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comprises ten tracks recorded over a period of ten years. They are the result of ”sustained reflection and change” and sweep through topics of motherhood, death, fighting your own biology, and ”lots of goodbyes”, according to Beth. DIIV FROG IN BOILING WATER (FANTASY RECORDS/CONCORD)

Perhaps you have heard of the ’frog in a pot’ fable which underpins Brooklyn four piece DIIV’s fourth album. If

THE SOUNDS IN OUR SIGHTS FOR MAY

Here are a selection of the wax wonders we’re looking forward to spinning next month! Check out the JB site for multiple formats and coloured vinyl available for pre-order, while stocks last. Words Zoë Radas

not, the guys are ready to explain: ”We understand the metaphor to be one about a slow, sick, and overwhelmingly banal collapse of society under end-stage

capitalism, the brutal realities we’ve maybe come to accept as normal,” they’ve said. ”That’s the boiling water and we

SIA REASONABLE WOMAN (WARNER)

together, Cape Forestier . Both siblings have dabbled on the solo side of

are the frogs. The album is more or less a collection of snapshots from various angles of our modern condition which we think highlights what this collapse looks like and, more particularly, what it feels like.” We’re particularly looking forward to this investigation into the modern human experience. KINGS OF LEON CAN WE PLEASE HAVE FUN (UNIVERSAL) Kings of Leon have been accused of taking

She who doth not show her face, Sia Furler, is all tizzied up to release her tenth studio album titled Reasonable

things since their last commercial indie pop release as a duo (2017’s Snow ) – Julia under her own name with 2021’s Sixty Summers and Everything Is Christmas , and Angus with three albums under his Dope Lemon moniker – but it seems that blood harmonies rule. Cape Forestier is a return to the pair’s earlier folk sound, telling tales of love and life with that unique emotional magnetism that only these two can craft. BETH GIBBONS LIVES OUTGROWN (DOMINO) Beth Gibbons has

Woman . It comes after a tumultuous period for the global pop star, who copped some

flak after casting her favourite but neurotypical muse Maddie Ziegler in the role of an autistic teen for her directorial debut Music (2021). But it seems that Sia has regrouped and knuckled down to what she does best: write off-the

themselves too seriously in the past, but the Nashville rockers

given us a(nother) reason to love her: she’s releasing her first ever debut solo album in May, and its first taste, Floating on a Moment, is hypnotic, weird, and very beautiful. It’s not like Gibbons

are ready to let their sweaty hair down with their upcoming ninth album, Can We Please Have Fun . They’re testing new angles, flinging a few experiments into the cauldron, and ultimately opening the doors to a brand new side of their sound. The four Followills are immensely proud of this unity of vision and purpose, with

chain pop songs. Reasonable Woman ’s lead single Gimme More made its mark on the charts from the second it dropped, and we can’t wait to hear the rest of this record, which boasts features from Our Kylie, Chaka Khan, Paris Hilton, Tierra Whack, Labrinth, Kaliii, and Jimmy Jolliff. ANGUS AND JULIA STONE CAPE FORESTIER (SONY)

lead singer and rhythm guitarist Caleb declaring: ”It was the most enjoyable record I’ve ever been a part of.” His brother Nathan -

has been resting on her laurels since Portishead’s last album, 2008’s Third ; she’s both recorded a symphony and appeared on

Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning Mr Morale & the Big Steppers (2022). The album is called Lives Outgrown , and

Freshly signed with Sony, bro and-sis duo Angus and Julia Stone are poised to release their sixth album

in charge of drums, percussion and back-up vocals - adds: ”It’s like we allowed ourselves to be musically vulnerable. I love it when a rock band is not embarrassed to admit that every song doesn’t have to be on 11.”

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