The good news: Vancouver indie-rock duo The Pack A.D. are putting out a new album. The bad news: It’s their final release “for the foreseeable future.” The aptly titled It Was Fun While It Lasted comes out April 17, preceded by the equally telling single Give Up, which you can watch above. While the duo insist they aren’t breaking up, drummer Maya Miller made this statement: “We’ve been a band for so long, and it’s very insular in so many ways, especially when you’re a duo. It is this Us vs The World feeling, that highlights Becky singing “you may feel leftover but you’ll always make my team.” This song really lays bare all the frustration and depression that has become part and parcel of doing what we love. We love playing music. We love our fans. We would be lying though, if we didn’t say that rock music is a boys club and it is a constant battle to keep our space carved out as women. This song is about deciding what’s best for us and taking that control. The end refrain is that pact with no judgement or strings attached: “Say you give up. I give in.” Fair enough. Scroll down to check out the rest of the albums announced in the past day or so, and hit the packed Upcoming Releases page for everything else coming out this year.
March 27
Nicolas Jaar | Cenizas
Mayflower Madame | Prepared For A Nightmare
Gavilán Rayna Russom | Secret Passage
April 3
Dynazty | The Dark Delight
Yaeji | What We Drew 우리가 그려왔던
April 10
Lord Vigo | Danse De Noir
April 17
Foes | American Violence EP
The Pack A.D. | It Was Fun While It Lasted
April 24
Auroch | Stolen Angelic Tongues / All The Names Of The Night EP
Luka Kuplowsky | Judee Justin Arthur Mary
MTBT (Mumbling Thom + The Blue Tree) | Shadows & Dust
Nova One | Lovable
Talking Book | Talking Book II
White Poppy | Paradise Gardens
May 1
Mare Berger | The Moon is Always Full
May 8
Bishop Nehru | Nehruvia: My Disregarded Thoughts
Watch Clark | Backscatter Effect EP
Bridget Kearney & Benjamin Lazar Davis | Still Flying
Margo Price | That’s How Rumors Get Started
RAC | Boy
Amanda St. John | The Muscle Shoals Sessions
Shiner | The Egg
May 15
Lesley Barth | Big Time Baby
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down | Temple
Various Artists | Pacific Breeze 2: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1972-1986
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May 22
Deradoorian | | Find The Sun
Jerrod Dickenson | Ready The Horses
May 29
Lou Canon | Audomatic Body
Protomartyr | Ultimate Success Today
June 5
Mark Olson & Ingunn Ringvold | Magdalen Accepts The Invitation
Westerman | Your Hero Is Not Dead
Working Men’s Club | Working Men’s Club
June 12
Manic Street Preachers | Gold Against The Soul Deluxe Edition
June 19
Atavist | III: Absolution
Neil Young | Return to Greendale
July 3
Dream Wife | So When You Gonna …
July 24
Neil Young | Archives Volume 2
October 16
Neil Young | Rust Bucket
November 27
Neil Young | Young Shakespeare
