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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.

AMOS LEE Transmissions ROCKET

FOSTER THE PEOPLE Paradise State of Mind ATLANTIC

ORVILLE PECK Stampede WARNER

EDITOR’S PICK FANNING DEMPSEY NATIONAL PARK The Deluge DEW PROCESS/ UNIVERSAL There’s a great in-joke on this album – a song called Dunning Kruger National Park . It’s classic Paul Dempsey: the Dunning-Kruger effect refers to people with limited competence overestimating their abilities. It is, of course, an ironic title because this dynamic duo – Powderfinger’s Bernard Fanning and Something for Kate’s Paul Dempsey – are at the peak of their powers. Sonically, the album is a surprising electro-rock excursion, with nods to Bowie and Gary Numan. The result is much fun, with Dempsey declaring it’s “less dental chair and more waterbed”.

American folk-rocker Ryan Massaro changed his name to Amos Lee because he got sick of people mispronouncing

Orville Peck is the mystery man of country music. He grew up in South Africa, where he was known as Daniel

They may never top the joy of their debut single Pumped Up Kicks – it sounds as fresh today as when it was first

his surname. Everyone got to know his name when his Mission Bell album hit number one in the US. Thirteen years later comes his 11th studio album, a cruisy and classy collection of smooth grooves. ANBERLIN Vega ROCKET Anberlin singer Stephen Christian regrouped with new singer Matty Mullins from metalcore band Memphis May Fire. This album combines the band’s recent EPs Silverline and Convinced , adding two cool new tunes with Mullins on vocals – Walk Alone and Seven . CELINE DION I Am: Celine Dion SONY stepped away from the band last year, but the American rockers have

Pitout, and he never shows his face in public. But he has plenty of buddies – his new album features duets with Kylie, Elton John, and Beck. And he’s joined by Willie Nelson for a classic cover of Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other . PORTER ROBINSON Smile! :D MOM+POP/ MGM album that revels in absurdity for a world that rejects context”. But then he also started to write about his emotions. He might sing, “I’m a short-lived joke, as soulless as I seem”, but this is destined to be a smash hit. RAY LAMONTAGNE Long Way Home LIULA/ COOKING VINYL America’s Ray American electropop guru Porter Robinson said he wanted to make an album that was “no sincerity, all fun, an

released in 2010 – but this American band show that they’re no one-trick ponies on their fourth studio album, their first in seven years. It’s a thrilling mix of disco, funk, gospel, and jazz. JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE All In: Unreleased & Rarities NEW WEST/ MGM

Justin Townes Earle is one of modern music’s great tragedies. The son of country legend Steve Earle, JTE died of an

accidental drug overdose in 2020, aged 38. This 19-track collection of demos, covers, and live performances shows what a talent he was, heralded by a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams . LAINEY WILSON Whirlwind BMG A decade after her debut, American country star Lainey Wilson releases her fifth studio album, with the title referring to how crazy her life has become since her previous album, Bell Bottom Country , won a Grammy for ‘Best Country Album’. “Country’s cool again,” she declares on this record, which also features a duet with Miranda Lambert, Good Horses .

This is the soundtrack to Celine Dion’s recent documentary, which tells the moving story of her battle with

LaMontagne is pretty much monosyllabic in interviews, preferring to let his music do the

stiff-person syndrome, a rare neurological disease. The big hits – including My Heart Will Go On and Because You Loved Me – are a reminder of the power of Dion’s voice, while the Redi Hasa score captures the poignancy of the story.

talking. And Long Way Home , his ninth studio album, is a delight, reflecting on how the singer-songwriter was inspired by the great Townes Van Zandt. Check out the rousing gospel-tinged first single Step Into Your Power .

12 AUGUST 2024

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