2010 keeps rolling on and we have another week with some pretty stellar releases. New releases by Dead Weather, Holy Fuck, Japandroids, the National, Cocorosie, Gun Outfit, Male Bonding, Thee Oh Sees, Woods, and even local favorites, Puffy Aereolas, are all out today and are all absolutely excellent releases.
One release does stand out here at the store though. We’ve followed Phosphorescent for some time and we still consistently listen to his 2009 release, To Willie, a tribute to Willie Nelson that was just absolutely fantastic and got some of us into Willie for the first time. The album was a huge leap of maturity for Phosphorescent and the stepping stone to bring his project from the realms of darker folk to an all out country folk album that brings to mind Gram Parsons and of course, Willie Nelson himself.
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Honorable Mentions
The National have returned with their fifth album and we think it’s their best one yet. High Violet doesn’t stray far from their roots of being a bombastic indie rock band but it does show their song writing come to an absolute boil as every track on here is absolutely excellent. Some guest appearances by favorites Sufjan Stevens and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver certainly don’t hurt at all either. Essential to check this album out.
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Holy Fuck’s album, LP, released a couple years ago really took us all by a bit of surprise at how good it was. A mish mash of buzzing electronics mixed with live drums and bass, Holy Fuck continue their brand of killer driving music with their new album Latin. A band that really needs to be heard rather than described, I’ll defer you to the song we’ve posted below to get an idea of just how good this band is!
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Tags: holy fuck, national, phosphorescent, Record of the Week
