Reigning Sound "A Little More Time with Reigning Sound (Merge)"
From Merge Records:
The old saying “you can’t go home again” is most often true. Life moves on and nothing stays the same, but that’s certainly not the case for songwriter Greg Cartwright, who returned to his home city of Memphis to record the new Reigning Sound album, A Little More Time with Reigning Sound.
And it’s not only the terrain that’s familiar: For this new LP, Cartwright also reunited with Reigning Sound’s original “Memphis lineup” of Jeremy Scott (bass), Greg Roberson (drums), and Alex Greene (keyboards), all of whom played on the band’s earliest recordings. The new songs explore fresh lyrical and musical territories but at times also tastefully echo back to Reigning Sound’s Break Up, Break Down and Time Bomb High School. That’s not by chance—it’s just what happens when these musicians get in the same room. Their sonic chemistry hasn’t faded a bit.
Juliana Hatfield "Blood (American Laundromat)"
From Bandcamp:
Over the past four years, Juliana Hatfield has kept fans engaged and intrigued as she oscillates between impassioned original releases (Pussycat, Weird) and inspired covers collections (Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John, Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police). This year she returns with her latest album of originals, Blood, out May 14, 2021.
Tim Foljahn "I Dreamed A Dream (RTP)"
From Tim Foljahn:
It’s not a dream — after more than five years, Tim Foljahn has returned with a stunning new solo album, I Dreamed a Dream. His decades as a highly in-demand guitarist — in the studio and on-stage — all the while perfecting his own songwriting — are crystalized in this record. Foljahn’s songcraft, guitar expertise, and seamless genre changeups are all back, but imbued with a new sense of depth and beauty. Lyrically, the dream of life is a recurring theme, along with disillusionment, and ultimately, resurrection. The album is a mature, vital work; Foljahn draws not just from his vaunted career in music, but also from the ever-shifting world around us.
Annie Hart "Everything Pale Blue (RTP)"
From Annie Hart:
Everything Pale Blue is the first collection of ambient music by New York City-based composer and Au Revoir Simone keyboardist Annie Hart. Performed on analog synthesizers and processed through daisy chains of delay, reverb and loop effects, Everything Pale Blue’s warm, sonorous tones and trance-like, minimalist arrangements recall the work of pioneering electronic music composers Wendy Carlos, Éliane Radigue and Brian Eno, as well as German Kosmische Musik groups of the 70’s like Kraftwerk, Cluster and Tangerine Dream.