{"id":8782,"date":"2020-12-06T14:41:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T19:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=8782"},"modified":"2020-12-06T14:41:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T19:41:35","slug":"music-update-november-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/06\/music-update-november-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Music update, November 2020."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A quick playlist of new tracks from November, as we head into mid-December and time for my year-end lists of 2020&#8217;s best albums and singles, which I&#8217;m tentatively planning to run on December 21<sup>st<\/sup> and 22<sup>nd<\/sup>. As always, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/74XJrei2j1v3992T3trZFg?si=mzFGDVouRIO53NzhUab_Pw\">access the playlist here<\/a> if you can&#8217;t see the widget below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-spotify wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Klaw&amp;apos;s November 2020 new music update\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/74XJrei2j1v3992T3trZFg?si=-esXyTmKQy239ypBARXzlw&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>James BKS feat. The New Breed Gang \u2013 No Unga Bunga. <\/strong>French producer and hip-hop artist JamesBKSwas the first signing to Idris Elba&#8217;s new record label, and this is now his fourth single for the imprint, following last year&#8217;s &#8220;New Breed,&#8221; with guest spots from Q-Tip, Little Simz, and Elba himself. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arlo Parks \u2013 Caroline. <\/strong>At this point, I might be looking forward to Parks&#8217; debut album, <em>Collapsed in Sunbeams<\/em>, due out January 29<sup>th<\/sup>, more than any other album scheduled for next year. Her voice is stunning and I love the lush sound of just about everything she&#8217;s released so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jade Bird \u2013 Headstart. <\/strong>The Welsh singer-songwriter Bird hasn&#8217;t announced a new album but this is her first new track in over a year, since her debut album dropped in May 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HAERTS \u2013 It&#8217;s Too Late. <\/strong>The duo announced a release date for their third album, <em>Dream Nation<\/em>, of March 21, with this track and &#8220;For the Sky&#8221; to be included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mourn \u2013 Stay There<\/strong>. ThisBarcelona punk-rock trio seem to be getting more experimental as they get older \u2013 although they&#8217;re still all between 20 and 23 years old \u2013 with their fourth album, <em>Self Worth<\/em>, released on October 30<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Khruangbin \u2013 Summer Madness<\/strong>. Khruangbin had already released one of the year&#8217;s best albums in <em>Mordechai<\/em>, and now they&#8217;ve put out a full album with 15 covers, including this reworking of a Kool &amp; the Gang track from 1974.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Django Django \u2013 Glowing in the Dark<\/strong>. The title track from the Djangos&#8217; fourth album, due out February 12<sup>th<\/sup>, is more of the same electronic rock we&#8217;ve gotten from the group since their more experimental first record, 2012&#8217;s self-titled debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Radkey \u2013 Seize<\/strong>. The Brothers Radke are at their best when they turn up the tempo, which they do here on this punk-infused track. Their newest album <em>Green Room <\/em>just came out on November 27<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Record Heat \u2013 Nathan<\/strong>. Record Heat used to be called Spirit Animal, but they changed their name based on criticism of the possible cultural appropriation involved in the old moniker. I find their music a mixed bag \u2013 when they try to introduce anything resembling rap, it doesn&#8217;t work, but their straight rock tracks can be pretty strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Romero \u2013 Troublemaker<\/strong>. A new power-pop group from Melbourne, Romero just released this, their third single, in advance of a debut album coming out next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Lounge Society \u2013 Burn the Heather<\/strong>. This West Yorkshire teenaged quartet have called themselves &#8220;the antidote to The 1975,&#8221; which is good enough for me, although I also dig the post-punk vibe on this, their second-ever single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pale Waves \u2013 Change<\/strong>. This is my favorite song to date from the Mancunian indie-rock band, whose second album, <em>Who Am I?<\/em>, is due out on February 12<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Middle Kids \u2013 R U 4 Me?<\/strong> I never got this Sydney indie-pop act&#8217;s their 2016 hit &#8220;Edge of Town,&#8221; but this new track, their first since an EP came out last May, is pretty solid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zeal &amp; Ardor \u2013 Wake of a<\/strong> Nation. The title track from this gospel-blues-metal band&#8217;s new EP, released October 23<sup>rd<\/sup>, has more of the same righteous anger in the lyrics and tones down the harshest elements (e.g., blast beats) of some of their earlier output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moonspell \u2013 The Greater Good<\/strong>. The Portuguese doom metal stalwarts announced their 12<sup>th<\/sup> album, <em>Hermitage<\/em>, will come out on February 26<sup>st<\/sup>; it&#8217;s their first since 2017&#8217;s concept album <em>1755<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick playlist of new tracks from November, as we head into mid-December and time for my year-end lists of 2020&#8217;s best albums and singles, which I&#8217;m tentatively planning to run on December 21st and 22nd. As always, you can access the playlist here if you can&#8217;t see the widget below. James BKS feat. 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