{"id":9568,"date":"2022-10-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=9568"},"modified":"2022-10-01T21:32:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T01:32:56","slug":"music-update-september-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/02\/music-update-september-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Music update, September 2022."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lots of new music in September \u2026 but not a lot of great music, I think, even with two extremely strong new albums and a couple of others of note. As always, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/4J6LOk45oWfseK2grMQkuP?si=ba6e5d15728641f8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">see the Spotify playlist here<\/a> if you can\u2019t see the widget below.<\/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 September 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\/4J6LOk45oWfseK2grMQkuP?si=ba6e5d15728641f8&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kid Kapichi \u2013 Super Soaker.<\/strong> Two of my favorite albums of 2022 so far came out in September, including Kid Kapichi\u2019s second album in the last 18 months, <em>Here\u2019s What You Could Have Won<\/em>, which carries forward the harder-edged rock with Alex Turner-like lyrics but expands their musical palate somewhat, such as adding a guest appearance from Bob Vylan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Beths \u2013 When You Know You Know.<\/strong> And then there\u2019s The Beths\u2019 third album, <em>Expert in a Dying Field<\/em>, their best one yet, with more uptempo songs and a more consistent musical throughline over the entire album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>White Lies \u2013 Trouble in America.<\/strong> A tremendous track from the bonus edition of <em>As I Try Not to Fall Apart<\/em>, frankly a better song than several that did make the original LP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sports Team \u2013 Dig!<\/strong> Another banger from Sports Team, but unusual for them in that the vocals are far more conventional, and clearly play second fiddle to the driving guitar work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sprints \u2013 Literary Mind.<\/strong> These Dublin punks go a little more pop here, without losing any of their usual intensity, in what I think is their longest song yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Courtney Barnett \u2013 Words and Guitar. <\/strong>A cover of the Sleater-Kinney song from an upcoming album of covers of the band\u2019s 1997 album <em>Dig Me Out<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John-Allison Weiss \u2013 Different Now.<\/strong> This is the first new music from Weiss, who has previously recorded as A.W., since 2017\u2019s \u201cRunaway,\u201d although their indie-pop sound is quite similar even after the five-year hiatus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editors \u2013 Vibe. <\/strong>Editors just released their seventh album, <em>EBM<\/em>, their first with Blanck Mass (Benjamin John Power) as a full-time member. The sound across the album is similar to what they\u2019ve shown since their big stylistic shift around 2009-10 to something more electro-noir, with a heavy New Order influence. I also really liked \u201cKarma Climb,\u201d the first single from the record; and \u201cKiss,\u201d which is great in the sub-4 minute single version but wears out its welcome at 8 minutes on the album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Fashion Weak feat. Gruff Rhys \u2013 Welsh Words.<\/strong> The debut single from a new Welsh band, with help from Super Furry Animals lead singer Rhys, with hilarious lyrics about songwriting advice from Joan Didion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Freddie Gibbs feat. Moneybagg Yo \u2013 Too Much.<\/strong> Gibbs might be the best active rapper going, certainly in terms of flow and delivery, and just dropped his fifth album, the expansive <em>$oul $old $eparately<\/em>, on Friday. \u201cDark Hearted\u201d and \u201cSpace Rabbit\u201d are also highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phoenix feat. Ezra Koenig \u2013 Tonight.<\/strong> I like this song despite the intrusion of Vampire Weekend (via Koenig, their twee-voiced lead singer and songwriter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jamie xx \u2013 KILL DEM.<\/strong> The second new single this year from Jamie xx, whose <em>In Colour<\/em> was one of the best albums of 2015 and provided two standout tracks of the entire decade in \u201cLoud Places\u201d and \u201cSee Saw,\u201d but who hasn\u2019t put out another LP since. His solo work is electronica, but he\u2019s also one of three members of the indie band the xx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quicksand \u2013 Giving the Past Away.<\/strong> A muscular new track from these post-hardcore icons, left over from the sessions for last year\u2019s album <em>Distant Populations<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Palm \u2013 On the Sly.<\/strong> A Philly art-rock outfit that\u2019s been around for a decade, Palm just crossed my radar this month with this new track reminiscent of some of Battles\u2019 better work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WITCH \u2013 Waile. <\/strong>WITCH are legends of Zamrock, a musical style from the sub-Saharan country of Zambia that emerged in the 1970s, and were active from 1972-1984, by the end of which they\u2019d moved away from rock and towards disco. This is a new recording of a song they played live in their heyday but never committed to wax. With the crossover success of Mdou Moctar, I could see WITCH (which stands for We Intend to Cause Havoc!) finding a new audience as they continue to tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wheel \u2013 Blood Drinker.<\/strong> I\u2019m a big fan of this Finnish prog-metal outfit, whether it\u2019s their ten-minute, multi-section tracks or tighter radio-friendly ones like this one, primarily because of their guitarwork, both the sound itself and the intricacy of some of their guitar lines. This is the advance single from their upcoming EP <em>Rumination<\/em>, which follows last year\u2019s full-length album <em>Resident Human<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of new music in September \u2026 but not a lot of great music, I think, even with two extremely strong new albums and a couple of others of note. As always, you can see the Spotify playlist here if you can\u2019t see the widget below. Kid Kapichi \u2013 Super Soaker. 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