New Music Friday: Feb. 21, 2025

This Week's New Releases, Reissues + More 😺

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New Releases

NEW RELEASES

Basia Bulat | “Basia’s Palace” (producers: Mark Lawson, Bulat; mixed by Tucker Martine; new single: “Baby”; See here; Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Secret City)

Cerrone | “Disco Symphony” (Download; disco legend revisits 21 of his greatest hits, performed with the Symphony Orchestra of Cannes; Hear here; Double CD and Amber Crystal Clear Double Vinyl on March 21; Amazon UK; Apple Music; Because Music)

Sam Fender | “People Watching” (British singer-songwriter’s third album; producers: Fender, Marcus Dravs, Adam Grancuciel; new single: “People Watching”; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Polydor)

Saya Gray | “SAYA” (Canadian alt-pop singer-producer’s debut album; new single: “Shell [ Of a Man ]”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Dirty Hit)

Patterson Hood | “Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams” (Drive-By Truckers singer-guitarist’s first solo album in 12 years; producer: Chris Funk; guests: Waxahatchee, Lydia Loveless, Wednesday; new single: “A Werewolf and a Girl”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; ATO)

Killswitch Engage | “This Consequence” (their first album in more than five years; producer: guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz; new single: “Forever Aligned”; See here; Expired Ancient Slate Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Metal Blade)

Edwin McCain | “Lucky” (his first album of new material in 15 years; producer: Lee Brice; guests: Brice, Matt Ramsey of Old Dominion, Rebecca Lynn Howard; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Working Nomad / BFD)

Tate McRae | “So Close to What” (21-year-old Canadian pop star’s third album; producer: ILYA; new single: “2 Hands”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Dreamsicle Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Neon Orange Opaque Vinyl; Walmart-Exclusive Ultra Clear Translucent Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; RCA)

Bill Medley | “Straight From the Heart” (his first album since 2007, featuring duets with Michael McDonald, Shawn Colvin, Vince Gill and Keb’ Mo’; producer: Fred Mollin; new single: “These Days”; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Curb)

The Murder Capital | “Blindness” (Irish post-punk rock band’s third album; producer: John Congleton; new single: “Words Lost Meaning”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Human Season)

Nao | “Jupiter” (London R&B singer-songwriter’s fourth album; producers: Nathaniel Ledwidge, STINT; new single: “Light Years”; Hear here; Read here; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Little Tokyo Recordings / RCA)

Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band | “Honeysuckle” (producer: Peyton; mixed by Vance Powell; guests: The McCrary Sisters, Billy Branch, Michael Cleveland, Colton Crawford; Vinyl; Download; On Tour; Family Owned Records / Amplified Distribution)

Q Lazzarus | “Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music From the Motion Picture)” (Double CD; posthumous album from NYC cult artist Diane Luckey, who was working on a documentary about her life and music at the time of her death in 2022; includes previously unheard tracks; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Green Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Sacred Bones)

Roddy Ricch | “THE NAVY ALBUM” (Download; producers: EVRGRN, Omar Grand, Terrace Martin, Turbo; new single: “Lonely Road”; See here; Apple Music; Atlantic)

Mitch Ryder | “With Love” (his 21st studio album; producer: Don Was; new single: “Lilli May”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Ruf)

Silverstein | “Antibloom” (post-hardcore rockers’ 11th studio album is the first of a two-part project; new single: “Confession”; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; UNFD)

Sunny War | “Armageddon in a Summer Dress” (guests: John Doe, Valerie June, Tré Burt, Steve Ignorant; new single: “Scornful Heart”; See here; Read here; Black Swan Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; New West)

Rufus Wainwright | “Dream Requiem” (narrated by Meryl Streep, with soprano Anna Prohaska joining the choruses and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, under the baton of Mikko Franck; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Download released on Jan. 17; Apple Music; On Tour; Warner Classics)

Yellowjackets | “Fasten Up” (Grammy-winning jazz band’s 27th studio album; new single: “Comin’ Home Baby”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Mack Avenue)

Youth Lagoon | “Rarely Do I Dream” (Idaho-based singer-songwriter Trevor Powers’ fifth album as Youth Lagoon; producers: Powers, Rodaidh McDonald; new single: “Speed Freak”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Fat Possum)

Reissues + More

REISSUES + MORE

Chet Baker | “The Complete Timeless Albums Collection” (eight-CD clamshell box set, with 16-page booklet containing photos and liner notes; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Music on CD)

Dead or Alive | “Youthquake (40th Anniversary)” (1985 album, featuring “You Spin Me Round [Like a Record],” “Lover Come Back to Me” and “In Too Deep”; four-CD deluxe edition features the original album, plus extended, alternate and instrumental versions and “Youthquake Live Tour,” recorded at The Hammersmith Odeon in July 1985; Amazon UK; Edsel / Demon Music Group)

El Coco | “Brazil / Mondo Disco / Let’s Get It Together / Cocomotion” (four albums on two CDs; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Robinsongs / Cherry Red)

JoBoxers | “Just Got Lucky: The Complete Works 1983-1986” (three-CD collection includes 28 previously unreleased tracks; Read here; Amazon UK; Cherry Red)

Mat Kearney | “Mat Kearney (still drowning in nostalgia)” (digital deluxe edition of his 2024 self-titled album; with six bonus tracks, including a cover of Big Thief’s “Certainty”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour; Middle Kid)

Nik Kershaw | “The MCA Years” (10-disc box set contains his MCA albums, with four discs of B-sides, remixes and extended mixes, plus a DVD of promo videos and his 1984 Hammersmith show; Read here; Amazon UK; On Tour; Cherry Pop)

Ted Lucas | “Ted Lucas (Extended)” (Download; 1975 album; with four digital-only bonus tracks; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Apple Music; Third Man)

Melanie | “Return to Carnegie” (Double CD; 1978 concert; 41 songs; Amazon UK; Cleopatra)

David Lee Roth | “The Warner Recordings 1985-1994” (five-CD box set contains his first five solo albums; remastered; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; Rhino / Warner)

Souled American | “Rise Above It: A Souled American Anthology” (20 tracks culled from their six albums; newly remastered, with booklet featuring song lyrics from the band and liner notes by musicologist Camden Joy detailing the Chicago alt-country/rock band’s history; Hear here; Amazon UK; Download; Omnivore Recordings)

Merle Travis, Mac Wiseman, and Joe Maphis | “The Clayton McMichen Story” (Download; 1981 album, feat. Fiddlin’ Red Herron; Apple Music; CMH Records)

Various artists | “The Hits Album: All Time Greatest Car Songs Album” (three CDs, 63 songs; Amazon UK; Sony Music / Spectrum Music / Universal UK)

Various artists | “A New Awakening: Adventures in British Jazz 1966-1971” (three CDs, 47 songs; Read here; Amazon UK; Strawberry / Cherry Red)

Various artists | “The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts” (four-CD box set containing 51 performances at the 2009 shows at Madison Square Garden, recorded for the Emmy-winning HBO special; Starvista)

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