2014 NEW RELEASES WEEK # 32 AUGUST 5, 2014

AUGUST 5, 2014 (WEEK # 32)

1.    ADULT JAZZ-“GIST IS” (8/5)

2.    AMANDA X-“AMNESIA” (8/5)

3.    BATHS-“OCEAN DEATH” [EP] (8/5)

4.    BEAR IN HEAVEN-“TIME IS OVER ONE DAY OLD” (8/5) 

5.    GREY LANDS-“SONGS BY OTHER PEOPLE” (IMPORT) (8/5)

6.    DAVID KILGOUR AND THE HEAVY EIGHTS-“END TIMES UNDONE” (8/5) (*** End Times Undone, the latest album from DAVID KILGOUR AND THE HEAVY EIGHTS was recorded in his native New Zealand between 2012 and 2014, but that's a bit misleading. The album took so long to finish only because Kilgour assembled his bandmates every four or five months, and then only for a couple days at a time. And when they convened, the tape was rolling almost from the start. It's the perfect way for Kilgour to operate these days, more than 30 years into a career that is equally compelling, consistent, and influential. From his first recordings with THE CLEAN, the iconic band who remain active and whose legend deservedly grows mightier every year, Kilgour has had a distinct sound that has inhabited all of his albums and sounds fresh with every new release. Over just ten songs,  End Times Undone offers a robust sampling of all the various styles Kilgour has mastered over the last three decades. For an album that comes so late in one's career, it's a surprisingly convenient entry point into Kilgour's body of work.)

7.    LAKES-“FIRE AHEAD” (8/5) 

8.    LIBRARY OF SANDS-“ODD HOURGLASS / WAVY HEAT” (8/5) (***This double-disc set features two Library of Sands albums available on CD for the first time!Odd Hourglass reflects sounds that become the atmosphere, a pulse in purple mountain majesty. Blowing down from the mountain, escorted by a lasting psychedelic impression, these songs were recorded live in the Mojave Desert with special guest Peaceful Stephen McCarty. Modification on instruments chrome waterfall eagle smile cloud claw via NayNay Shineywater.Originally released as a five-song, one-sided cassette, Wavy Heat features Shineywater on vintage keys, including a tube organ found on the side of the road, along with Colm O'Closoig (My Bloody Valentine, Hope Sandoval) on drums. Deconstructionalist and minimalist in scope, a vortex opposite of Satie yet as graceful a relationship to the morphed blazing sun. Wavy Heat is as bonged as it is fuzzy.)

9.    MOGWAI-“COME ON DIE YOUNG” (DELUXE EDITION) (8/5)

10. NAOMI PUNK-“TELEVISION MAN” (8/5)

11. A.C. NEWMAN-“WHAT IF” (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING) (8/5)

12. THE OPERATORS-“EP 1” (8/5) (2.45 EM) (DAN BOECKNER OF WOLF PARADE & DIVINE FITS)

13. POLE-“RADOM” (8/5) 

14. THE PSYCHO SISTERS-“UP ON THE CHAIR, BEATRICE” (8/5) (SUSAN COWSILL & BANGLES GUITARIST VICKI PETERSON)

15. THE ROSEBUDS-“SAND + SILENCE” (8/5)

16. SPIDER BAGS-“FROZEN LETTER” (8/5) (*** Formed in 2005, Chapel Hill, North Carolina's SPIDER BAGS were largely a revolving cast, with only DAN MCGEE (guitars, vocals) persevering through the various incarnations of the band. But during the 2011 recording of Shake My Head , the current lineup consisting of STEVE OLIVA (bass) and ROCK FORBES (drums) was finally solidified. Building upon the foundation laid down by its predecessor, Frozen Letter  rocks with the clairvoyance of three musicians who have spent a lot of time recording and touring together over the last few years. "When we started this record, we weren't even thinking about it being released. We just did it to have fun and keep moving forward," says Forbes. This approach allowed the band to push itself further out into the psychedelic frontier than ever before, aided by engineer/producer WESLEY WOLFE. Recorded mostly live over the course of a few days, there's an exhilarating urgency to the record, as heard in riff-driven rockers like "Back With You Again in the World" and "Chem Trails." The band brings the tempo down a notch for "Coffin Car," which finds them mining an ominous morbidity over one of their prettier chord patterns. "We Got Problems" comes on like a true acid trip, alternating between utter terror and unfettered joy. Featuring a heavy and repetitive pattern, a slew of effected guitars, and searing guest leads from SUPERCHUNK's MAC MCCAUGHAN, the song encapsulates an entire Spider Bags epoch in under six minutes. Frozen Letter  is the band's fourth full-length record overall and first for Merge Records.)

17. SPOON-“THEY WANT MY SOUL” (8/5) 

18. ANGUS AND JULIA STONE-“ANGUS AND JULIA STONE” (DELUXE VERSION) (8/5) 

19. TEENAGE FANCLUB-“SHADOWS” (REISSUED) (8/5)

20. TINDERSTICKS-“IN FLANDERS FIELD” (8/4)

21. TUATARA-“UNDERWORLD” (8/5)

22. TWIN PEAKS-“WILD ONION” (8/5)