STACK #237 July 2024

MUSIC FEATURE

visit jbhifi.com.au/stack WHAT’S OUT Whether it’s a voyage of musical discovery or a sonic reacquaintance with a favourite band or artist, check out these fresh releases heading to JB this month.

CASSANDRA JENKINS My Light, My Destroyer DEAD OCEANS The third album for New York City’s

GHOST Rite Here Rite Now LORNA VISTA Who doesn’t love a

EDITOR’S PICK

DEEP PURPLE = 1 earMUSIC

The English rock gods – who were once in the Guinness Book of

Ghost movie, especially when it comes with a mighty 18-song soundtrack? Swedish

Records as the world’s loudest band – return for their 23rd studio album. If you’re wondering about the title, the band says it “symbolises the idea that in a world growing ever more complex, everything eventually simplifies down to a single, unified essence. Everything equals one.”

Cassandra Jenkins is a diverse delight, encompassing indie

THE ANGELS Ninety Nine BLOODLINES

band Ghost have created Rite Here Rite Now , a film capturing the final two North American shows on their 2023 Re-Imperatour trek around the world. But it’s much more than just a concert film, with some fictional characters added into the mix. GLASS ANIMALS I Love You So F***ing Much POLYDOR Glass Animals’ breakthrough blockbuster Heat Waves – inspired the English band’s fourth studio album, with singer Dave Bayley explaining that after massive success, “you end up feeling like a spectator... it confused me to the point of not knowing who I was or if anything was real”. Country meets nu metal on Michael Hardy’s power-packed third studio album, a middle-finger to the guy who wrote “Quit!” on a napkin and put it in his tip jar when he was “just a flat broke boy with a guitar asking for anybody to pay attention”. Now, “I don’t give a f*ck – I’m a still book arenas and fill ’em up.” – a number one hit in Australia and the US HARDY Quit! BIG LOUD/ REPUBLIC

rock, jazz, new age, and sophisticated pop. She thought about quitting after 2021’s An Overview on Phenomenal Nature ; fortunately she returned for this set of songs that shifts effortlessly from light to destruction.

They might be 50, but there’s no sign of a mid life crisis. The Angels still rage with the passion and intensity of a young rock band just starting out. Instead of a new best-of, they decided to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a batch of blistering new songs, showcasing new lead singer Nick Norton. After 12 years as the band’s drummer, Norton has stepped out from behind the kit, also adding another guitar to the Brewster brothers’ glorious axe attack. Ninety Nine is a cracking new chapter in a story that has no end in sight.

FALLING IN REVERSE Popular Monster EPITAPH

CIGARETTES AFTER SEX X’s PARTISAN RECORDS

Falling in Reverse’s fifth album – their first in seven years – is a ripping collection of rap-rock and metal, with

Dream pop turned into a nightmare for Cigarettes After Sex singer Greg Gonzalez as the band’s third

the American band not afraid to mix genres. Check out Tech N9ne’s scene-stealing rap in Ronald . This record will wake the neighbours and send Falling in Reverse to the top of the charts. FINK Beauty in Your Wake R’COUP’D

album deals with the disintegration of his four-year relationship. But the El Paso, Texas band can make breaking up sound beautiful – just check out Dark Vacay , where you can “feel it all around you crash” as the singer is “with someone I wlove, I don’t really like”.

English artist Fink (full name Fin Greenall) has written songs with John Legend, Banks, and Amy Winehouse. Fink is also

CLAIRO Charm VIRGIN

The third album for American singer songwriter Clairo (real name Claire Cottrill) was preceded by an

the name of his indie rock/folk trio. The first Fink album in five years saw him return to Cornwall, where he has born, to create a rootsy record that’s all about “the most important thing you can leave behind” – beauty.

Insta post with the number three, a tick and a purple heart. And then came the smooth grooves of first single Sexy to Someone , which is both fun and empowering. “I want to be sexy to someone,” she sings. “Then what’s holding you back?”

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