# Best New Releases – The Walls, BacknBloom, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Feist, Zola Jesus, Siskiyou, Bonnie Prince Billy, Big Tree

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2011/10/best-releases-oct-walls-zolajesus-bonnieprince/
- Published: 2011-10-08T20:02:17-04:00
- Author: Max Hammer

One of the best new releases of the week comes from a band that sent their music
submission directly to us, but who we don’t see really being covered on other indie
sites in the U.S. **The Walls** are a popular rock band from **Ireland** that was
formed in 1998 by brothers Steve and Joe Wall (previously of **The Stunning**) .
This week they released their new album, _Stop The Lights_, and earlier this spring,
the EP, _Bird In A Cage_. The Walls have been featured on the _BBC_ and have performed
as openers for heavy weights like **U2**, **Bob Dylan, Crowded House**, and** Red
Hot Chilli Peppers**.

While the band is essentially unknown in the States, that is not the case at all
in Ireland. In fact, their first album _Hi-Lo_ went gold in Ireland in 2000 thanks
to the brothers indisputable talent, regular radio airplay and constant touring.
Their second album, _New Dawn Breaking_, entered the Top 5 in 2005 and won the praise
of music bloggers and the mainstream press as well, with _The Sunday Times_ calling
it The Walls’ “best work to date.” Among the band’s biggest influences include Wilco,
The Band, The Black Keys, MGMT, The Beatles, Captain Beefheart, Howling Wolf, and
Steve Earle.

“Bird In A Cage” – **The Walls **from_ Stop The Lights_

The next artist, electro-pop band, **BacknBloom**, from **Venice**, California, 
also have a new album out this week, _Music For The Modern Monkey_.  Describing 
their sound as “Efficacious Poetic Fervor,” Los Angeles’s Backnbloom flaunts a sleek
mix of nostalgic, well-read indie rock with harmonious, complex sonic layers, grooving
rhythms and a sprinkling of electric violin.

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It all started in a cramped Hollywood apartment where **Lori Steele** and** Alberto
Beka** penciled ideas, programmed drums and keyboards while waiting for a break 
in traffic and… yells from the alley to cease so that the emotionally charged vocals
could be recorded. Unplugging the fridge also helped.  Backnbloom’s newest single,“
Heed the Flashes,” was mixed by **Mark Needham** (The Killers). Listen to that, 
and other tracks from the album via [BacknBloom’s Tumblr](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/backnbloom.tumblr.com)
page.

“The Feel” – **BlacknBloom** from _Music for the Modern Monkey_

There are other anticipated releases out this week from bands like **We Were Promised
Jet Packs, Siskiyou, Loney Dear, Bonnie Prince Billy, Big Tree, **and **Jessie Payne**,
among others.**

“Act on Impulse”  – **We Were Promised Jet Packs** from _In The Pit Of The Stomach_

“How Come You Never Go There” – **Feist **from _Metals_

“Vessel” **– Zola Jesus **from _Conatus_

[⌊siskiyou-keep-away-the-dead⌉⌊siskiyou-keep-away-the-dead⌉[

Twigs and Stones – **Siskiyou **from _Keep Away the Dead_

“This Fall” – **Big Tree **from _This New Year_ (self-released)

“Quail And Dumplings (remix)“ – **Bonnie Prince Billy **from _Wolfroy Goes to Town_

“My Heart”  – **Loney Dear **from _Hall Music_

⌊Dreamers of the Ghetto⌉⌊Dreamers of the Ghetto⌉

[“State of a Dream”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/State%20of%20a%20Dream.mp3)**–
Dreamers of the Ghetto **from _Enemy/Lover_

“Cupid“ – **Craig Wedren **from _Wand_

[“](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/thesea3.mp3)[The Sea](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/thesea3.mp3)
[“](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/thesea3.mp3) – **Exitmusic **from
_From Silence_ EP

“Horizon“ – **The Drift **from _Blue Hour_

![jesse payne](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2404.jpg "jesse payne")

“Take Me”  – **Jesse Payne **from _Buffalo

“I Am the Lion King”  – **PAPA **from _A Good Woman Is Hard to Find_

“Rest in Peace” **– Prince Rama **from _Trust Now_

#### Singles from Albums Coming Out Later This Month

**Extra Arms**: “Race to Sleep”_ _ [mp3] from _In Parallel_ (out October 11th)

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**[John Wesley Harding](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/10/best-releases-oct-walls-zolajesus-bonnieprince/ wesleystace.com)**:“
Sing Your Own Song”_ _ [mp3] from _The Sound of His Own Voice_ (out October 11th)

**[\*Brown Shoe](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/brownshoe)**: “Colt
Rider”_ _ [mp3] from _The Gift Horse_ (out October 18th)