This Friday, February 27, you’ll also find in stores the records by Bibi Club and Heavenly.
Bibi Club Amaro (Secret City Records/Modulor)
The singer and keyboardist Adèle Trottier-Rivard and guitarist Nicolas Basque find their balance in a subtle chiaroscuro, lit by a delicate writing. Dark, dreamy, incandescent. That’s what our little dictionary of adjectives suggests as we listen to Bibi Club’s new album. And what a record.
By Xavier Ridel. Read the review of Amaro.
Bill Callahan My Days of 58 (Drag City/Modulor)
Confessions that escape pathos, accompanied by a trio of steadfast musicians, who elevate a rustic and silky timbre. “Why do men sing?” Bill Callahan wonders on the sprawling track Why Do Men Sing which opens his new album with a heavy infusion of guitars and delicate brass. The question will remain unanswered, and that’s for the better: doubt suits this US songwriting luminary perfectly. In a statement, he himself admits: “Improvisation, the unpredictable and the unknown keep me motivated to make music.”
By Noémie Lecoq. Read the review of My Days of 58.
Heavenly Highway To Heavenly (Skep Wax Records)
After thirty years of silence, the former crown jewel of Sarah Records returns with an enchanting new album that carries a timeless adolescence. Clare Wadd and Matt Haynes, the masterminds behind the mythical Bristol label, had announced it: 100 records, a few albums and no more. So when that number was reached in the summer of 1995, Sarah Records ceased its activities, ending eight years of existence and instantly entering legend for having authored one of the most beautiful pages of British indie, while leaving its main signatories somewhat orphaned.
By Valentin Gény. Read the review of Highway to Heavenly.
Gorillaz The Mountain (Kong/The Orchard)
Packed with guests, dead or alive, The Mountain heads toward India and the beyond in a multilingual, multi-genre adventure. In twenty-five years of career, Gorillaz have never stopped moving, exploring every musical style, taking advantage of each album to embark on journeys to distant lands with a troupe of ever-changing composition. For its ninth album, the duo turned their gaze to Indian culture, as indicated by the title written in Devanāgarī on the cover.
By Noémie Lecoq. Read the review of The Mountain.
Mitski Nothing’s About to Happen to Me (Dead Oceans/Modulor)
Three years after The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, Mitski illuminates the tail end of winter with this new record of staggering beauty, where feline imagery reigns supreme, and she expands her discography with a masterwork that has all it takes to leave a lasting mark.
By Louise Lucas. Read the review of Nothing’s About to Happen to Me.
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