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We have a stacked vinyl release week, so let’s get right into it. I've included links to all available vinyl variants, directing you to the best prices. All mentioned vinyl is in stock and ready for your collection.
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British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music? (15th Anniversary)
Get Vinyl: Orange Vinyl and Picture Disc
British Sea Power (now just Sea Power)’s acclaimed third album Do You Like Rock Music? turns 15 years; to celebrate, the band is dropping a limited edition reissue with sessions and B-sides in a glow-in-the-dark gatefold sleeve featuring an orange vinyl, picture disc, and sleeve notes by Roy Wilkinson. Celebratory UK tour dates will follow, where they will play the album in its entirety.
Brittany Howard - What Now?
Get Vinyl: Lemonade | Light Blue
Brittany Howard, Nashville musician and Alabama Shakes' lead, discusses her new album What Now? and the dual significance of it’s title: "With the world we're living in now, it feels like we're all just trying to hang onto our souls," she explains, highlighting the current extreme societal changes and the uncertainty to follow. What now? That question will also be on the listeners mind as "the only constant on this record is you never know what's going to happen next."
Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak - An Evening With Silk Sonic Reissue
Get Vinyl: Gold with White and Apple Red Splatter
All Bruno Mars albums are getting the splatter wax treatment from Amazon in the next few months. First up we have An Evening With Silk Sonic, the 2021 groovy debut with Anderson .Paak.
Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
Get Vinyl: Sea Green | Black
The tongue-twister She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She is the upcoming seventh album by gothic rocker Chelsea Wolfe. This is Chelsea’s first with the Loma Vista label, and the album was recorded alongside legendary producer and TV on the Radio guitarist Dave Sitek.
Declan McKenna - What Happened to the Beach?
Get Vinyl: Blue and White Ocean Spray with Sand Filled Sleeve | Dark Blue | Black
The coolest package of the week award goes to Blood Records’ release of Declan McKenna’s upcoming third album What Happened To The Beach?. Not only is the album an appropriately colored ocean spray, the gatefold sleeve is filled with actual sand and features an alternate metal detector artwork. The vinyl is limited to 2,000 copies and hand-numbered to order.
Ducks Ltd. - Harm’s Way
Get Vinyl: Garden Fountain Clear
I love me some Ducks Ltd. and I’m proper chuffed we’re getting their second album this week. Catchy lead single “Train Full of Gasoline,” featuring vocals from Ratboys’ Julia Steiner, is on our Best New Songs of 2024 Playlist.
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2 (10th Anniversary)
Get Vinyl: 4 LP Black
The 2013 sequel to the classic 2000’s Marshall Mathers LP gets a 4 LP remaster featuring 11 bonus tracks, including B-sides and instrumentals. The album won Eminem a record sixth GRAMMY award for Best Rap Album and is now 4x certified platinum.
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (20th Anniversary)
Get Vinyl: Orange and Black Swirl
My god, how the hell is this album 20 years old? How is this possible? What is happening? What am I doing with my life?
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Live In Chicago
Get Vinyl: 8 LP Colored Box Set
It sure looks like King Gizzard outdid themselves with this box set. Recorded live June 11, 12, and 13, 2023 at new venue The Salt Shed, Live in Chicago features 40 tracks spread across 18 sides of psychedelically splattered vinyl, as well as a 132-page hardcover photo book, housed in a custom numbered collectors box.
Les Claypool - Adverse Yaw: The Prawn Song Years
Get Vinyl: Six Album Colored Box Set
Here we have another colorful box set out this week: Les Claypool's Adverse Yaw: The Prawn Song Years. This five album set spans Les' solo career, including Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, and The Fancy Band. There’s live sets, the long out of print Purple Onion, Of Whales & Woe, & Of Fungi & Foe LPs, and for the first time ever on vinyl, The Big Eyeball In the Sky.
Madi Diaz - Weird Faith
Get Vinyl: Opaque Green, Signed Cover! | Black
Fresh off a world tour opening and playing alongside Harry Styles, Madi Diaz is gearing up to release her sixth album, Weird Faith, featuring Kacey Musgraves and produced by Sam Cohen and Konrad Snyder. Early singles suggest this album is gonna hit hard.
Sonic Youth - Walls Have Ears
Get Vinyl: UFO Neon Green | Silver
Sonic Youth’s Walls Have Ears has long been a bootleg favorite among fans, and finally the live album culled from three 1985 UK performances is getting its first official release after 38 years.
Usher - Coming Home
Get Vinyl: Blue and Gold Sky | Clear
Your Super Bowl halftime performer is dropping his ninth album Coming Home this week, with guests 21 Savage, The Dream and more. This is Usher's first solo album in eight years, his first studio album in six years, and his first ever independent album.
Zara Larsson - Venus
Get Vinyl: Red and Black Marble
Zara Larsson, who won the Swedish version of America’s Got Talent at the age of ten (!!!), will release VENUS, her anticipated follow up to 2021’s Poster Girl. The electro-pop star is currently at the top of the dance radio charts with singles “Can’t Tame Her” and the David Guetta-featured “On My Love.”
Hey thanks for reading! Sound off in the comments on what you’re interested in buying or streaming this week, and as always, rock on!
Silk Sonic 😍 I’ve got the velvety edition with Love’s Train but this splatter one seems interesting…
Love these, thanks for the features. I have some listening to do!