Week two of May brings some much-anticipated releases. Info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard of (but should know), with audio & video for your listening and viewing pleasure. Click here to check out releases that dropped over the past few months.
ADULT., The Way Things Fall (Ghostly)
American Fangs, American Fangs (In De Goot Recordings/Sony/RED)
Anamanaguchi, Endless Fantasy (dream.hax)
The self-styled hacker boyband (chiptune) producers make loud music with a retro (1985-era) NES game system and are currently raising funds to deliver a multi-media experience with the physical copy of the album. This is the official digital release date for all donors; read more about that here.
Bibio, Silver Wilkinson (Warp)
Big Eyes, Almost Famous (Grave Mistake Records)
The Blank Tapes, Vacation (Antenna Farm)
The Boxer Rebellion, Promises (Absentee Recordings)
London's indie rock quartet present an uplifting and cinematic follow-up to 2011's critically-acclaimed The Cold Still, their fourth overall. Video for new single "Diamonds" was shot by British directorial duo Justin and James Lockey (aka Hand.Held.Cine.Club), and finds lead singer Nathan Nicholson in a dead-end job and escaping via free-fall air fantasies. Apparently, the film team built an office space inside an empty building, worked with free-base skydivers in sub-zero temperatures and dove into ice cold waters to capture the footage. Watch after the jump, along with the rest of this week's new releases…
This article appears in May 9-15, 2013.