.png)
Keeping you up to date with the week’s hottest album releases
Artist: Hiatus Kaiyote
Album: Love Heart Cheat Code
Label: Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune
Genres: Neo soul, future soul, jazz-funk, blue-eyed soul
This is the much-anticipated follow-up to the Australian band’s 2021 album Mood Valiant. This time their unique audial tapestries are more intimate, and the absence of reverb gives them more punch and percussion than ever before.
Artist: Omar Apollo
Album: God Said No
Label: Warner
Genres: R&B, alternative R&B, pop
Omar Apollo doesn’t like to follow the rules, often creating work that feels comfortable but sits just outside the norm. Here he goes one step further, producing an album that
sacrifices coherence in favour of exploring genre and sound. There will likely be something you love on this record, but you may have to search for it.
Artist: Johnny Cash
Album: Songwriter
Label: Mercury Nashville
Genres: Country, rock and roll, folk, gospel, blues
Posthumous releases can be controversial things, but Johnny Cash has a larger post-life discography than many artists manage in their lifetimes. The demos used for these tracks span multiple decades, so the album acts as a musical time capsule documenting the evolution of one of America’s most legendary artists.
I was going to suggest the Johnny Cash release for your list Matt - great performances from the Cash archive 😎