Fat Possum

Meg Duffy of Hand Habits wrote new album Blue Reminder as a reaction to what one does when happiness actually comes knocking. After years of collaborating and touring with musicians like Kevin Morby and Perfume Genius, Duffy still draws on the solace of that community, but takes center stage, with their most assured, classic songwriting yet against a backstop of nuanced instrumentation and moving testimony. The record is a celebration of commitment: to being a more honest version of yourself, driven by a romantic love that recognizes the beauty of imperfection. Lead single “Wheel of Change” is perhaps the most joyous and anthemic song Duffy has ever made, with a chorus that remains stuck in your head, but the record as a whole traverses a myriad of emotions where the stakes are higher than they’ve ever been.

A Man For All Seasons is the long-awaited return of Insecure Men, the avant-pop band led by Saul Adamczewski and with a rotating cast of collaborators including Ben Romans-Hopcraft, the Childhood multi-instrumentalist who went to primary school with Adamczewski. It was recorded at Konk Studios in North London as trees blossomed in Spring this year. The album moves from junkshop pop to luxuriant mid-60s soulfulness and mournful cuts where heartbreak manifests in the form of wintry and fragile country songs. It's an album of hope, rich in song and stories and inner truth. Brilliant songwriter, unlikely auteur, serious maverick: a man for all seasons.

Bandet leds av samme Adam som tidigare hyllades som ledare i Fat White Family. Men detta är något helt annorlunda. Detta är smäktande pop inspelad hemma hos Sean Lennon i NYC. Det låter som klassisk Carpenters, Harry Nilsson typ, med lite David Lynchig ljudbild. Strålande.

Albumet, Clean, är Allisons resa ut ur sitt sovrum och in i studion och det produceras av Gabe Wax (War On Drugs, Deerhunter, Beirut) och mixas av Ali Chant (PJ Harvey). <br/><br/>I'd never made a full album before, just EPs and random tracks thrown together. I wanted it to be a lot more cohesive than the rest of the stuff that came before, säger Allison. I wanted to make something that was a full piece of my life that addressed similar themes and held together as a whole.<br/><br/>Resultatet är Clean, ett album som presenterar Soccer Mommy som artist, klok för hennes ålder och med en känslomässig äkthet.

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