Dualtone

Woods Wilder: Curioso [Vinyl LP]

Houndmouth frontman Matt Myers, whose band spent the previous decade blending rock & roll and American roots music into radio staples like the chart-topping, platinum-selling "Sedona," struggled for two years to finish new songs. The end of one relationship, the beginning of another, and the all-consuming feeling of new love left him unable to write - until a visit with Grammy-winning producer Brad Cook, who'd overseen Good For You, restarted his songwriting engines and led to the creation of Lordy. For the making of Lordy, Matt enlisted a small circle of musicians including Iron & Wine's Sam Beam, MJ Lenderman, Phil Cook, and live touring keyboardist Caleb Hickman. "Everything sounds close, like you're having a close conversation rather than a surface-level conversation." The result is Houndmouth's most intimate record yet, delivering an emotional punch that lingers long after the music fades.

Keen Robert Earl: Happy Prisoner [2 Vinyl LP]

Poet, låtskrivare och artist av storformat. Har släppt mängder med plattor på lite olika skivbolag, bl.a. på fina Dualtone. Denna dubbel samlar det bästa från skivorna på denna etikett.

From the inimitable husband and wife folk-punk duo that started a movement, Shovels & Rope's new studio album 'Something Is Working Up Above My Head' is a catalog of vulnerable characters with sweet and sordid narratives. "Many times we've made records that we loved and then, after figuring out how we'd perform it live, we end up falling in love with the live arrangement because being a 2 piece band, it took some real risk and struggle which led to innovation, which gave it a whole new life. So with this one we just started there and worked backwards. The result encapsulates, more than anything we've done before, the sound of our live performance. Resulting in what one might consider by definition, a definitive album."

Van Cleaf Jack: JVC [Vinyl LP]

The Dreamin' Kind finds the Nashville transplant strapping on an electric guitar and embracing his longtime love of larger-than-life rock and roll. With its chugging power chords, 1970s-sized riffs, and richly layered arrangements, The Dreamin' Kind is fuelled not only by sheer amplification, but by the soul-baring songwriting that's become Slim's calling card, too. Tucked between those anthems are acoustic-driven songs that skirt the outer orbits of folk music, from the bare-boned heartbreak of "Stealin' Time" to the organic, orchestral sweep of "Dance On Thru." The result is the more explorative and expansive album of Slim's career: a record made for rock clubs, campfires, and garages alike, produced by Greta Van Fleet's Sam Kiszka, and anchored by a lifelong desire to break down new walls.