May is usually a pretty crazy month in terms of releases. And facing the already great months behind us, I was pretty stoked, but also afraid what those last weeks could possibly bring to the table. And damn, did May not disappoint.
The Physics House Band – Death Sequence
May 3 // Unearthly Vision
Greens – Greens
May 3 // Five Kill Records
Why was no one talking about this release? I understand that it is “just” an EP, but a wonderful, rich and powerful one. Those songs are anthems of intimacy.
Mireplaner – A Mountain Of Saola Hooves
May 3 // Unsigned
Snooze – Familiaris
May 3 // Unsigned
Snow Ghosts – A Quiet Ritual
May 3 // Hundstooth
Elis Noa – Love Letters
May 3 // LasVegas Records
Fantastic indie pop gem!
Rhiannon Giddens – there is no Other
May 3 // Nonesuch
Fucking magic.
Club Kuru – Meet Your Maker
May 3 // Dog Holiday Records
NYT LIV – Ensomhedens Kolda Kald
May 3 // Indisciplinarian
Hualun – wʌndərlænd + 2
May 3 // 宇宙兄弟公司/Katuktu Collective
Awesome post rock/experimental band from China. New version of the 2018 release with an extra song.
Tōth – Practice Magic And Seek Professional Help When Necessary
May 10 // Northern Spy Records
We Never Learned To Live – The Sleepwalk Transmission
May 10 // Holy Roar Records
Spirit Adrift – Divided By Darkness
May 10 // 20 Buck Spin
Rosemarine – Rosemarine
May 10 // Ropeadope
BIG|BRAVE – A Gaze Among Them
May 10 // Southern Lord
Dreadnought – Emergence
May 10 // Profound Lore
Sacramento – Lido
May 10 // La Tempesta International
I know there is a lot of gazey stuff in my features these days, but damn, listen how great this is!
Lydia Ainsworth – Phantom Forest
May 10 // Zombie Cat Records
Ludovic Alarie – we’re a dream nobody wrote down
May 10 // Chouchou Records
Holly Herndon – Proto
May 10 // 4AD
Bart – Today, Tomorrow, & The Next Day
May 10 // Idee Fixe Records
Manu Louis – Cream Parade
May 10 // Igloo Records
A weird fever dream, but I love every second of it.
The Chasing Monster – Errant
May 10 // Antigony Records
Kyle – Pre Cum Post Jazz
May 10 // Bomb Shelter Records
Battle Of Britain Memorial – We crave for our holy outsides
May 11 // Unsigned
Glassing – Spotted Horse
May 17 // Brutal Panda Records
Valborg – Zentrum
May 17 // Prophecy
Tyler, The Creator – IGOR
May 17 // A Boy Is A Gun/Columbia Records
Flower boy is constantly transforming.
Tipper – Jettison Mind Hatch
May 17 // Tippermusic
Seba Kaapstad – Thina
May 17 // Mellow Music Group
Injury Reserve – Injury Reserve
May 17 // Loma Vista Recordings
Brad Mehldau – Finding Gabriel
May 17 // Nonesuch Records
This is everything which is good about jazz. Brad Mehldau teaches us all a lesson how to be experimental and comforting, classic and futuristic. Incredible.
Toebow – Themes
May 17 // Imaginator Records
Glass Beach – the first glass beach album
May 18 // Unsigned
Lisathe – Lisathe
May 24 // Art As Catharsis
It Was A Good Dream – Help Me To Recollect
May 24 // Dunk! Records
Earth – Full Upon Her Burning Lips
May 24 // Sargent House
Flying Lotus – Flamagra
May 24 // Warp Records
Cold Reading – Part 1: Past Perfect
May 24 // Krod Records
Really great. Excited for the next parts.
Misþyrming – Algleymi
May 24 // Norma Evangelium
Faye Webster – Atlanta Millionaires Club
May 24 // Secretly Canadian
Mavis Staples – We Get By
May 24 // Anti- Records
Jordsjø – Nattfiolen
May 24 // Karisma Records/Dark Essence
Dark Spring – More Than Suffering
May 24 // Unsigned
Belua – Mother Of All
May 30 // Unsigned
The Violent Years – Via Antarctica
May 31 // Apollon Records
Sinkane – Dépaysé
May 31 // City Slang
Kim Thompsett – The Hollows
May 31 // Meniscus Hump
Every artist who reminds me of Kate Bush is a win.
Coast – Skim
May 31 // Art As Catharsis
Pale Spring – Cygnus
May 31 // Doom Trip
Masvidal – Mythical
May 31 // Masvidalien Records
I want more of that. All day, every day.
Denzel Curry – ZUU
May 31 // Loma Vista Recordings
I’m waiting for the final click which will make this a fucking masterpiece.
Thanks for scrolling.
