Last Friday, we launched Part One of the Best New Releases for the week of April 10th, with new singles from Alabama Shakes, Dinosaur Feathers, The Sugarettes, Young Hines and others. We’re a bit late with Part Two that features a number of other artists with new singles from recent albums by the M. Ward, Choir of Young Believers, Maps & Atlases, Make Out, The Creepy Crawlies, Trembling Bells with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy.
“Primitive Girl” – M. Ward from A Wasteland Companion
Track via FingerTipsMusic.com
Danish Music Award Recipients Choir of Young Believers Drop Sophomore LP
The Choir of Young Believers is a Denmark band that garnered a good heaping of praise and buzz back in 2008 and 2009 with the release of their debut album, This Is For The White in Your Eyes, which followed the reason of two EPs. In 2009, they won the Best New Act award for the Danish Music Awards. The band is actually the musical project of Copenhagen songwriter/singer and guitarist Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, and a revolving cast of musicians. After some four years, the band’s newest album, Rhine Gold, is out, and sounds great.
“Patricia’s Thirst” – Choir of Young Believers from Rhine Gold on Ghostly International
Hands Band Drops Debut EP, ‘Massive Context’
If you haven’t heard of the band Hands yet, the release of their new album is a great time to get to know more about this indie pop quartet from Los Angeles. The lead single, “Warm Hand Night,” from their debut EP, Massive Context, is a spacey pop track with some remarkable vocals by Geoffrey Halliday. We’ll definitely be keeping an eye on Hands in 2012.
“Warm Hand Night” – Hands from Massive Context
The following tracks are a hodgepodge of songs from artists such as oOoOO, Radiation City, Tigercats, and Trembling Bells with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy.
“NoWayBack (ft. Butterclock)” – oOoOO from Our Loving Is Hurting Us (CD version) on Tri Angle Records
“Eye Of Yours” – Radiation City from Cool Nightmare EP on Tender Loving Empire
“Full Moon Reggae Party” – Tigercats from Isle of Dogs on Fika Recordings/Acuarela Discos
“I Made A Date (With An Open Vein)” – Trembling Bells with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy from The Marble Downs on Honest Jon’s