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Release: 2021 / EU

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

2LP | 2021 | EU (Pegasus)

Duran Duran

London (1982)

149,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

3LP | 2021 | EU (Pegasus)

Duran Duran

Tokyo 2003

140,99 €*

Let The Morning Come Naturel Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

White vinyl. With poster and lenticular photocard. Tiny wear.

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sir Was

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Memphis Industries)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Miracle White Vinyl Edition

Francis Lung

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Memphis Industries)

21,99 €*

Memory Device Crystal Viny Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Manchester based singer-songwriter Francis Lung releases his second album Miracle on 18 June through Memphis Industries. Recorded at the idyllic Giant Wafer studios in rural Wales in early 2020, and finished from his home studio, Miracle represents a period of introspection for Francis. Reflecting on struggles with mental health, substance (ab)use, and relationships, the record finds him facing his demons head-on, a cathartic process which largely contributed to his decision to give up alcohol.Despite its serious subject matter, Miracle is far from austere in sound, marrying the cinematic, dreamlike quality of Francis"s earlier music, both solo and as a member of Wu Lyf, with the pared-back charm of great singer-songwriters like Judee Sill, Jeff Tweedy and Elliott Smith (of whom Francis is a noted fan; he co-organised an Elliot Smith online tribute concert in June 2020, a fundraiser for LGBTQ+ charities which featured Smith covers by Marika Hackman, Blaenavon, Marissa Nadler and others). A series of musical interludes act as emotional, or aesthetic bridges between songs, suspending the listener in Francis"s universe for the album"s duration. Inspired by the Hauntology movement, these interludes are wistful and evocative, almost eerie, complementing the reflective tone of the record.Miracle was produced by Francis in collaboration with Brendan Williams (Dutch Uncles, Matthew Halsall, Kiran Leonard) and Robin Koob (who co-arranged and performed strings), and the opportunity to take creative control was one he relished. "I"m quite bad at delegating" he admits, noting that he played every instrument except strings on Miracle. The result is a cohesive, deeply personal record, which is as vital as it is vulnerable. "I don"t want to be defined by my anxiety, my depression or any history of substance abuse," Francis says, "but I do want to reach out to other people who have had similar experiences, especially if it"s in a way that helps them feel a little better. To me, this music is celebrating healing as...

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Baba Ali

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Memphis Industries)

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Memphis Industries)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Limited Edition Crystal Vinyl Though most debuts are the culmination of a lifetime of influences and experiences, few artists succeed in mapping their musical journey quite as vividly as Baba Ali has on Memory Device. Tracing his Nigerian heritage, an adolescence absorbing No Wave and the hip hop on NYC's Hot 97, time immersed in the techno scene in Berlin, and the experimental punk spirit of his current base in London, Memory Device is an enthralling introduction to a musician who resolutely defies pigeonholing.

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Francis Lung

Miracle

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | DE | Original (Zuckerplatte)

Milliarden

Schuldig

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Interscope)

Release: 2021 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Still sealed with hype sticker. Tiny wear. Orange vinyl.

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Kacey Musgraves

Star-Crossed

24,99 €*

Dancing With The Devil...The Art Of Starting Over

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Still sealed. Clear vinyl. tiny wear.

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Demi Lovato

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Universal)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2021 | CA | Original (Cleopatra)

Aleister Crowley

Black Magic

Release: 2021 / CA – Original

Genre: Pop

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Begin Again Black Vinyl Edition

Ben Böhmer

2LP | 2021 | Reissue (Anjunadeep)

Release: 2021 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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En Attendant Les Caravanes

La Rue Ketanou

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Irfan (Le Label))

15,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Let Me Sleep Beside You / Karma Man Red Vinyl Edition

David Bowie

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Reel To Reel)

9,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Future Nostalgia (The Moonlight Edition)

Dua Lipa

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Domestic Wea)

42,99 €*

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Pop Psychedelique 1964-2019 Jasmine Yellow Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Two-Piers)

44,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Lady In The Balcony Lockdown Sessions Limited Gold Vinyl Edition

Eric Clapton

2LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Mercury)

38,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Yotanka)

Niteroy

Dia De Chuva

18,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)

Ladyhawke

Time Flies

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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I'll Take Her Feat. Brian McKnight

Ill featuring Al Skratch

7" | 2021 | US | Reissue (Deep Soul)

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (EMI)

Release: 2021 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Following up with their street anthem debut single “Where My HomieZ”, Illalskratch deliver again with their acknowledgment of the ladies. Adding a spin and shifting rap gears with their second release, the duo inspired a whole new generation of mature minded mc’s, soulful R&B singers and producers. Leveling up from the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks chart, the group found new ground on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. The Deep Soulful sounds, including multi platinum R&B Grammy Award winner Brian McKnight, ILL & AL released this game changer surprising Hip Hop heads Worldwide with the intoxicating hook chant “if you don’t want her don't waste her time”.

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Elton John

The Lockdown Sessions

38,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU (Columbia International)

Barbra Streisand

Release Me 2

Release: 2021 / EU

Genre: Pop

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Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Sony)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Remembering Dolores Record Store Day 2022 Vinyl Edition

The Cranberries

2LP | 2021 | US | Reissue (Island)

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

Release: 2021 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Limited to 5000 copies.

Following the release of the Remembering Dolores digital album in September 2021 -around what would have been the late vocalist’s 50th birthday -umg Recordings, Inc, in association with, and with the support of the remaining members of The Cranberries and the estate of Dolores O’Riordan will be releasing a special 2LP edition of Remembering Dolores featuring 3 bonus tracks for RSD 2022.

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The Future Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Caroline)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Electrola)

Maite Kelly

Hello! Limited Edition

17,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Karisma)

Himmellegeme

Variola Vera

11,99 €*

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Tops)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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From the dark psychedelic shadows of Bergen, Himmellegeme return with their second album “Variola Vera”! Himmellegeme's music is influenced by atmospheric prog rock, which together combine to create an otherworldly and timeless sound. With their heavy-hitting riffs, chilling melodies and melancholic lyrics, Himmellegeme creates music that depicts past events in their own lives, as well as in the lives of others. The overall themes of the album are the impact we humans have on planet earth, and the destruction we lay in our wake wherever we go. Not only in regards to the planet itself, but also to the people inhabiting it. It’s not a concept album per se - the lyrics are fictional with roots in reality, but based on newer and older events seen from different viewpoints. Their debut album “Myth of Earth” received rave reviews around the globe, and Prog Magazine said that “Aleksander Vormestrand has a high, clear voice full of unfulfilled yearning, akin to Thom Yorke when Radiohead still cared about melodies, matched by the soaring lead guitar of Hein Alexander Olson.” Variola Vera was recorded at one of Bergen's top studios, Broen Studios, and was produced by Anders Bjelland (Electric Eye / Hypertext) who also worked as a sonic wizard on the album.

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Ratboys

Happy Birthday, Ratboy

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Life By Misadventure Gold & Red Marbled Vinyl Edition

Rag'n'Bone Man

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Columbia)

40,99 €*

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Thank U 4 Taking Me 2 The Disco I'd Like 2 Go Home Now Solid Neon Magenta Vinyl Edition

Meg Myers

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Sumerian)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Ammonia)

Asia Argento

Music From My Bed

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Universal)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Italy based artist and screen legend, Asia Argento welcomes her new LP titled "Music from my Bed" being released November 2021 via Manimal/High Grade/Ammonia Records. The album’s debut single “I’m Broken” is noise pop labyrinth with hip-hop elements with the strong narrative of Ms. Argento. Dashes of backstreet theatrics and emotion revved up high, this embodiment of music serves as a waking call to the world that Argento is a cornucopia of artistic talent that her family name has shared with millions for almost five decades.

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Angele

Nonante-Cinq

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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ie belgische Pop-Sensation Angèle veröffentlicht ihr Sophomore-Album „Nonante-Cinq“. Einen beeindruckenden Vorgeschmack lieferte die aufstrebende Sängerin bereits mit ihrer Single „Bruxelles je t’aime“.

Das neue Album hat sie zusammen mit Tristan Salvati aufgenommen, der sie bereits seit dem Start ihrer Karriere begleitet. Der amerikanische Mixer Josh Gudwin (Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber, J Balvin) stieß ebenfalls zum Team, um die Produktion des ersten Songs abzuschließen. Darüber hinaus ist die Künstlerin sehr eigenständig: Sie schreibt ihre eigenen Texte, kreiert ihre eigenen Sounds und entwickelt ihre Musik so, dass sie ihren persönlichen Stil widerspiegelt: knallhart und direkt.

Angèle stammt aus einer Künstlerfamilie und hat die Musik im Blut. Nachdem sie ihr Jazz-Studium abschloss, begann sie, Coverversionen von Pop-Klassikern über Instagram zu veröffentlichen und baute sich eine unglaubliche Fangemeinde auf. Ihr Debüt-Album, „Brol“, zählt global über 2 Milliarden Streams und gewann sogar den French Grammy 2019 für „Record of the Year“. Kürzlich veröffentlichte sie zudem den Welt-Hit „Fever“ gemeinsam mit der Pop-Ikone Dua Lipa.

Nun folgt mit „Nonante-Cinq“ das hoch antizipierte Sophomore-Album des belgischen Superstars.

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (SOS Music)

SOS Music Volume 2

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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After the success of critically acclaimed debut, SOS Music Volume 1 (praised by The Wire - ‘There isn’t a weak link’, RA, Gilles Peterson, Maryann Hobbs, Rough Trade, Love Injection, Mixmag, DJ mag, Basndcamp, Vinyl Factory etc.), the cutting edge Los Angeles electronic label are back with their sophomore release, another explosive compilation comprised of brand new female and female identifying talent. The release, available on beautiful clear vinyl and digital features 7 of the most exciting emerging names in global dance music; Aura T-09, Closet Yi, Regular Fantasy + Yazzus to name a few. As dance floors open, SOS co-founders Maddy Maia and Tottie wanted to curate something positive, uplifting and reflective of sweaty summer dance floors, whilst retaining the edge that permeated their debut. The release will be accompanied by an SOS tour North American + Europe at some of the most iconic global clubs - and expect mainly female, female identifying and non-binary artists on the bill. Though only founded in 2020, SOS Music has been making waves in the independent dance community, and has helped to highlight the global underground dance scene growing rapidly in Los Angeles. The release made end of year lists including Bandcamp’s Best of Electronic and Rough Trade NY compilation of the year. SOS Music also hold a residency on Worldwide Fm, which continues to highlight ground breaking electronic talent with a female focus.

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (ZYX)

Technobase.Fm - Best Of

17,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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80s Electro Tracks - Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (ZYX)

17,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Forever Living Originals)

Cleo Sol

Mother

48,99 €*

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Petrichor Black Vinyl Edition

Enfant Sauvage

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Believe Digital)

Chanson Hystérique (1995-2005)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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The Blaze ist ein französisches Musik-Duo, das aus den beiden Cousins Guillaume und Jonathan Alric besteht. Sie kombinieren die von ihnen geschaffenen Musikstücke oft mit Videos zu einem audiovisuellen Gesamtwerk. In ihrer Musik mixen beide Einflüsse aus Dub, House und Popmusik. Sowohl Guillaume als auch Jonathan Alric singen auf einigen ihrer Tracks. Als Einflüsse für ihre Musikvideos nennen sie die Regisseure Ken Loach sowie Jean-Pierre und Luc Dardenne und den Fotografen Sebastião Salgado. Nun hat Guillaume Alric mit Enfant Sauvage ein spannendes Solo-Projekt und veröffentlicht mit 'Petrichor' das Debütalbum "Mit Enfant Sauvage wollte ich mit drei Musikvideos, einem Album und Fotos einen Teil einer Welt zeigen, die ich sehr gut kannte. Durch Gesichter und Orte, Klänge und Texte wollte ich die Geschichte einer Ära erzählen, die ich mit der unschuldigen Inbrunst einer Jugend in der Wildnis durchlebte."

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Stereo Total

7CD | 2021 | EU | Original (Tapete)

74,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung

Eavliche Weihnachten - Ihr Sünderlein Kommet

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Sammel-Label (Sonstige))

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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4LP | 2021 | DE | Original (Republic)

Taylor Swift

Red (Taylor's Version)

47,99 €*

Release: 2021 / DE – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Because Music)

Parcels

Day / Night

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Live At Lafayette Colored Vinyl Edition

Rumer

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Cooking Vinyl)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Four Music/Treppenhaus)

Lea

Fluss

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | US | Original (Lovitt)

Soley

Mother Melancholia

Live At Blues Alley 25th Anniversary Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Known for her delicate compositions, soaked in dream-like surrealism, Icelandic musician Sóley has attracted a huge following since launching her solo career back in 2010. Her 2012 single ‘Pretty Face’ went on to generate an enormous amount of buzz, and quickly became a viral sensation. Now, with three solo LPs under her belt, Sóley is preparing to debut a completely new sound via the release of her new concept album, Mother Melancholia, on October 22nd.

Described by the artist as "Nosferatu meets Thelma and Louise in a vampire church under the watchful eye of David Lynch", Mother Melancholia is the soundtrack to the end of the world as we know it. As a self-confessed news addict, Sóley became obsessed with the idea that the world is ending. Having surrounded herself with real-life stories of global warming and patriarchal politics she couldn’t shake the feeling that she was going to die. This feeling was so all encompassing that it sparked the idea for a new project. Could there be a soundtrack for the last days of humans on earth? How would that sound?

“I read books about possible dystopian worlds and started writing poems about irrational and in love characters who live in gray and cold imaginary loneliness. In each other’s burning arms. Walking in circles with no way out” she explains. “After all, the album reflects our life here and now. Our life and reality is a kind of dystopian world.”

Whilst writing the album, which serves as a tongue-in-cheek eulogy to our planet, Sóley began reading about ecofeminism, a branch of feminism which uses the concept of gender to analyse the relationship between humans and the natural world. Ecofeminism emphasizes that both women and nature must be respected but also separated. Since the beginning of time, the natural world has been synonymous with female identity, phrases like Mother Nature are commonplace. “The patriarchy views women as volatile and hysterical. Earth and women are either our saviours or our destroyers,” explains Sóley. “It’s so easy to abuse the earth, like the patriarchy has abused women since the dawn of time, then ask for forgiveness afterwards and promise they´ll never do it again”.

The new album sees Sóley move away from the indie-pop of her previous releases. She began by experimenting with writing songs on the accordion, allowing her a new sense of freedom in her writing. The process allowed her to broaden her horizons even further and experiment with a whole range of new and exciting sounds. “I bought myself a theremin as I was really excited about the unpitched sound and there is no perfect pitch during the end of days,” she laughs. “I also bought a mellotron, my first moog and a cello and taught myself how to play each of them. All of these new instruments are particularly suitable for the kinds of aesthetic inconveniences which I have learned to embrace.”

Album opener ‘Sunrise Skulls’, one of the most cinematic moments on the album, was inspired by the Me Too and SlutWalk movements and tells the story of a group of women who rise up and fight the patriarchy. ‘Blows Up’, a track that would be at home on any horror soundtrack, is a sarcastic love letter from the Earth to humans. Standout track ‘Desert’ is an incredibly moving song dedicated to the next generation. “It’s about the guilt you feel, as a mother, for having children and leaving them on the frontline. My daughter, for example, will take over this inevitable war” explains Sóley.

In true soundtrack style, the album flows through the end of the world in chronological order, closing with the Earth’s final moments. ‘Sundown’ is a dark piano ballad detailing human kind’s final day on Earth. “And everyday, I dig my own grave, and as I dive in you´ll hold my hand” she sings, over twinkling piano and swirling synths. We then hear the world end on ‘xxx’, a dark and swirling soundscape that swells before fading to silence. On ‘Elegía’ the silence then turns to the sound of the ocean, as we hear the Earth, like a woman finally free from a violent relationship, healing on her own.

Mother Melancholia is the mark of an artist confidently striding into more experimental territory. With a lengthy and successful career behind her, Sóley felt compelled to try something new and express the real her. The music might be shrouded in darkness but it’s a move that fills her with joy and freedom. “I hope that people not only enjoy the new sound, but also that Mother Melancholia might raise some questions in people, particularly women,” she says. “I’m under no illusions that this album will change the world but I hope that people can connect with the idea”.

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Eva Cassidy

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Blix Street)

31,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Wagram)

French Women

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Warner Music International)

Ed Sheeran

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Memphis Industries)

Baba Ali

Memory Device

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Temporary Highs In The Violet Skies

Snoh Aalegra

LP | 2021 | DE | Original (Roc Nation)

41,99 €*

Release: 2021 / DE – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Toten Crackhuren Im Kofferraum

Gefühle

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Bakraufarfita)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Skin Indie Exclusive Clear Vinyl Edition

Joy Crookes

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Insanity)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Insanity)

Joy Crookes

Skin Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Possibility Of A New Work For Aquaserge

Aquaserge

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Crammed)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Sony Music Catalog)

Eros Ramazzotti

Nuovi Eroi

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Eins Und Zwei Und Drei Und Vier - Deutsche Experimentelle Musik

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Bureau B)

34,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Local Valley Black Vinyl Edition

Jose Gonzalez

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (City Slang)

Screen Violence Limited Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Recorded at Studio Koltrast Hakefjorden, which González set up in his family’s summer house north of Gothenburg, Local Valley “is similar to my other solo albums in sound and spirit,” he says, “a natural continuation of the styles I’ve been adding through the years both solo and with Junip. I set out to write songs in the same vein as my old ones: short, melodic and rhythmical, a mixture of classic folk singer songwriting and songs with influences from Latin America and Africa. It’s more outward looking than my earlier works, but no less personal. On the contrary, I feel more comfortable than ever saying that this album reflects me and my thoughts right now.”

On Local Valley – which follows the 2015 release of González’s acclaimed Vestiges & Claws – he sings in three languages (English, Spanish and Swedish) and it provides a welcome reminder of the Gothenburg, Sweden-based artist’s understated appeal and singular ability to communicate discreetly.

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CHVRCHES

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (EMI UK)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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I Don't Want This Groove To Ever End Red Vinyl Edition

LTJ Xperience

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Irma)

34,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Stand For Myself (Prod. By Dan Auerbach)

Yola

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Easy Eye Sound)

Wannabe 25th Anniversary Limited Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Stand for Myself is the anthemic new album from Yola. Produced by Dan Auerbach, the record is a timeless masterpiece marking an idiosyncratic sonic shift, which will defy all expectation. A sophisticated and diverse sonic mix of symphonic soul and classic pop, tracing an expansive musical thread to Yola’s most eclectic musical inspirations. Yola’s inimitable vocals share nuanced stories of allyship, black feminine strength through vulnerability, collective awakening and loving connection from the sexual to the social. Yola declares that it is only when we stand for ourselves, and acknowledge our complexity, that we can be truly alive. For Yola, living is more than merely surviving.

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Spice Girls

LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Virgin)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Tape | 2021 | UK | Original (Caiola)

Jungle

Loving In Stereo

10,99 €*

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Loving In Stereo Black Vinyl Edition

Jungle

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Caiola)

7" | 2021 | US | Original (Third Man)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Jungle returns in 2021 with his new album "Loving In Stereo", which should become the soundtrack of a summer like no other. The British producer duo spent last year locked in a studio and came away with a huge disco record for the era of social distancing, with a celebration of life, the dance floor and the sun of all the things that make music irresistibly joyful. With big hooks, huge synths and the push of BPM to the ceiling, 'Loving In Stereo' is a record that coincides with the release of the British lockdown, offering the listener a long dose of pure euphoria.

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Peaches

Pussy Mask

10,99 €*

Box | 2021 | EU | Original (Sony)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Legendary feminist icon, musician, producer, artist, and "peerless iconoclast" (Elle) Peaches has always been a political figure, with lyrics famous for their focus on social inequality, body image, gender, and age equality. She was called a ‘heroine’ by the New York Times and has spent the past two decades upending stereotypes and challenging social norms while championing issues of gender equality and sexual identity with biting wit and fearless originality. On her latest releases, she's more direct and defiant than ever.

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Prince

Welcome 2 America

120,99 €*

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Sony)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP + CD + Blu-Ray + Incentives
Recorded in the spring of 2010 and then mysteriously abandoned by Prince before its release, the statement album Welcome 2 America documents Prince’s concerns, hopes, and visions for a shifting society, presciently foreshadowing an era of political division, disinformation, and a renewed fight for racial justice. The album features some of Prince’s only studio collaborations with the bassist Tal Wilkenfeld, drummer Chris Coleman, and engineer Jason Agel, with additional contributions from New Power Generation singers Shelby J, Liv Warfield, and Elisa Fiorillo and keyboardist Morris Hayes, who Prince also recruited to co-produce the album. The Deluxe Edition of Welcome 2 America combines the 2LP and CD versions of the album with a never before released Blu-Ray of Prince’s full April 28, 2011 performance at the Forum, part of the Welcome 2 America Tour’s historic 21 Nite Stand in Los Angeles. The show is presented in stereo, 5.1 surround and Dolby Atmos, and includes 24 tracks from across Prince’s career, from his biggest hits to fan favorites to ten rare covers. In addition, the deluxe edition features a 32 page 12x12 book, exclusive poster and an embossed vellum envelope of limited edition memorabilia all housed in a luxe, gold embossed package. Experienced as a complete package, the Deluxe Edition provides an immersive view of Prince’s creative genius during his spontaneous, energetic, and thought-provoking Welcome 2 America era.

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Prince

Welcome 2 America

Goldie And The Gingerbreads

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Recorded in the spring of 2010 and then mysteriously abandoned by Prince before its release, the statement album Welcome 2 America documents Prince’s concerns, hopes, and visions for a shifting society, presciently foreshadowing an era of political division, disinformation, and a renewed fight for racial justice. The album features some of Prince’s only studio collaborations with the bassist Tal Wilkenfeld, drummer Chris Coleman, and engineer Jason Agel, with additional contributions from New Power Generation singers Shelby J, Liv Warfield, and Elisa Fiorillo and keyboardist Morris Hayes, who Prince also recruited to co-produce the album. The vinyl edition has the 12 songs spread across three sides on 2 LPs in gorgeous gatefold packaging, with a custom etching on the fourth side.

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Thinking About The Good Times 1964-1966

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Ace)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Vertigo Berlin)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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In that enticing, enthralling school of 1960s “girls with guitars”, Goldie & the Gingerbreads are top of the class. Self-contained and accomplished as instrumentalists, with an eminently soulful vocal prowess, the Gingerbreads remain true pioneers of women in rock’n’roll, and with a fascinating history to boot.

Born in the discotheques of Gotham, Goldie & the Gingerbreads were a popular club act with a handful of recordings under their belt when an admiring Animals caught them on a NYC visit in late 1964. “Imported” into the UK, the group scored a hit with ‘Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat’ and went on to tour with the Rolling Stones, Kinks and others, as well as maintaining a high visibility in the UK on their own. They made several more worthy if unsuccessful discs with producer Shel Talmy before splitting in 1967.

“Thinking About The Good Times” is the first-ever Goldie & the Gingerbreads collection, and it’s a fine testament to their undoubted abilities. Gathering together their sessions for Scepter, Decca and Atlantic, the versatility of the group is quite apparent on tracks that range from chunky beat and R&B (‘Look For Me Baby’, ‘Think About The Good Times’) through dramatic soul balladry (‘That’s Why I Love You’, ‘Little Boy’) to classic girl group sounds (‘Sailor Boy’, ‘Something Beautiful’).

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Lxandra

Careful What I Dream Of

15,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Darkside (Nicolas Jaar & Dave Harrington)

Spiral

CD | 2021 | EU | Original (Matador)

4LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Mecanica)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington return after announcing they were parting ways at a show in 2014 in the Brooklyn Masonic Temple. Their debut album Psychic from 2013 was lauded as a modern classic almost immediately after release.

Since, Nicolas Jaar has been incredibly prolific releasing no less than four albums through his own Other People label including a soundtrack to cult classic Sergei Parajanov film The Color Of Pomegranates, created original soundtracks for 2015’s Dheepan and 2019’s Ema, co-produced tracks on FKA Twigs (Bleep album of the year 2020) Magdalene and worked on material under the A.A.L (Against All Logic) moniker with the likes of no wave legend Lydia Lunch.

Working with multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington on the DARKSIDE project, Nicolas Jaar’s production takes in heady psychedelic influences from prog and drone genres. Layering his entrancing vocals over the pulsating rhythm section on tracks such as ‘Lawmaker’ and ‘I’m The Echo’ that draw on the sun drenched psych of contemporary West Coast bands like Moon Duo and Wooden Shjips. Elsewhere we encounter the extended ‘Inside Is Out There’ with percussion heavily indebted to Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit and heavily treated vocals sat low in the mix. “From the beginning, DARKSIDE has been our jam band. Something we did on days off. When we reconvened, it was because we really couldn’t wait to jam together again”.

A harmonious return from the prolific duo, filtering an array of influences into their own expertly crafted sound.

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Absolute Body Control

Lost / Found

99,99 €*

Bloom White & Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Absolute Body Control was formed by Dirk Ivens in 1980 influenced by the sound produced by the likes of Suicide, D.A.F. and the UK electronic scene. Eric Van Wonterghem joined the project next year just after the release of the debut 7" "Is There An Exit?". They released together just some cassettes during its brief initial run, but this was enough to gain a following in and outside Belgium. A compilation of tracks entitled "Eat This" was eventually done in 1993 and a first edition of the collection "Lost / Found" was issued on CD in 2005.

Dirk and Eric took the project back on stage in 2006 and decided to re-activate it. They first re-recorded some of their classic songs for the album "Wind[Re]Wind" and then continued releasing new material and touring all Europe and beyond.

"Lost / Found" is the definitive collection of this minimal-synth-wave act and is now available for the first time on vinyl record with a total of 52 songs including 8 previously unreleased.

Limited edition of 1,000 copies with 4 records on individual sleeves, insert and numbered certificate.

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Rüfüs Du Sol

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Sweat It Out)

31,99 €*

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Lastafroz)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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LTD Edition 2 x LP Pink & White, half & half vinyl version of Australian trio Rüfüs Du Sol's incredible sophomore album 'Bloom'. Featuring the singles 'You Were Right' and 'Like An Animal!' it's a journey through richly layered synths behind driving beats, atmospheric build ups and killer breakdowns - all married together with Tyrone Lindqvist's soulful vocals. From the heartfelt epic that is 'Innerbloom', to the uplifting melody of 'Say A Prayer For Me', 'Bloom' will have Rüfüs Du Sol fans falling in love all over again.

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Ken Laszlo

Best Of...1996-2000

Pink Noise Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2nd part of 1990-2000 collection

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Laura Mvula

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Warner Music International)

A Celebration In Honor Of Death

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Laura Mvula’s new album ‘Pink Noise’ is set for release on July 2nd. ‘Pink Noise’ explores a side of Laura previously uncharted. As triumphant as ever, the album is a battle cry and stark reminder of the sheer talent of the critically acclaimed artist. This is Laura in a new found light - still reflecting her distinctive signature sound but showing the progression of an artist who has come into her own.

Contrasting confessional lyricism with compelling and infectious synth pop, ‘Pink Noise’ feels completely and uniquely Laura. Her artistic prowess knows no limits - take the neo-soul meets art pop of ‘Remedy’ for example, or the darker, pulsating ‘Conditional’ that injects bombastic funk into indietronica. She feels rejuvenated too, especially on electro pop stunners ‘Magical’ and ‘Before The Dawn’. This is Laura Mvula at her most ambitious to date, leaving no stone left unturned in this cosmic new realm.

As one of the most exciting musical talents to come out of the UK, Laura has previously won an Ivor Novello Award for Best Album, has been nominated for the Mercury Prize (not once but twice), BBC Sound Poll, the BRITs Critics Choice Award, two BRIT Awards in 2014 (British Female Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act) and won an incredible two MOBO’s in 2013 (Best Female and Best R&B/Soul).

Having caught the attention of her musical hero Prince while performing for the first of two times on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, Laura has gone on to travel the world, selling out shows and captivating crowds at every destination. Crowned “Queen of the Prom” and given a five star review from the Evening Standard for her Proms 2014 Late Night performance at the Royal Albert Hall, Laura’s critically acclaimed career has led her to work with real-life inspirations Nile Rodgers and touring with David Byrne.

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Ancient Wisdom

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Spv Import)

32,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Blickpunkt Pop)

Telquist

Wild-Haired

31,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Das Ist Alles Von Der Kunstfreiheit Gedeckt Limited Vinyl Edition

Danger Dan

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Antilopen Geldwäsche)

21,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Pop

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People In The City Picture Disc Record Store Day 2021 Edition

AIR

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Warner Music France Back Catalogue)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Record Store Day 2021 release.

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Psyché France, Volume 7 Record Store Day 2021 Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Wm France Back Catalogue)

21,99 €*

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Record Store Day 2021 Release.

This seventh volume of the ‘Psyché France’ collection is a new tribute to the mavericks and lost heroes of the 1960’s and 70’s French music scene. In this collection – featuring 12 tracks – you will discover a few curiosities such as ‘’Les scandales’ by Gilbert Deflez, ‘Vole, Vole, vole’ by the band Présence, ‘Si je vendais du soleil’ by Quo Vadis, ‘Le pays où l’on vit d’amour’ by Punch and also some Pop gems sung for instance by Richard Contell (‘Donne’) or Edwige (‘Je suis juillet’).

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Counting Crows

Butter Miracle Suite One

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Since I Left You 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

The Avalanches

4LP | 2021 | UK | Original (XL)

58,99 €*

Live At Montreux 1991 / 1992

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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One copy per customer.

The Avalanches are set to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Since I Left You’ with the release of a deluxe edition this June.

Released in Australia in 2000, and in the US and UK in 2001, ‘Since I Left You’ was hailed as a boundary-pushing release comprised of over 900 individual samples.

The forthcoming deluxe release – out June 4 – features a plethora of additional bonus tracks, including previously unreleased and fresh remixes by the late MF Doom, Black Dice, Leon Vynehall, Sinkane and Carl Craig to name a few. The CD version will also include some of The Avalanches’ remixes of Belle & Sebastian, Manic Street Preachers, Franz Ferdinand and more.

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Tori Amos

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Earmusic Classics)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Die Rückkehr Zur Normalität

Fortuna Ehrenfeld

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Tonproduktion)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Nocut)

Tanzwut

Die Tanzwut Kehrt Zurück

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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When Smoke Rises Dark Green Vinyl Edition

Mustafa

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Regent Park Songs)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Island)

Easy Life

Life's A Beach

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Vertigo Berlin)

Jeremias

Golden Hour

30,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Junkies Und Scientologen Picture Disc Edition

Thees Uhlmann

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Grand Hotel Van Cleef)

34,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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12" | 2021 | UK | Original (Mute)

New Order

Be A Rebel

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Caroline)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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New Order 'Be a Rebel' is the first brand new music from the band since the release of the critically acclaimed album 'Music Complete' In 2015. 'Music Complete' was the band’s highest charting album since Republic in 2003 and was included in NME and The Guardian’s Albums of the Year.

Packaged with a blue metallic ink outer sleeve and full colour inner sleeve. Includes a high definition download code. Vinyl features additional remixes from the band’s own Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris. New Order will be touring North America with the Pet Shop Boys and headlining London’s O2 in October 2021.

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Mine

Hinüber

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Dualtone)

Shakey Graves

Roll The Bones X

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Fat Wreck)

NOFX

Single Album

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Innovative Leisure)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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A download code is included.

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Nick Waterhouse

Promenade Blue

Late Night Tales Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby was a work so filled with ambition, yearning, and inner contradictions that it came to represent the condition of a nation itself. Yet, at its core, the slim novel tells a story about people and, more often than not, their inability to communicate and connect with one another — forever running on parallel tracks until tragedy finally twines them together. The color green (often in the form of the faded sodium lit dock of Daisy Buchanan) comes to represent longing and unrequited love in an era (the Roaring Twenties) of decadence and spiritual vacuousness. Green is Gatsby’s North Star, simultaneously pointing backward and forward through time toward some unattainable, impossibly balanced version of his own life.

Nick Waterhouse, a century later but once again in the ’20s, takes the color blue as his hue of choice on Promenade Blue. In Nick’s musical and lyrical world, blue is a refraction of his life and memories — shadowing a deep, spiritual San Francisco that fostered his musical vocabulary but has now been stamped out irrevocably; evoking the endless tours, marathon recording sessions, and highs and lows of success he’s experienced in his decade-long career; conjuring romances that were doomed, loves that lingered, and hope for future days of parity and partnership; summoning spirits of people who have gone but permeate his mind forever. That’s the world of Promenade Blue — one that is vivid and magnetic, buoyed by both light and density due to Nick’s newfound collaboration with producer Paul Butler (Michael Kiwanuka, Devendra Banhart). It’s not Gatsby’s New York in the 1920s, it’s Waterhouse’s California in the 2020s. Nick makes that crystal clear throughout the record but particularly on “Santa Ana (1986),” where he wryly sings, “Not from New York / And I never was / I’m from California.” With that, he answers all questions about place and setting…but as anyone who’s ever listened to a Waterhouse record knows: time, though clearly pegged to the dawn of this new decade, is a more malleable concept. Where he is is clear. When he is varies.

We can try as hard as we can to make sense of Promenade Blue, but in reality, context isn’t really needed because the music on the album is so damn magnificent. In no uncertain terms, it represents Waterhouse’s finest hour as a writer and bandleader — leveraging the musical partnerships he has built over many years to put something forth that is so fully realized and felt that it sparkles beatifically, reverberating with energy, heart, creativity, and vibe from start to finish. Nowhere is this more evident than on the album’s opening track, “Place Names,” perhaps the most remarkable song in the Waterhouse catalogue.

The tune is a pocket symphony, à la Spector and Wilson, with winding piano lines locking puzzle-like into a whining, weeping string arrangement courtesy of musical blood brother J.B. Flatt. A small cadre of women backing vocalists shout “Never!” and Nick replies “I never cry on cold days / I never mind a trip on the freeway / Because it’s what I know / Never really set for the big change / Learn to let things go / And say blow wind, blow.” The freeways between LA and San Francisco; the memory of spending a teenaged evening in the Vesuvio Café, which looms over the entrance of City Lights Books; the wind ripping through you on a foggy Bay Area morning, cutting into your bones; the pride one takes in his hometown; the distinct life that he has made (or that has made him) — it’s all here in “Place Names” and, honestly, if the album were to end with this one song, Waterhouse would’ve done his service to the 2020s in terms of musical creativity and vitality. Thankfully for listeners, it’s just the beginning.

The album twists and turns from the opening to the close — from swinging, sashaying jazz and blues (“Spanish Look”) to jittering, crystalline doo wop (“Very Blue”) and pure, loose, languid mood music with just a hint of Mulatu Astatke’s Ethiopian modal magic (“Promène Blue”). Most striking, perhaps, is the use of men’s voices as a backing texture, bringing an unexpected thematic unity to many of the songs. Lower-than-low gospel chants and refrains lend both energy and emotional weight to these pieces, conjuring a whole new mythic world for Nick’s compositions. This is a statement album, one to get lost in and rediscover over and over again.

In the Waterhouse catalogue, “Promenade Blue” represents rebirth and reinvigoration as well as a clarity of purpose that elevates it and may one day set it apart as something resembling a magnum opus. It’s his ‘Gatsby’ and it’s also his way of reintroducing himself to a fanbase that has grown by leaps and bounds over the last couple of years. On this record, he paints a mythic picture of his own life — lost in confusion, grating against time, overheated by false memories, being baptized by nostalgia and a vision of the future that is paradoxically both dark and apocalyptic and sparkling with promise. Sounds a lot like America in the 20s to me. Which 20s though? Which color — green or blue? Which author? Try to figure it out for yourself:

“You were smiling at me / Hanging languidly / On your car door window / Very blue / Very green / The ocean breeze / And shuffling trees / Pacific seas.”

“And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night.

Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter — tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning——

So, we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

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Jordan Rakei

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Late Night Tales)