We’ve got some new faces in our top 5 this week, along with some really exciting adds! Give a few of these albums a listen if you’re looking for new tunes!
Top 5 Charts:
1.) Yves Tumor – Safe in the Hands of Love
Safe in the Hands of Love is as powerful as it is unpredictable. Yves Tumor (Sean Bowie) has crafted a truly unique work of avantgarde electronic music, with elements of experimental noise and expressive R&B.
2.) Lala Lala – The Lamb
Lillie West, the 24 year old Chicago based songwriter behind Lala Lala is back with their 2nd LP and debut on Hardly Art. The album is “chock full o’ hooks, roaring guitars, and palpable emotion.” Lala Lala will be opening for WHY? at recordBar on Tuesday, November 6th.
3.) BROCKHAMPTON – iridescence
(From a previous week) The hip hop collective’s newest album takes a more artistic turn than their prior Saturation trilogy, with a new lineup and a balance between mosh-pit bangers and melodic moments.
4.) Death Valley Girls – Darkness Rains
LA’s Death Valley Girls are at number four with their third studio album Darkness Rains. The band remains as explosive and passionate as ever, and continue to bring elements of classic and punk rock together seamlessly.
5.) Baby Jey – Someday Cowboy
Baby Jey, not to be confused with our own mascot Baby Jay, are a group from Edmonton making dynamic folk-pop. There’s a wide variety of instrumentation on Someday Cowboy that creates a vivid landscape for feelings of nostalgia and reflection.
Top 30 Charts
| Rank | Artist | Record | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yves Tumor | Safe in the Hands of Love | Warp |
| 2 | Lala Lala | The Lamb | Hardly Art |
| 3 | BROCKHAMPTON | iridescence | Question Everything/RCA |
| 4 | Death Valley Girls | Darkness Rains | Suicide Squeeze |
| 5 | Baby Jey | Someday Cowboy | Maintenance |
| 6 | Cat Power | Wanderer | Domino |
| 7 | The Goon Sax | We’re Not Talking | Wichita |
| 8 | Swearin’ | Fall into the Sun | Merge |
| 9 | Yowler | Black Dog In My Path | DDW |
| 10 | Metric | Art Of Doubt | MMI/Crystal Math |
| 11 | Hypoluxo | Running On A Fence | Broken Circles |
| 12 | Kikagaku Moyo | Masana Temples | Guruguru Brain |
| 13 | Madeline Kenney | Perfect Shapes | Carpark |
| 14 | Connan Mockasin | Jassbusters | Mexican Summer |
| 15 | Tokyo Police Club | TPC | Dine Alone |
| 16 | Idle Bloom | Flood The Dial | Budding Romance |
| 17 | Beak | >>> | Temporary Residence/Invada |
| 18 | Slothrust | The Pact | Dangerbird |
| 19 | Alt-j | Reduxer | Atlantic |
| 20 | Mothers | Render Another Ugly Method | Anti- |
| 21 | Adrianne Lenker | abysskiss | Saddle Creek |
| 22 | Broncho | Bad Behavior | Park the Van |
| 23 | Emma Ruth Rundle | On Dark Horses | Sargent House |
| 24 | Basement | Beside Myself | Fueled By Ramen |
| 25 | Body Type | Body Type [EP] | Partisan |
| 26 | Hippo Campus | Bambi | Grand Jury |
| 27 | Villagers | The Art Of Pretending To Swim | Domino |
| 28 | Molly Burch | First Flower | Captured Tracks |
| 29 | Pale Tongue | Pale Tongue [EP] | Manor |
| 30 | Low | Double Negative | Sub Pop |
Be on the lookout for some of these adds on next weeks charts!
Top 3 Adds
1.) Empress Of – Us
Recommended if you like: Kilo Kish, Tei Shei, Nite Jewel
2.) How To Dress Well – The Anteroom
Recommended if you like: Baths, Oneohtrix Point Never, Perfume Genius
3.) Kero Kero Bonito – Time N’ Place
Recommended if you like: Deerhoof, Guerrilla Toss, Superorganism
Top 10 Adds
| Rank | Artist | Record | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empress Of | Us | Terrible |
| 2 | How To Dress Well | The Anteroom | Domino |
| 3 | Kero Kero Bonito | Time N’ Place | Polyvinyl |
| 4 | Cloud Nothings | Last Building Burning | Carpark |
| 5 | Big Bliss | At Middle Distance | Exit Stencil |
| 6 | Munya | Delmano [EP] | Luminelle |
| 7 | Farao | Pure-O | Western Vinyl |
| 8 | Elvis Costello And The Imposters | Look Now | Concord |
| 9 | Surfbort | Friendship Music | Cult/Fat Possum |
| 10 | Thrifty’s | Automatic Thought | Self-Released |