Edward Rogers releases his eighth solo LP, Catch A Cloud, via Zip Records on 25 June. Catch A Cloud shows a more reflective side to the British-born, NYC-based singer-songwriter. With a lyrics and vocal style blending Ian Hunter and Ray Davies with music bringing shades of 60s psychedelia, these are 11 heartfelt songs of love, life and loss. An accomplished and fearless album.
Haakon Ellingsen‘s new LP ‘My Purple Dress’ pushes all the right buttons with shimmering songwriting played by the cream of the Norwegian music scene. After receiving critical acclaim for 2020 single ‘Sorry’, ‘As Good As New’ highlights his chiming power-pop melodies.
Mark & The Clouds’ third album is Waves, following on from Blue Skies Opening (2014) and Cumulus (2017). The trio, led by Marco Magnani, continue to mine the 60s psych scene for vital melodies and inventive sounds. Enthusing the best of UK and US scenes of days of lore, ‘You And Me In Space’ deftly combines a Who meets Eight Miles High Byrds sound. ‘You Wanna Put Me Down’ brings a muscular take on Merseybeat and ‘Peace Not Religion’ shows that band’s knack of indie-pop tied to thought provoking lyrics is undimmed.
‘Hits To Spare’ is new single by The Poppermost. This group is the moniker of Joe Kane who solely records and performs his Mersey-inspired tracks. Highlighted by this Beatlesque track straight out of 1965, this track proves there is much more to spare on his forthcoming album.
The Gambit of Shame are notable for their 1982 single, No Bounds produced by Robert Wyatt. For the first time, their studio recordings have been collected together to form a retrospective album also entitled ‘No Bounds’. Fans of Joy Division and Gang of Four will have much to love in the 31 tracks, a treasure trove for fans of post punk scene.
From Mattias Olsson’s Roth Händle Studios comes the new Molesome album ‘Are you there?’. It’s a hugely inventive concept record on everyday life with a seemingly never ending range of sounds. Making the mundane sound eye popping, this is progressive rock in the truest sense.
Carolina group By George return with ‘Summer Song’, a wistful acoustic ode to summers gone and days to come. Watch out for this 11 June release as the sun arrives.
Chicago’s Crown Vic Royal‘s new EP Cosmic Nights tells the story of a Chicago bar band full of cosmic American sounds who take off during the COVID quarantine and head to the desert to discover love, friendship, Wah-Wah pedals, and circling birds overhead. Ambitious and rewarded by repeated listens.
