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We know it can be hard to keep track of all the albums that get announced every day. So we’ve launched a new weekly feature to help you discover what discs are coming out in the next few months. Check out this week’s edition, featuring new albums from Bloc Party, Flaming Lips and more.
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Bloc Party – Four (Frenchkiss, August 21)
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Bloc Party will release their first full-length since 2008’s Intimacy this summer. In response to rumors that the band had actually broken up lead singer Kele Okereke wrote on his blog, “i did what i always try to do to make sense of the world, i started writing lyrics and something became clear to me, i needed to put my band back together, i missed my friends. even though i had made a record by myself i missed the way that my band worked, how little improvisations and suggestions would then go on to spark other ideas in me like wildfire. being in bloc party always forced me to think on my feet.” Watch a teaser video for the album below:
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Can’t wait? Check out Bloc Party’s Myspace Radio channel here to tide you over.
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The Flaming Lips – Heady Fwends (Warner Bros, June 26)
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The Flaming Lips released a collaborative album earlier this year in honor of Record Store Day, but in case you didn’t get the special edition disc the band will officially be re-releasing it later this month. The new version will also include a new track that features Aaron Behrens of Ghostland Observatory. Check out the tracklisting below:
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1. 2012 (You Must Be Upgraded) [ft. Ke$ha, Biz Markie and Hour of the Time Majesty 12]
2. Ashes in the Air [ft. Bon Iver]
3. Helping the Retarded to Know God [ft. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros]
4. Supermoon Made Me Want To Pee [ft. Prefuse 73]
5. Children of the Moon [ft. Tame Impala]
6. That Ain’t My Trip [ft. Jim James of My Morning Jacket]
7. You, Man? Human??? [ft. Nick Cave]
8. I’m Working at NASA on Acid [ft. Lightning Bolt]
9. Do It! [ft. Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band]
10. Is David Bowie Dying? [ft. Neon Indian]
11. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face [ft. Erykah Badu]
12. Girl, You’re So Weird [ft. New Fumes]
13. Tasered and Maced [ft. Aaron Behrens of Ghostland Observatory]
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Can’t wait? Check out The Flaming Lips’ Myspace Radio channel here to tide you over.
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Rome – Dedication (Fueled By Ramen, June 12)
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Rome, the singer of Sublime With Rome, will release his debut solo effort later this month. The disc features production and co-writes from Benny Blanco, Dave Bassett, Robopop and The Futuristics, and will offer a taste of what’s to coming on Rome’s debut full-length, expected later this year. The musician said, “I’ve been working on my solo material for almost a year now and I’m so excited to share some of the songs. This EP is a taste of my forthcoming album, and just a huge step for me creatively. I can’t wait for everyone to hear it.” Listen to new single “Dedication” below:
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Can’t wait? Check out Sublime With Rome’s Myspace Radio channel here to tide you over.
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Matthew Dear – Beams (Ghostly International, August 28)
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Matthew Dear will release a new album this summer. The disc, recorded Dear’s home studio and mixed at Nicolas Vernhes’ Rare Book Room studios in Brooklyn, will follow his recent EP Headcage, which came out in January. Dear said, “I’m about 4 to 5 different people at any given time. By allowing all of those different personalities to exist – the most pure and direct self can come through in the music. [The songs] may still be cryptic, and full of contradictions – but in my opinion, that is pure, unadulterated thought in musical form. They are direct lines to the center.”
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1. Her Fantasy
2. Earthforms
3. Headcage
4. Fighting Is Futile
5. Up & Out
6. Overtime
7. Get The Rhyme Right
8. Ahead of Myself
9. Do The Right Thing
10. Shake Me
11. Temptation
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Can’t wait? Check out Matthew Dear’s Myspace Radio channel here to tide you over.
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