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Fresh Album Fridays: Nicki Minaj, Neil Young, Blu and more
Good morning ~ This is a thread to discuss new album releases that have arrived on our doorstep this week. Feel free to share albums and EPs that have caught your eye and interest.
Discussion Points
What are you looking forward to listen to?
Have you listened to any of these releases?
What are your thoughts?
What have you enjoyed from these artists in the past?
Why Friday?
Most (but not all) new LPs/EPs release on a Friday, as labels want to give the release a full week of sales before entering the charts.
~~ Feedback on the format welcome
Just a heads up that we're approaching that time where releases, at least the ones on my radar, tend to slow down until later in Jan/Feb, and I might skip a week if it seems particularly quiet (especially with travel and the holidays).
I realize folks use these threads to share albums, so if it does seem like I've missed a week and there's something you'd like to share, feel free to either copy the format, or shoot me a message and I'll set one up.
In advance - thanks all for voting and engaging with these Friday threads! I'm looking forward to some exciting releases in 2024. I'll continue doing Albums of the Week as normal.
Even though I don't always comment on these posts, I just wanted to let you know I do usually listen to a handful of albums from every one, and appreciate them. So thanks for doing them. :)
Light week, as expected for December.
HEALTH - RAT WARS
bandcamp
HEALTH have become one of my favorite bands. Darkwave / industrial metal but with vaporwave / shoegaze style vocals. Beautiful mix of soft vocals and heavy sounds.
Phobocosm - Foreordained
bandcamp
Doom/death metal album book-ended with more doom-leaning tracks. Love the deep growls here. It really lays well over the music and reminds of me of Immolation in the best way. Plenty of anxious sounding leads and drones going on underneath the swirl of fast death metal playing. Shifting tempos definitely take this firmly into death/doom territory from time to time.
Syn - Villfarelse
bandcamp
Anonymous black metal on Terratur. Some good but grimy production. Has a layer of filth on it. Feels like a nice combination of multiple black metal facets - you can hear atmosphere, plenty of aggression, but also some wailing and some grime.
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2
Single
Genre(s): Pop Rap
Country: United States
Spotify
RYM
Neil Young - Before and After
Single
Genre(s): Folk Rock
Country: Canada/United States
RYM
Blu & Nottz - Afrika
Single
Genre(s): Hip Hop
Country: United States
Bandcamp
Spotify
RYM