PETER GABRIEL – “TILL YOUR MIND IS SHINING”
Peter Gabriel has always been an esoteric music maker; his ability to make the quirkiest songs hits is uncanny. It’s like he lives in an alternate world and brings those sounds into ours. His latest tease for his o/i (coming out towards the end of the year), “Till You Mind Is Shining” is described as “the closest [he] gets to a pop song” on the record. There’s a meditative flow with a repetitive bass line that feels like it’s always building, with digital squeaks and pops it clicks and clatters. And yet, somehow it is still catchy as hell and Gabriel’s voice sounds beautiful as he conversationally discusses living and learning in a digital age.
Stream • Peter Gabriel • Connect: @petergabriel
JOE JACKSON – HOPE AND FURY
Hope and Fury, the title for the new Joe Jackson album, is a play on the very British idea of being from the land of hope and fury. It dives into the juxtaposition of extremes, both external and internal. It’s about England and fitting in (or not, as the case may be), but it’s also about trying to fix the things you hate. Musically, it’s all over the place – jumping from piano, to Latin influence, to industrial. Imagine a road trip through England with Joe Jackson as your guide; he’ll explain the politics and tell you why he would never live there, but defend it to his dying breath if you say anything against it.
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U2 – EASTER LILY EP
WEEZER – COLORING BOOK BOXSET
Reminder – next Saturday, April 18, it’s Record Store Day. There will be plenty to keep your nimble record sorting fingers ready for, and if you are a Weezer fan, you can get an early start. Think of all the iconic album art from the California band, how do you describe it? The blue album, the green album, the black album…right? Well, Weezer is aiming to please their superfans with a new collection called Coloring Book. You get six albums (Blue, Green, Red, White, Black, and Teal) and the LP’s are all the appropriate color, plus it cheekily is itself a coloring book with 72 original Weezer-focused illustrations.
