Arcade Fire Announce New LP 'WE', Stream "The Lightning I, II"

Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire have announced the release of their 5th studio album titled 'WE'.

The follow-up to 2017’s Everything Now was produced by Nigel Godrich, Win & Régine, and will be out on May 6th via Columbia. Pre-order your copy here.

Win Butler describes the record’s creation as “the longest we’ve ever spent writing, uninterrupted, probably ever”.

Divided into two sides, Side “I” channels the fear and loneliness of isolation, and Side “WE” expresses the joy and power of reconnection.

The band have also shared the video for new single "The Lightning I, II". Watch it below.

WE Tracklisting:
“I”
Age of Anxiety I
Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)
End of the Empire I-IV

“WE”
The Lightning I, II
Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
Unconditional II (Race and Religion)
WE

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Vintage Crop Announce New LP 'Kibitzer', Stream "Double Slants"

Aussie indie rock band Vintage Crop have announced the release of their fourth full-length album 'Kibitzer'. 

The follow-up to 2020’s “Serve To Serve Again”, marks another energetic break towards the goal for Vintage Crop, it will be out on June 24 through Upset The Rhythm and Anti Fade. Pre-order your copy here.

‘Kibitzer’ sees the band define their field of play, more melodic at times, still bruising, forever droll. These ten tracks of ‘snappy as elastic’ Australian punk are packed with tensile riffage, hefty beats and witty refrains of everyman curiosity. Harsh guitars, a brutish rhythm section and a knack for always having the right words at hand are still abundant, but this time Vintage Crop’s songs expand upon their forceful nature with greater harmonic arrangement. It was recorded by Jasper Jolley in one single session on a former apple orchard in Geelong, a backdrop that mirrors the band’s own organic growth whilst highlighting their willingness to approach capturing their own sound their own way. The album was then mixed and mastered by Mikey Young.

‘Kibitzer’ delves into themes of identity, resilience and acceptance; some of the more upbeat notions that the band have dealt with to date. 

Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for their new single "Double Slants", below.

Kibitzer Track listing:

01. Casting Calls
02. The Duke
03. Double Slants
04. Hold The Line
05. Impact Of Wisdom
06. Drafted
07. The Bloody War
08. 2K Hip Pocket
09. Under Offer
10. Switched Off

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Ducks Ltd. Drop "Head On Feat. Illuminati Hotties" (Jesus & Mary Chain cover)

Toronto jangle pop band Ducks Ltd. have dropped their cover version of Jesus & Mary Chain classic "Sheets of Grey" featuring Illuminati Hotties.

This is the first cover of a series by Ducks Ltd. called The Sincerest Form Of Flattery, out on Carpark Records. Get it here.

About the cover, frontman Tom McGreevy states: “The original “Head On” is totally a classic. The lyrics are just so brilliant in an understated kind of way, but I actually started thinking about covering it after listening to the Pixies’ cover of it on Trompe le Monde. They really kick the shit out of it in a totally different way than The Jesus and Mary Chain do, and it made me desperate for a chance to sing it, and also got me thinking about ways you could adapt the vibe of it to make it fit into our world a bit.

“Sarah Tudzin has an immense and powerful production/mixing mind and one of my favorite singing voices of anyone doing stuff right now, so we asked her if she’d be down to work on it with us and she helped us figure out how to make all the pieces fit together. Truly a high honor! She also persuaded us to record our guitars through actual amplifiers for the first time ever, rather than going straight into the box like we normally do which feels momentous! Amplifiers! Who knew!”

Stream it below.

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