Info: REMY's monthly new album releases round-up returns for August, featuring singles already released from albums coming out over the next four weeks in the above playlist.
We begin with the superb new album from Irish artist Elephant, titled 88, our latest Album of the Month, whilst it officially released just last week, we include it here by virtue of falling in between our July and August new album releases, and well, it already comfortably making our own AOTY list for 2018.
Waaay back in 2008 when Texan psych-rockers White Denim released their debut album Workout Holiday I had it on perma-spin. I was such a fanboy I emailed them to ask them if they had any plans to play in Ireland, and frontman James Petralli kindly took the time to reply saying they had just played Oxegen and their time in Ireland was too short and they would be back depending on how well the debut LP was received. 8 albums later, they needn't have had any anxiety! Latest album Performance is out on the 24th August and they get all Marc Bolan on our asses with single 'Magazin', nice.
Sticking with psych-rock, one of the best bands of the last decade, San Francisco's Thee Oh Sees return with album #16, Smote Reverser. Their output since their 2006 debut has been pretty phenomenal, and 2015's Mutilator Defeated At Last was easily one of my albums of the year that year. Single 'C' simply kicks ass the way only they know how.
We begin with the superb new album from Irish artist Elephant, titled 88, our latest Album of the Month, whilst it officially released just last week, we include it here by virtue of falling in between our July and August new album releases, and well, it already comfortably making our own AOTY list for 2018.
Waaay back in 2008 when Texan psych-rockers White Denim released their debut album Workout Holiday I had it on perma-spin. I was such a fanboy I emailed them to ask them if they had any plans to play in Ireland, and frontman James Petralli kindly took the time to reply saying they had just played Oxegen and their time in Ireland was too short and they would be back depending on how well the debut LP was received. 8 albums later, they needn't have had any anxiety! Latest album Performance is out on the 24th August and they get all Marc Bolan on our asses with single 'Magazin', nice.
Sticking with psych-rock, one of the best bands of the last decade, San Francisco's Thee Oh Sees return with album #16, Smote Reverser. Their output since their 2006 debut has been pretty phenomenal, and 2015's Mutilator Defeated At Last was easily one of my albums of the year that year. Single 'C' simply kicks ass the way only they know how.
Tomberlin - 'Self-Help'
A brand new discovery comes via Kentucky's Tomberlin, her debut album At Weddings was originally released in September last year, and thankfully gets a fresh jaunt on the 10th of August, I'm really loving the lo-fi dreaminess of latest single 'Self-Help' (above video) a lot. Japanese, New-York based Mitski releases the follow up to 2016's critically acclaimed Puberty 2 in the form of Be The Cowboy, and the early sings are that album number 5 could be here best yet.
It's been a five year wait for the third album from London's Anna Calvi, on a personal level, everything she touches is gold, 'Suzanne & I' from her 2011 debut is still one of my favourite tracks of all time. New single 'Don't Beat the Girl out of My Boy' from Hunter which is out on the 31st of August is equally as immense, I can't wait for this album, Calvi plays Dublin's Tivoli Theatre on the 28th of September, tickets here.
Anna Calvi - 'Don't Beat the Girl out of My Boy'
Death Cab for Cutie's last couple of albums have received see-saw reviews from critics, but album 11, Thank You for Today, based on singles released thus far including 'I Dreamt We Spoke Again', should see them back on the saddle of more familiar territory of deserved acclaim.
Other new album releases for August that might be of interest to you are Nicki Minaj's Queen, Interpol's long-awaited Marauder, Amanda Shires' To The Sunset, Super Furry Animals bassist Guto Pryce and Lindsey Leven deliver glorious psych-pop as Gulp with album All Good Wishes, and there's an inescapable charm from Indiana's alt-folk rock troupe Houndmouth's Golden Age album, chanelling some inner-Mr.Big on the above single 'Modern Love'.
Release Dates:
Elephant - 88 (out now)
3rd August
Amanda Shires - To The Sunset
Gulp - All Good Wishes
Houndmouth - Golden Age
10th August
Nicki Minaj - Queen
Tomberlin - At Weddings
17th August
Death Cab for Cutie - Thank You For Today
Mitski - Be The Cowboy
Thee Oh Sees - Smote Reverser
24th August
Interpol - Marauder
White Denim - Performance
31st August
Anna Calvi - Hunter
Our previous 2018 New Album Releases:
