Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 18, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 18, 2020

A. G. Cook: Apple
Genre: Electronic/Pop/House
Label: PC Music

Alicia Keys: ALICIA
Genre: Pop/Soul/R&B
Label: RCA

Ancst: Summits of Despondency
Genre: Black Metal/Drone/Hardcore
Label: Lifeforce Records

Black Thought: Stream of Thought Vol. 3: Cain And Abel
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Def Jam Recordings

BUCK-TICK: Abracadabra
Genre: Post-Punk/Gothic/Alternative Rock
Label: Lingua Sounda/Victor Entertainment

Carnation (BE): Where Death Lies
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Cults: Host
Genre: Indie-Pop/Psychedelic/Lo-Fi
Label: Sinderlyn

Deradoorian: Find The Sun
Genre: Psychedelic/Alt-Rock/Experimental
Label: Anti/Epitaph

Derek Sherinian: The Phoenix
Genre: Metal/Progressive Rock/Jazz Fusion
Label: InsideOutMusic

Elderbrook: Why Do We Shake in the Cold?
Genre: Electronic/Garage
Label: Parlophone UK

Elliott Brood: Keeper
Genre: Country/Indie-Rock
Label: Six Shooter Records Inc.

Finntroll: Vredesvävd
Genre: Folk/Black Metal
Label: Century Media

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 11, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 11, 2020

Blitzen Trapper: Holy Smokes Future Jokes
Genre: Alt/Indie-Rock
Label: Yep Roc

Conway: From King To A God
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Griselda/Drumwork/EMPIRE

Delta Spirit: What Is There
Genre: Indie-Rock/Americana
Label: New West

Dephosphorus: Sublimation
Genre: Grind/Black Metal/Hardcore
Label: 7Degrees/Selfmadegod/Nerve Altar

Doves (UK): The Universal Want
Genre: Alt/Indie-Rock
Label: Imperial Distribution

The Flaming Lips: American Head
Genre: Psychedelic/Dream Pop
Label: Warner Bros.

Frowning: Death Requiem
Genre: Doom Metal
Label: GS Productions

Ihsahn: Pharos
Genre: Progressive/Black Metal
Label: Spinefarm

Jeremy Gara: Passerine Finale
Genre: Ambient/Electronic/Indie-Rock
Label: Invada

JUPITERIAN: Protosapien
Genre: Sludge/Death/Doom Metal
Label: Transcending Obscurity

Kairon IRSE!: Polysomn
Genre: Post-Rock/Shoegaze/Progressive Rock
Label: Svart

Kelsea Ballerini: Ballerini
Genre: Pop/Country
Label: Black River Entertainment

Mammal Hands: Captured Spirits
Genre: Jazz
Label: Gondwana

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 4, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 4, 2020

Bill Callahan: Gold Record
Genre: Americana/Folk
Label: Drag City

Declan McKenna: Zeros
Genre: Indie-Pop/Psychedelic
Label: Tomplicated Inc.

Dirty Projectors: Super João
Genre: Indie-Pop/Folk
Label: Domino

Elysian Fields: Transience Of Life
Genre: Jazz/Indie-Pop/Dream Pop
Label: Microcultures

Grant-Lee Phillips: Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff
Genre: Americana/Alternative Rock
Label: Yep Roc Records

Hurts: Faith
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alt-Rock
Label: Hurts

JARV IS…: Beyond the Pale
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alt-Rock
Label: Rough Trade

Lana Del Rey: Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Genre: Indie-Pop/Dream Pop
Label: Interscope

Lomelda: Hannah
Genre: Lo-Fi/Indie-Rock
Label: Double Double Whammy

Oceans of Slumber: Oceans Of Slumber
Genre: Progressive/Melodic/Post Metal
Label: Century Media

The Pineapple Thief: Versions Of The Truth
Genre: Progressive/Alt-Rock
Label: KSCOPE

San Cisco: Between You and Me
Genre: Indie-Pop
Label: Nettwerk Records

Throwing Muses: Sun Racket
Genre: Indie-Rock/Post-Punk
Label: Fire Records

Tricky: Fall to Pieces
Genre: Trip Hop/Electronic
Label: False Idols

Yelle: L’Ère du Verseau
Genre: Indie-Pop/Hip-Hop/Electronic
Label: Recreation Center

The Young Knives: Barbarians
Genre: Indie-Rock/Post-Punk
Label: Gadzook

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 28, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: August 28, 2020

Archive: Versions
Genre: Trip-Hop/Alt-Rock
Label: Dangervisit

Angel Olsen: Whole New Mess
Genre: Indie-Folk/Rock
Label: Jagjaguwar

The Avett Brothers: The Third Gleam
Genre: Americana/Bluegrass/Folk
Label: Loma Vista

Colter Wall: Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs
Genre: Country/Americana/Folk
Label: La Honda

Disclosure: ENERGY
Genre: House/Garage/Pop
Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.

Gregory Porter: All Rise
Genre: Jazz/Soul
Label: Blue Note

Katy Perry: Smile
Genre: Pop
Label: Capitol

Kelly Lee Owens: Inner Song
Genre: Techno/Pop/House
Label: Smalltown Supersound

lovelytheband: Conversations with Myself About You
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock
Label: Another Century

Manticora: To Live to Kill to Live
Genre: Power/Death/Thrash Metal
Label: Vicisolom Production

Molly Tuttle: …but i’d rather be with you
Genre: Country/Indie-Rock
Label: Compass

Motorpsycho: The All Is One
Genre: Psychedelic/Progressive/Stoner Rock
Label: Rune Grammofon

Narrow Head: 12th House Rock
Genre: Shoegaze/Post-Hardcore

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 21, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: August 21, 2020

Ars Magna Umbrae: Apotheosis
Genre: Black Metal
Label: 1154692 Records DK

Atramentus: Stygian
Genre: Death/Doom Metal
Label: 20 Buck Spin

Blackbear: everything means nothing
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock
Label: Beartrap/Alamo/Interscope Records

Blues Pills: Holy Moly!
Genre: Rock/Psychedelic/Blues
Label: Nuclear Blast

Bob Moses: Desire
Genre: Electronic/House
Label: Domino Recording Co

Bright Eyes: Down in the Weeds Where the World Once Was
Genre: Folk/Indie-Rock
Label: Dead Oceans

Brimstone Coven: Woes Of A Mortal Earth
Genre: Stoner Rock/Hard Rock
Label: Ripple Music

Bully: SUGAREGG
Genre: Alt-Rock/Grunge/Indie-Rock
Label: Sub Pop Records

Cold War Kids: New Age Norms 2
Genre: Indie-Rock//Pop/Folk
Label: CWKTWO Corp.

Cut Copy: Freeze, Melt
Genre: Electronic/Pop/Post-Punk
Label: Cutters Record

Cytotoxin: Nuklearth
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Unique Leaders Records

Dan Croll: Grand Plan
Genre: Indie-Pop/Electronic
Label: Caroline International (P&D)

Declan McKenna: Zeros
Genre:…

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 14, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: August 14, 2020

Biffy Clyro: A Celebration Of Endings
Genre: Alternative Rock/Post-Hardcore
Label: Warner Records

Black Marble: I Must Be Living Twice
Genre: Post-Punk/Electronic
Label: Sacred Bones Records

Decoherence: Unitarity
Genre: Black Metal/Industrial
Label: Sentient Ruin Laboratories

Ingested: Where Only Gods May Tread
Genre: Death Metal/Metalcore
Label: Unique Leader Records

Jordin Sparks: Sounds Like Me
Genre: Pop
Label: Disrupt Group

Kathleen Edwards: Total Freedom
Genre: Folk/Country/Alt-Rock
Label: Dualtone Music

Kiesza: Crave
Genre: Pop/Garage/Electronic
Label: Zebra Spirit Tribe LTD

King Buzzo: Gift of Sacrifice
Genre: Folk/Experimental
Label: Ipecac Recordings

Levellers: Peace
Genre: Punk/Folk/Rock
Label: On The Fiddle Recordings

Primitive Man: Immersion
Genre: Sludge/Death/Doom Metal
Label: Relapse Records

Robby Krieger: The Ritual Begins At Sundown
Genre: Jazz
Label: The Players CLub

Sea Girls: Open Up Your Head
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Polydor Records

Whitney: Candid
Genre: Indie-Rock/Pop-Rock/Folk
Label: Secretly Canadian

Young Jesus: Welcome to Conceptual Beach
Genre: Indie-Rock/Emo/Alternative Rock
Label: Saddle Creek

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 7, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: August 7, 2020

Avatar: Hunter Gatherer
Genre: Melodic Death Metal/Heavy Metal
Label: Century Media Int’L

BRONSON: BRONSON
Genre: Electronic
Label: Ninja Tune

Deep Purple: Whoosh!
Genre: Hard Rock/Blues/Progressive
Label: earMUSIC

Cassadee Pope: Rise and Shine
Genre: Pop/Country
Label: Awake Music, LLC

Entartung: Maleficae Artes
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Dunkelheit Produktionen

Glass Animals: Dreamland
Genre: Indie-Pop/Psychedelic/R&B
Label: Polydor

Good Tiger: Raised in a Doomsday Cult
Genre: Post-Hardcore/Progressive Metal
Label: Sheet Happens Publishing

Jaga Jazzist: Pyramid
Genre: Jazz/Post-Rock/Electronic
Label: Brainfeeder

Jason Molina: Eight Gates
Genre: Country/Folk/Americana
Label: Secretly Canadian

Jaye Jayle: Prisyn
Genre: Psychedelic/Country/Rock
Label: Sargent House

Jenny O.: New Truth
Genre: Pop/Country
Label: Mama Bird Recording Co.

Luke Bryan: Born Here Live Here Die Here
Genre: Pop/Country
Label: Capitol Records Nashville

Messiah.: Fatal Grotesque Symbols – Dark Universe
Genre: Thrash/Death Metal
Label: High Roller

The Microphones: Microphones in 2020
Genre: Lo-Fi/Indie-Folk
Label: P.W. Elverum & Sun

Misery Signals: Ultraviolet
Genre: Hardcore/Progressive/Metalcore
Label: Carpark

Orbit Culture: Nija
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Label: Seek & Strike

Stand Atlantic: Pink Elephant
Genre: Pop-Punk/Alternative Rock/Emo
Label: Hopeless Records

Washed Out: Purple Noon
Genre: Lo-Fi/Dream Pop/Electronic
Label: Sub Pop Records

Within Destruction: Yōkai
Genre: Death Metal/Metalcore
Label: Ultra Heavy Records

Yellow Days: A Day In A Yellow Beat
Genre: Pop/Soul/R&B
Label: Columbia

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 31, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: July 31, 2020 –

Alanis Morissette: Such Pretty Forks In The Road
Genre: Pop-Rock
Label: Epiphany Music

Alcatrazz: Born Innocent
Genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Label: Silver Lining Music

Brandy: B7
Genre: Hip-Hop/Pop/R&B
Label: Entertainment One

Creeper: Sex, Death & The Infinite Void
Genre: Gothic/Pop-Punk/Emo
Label: Roadrunner

Disavowed: Revocation of the Fallen
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Brutal Mind

Fontaines D.C.: A Hero’s Death
Genre: Punk/Post-Punk
Label: PTKF

High Spirits: Hard to Stop
Genre: Rock/Heavy Metal
Label: High Roller

Hockey Dad: Brain Candy
Genre: Alternative/Indie Rock
Label: BMG

Imperial Triumphant: Alphaville
Genre: Black/Death Metal
Label: Century Media

Katalepsy: Terra Mortuus Est
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Unique Leader

Land of Talk: Indistinct Conversations
Genre: Alt/Indie Rock
Label: Saddle Creek

Madeline Kenney: Sucker’s Lunch
Genre: Indie-Pop
Label: Carpark

Max Richter: Voices
Genre: Classical/Ambient
Label: Decca

The Psychedelic Furs: Made Of Rain
Genre: Post Punk/Pop Rock
Label: Cooking Vinyl

Rival Consoles: Articulation
Genre: Techno/IDM
Label: Erased Tapes

Sepulchral Curse: Only Ashes Remain
Genre: Black/Death Metal
Label: Transcending Obscurity

Shackleton & Zimpel: Primal Forms
Genre: Electronic
Label: Cosmo Rhythmatic

Steve Howe: Love Is
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: BMG

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Here’s a small list of some new releases for the week of July 24th, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors, and by all means, feel free to leave a comment as to what’s missing. How Sowing does this every week is beyond me.

– List of Releases: July 24th, 2020 –

The Acacia Strain – Slow Decay
Genre: Deathcore
Label: Rise Records

Bombay Bicycle Club – Two Lives (EP)
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Mmm… Records

Courtney Marie Andrews – Old Flowers
Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Americana
Label: Fat Possum

Defeated Sanity – The Sanguinary Impetus
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Willowtip

Gaerea – Limbo
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Haken – Virus
Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: InsideOutMusic

The Irrepressibles – Superheroes
Genre: Art Pop
Label: OND Recordings

Jessy Lanza – All the Time
Genre: UK Bass, Synthpop
Label: Hyperdub

Kamaal Williams – Wu Hen
Genre: Jazz/Funk
Label: Black Focus

Katie Dey – mydata
Genre: Art Pop
Label: Run for Cover

Logic – No Pressure
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Def Jam/Visionary Music

MisterWives – Superbloom
Genre: Indie Pop/Alternative Dance
Label: Fueled by Ramen

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 17, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: July 17, 2020 –

The Aces: Under My Influence
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock
Label: Red Bull

Bing & Ruth: Species
Genre: Ambient/Classical
Label: 4AD

Blu & Exile: Miles
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Fat Beat

Dark Sarah: Grim
Genre: Metal/Gothic
Label: Napalm

The Chicks: Gaslighter
Genre: Country/Pop/Bluegrass
Label: Columbia

Ellie Goulding: Brightest Blue
Genre: Indie-Pop/Electronic
Label: Polydor

Eremit: Desert of Ghouls
Genre: Doom Metal/Drone
Label: Transcending Obscurity

Kansas: The Absence Of Presence
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: InsideOutMusic

Khthoniik Cerviiks: Æequiizoiikum
Genre: Death/Black Metal
Label: Iron Bonehead

Kllo: Maybe We Could
Genre: Soul/Electronic/IDM
Label: Ghostly International

The Lawrence Arms: Skeleton Coast
Genre: Pop Punk
Label: Epitaph

Lianne La Havas: Lianne La Havas
Genre: Pop/Soul
Label: Warner

Lonely Robot: Feelings Are Good
Genre: Rock/Pop/Progressive
Label: InsideOutMusic

Mystras: Castles Conquered And Reclaimed
Genre: Black Metal/Folk
Label: Divine Element

Oliver Tree: UGLY IS BEAUTIFUL
Genre: Hip-Hop/Pop
Label: Atlantic

Pretenders: Hate for Sale
Genre: Punk/Rock
Label: BMG

Protomartyr: Ultimate Success Today
Genre: Indie-Rock/Post-Punk
Label: Domino

Zombi: 2020
Genre: Progressive Rock/Electronic/Psychedelic
Label: Relapse

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 10, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: July 10, 2020 –

Battle Dagorath: Abyss Horizons
Genre: Ambient/Black Metal
Label: Avantgarde Music

The Beths: Jump Rope Gazers
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Carpark Records

Dawn Of Ashes: The Antinomian
Genre: Industrial/Black Metal
Label: Artoffact Records

DMA’s: The Glow
Genre: Alt/Indie Rock
Label: Infectious Music

Ensiferum: Thalassic
Genre: Folk/Melodic Death Metal
Label: Metal Blade Records

Inter Arma: Garbers Days Revisited
Genre: Sludge/Black Metal
Label: Relapse Records

The Jayhawks: XOXO
Genre: Country/Americana/Alternative Rock
Label: SHAM

Julianna Barwick: Healing Is a Miracle
Genre: Ambient/Indie-Pop/Dream Pop
Label: Ninja Tune

July Talk: Pray For It
Genre: Rock/Blues
Label: BMG Rights Management

Kacy Hill: Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again
Genre: Dream Pop
Label: Kacy Hill

Margo Price: That’s How Rumors Get Started
Genre: Country/Americana
Label: Loma Vista

The Midnight: Monsters
Genre: Indie-Pop/Electronic
Label: Counter Records

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