This Week's New Vinyl Release Slate

Friday's packed with new albums and vinyl reissues.

Hello and welcome back to The Wax Museum. Unfortunately, the regular newsletter must take a one-week hiatus because my lovely daughter brought home a stomach bug that has annihilated me. Daycare is a germ festival, a Woodstock of bacteria, and my child is the headliner.

But I can’t leave you empty-handed, so to tide you over until next week, here’s a list of the notable records coming out this Friday, August 25. Sound off in the comments on what you’re looking forward to!

New Albums

• A Giant Dog - Bite | Austin’s A Giant Dog have created a fantasy-based, virtual reality concept album with Bite, their first record since 2017.

• Alice Cooper - Road (Red Marbled Vinyl + DVD) | The 75-year-old rock legend shows no signs of slowing down with his 22nd solo album Road, accompanied by a DVD of the full Hellfest 2022 live show.

• Be Your Own Pet - Mommy | After a 15-year hiatus, Be Your Own Pet reunited for their third album Mommy, out via Third Man Records.

• Becca Mancari - Left Hand (Milky Clear Vinyl) | Nashville’s Becca Mancari third solo album celebrates self-acceptance and features collaborations with Brittany Howard, Julien Baker, and Paramore’s Zac Farro.

• Buck Meek - Haunted Mountain | Big Thief’s lead guitarist and backing vocalist has described new album Haunted Mountain as a collection of love songs.

• Cindy Wilson - Realms (Turquoise Vinyl) | As the B-52’s play their final shows after a 47-year career, founding member Cindy Wilson prepares sophomore solo album Realms, which sounds like an otherworldly psychedelic affair.

• Film School - Field (Forest Green Vinyl) | Indie rock stalwarts Film School return with another batch of lush shoegaze jams.

• Hannah Georgas - I'd Be Lying if I Said I Didn't Care (Green Vinyl) | Hannah Georgas, who you may know from contributing vocals to The National's expanded lineup on the I Am Easy To Find tour, drops her fifth-self produced album.

• Hiss Golden Messenger - Jump for Joy | MC Taylor, aka Hiss Golden Messenger is back with his most autobiographical offering yet.

• Islands - And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs | Nick Thorburn and crew promise that Dolphins, the ninth record in their catalog, is their strongest and most articulate album yet.

• jaimie branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) | In July 2022, trumpet player jaimie branch was putting the finishing touches on an album when she unexpectedly died. In the months following, her family, her band, and her collaborators banded together to put this out into the world. First single “baba louie” is a stunner.

• Old Crow Medicine Show - Jubilee | Old Crow Medicine Show celebrates their 25th anniversary with a new album featuring jug-band tunes to Irish folk songs to exultant gospel jams.

• Ratboys - The Window (Morning Blue Vinyl) | Chicago’s Ratboys anticipated new album was produced by Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla. A firework splatter vinyl will be released in September.

• Spellling - Spellling & The Mystery School (Purple Vinyl) | Experimental pop artist Spellling with three L’s drops fourth album, which contains re-recordings of various songs from her previous albums.

• The Armed - Perfect Saviors | Mysterious hardcore punk band The Armed return with their first new music since 2021 breakout release ULTRAPOP.

New Vinyl Reissues

• Alanis Morissette - The Collection (Purple Vinyl) | The Canadian pop star released her greatest hits album 20 years ago, and it’s now on vinyl for the first time.

• Balance and Composure - Separation (White Vinyl) and The Things We Think We’re Missing (Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl) | Alt-rock darlings Balance and Composure have reunited, and to celebrate, they are reissuing their first two albums on colored vinyl.

• The Dillinger Escape Plan: Calculating Infinity, Miss Machine, and Ire Works | The first three albums from the New Jersey mathcore band are back in print on colored wax.

• Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) | Wild is the Wind, ranked 212 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, gets the Verve Acoustic Sounds Series treatment, featuring transfers from the original analog tapes.

• Tyler, the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost (Geneva Blue Vinyl) | The “Estate Sale” deluxe edition of Tyler’s 2021 critically acclaimed album gets its first colored pressing and features eight new songs and a 28-page booklet.

• The Velvet Underground - Loaded (Translucent Grape Vinyl) | The 1970’s classic and Lou Reed’s last with the band gets a reissue on purple wax.

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Exit Through The Gift Shop

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This is your last chance for this month’s giveaway; submissions close Tuesday, August 29th. There are less than 20 paid subs at the moment, so your odds will never be better. This month, the winner will choose one of four AUTOGRAPHED vinyl:

• Bethany Cosentino - Natural Disaster (Creamsicle Vinyl)

• Fleet Foxes - A Very Lonely Solstice

• Girl in Red - if i could make it go quiet

• Alex G - God Save the Animals

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