October is here and along with the falling leaves, that
means a new batch of albums are making their way to store shelves for your
listening pleasure.
This month will see the release of a lot of highly
anticipated rock and pop albums. Twenty One Pilots will be offering up their
latest album to start off the month. Breakout band Greta Van Fleet will be
releasing their long-awaited debut full length, while fellow breakout band The
Struts releases their third album. Journey frontman Steve Perry makes his
triumphant return to music after more than two decades with a brand new solo
album. Coheed and Cambria, The 1975, Ace Frehley and Kurt Vile are also putting
out new rock albums this October. Then in hip-hop / pop, The Black Eyed Peas
are gearing up to release their first new album in eight years.
Vinyl Bay 777, Long Island’s music outlet, loves new music.
That’s why we’re taking a look at some of the hottest albums coming out in
October. From rock and pop to hip-hop, here are 11 albums we can’t wait to get
our hands on in the next month.
1.
Coheed
and Cambria, ‘The Unheavenly Creatures’: After deviating from their sci-fi
saga with 2015’s ‘The Color Before the Sun,’ Coheed and Cambria return with their
ninth studio album, ‘The Unheavenly Creatures’ this month. This is the eighth
installment of their ‘The Armory Wars’ series, picking up where the story left
off after 2013’s ‘The Afterman: Descension.’ (10/5)
2.
Steve
Perry, ‘Traces’: Stepping away from music for more than 25 years, Steve
Perry returns with a brand new solo
album, ‘Traces.’ The former Journey
frontman’s renewed passion for the musical arts is very apparent in the album’s
proceeding singles, which sound fresh and on point. It’s as if he never left
the game. (10/5)
3.
Twenty One Pilots, ‘Trench’: Hands down the most
highly anticipated rock album of the year, Twenty One Pilots will finally
release their fifth studio album, ‘Trench,’ this month. After blowing up big
with 2015’s ‘Blurryface,’ the duo has come up with an album whose songs have a
decidedly less commercial feel. Instead, the band opts for a more thematic,
concept album approach. The different approach doesn’t seem to matter though,
as fans have been dissecting the new music since the first singles came out in July.
(10/5)
4.
Justin Courtney Pierre, ‘In The Drink’: Two
years after Motion City Soundtrack said farewell to their fans, frontman Justin
Courtney Pierre has decided to come front and center with his debut solo album,
‘In The Drink.’ The songs so far have been very reminiscent of his work with
MCS, but have gone in a completely different direction. Pierre wrote all the
music and played most of the instruments on the album with former band mate Joshua
Cain producing. (10/12)
5.
Kurt Vile, ‘Bottle It In’: Following last year’s
brilliant collaboration with Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile will be releasing his
seventh solo album, ‘Bottle It In.’ Vile’s minimalist style and tongue-in-cheek
lyricism in the singles released so far are fantastic and definitely make this
an album to look forward to. (10/12)
6.
Black
Eyed Peas, ‘Masters Of The Sun’: The Black Eyed Peas will be releasing
their first album in eight years, ‘Masters of the Sun,’ this month. Their first
album in 15 years not to feature Fergie, the album also diverges from the
celebratory nature of the group’s last two albums. Instead, ‘Masters’ goes back
to the days when politics was their forte. The album deals with such difficult
subjects as gun violence, race relations, police brutality and more. (10/12)
7.
Tom Morello, ‘The Atlas Underground’: Rage
Against the Machine / Prophets
of Rage / Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello announced a new solo project
over the summer. According to an interview for Lars Ulrich’s Beats 1 radio show
(reported on by Consequence of Sound) ‘The Atlas Underground’ is Morello’s
attempt to release a “record that was the Jimi Hendrix of now” with
extraordinary guitar playing. The album is also filled with guests including Mumford
& Sons’ Marcus Mumford, Portugal. The Man, Gary Clark Jr., Killer Mike,
Big
Boi, Vic Mensa, Steve Aoki and more. (10/12)
8.
Greta Van Fleet, ‘Anthem Of The Peaceful Army’: Boosted
by the success of 2016’s “Highway Tune,” Greta Van Fleet have a lot to live up
to. The band will finally get the chance to show their chops this month when their
debut full length, ‘Anthem of the Peaceful Army,’ hits shelves. With a style
that channels old school Led
Zeppelin, these guys are the ones to watch on the rock front. (10/19)
9.
Ace
Frehley, ‘Spaceman’: Former Kiss
guitarist Ace Frehley will be releasing his eighth solo album this month, his
first album of new songs since 2014. The album will also feature a couple of
collaborations with Kiss bandmate Gene Simmons, who co-wrote and recorded two
of the album’s eight originals. (10/19)
10.
The Struts, ‘Young & Dangerous’: Four years
after the release of their debut album, The Struts return with a new album of
head-turning glam rock this month, ‘Young and Dangerous.’ The popularity of the
album’s first single “Body Talks” is enough to make this an album to watch for,
but the band’s over-the-top stage presence and sound that is seriously
reminiscent of Queen
make them a band to keep an eye out for over the next few years. (10/26)
11.
The
1975, ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’: British alt-rockers The
1975 changed up their sound a bit for their third album, ‘A Brief Inquiry Into
Online Relationships,’ slated to come out later this month. The album’s
previously released singles sound very 80s synth-pop inspired with lyrics that
try to “tell it like it is.” (10/26)
October is looking to be a big month for new releases. With
a wealth of highly anticipated albums on the horizon, there is a lot of music
to get excited for. Keep an eye out for the albums above and let us know what
albums you’re looking forward to this month in the comments below.
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