The year has been off to a great start, music-wise, and this week continues with some promising new releases. Cloakroom’s dark, atmospheric shoegaze is leading the charge for me this week after some great lead singles. Krallice also has a new one for those looking to keep things heavy.
Alice Glass is dropping her debut solo album and those who fell in love with early Crystal Castles should really enjoy this one. Pinegrove also has a new full-length out this week as does alt-rock veterans Urge Overkill. Jacques Greene is releasing a new EP for those digging more electronic tunes as well.
Beirut returns with a collection of old songs and has aptly titled the compilation, Artifacts. PJ Harvey has also shared the demos for her underrated album Let England Shake.
The best new songs this week come from Brooklyn’s Widowspeak, who are serving up some of their best tunes to date in anticipation of their new album, The Jacket, and The Smile, the supergroup consisting of Thom Yorke, Johnny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner, have shared their second official single as well. Toronto’s Ducks Ltd. are also back with a standalone single called “Sheets of Grey” which continues their particularly upbeat jangle-pop vibes full of bright guitars.
Greet Death continue to refine their sound on their latest, “Punishment Existence,” and Tomberlin is back with a gorgeous new song called “idkwntht.” The Weather Station also returns with the announcement of a new album and first single. It follows last year’s Ignorance. Warpaint also returned this week and announced their first new album in six years.
Finally, Spotify has sided with total moron Joe Rogan and is removing Neil Young’s discography from their platform.
Albums:
Cloakroom | Dissolution Wave
Alice Glass | PREY//IV
Amber Mark | Three Dimensions Deep
Krallice | Crystalline Exhaustion
Pinegrove | 11:11
Urge Overkill | Oui
Jacques Greene | Fantasy EP
Beirut | Artifacts
PJ Harvey | Let England Shake – Demos
Songs:
Widowspeak | “While You Wait”
The Smile | “The Smoke”
Ducks Ltd. | “Sheets of Grey”
Greet Death | “Punishment Existence”
Tomberlin | “idkwntht”
The Weather Station | “Endless Time”
Warpaint | “Champion”
If you’re a Spotify user, you can listen to these songs (and more from 2022) here!