New album releases: Jamie xx, Or:la, JarJarJr, The Voidz & more
Here’s a rundown of new releases on DSPs and physical releases in record shops this week.
Nialler9 keeps a rolling list of Irish album releases here.
Releases Index
New Albums
Jamie xx – In Waves
The followup to 2015’s In Colours features collaborations with Robyn, The Avalanches, Kelsey Lu, John Glacier and Panda Bear, Oona Doherty and The xx’s Romy and Oliver Sim, along with previous singles ‘Baddy On The Floor’ witth Honey Dijon which followed non-album singles ‘It’s So Good’, ‘Let’s Do It Again’ and ‘Kill Dem.
JarJarJr – Catch The Dusk
Cork producer and rapper Rob O’Halloran comes out of the production dungeon with a full-fledged album of live jazzy funk rap music.
Or:la – Trusting Theta
The Derry DJ and producer Or:la’s long-awaited debut album on Fabric Originals, and features contributions from SOAK, Eliza Rose, and Mary Lake, and pulls from Or:la’s (Orlagh Dooley) wide-array loves of acid, breakbeat, UK bass, tribal house, deep house, 90’s techno and garage.
Bedrooms – Perfectly Still
Dublin alternative guitar trio whose music touches on shoegaze, indie and rock. Perfectly Still was produced by Bill Ryder-Jones (The Coral).
K3:lu – Vol.II Cortis
Cork producer Patrick Hatchett’s second album pays homage to dance culture, Afrofunk, 80’s soul, dub and jazz set mixed with acoustic and digital production.
Susan O’Neill – Now In A Minute
Cork singer-songwriter’s new solo album features co-writes with close collaborator Mick Flannery and musical brothers Cillian and Lorcan Byrne. The LP was recorded over the past 18 months between Clare and Cork, with engineer and producer Christian Best.
Susan is also doing a in store tour from today, before a more extensive tour in October and November…
Sep 20 Tower Records, Dublin
Sep 21 12.30pm Golden Discs, Galway
Sep 21 4.30pm Steamboat Records, Limerick
Sep 22 2.00pm Music Zone, Cork
Sep 22 7.30pm Coughlans, Cork
Sep 23 6.30pm Rollercoaster, Kilkenny
Sep 24 5.00pm Golden Discs, Wexford
Sep 25 3.00pm Golden Discs, Waterford
Sep 26 8.00pm Cheese Press, Ennistymon
The Voidz – Like All Before You
Julian Casablancas and pals release their third studio album.
Bright Eyes – Five Dice, All Threes
Conor Oberst and band’s new “rock’n’roll” album featuring Cat Power and The National’s Matt Berninger.
Anenome – Human Remains EP
Dublin-based duo Clara Webster and Lily Brodie Hayes creating in folk, drone and rock circles with harmonium,bayan accordion and layered vocals with influences drawn frm PJ Harvey, Lankum, SWANS, Katie Kim and Keeley Forsyth.
Anenome will perform in The Workman’s on September 25th with support from Jason McNamara and Cork artist Elaine Malone’s project Mantua.
The Alchemist – The Genuine Articulate
Macdara Yeates – Traditional Singing from Dublin
Ex-Skipper’s debut solo album by folk “singer of auld songs, doer of projects, and part to blame for ‘The Night Before Larry Got Stretched.”
Hermitage Green – Connection
New album from Irish folk-rock band.
“From the outset we wanted this album to be something different to previous releases. Over the past five years a lot of different influences revealed themselves quite organically. Electronic synths, sampled drums, and didgeridoo had become a huge part of our sound and so we naturally wanted to make an album that elevated these features. We wanted to write about topics we’ve never expressed before. We wanted to collaborate with artists we admire. This album is a culmination of all those ambitions. We are so happy to release a body of work we are all so proud of.”
Ten Speed Racer- Live in Dublin 2004
An album of 10 songs recorded at the band’s last ever gig in The Temple Bar Music Centre, Dublin on the 3rd of July 2004.
Thought to have been lost to time, the unlabelled harddrive was rediscovered recently. Lovingly converted to modern files and mixed and mastered by Joe Chester in France.
David C Clements – The Garden
Northern-Irish singer and songwriter’s new solo album of alt-folk.
In spending the best part of a decade writing and recording ‘The Garden’, he has “accidentally journaled” the key moments in his life. Clements began close to home with long-time producer Michael Keeney (Foy Vance, SOAK) in Bangor, County Down, meeting one evening a week to experiment with new songs. Under the guidance of Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol), he was encouraged to take his time, and to explore co-writing.
Also released today
- Bob Dylan – The 1974 Live Recordings
- David Bowie – Live from the Manhattan Center ’99
- Depeche Mode – Spirit | The 12″ Singles
- FIDLAR – Surviving the Dream
- Future – MIXTAPE PLUTO
- Hippo Campus – Flood
- Merzbow – Nine Studies of Ephemeral Resonance Volume 1 + 2
- Joan As Police Woman – Lemons, Limes And Orchids
- Katie Perry – 143
- Katy J Pearson – Someday, Now
- Nelly Furtado – 7
- Nubya Garcia – ODYSSEY
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Chain of Light
- Orion Sun – Orion
- Purple Disco Machine – Paradise
- Sunset Rubdown – Always Happy to Explode
- The Black Dog – Seclusion EP
- Ten Speed Racer- Live in Dublin 2004
