There are more than 110 albums, EPs and singles being released next week. And yeah, I know that Carly Rae Jepsen’s Dedicated and DJ Khaled’s Father of Asahd are probably the two biggest releases of the week. But here’s the thing: I don’t care about either of them. Especially Khaled, who’s basically a talentless hype man. So anyway, I’m ignoring them for the albums that interest me. So sue me.
THE TOP ALBUMS
The National
I Am Easy to Find
The Ohio indie gods’ eight album is a companion disc to a short film of the same name by director Mike Mills (no, not the guy from R.E.M.). But according to a press release, “the former is not the video for the latter; the latter is not the soundtrack to the former. The two projects are, as Mills calls them, ‘Playfully hostile siblings that love to steal from each other’ — they share music and words and DNA and impulses and a vision about what it means to be human in 2019, but don’t necessarily need one another.” Whatever that means. The disc also includes a ton of female guest vocalists, including Gail Ann Dorsey, Lisa Hannigan, Sharon Van Etten, Mina Tindle and Kate Stables. So that should be different.
Rammstein
Rammstein (Untitled)
I don’t know much about Rammstein’s seventh studio album and first release in a decade, but I can tell you a few things: 1) It will very likely be bombastic and aggressive; 2) The subsequent tour will involve apocalyptic amounts of fire; 3) Untold numbers of people will be offended by their videos. And really, what else would you expect from these Teutonic terrors?
Tyler, the Creator
Igor
Like Rammstein, the Odd Future founder hasn’t released a lot of details about his fifth studio album, save for a release date, a few musical snippets and two different versions of the cover art. Hey, nobody said he was a decisive creator. However, it is the followup to his eccentric Grinch-inspired album, so maybe he’s working his way through some sort of classic film-character concept series. Or not.
THE FULL LIST
Akku Quintet | Depart
Ellen Allien | Alientronic
Greg Antista and the Lonely Streets | Shake, Stomp and Stumble
Rich Aucoin | Release
Avatar | The King Live in Paris
Badge Epoque Ensemble | Badge Epoque Ensemble
The Beaches | The Professional EP
Black Label Society | Sonic Brew: 20th Anniversary Blend 5.99 – 5.19
Black Nile | Sounds of Color
Black Oak Arkansas | Underdog Heroes
Blue Jeans | Adult Hits
Marty Brown | American Highway
CalBoy | Wildboy
Lewis Capaldi | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
Antony Carle | The Moment
Cash Box Kings | Hail to the Kings!
Cat Princess | Forbidden Items
Judy Collins | The Elektra Albums Volume 1 (1961-68)
Com Truise | Persuasion System
Theo Croker | Star People Nation
Crooked Colours | Langata
Dead Sea Apes | The Free Territory
Paul Den Heyer | Everything So Far
Doombanomicon | Doombanomicon
Dreamtime | Tidal Mind
Duckwrth | The Falling Man
Joanna Duda | Keen
Duel | Valley of Shadows
Eye of the Destroyer | Baptized in Pain
Joey Fatts | Chipper Jones Vol. 4
Fat Wang | Guru
Frenship | Vacation
William Ryan Fritch | Deceptive Cadence: Music for Film Vol 1 & 2
Fujiya & Miyagi | Flashback
Full of Hell | Weeping Choir
M. Geddes Gengras | I Am The Last of That Green and Warm-Hued World
Paul Gilbert | Behold Electric Guitar
Glassing | Spotted Horse
Baker Grace | Girl, I Know
Green Lake Project | GLP
Grim Streaker | No Vision
Hilary Hahn | 6 Partitas by Antón García Abril
Handsome Young Ladies | We Got It Covered
The Head & The Heart | Living Mirage
The Heavy | Sons
Helm | Chemical Flowers
Hot Suede | Hot Suede
Imperial Wax | Gastwerk Saboteurs
Injury Reserve | Injury Reserve
Institute | Readjusting the Locks
Interpol | A Fine Mess EP
Atsushi Izumi | Verdigris EP
Jems | Jems
Carly Rae Jepsen | Dedicated
DJ Khaled | Father of Asahd
Kizuna AI | hello, world
Koeosaeme | Obanikeshi
Alex Lahey | The Best of Luck Club
LAL | Dark Beings
Adir L.C. | Basket Star
Benjamin Lew | Le personnage principa
Lo-Pan | Subtle
Nick Lowe | Love Starvation / Trombone
Lucette | Deluxe Hotel Room
Maluma | 11:11
The Manor | Free the Geezer
Briston Maroney | Indiana
Paul McCartney | Egypt Station: Explorer’s Edition
Megan Thee Stallion | Fever
Brad Mehldau | Finding Gabriel
Minor Poet | The Good News
Momoiro Clover Z | Momoiro Clover Z
Kelly Moran | Origin
The National | I Am Easy to Find
The Necrosexual | Gory Hole
Noia | Crisalida
October Tide | In Splendor Below
Olden Yolk | Living Theatre
Operators | Radiant Dawn
Grant Pavol | Okay
Laurence Pike | Holy Spring
Austin Plaine | Stratford
Ryan Pollie | Ryan Pollie
Maddie Poppe | Whirlwind
Rammstein | Rammstein
Duke Robillard | Ear Worms
Rosetta Stone | Seems Like Forever
Saint Vitus | Saint Vitus
Santiago Salazar | The Night Owl
Seba Kaapstad | Thina
Conrad Sewell | Life
Siskiyou | Not Somewhere
Slowthai | Nothing Great About Britain
Small Town Therapy | Dreams & Consequences
Steel Pulse | Mass Manipulation
Sunset Sons | Problems
Teleman | Family of Remixes
Traffic | The Studio Albums 1967-1974 Box
Tyler, the Creator | Igor
Various Artists | Anabiosis: Injection A
Various Artists | Room 37: The Mysterious Death of Johnny Thunders Soundtrack
Jimmy Vaughan | Baby, Please Come Home
Verdigirls | Small Moves
The Vocal Chords | Puppy Love
Josephine Wiggs | We Fall
Wild Wes | Perfect Attendance
Worshipper | Light in the Wire
Yak | Termina EP
Nicole Yun | Paper Suit
Zomby | Vanta
