking Vinyl

Ladytron: Ladytron
Genre: Electronic/Pop
Label: Ladytron Music

Methyl Ethel: Triage
Genre: Indie-Pop
Label: 4AD

Millencolin: SOS
Genre: Punk/Pop-Punk
Label: Epitaph

Motorpsycho: The Crucible
Genre: Psychedelic/Progressive Rock
Label: Rune Grammofon

ONE OK ROCK: Eye of the Storm
Genre: Alternative Rock/Post-Hardcore/Pop-Punk
Label: Fueled by Ramen

Piroshka: Brickbat
Genre: Alternative/Indie-Rock
Label: Bella Union

Rotting Christ: The Heretics
Genre: Black Metal/Folk/Gothic
Label: Season of Mist

Ryan Bingham: American Love Song
Genre: Country/Americana
Label: Axster Bingham

Saor: Forgotten Paths
Genre: Black Metal/Folk/Post-Metal
Label: Avantgarde Music

SWMRS: Berkeley’s On Fire
Genre: Pop/Punk
Label: Fueled by Ramen

Tourist: Everyday
Genre: Electronic/Downtempo
Label: Monday

Wicca Phase Springs Eternal: Suffer On
Genre: Hip-Hop/Emo/Indie-Rock
Label: Run for Cover Records

Woman’s Hour: Ephyra
Genre: Alternative/Pop/Rock
Label: Practise Music

Yann Tiersen: ALL
Genre: Classical/Soundtrack/Minimal
Label: Mute

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