The summer music release season continues to roll on as
August gets under way. With all the new albums coming out, it’s time to take a
look at what albums will be coming out this month.
August will see new releases from some top music talents, as
well as some up-and-coming players in the game. Kesha will be making her return
this month when she puts out her first album in five years. Quiet Riot will be
debuting their new lead singer with their upcoming album. Queens of the Stone
Age and Gogol Bordello will also be putting out new music. PVRIS is poised to
make their big break with their upcoming sophomore album.
Vinyl Bay 777, Long Island’s music outlet, has been browsing
the internet for the latest news on new albums. Here are seven coming out this
month that we think will be worth checking out.
1.
Dan
Wilson, ‘Recovered’: Best known as the lead singer of 1990s one-hit-wonders
Semisonic, you may not know that Dan Wilson also writes music for some of today’s
hottest artist. ‘Recovered’ finds Wilson taking on some of these songs for
himself. The track list includes such hits as Adele’s
“Someone Like You,” John
Legend’s “You and I” and Dixie
Chicks’ “Not Ready To Make Nice,” among others. There is even a rerecording
of his own hit, “Closing Time.” (8/4)
2.
Quiet
Riot, ‘Road Rage’: ‘Road Rage’ is veteran metal band Quiet Riot’s first
album with new lead singer James Durban, best known for his stint on ‘American
Idol.’ The entire album was rerecorded to accommodate the new singer after the
departure of Seann Nichols. (8/4)
3.
Kesha, ‘Rainbow’: Due to legal issues, Kesha has
not been able to release new music in more than five years. The fact that ‘Rainbow’
is even being released and how quickly it was put together and ready to go is a
miracle in itself. Listening to the singes, Kesha has a lot to say and is
really branching out from the boozy pop she’s known for. This could possibly be
one of the hottest albums of the year. (8/11)
4.
Gogol
Bordello, ‘Seekers and Finders’: It’s been four years since Gogol Bordello
has released a new album. With ‘Seekers and Finders,’ the gypsy punk band make
their return, describing the album to Consequence of Sound as a “very magical
and playful record” that “echoes the band’s persona.” (8/25)
5.
PVRIS, ‘All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of
Hell’: It was only a couple of years ago that PVRIS were playing the small,
unknown stages of Warped Tour. Now the band is poised for their big break with
their upcoming sophomore album, ‘All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell.’ Single
“What’s Wrong,” is a fantastic, powerful track that really shows what the band
can do, so I have a lot of faith that this is going to be a great album. (8/25)
6.
Queens of the Stone Age, ‘Villains’: Queens of
the Stone Age will be mixing up their sound a bit when they release their
seventh studio album, ‘Villains,’ later this month. Produced by Mark Ronson,
frontman Josh Homme decided to go a bit more upbeat with the new album, telling
Rolling
Stone that he wanted the kind of “tight, vacuous dry sound” of previous
Ronson hit “Uptown Funk.” It will be interesting to hear how he integrates that
into the band’s hard rock sound. (8/25)
7.
Filthy Friends, ‘Invitation’: Started as a David
Bowie cover band, supergroup Filthy Friends will be releasing an album of
originals this month. The band features Slater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker, R.E.M.’s
Peter Buck, The Minus 5’s Kurt Bloch and Scott McCaughey and King
Crimson’s Bill Rieflin, and has already released the album’s first two
singles, “Any King of Crowd” and “The Arrival.” (8/25)
August is gearing up to be a great month for new music with
a lot of highly anticipated albums being released. These are just some of the
albums that we think will be worth looking out for this month. Keep these in
mind and let us know what albums you’re excited to hear this month!
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