{"id":9537,"date":"2022-09-03T12:10:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T16:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=9537"},"modified":"2022-09-03T12:10:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T16:10:16","slug":"music-update-august-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/03\/music-update-august-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Music update, August 2022."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>And we\u2019re back, after I missed a non-December monthly playlist for the first time in something like six or seven years, thanks to the combination of the late draft, trade deadline, Gen Con, and my big family vacation to the UK, so this playlist covers stuff from two months rather than just the one. We\u2019ve got a ton of potentially great new albums and EPs due out the rest of the year, including stuff from the first four artists here, plus something new from the Arctic Monkeys, Suede, Christine &amp; the Queens, Editors, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dry Cleaning, and more. As always, if you can\u2019t see the widget below, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/6ezXLjmHCtrdNKfg9o9aDa?si=f4625c55c17a4124\">access the Spotify playlist here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Klaw&amp;apos;s August 2022 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\/6ezXLjmHCtrdNKfg9o9aDa?si=223004c129cf467a&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Beths \u2013 Knees Deep.<\/strong> The Beths have released three fantastic singles ahead of their album, <em>Expert in a Dying Field<\/em>, due out on the 16<sup>th<\/sup>. I have gotten much worse at predicting which bands will break out into broader success, but man, if any band seems poised to do so right now, it\u2019s the Beths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Wombats \u2013 Is This What It Feels Like to Feel Like This? <\/strong>One of my favorite bands going, the Wombats are putting out a six-track EP in November, just nine months after releasing their latest album, and this title track is a banger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GIFT \u2013 Gumball Garden. <\/strong>The first time I heard this I was sure it was Tame Impala, or a Kevin Parker side project. It\u2019s that precise psychedelic-rock vibe \u2013 or you might think DIIV if you\u2019re familiar with them \u2013 and the vocalist sounds a good bit like Parker, but there\u2019s no connection. GIFT is a five-piece band from Brooklyn and their debut album, <em>Momentary Presence<\/em>, is due out on October 14<sup>th<\/sup>. I love the whole track but the surprise guitar riff around the 1:35 mark is next-level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sports Team \u2013 The Drop.<\/strong> Sports Team\u2019s second album, <em>GULP!<\/em>, is due out on September 23<sup>rd<\/sup>, a two-month delay due to production issues, but we\u2019ve got four strong singles from the album now, including this, \u201cR Entertainment,\u201d \u201cThe Game,\u201d and \u201cDig,\u201d showing some versatility beyond their initial art-punk style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STONE \u2013 Waste. <\/strong>Heavy post-punk music from a band led by the son of John Power, former lead singer\/guitarist of the La\u2019s (\u201cThere She Goes\u201d) and Cast (\u201cAlright,\u201d \u201cSandstorm\u201d), which is quite the way to rebel against your parents, I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>YUNGBLUD \u2013 Don\u2019t Feel Like Feeling Sad Today. <\/strong>I\u2019m not a big YUNGBLUD fan but this is a perfect little 2-minute punk-pop song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Mars Volta \u2013 Blacklight Shine.<\/strong> TMV\u2019s first album in a decade, just called <em>The Mars Volta<\/em>, will drop on September 16<sup>th<\/sup>, and will feature this track as well as their latest release, \u201cVigil,\u201d both of which are experimental yet also somehow rather accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Lounge Society \u2013 No Driver. <\/strong>This punk\/post-punk quartet comprises four teens from Yorkshire who\u2019ve been releasing music since 2020 and just released their debut album <em>Tired of Liberty<\/em> on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Young Fathers \u2013 Geronimo. <\/strong>The Mercury Prize winners return with their first new music since 2018\u2019s tremendous album <em>Cocoa Sugar<\/em>, bringing a track that combines multiple genres with just a dash of rap mixed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Black Honey \u2013 Charlie Bronson.<\/strong> Definitely a rougher edge this time around from the Brighton indie-rockers, although you can still hear their melodic tendencies underneath the grit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Two Door Cinema Club \u2013 Wonderful Life. <\/strong>This Northern Irish band will release its fifth album, <em>Keep on Smiling<\/em>, on Friday; this lead single came out in mid-July and is more of the electro-pop we\u2019ve come to expect from the trio, maybe skewing a little more towards rock than \u201cI Can Talk\u201d or \u201cSleep Alone\u201d did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Killers \u2013 boy. <\/strong>A leftover track from before last year\u2019s <em>Pressure Machine<\/em>, one that sounds like it belonged on 2020\u2019s <em>Imploding the Mirage<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Martin Courtney \u2013 Sailboat. <\/strong>Courtney is the lead singer\/guitarist for Real Estate, but released his second solo album, <em>Magic Sign<\/em>, this summer; this track might be my favorite thing he\u2019s done, a soft psychedelic-rock track that features a perfectly timed guitar riff that elevates the song into something more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sam Fender \u2013 Alright. <\/strong>A B-side from the <em>Seventeen Going Under<\/em> sessions, this could easily have appeared on the album, and I do think it\u2019s a good rule of thumb that when an artist\u2019s B-sides are good enough to consider as singles in their own right (or, say, to include on one of my playlists), then the artist is pretty damn good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stella Donnelly \u2013 How Was Your Day? <\/strong>Donnelly is an acclaimed singer\/songwriter in her native Australia, but hasn\u2019t received a ton of attention outside of it, although her quirky vocal style and hooky melodies would fit in well in the British indie scene. Her second album, <em>Flood<\/em>, dropped a week ago. I am also obligated to mention that, according to Wikipedia, Donnelly\u2019s mother is Welsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rina Sawayama \u2013 Catch Me in the Air. <\/strong>Sawayama is a pop artist at heart, and this is one of her most straightforward pop tracks so far, with a big hook in the chorus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lizzo \u2013 2 Be Loved (I Am Ready). <\/strong>I thought <em>Special<\/em> was generally strong, with two big standout tracks in \u201cAbout Damn Time\u201d and this song, which I think most clearly reflects her work with Prince before he died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Broken Bells \u2013 We\u2019re Not in Orbit Yet\u2026<\/strong> James Mercer (the Shins) and Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) are back with their first new music since 2019\u2019s \u201cGood Luck\u201d and first new album since 2014\u2019s <em>After the Disco<\/em> with a track that reminds me in good ways of \u201cThe High Road\u201d off their first record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tei Shi \u2013 GRIP.<\/strong> Tei Shi ended up in a fight with her old label after they refused to pay her the rest of her advanced for her last album, <em>La Linda<\/em>, and wrote this song in 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/entertainment\/tei-shi-grip-song-music-labels\">about the experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Death Cab for Cutie \u2013 Here to Forever.<\/strong> DCFC return with their tenth album, <em>Asphalt Meadows<\/em>, on September 16<sup>th<\/sup>, featuring this very upbeat song with an existentialist message as well as \u201cRoman Candles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jack White \u2013 A Tip From Me to You.<\/strong> A surprise second album from White, <em>Entering Heaven Alive<\/em>, dropped in July, this one more acoustic\/downtempo and less experimental than this spring\u2019s <em>Fear of the Dawn<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Linda Lindas \u2013 Tonite.<\/strong> The Linda Lindas are media darlings, which makes me worry their label (or manager) will turn them into some bland pop act, which is largely what happened to the Donnas back in the 1990s. This is a cover of a Go-Go\u2019s song the Lindas often cover live, and it\u2019s a great version, but ironic because the Go-Go\u2019s were also co-opted by the mainstream music industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Front Bottoms \u2013 More than It Hurts You.<\/strong> From their new EP <em>Theresa<\/em>, this track feels like a throwback to the earliest days of emo, with the overly earnest vocal delivery but an inherent pop sensibility underneath the emo trappings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Muse \u2013 Kill or Be Killed.<\/strong> I fell off the Muse bandwagon probably around <em>The Resistance<\/em> in 2009, although I\u2019d been a big fan of their earliest work, and this track has a strong \u201cMuscle Museum\u201d or \u201cCave\u201d vibe to me, so maybe they\u2019re going back to their roots a little bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Archers of Loaf \u2013 In the Surface Noise.<\/strong> I wasn\u2019t a big Archers of Loaf fan in their 1990s heyday, but they are about to release their first new album in 24 years, <em>Reason in Decline<\/em>, on October 21<sup>st<\/sup>, and I do like this vaguely psychedelic-rock track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And we\u2019re back, after I missed a non-December monthly playlist for the first time in something like six or seven years, thanks to the combination of the late draft, trade deadline, Gen Con, and my big family vacation to the UK, so this playlist covers stuff from two months rather than just the one. 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