Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! will release a solo album of sorts later this year. The full press release about the project can be found below.
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Manchester Orchestra have released a video for the acoustic version of “I Know How to Speak.” The I Know How To Speak (Acoustic Version) digital single features three songs — the acoustic version, the original studio track, and an instrumental version — and is out today via Loma Vista Recordings.
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Fall Out Boy will be releasing a new vinyl box set on September 28th. The box set will include the albums on 180 gram black, and there will be additional reissues later this year on colored vinyl:
American Beauty/American Psycho (180g black & white swirl), Folie À Deux (180g opaque brown), From Under The Cork Tree (180g red & black split), and Infinity On High (180g clear with red splatter), all on 26 October. Then, on 14 December, Save Rock And Roll (PAX•AM Edition) will become available for the first time ever as a 2LP set on 180g red vinyl with black smoky swirls.
Amazon has a listing for the box set, and a cool unboxing video can be found here.
Today sees new releases from Face to Face, and the new MxPx album came out earlier this week. If you hit read more you can see all the releases we have in our calendar for the week. Hit the quote bubble to access our forums and talk about what came out today, what albums you picked up, and to make mention of anything we may have miss
On Florence and the Machine’s fourth full-length LP, Florence Welch continues to experiment with expansive backing sounds of string compositions and begins to reflect on her life and relationships leading up to this moment. This album does not have too many up-tempo tracks at its disposal, and for the casual listener, it may come as a surprise that the singles do not stray too far from the rest of the content on this cohesive work of art. Personally, I felt the album would have benefited from an up-tempo rocker or two, to help balance the melancholy sounds found throughout these landscapes.
On the album opener, “June,” Welch sings, “The show was ending and I started to crack/Woke up in Chicago and the sky turned black/And you’re so high, you had to be an angel/I’m so high, I can see an angel.” As Welch opens up about her past drug use, it’s hard to not pull for her in her fight against addiction. “Hunger,” even finds Welch opening up about an eating disorder and uses relationship metaphors as well to describe her struggles. This track is one of the better and more personal pieces that she has composed at this point in her career.
Twenty One Pilots have released a video for “Nico And The Niners.”
Kevin Devine has covered Now, Now’s “Prehistoric.”
Pale Waves will release their new album, My Mind Makes Noises, on September 14th. Today they’ve debuted the new song “Eighteen” on Spotify and Apple Music and pre-orders are now up. The track listing and artwork can be found below.
Fall Out Boy have released a video for “Bishops Knife Trick.” It’s a cool video, but I’m still mad about the lack of an apostrophe in the song title.
Iron & Wine will release their new EP, Weed Garden, on August 31st. Today they’ve shared the new song “What Hurts Worse” and pre-orders are now up.
Blink-182 have announced some new tour dates with State Champs.
The opening of Dreamers’ new EP, Launch, erupts in chaos. With a siren sound launching directly into your eardrums from the opening notes, this band makes it clear that this is a call to arms. Dreamers are from Manhattan, NY, but they recently relocated to Los Angeles to work on a trilogy of EPs on Fairfax Records. Coming off the success of hit singles from the debut album, This Album Does Not Exist, such as “Sweet Disaster” and “Drugs,” Dreamers continue to take advantage of the urgency found in their songwriting style.