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TRACK OF THE WEEK
JOHN NEWMAN Tribute
(Island Records)
Twenty-three year-old singer/songwriter John Newman follows his No.1 single Love Me Again - and follow-up single Cheating (out October 7) a week later - with the release on of his hotly-anticipated debut album Tribute. The LP, co-produced by Newman, showcases his songwriting skills
and power as a vocalist. With his impressive track record already, it seems the UK has a new musical talent in its midst. Single Love Me Again achieved gold status in the UK for sales in
excess of 500,000, has hit the No.1 spot on iTunes in 16 countries across the globe and follows his previous chart-topper Feel The Love, which he co-wrote and fronted with platinum-selling UK group Rudimental. The Yorkshireman will embark on his own UK tour - already
completely sold out – which kicks off at the end of October. Newman’s live chops were recently honed in front of audiences
October 14 INCOMING ALBUMS
VARIOUS ARTISTS G-A-Y The Album (Sony Music)
G-A-Y celebrates 20 years at the forefront of club culture with a brand new 3CD compilation and
digital album, released on Sony Music. Taking in the vast history of the club and the many incredible acts who have graced its stage, G-A-Y The Album recreates the soundtrack of a night at one of the world’s leading gay clubs. It features hits from across the 20
years of G-A-Y’s existence, including many remixes and versions that are digital exclusives unavailable elsewhere. It also includes classics that were the hits of their year and have been a mainstay on the dance floor ever since, as well as songs from some of the many huge artists who have thrilled club’s the crowds throughout its history. Established in the early nineties, G-A-Y is
now an institution of the British club scene. OCTOBER 7
ERASURE Snow Globe (Mute)
Snow Globe is a collection of original compositions and seasonal classics following Erasure’s
2011 album, Tomorrow’s World. The first single, Gaudete, is a take on the traditional Latin carol, which will be recognisable to some thanks to Steeleye Span’s version in the early seventies. “I haven’t heard him sing better,” says Vince Clarke of Andy Bell stepping back into the booth. “I found my inner choirboy again,” adds Bell. “I thought I’d lost him but he was there all along.” The duo said they have “managed to
strip everything back to bare essentials” for the recording. Formed 28 years ago, the award- winning songwriting duo of Vince Clarke and Andy Bell unleashed on the nation a number of chart-topping pop anthems and five consecutive No.1 albums.
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BOOKA SHADE Eve (Blaufield Music/Embassy One)
Berlin-based duo Booka Shade, comprising Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier,
have emerged as one of the most pioneering electronic music acts of the past two decades. They return with new album Eve released in November, preceded by first single Love Inc, on October 18. For their fifth studio album Booka
Shade wanted to tell a story that represented a new beginning for them after they had almost split up during the first half of the production. In search of inspiration they headed to Manchester to record at the acclaimed Eve studios, a residential vintage recording studio. The 12-track album includes special
guests Fritz Helder (Azari & III), Fritz Kalkbrenner, and Groove Armada’s Andy Cato on trombone.
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across the country as both special guest, and featured singer, on Rudimental’s sell-out UK tour earlier this year. He also wrote and was the featured vocalist on another of their hit singles Not Giving In.
October 6
CONOR MAYNARD
R U Crazy (Parlophone)
Conor Maynard co-wrote his new single R U Crazy with Labrinth, who also produced the track which has been described as ‘a hard-edged, addictive slice of urban pop built over a throbbing beat and featuring an array of sonic twists and turns’. It serves as an introduction to
Maynard’s second album, due spring 2014, which he’s been working on over the summer. To coincide with the release of R U Crazy, Maynard will also be releasing a book through publishers Hodder & Stoughton, entitled Take Off.
Since his debut single, Can’t
Say No, crashed into the UK charts at No.2 in April 2012, the young artist has clocked up four Top 10 singles and a No.1 gold album in the UK with Contrast, as well as sold-out shows across Europe and North America, and a Top 40 album on the US Billboard chart.
STAFF PICK: DARRELL CARTER, SALES MANAGER
YOUNGHUSBAND Dromes (Sonic Cathedral)
Those of us who watched Younghusband showcase this album at The Prince Albert during this year’s Great Escape witnessed a band confidently playing a set of near-perfect pop/psych tunes. It was evident then that, if the live show was anything to go by, the debut album from the London quartet could be a real stonker of a record, a wall of sound, stuttering percussion, harmony and crescendos. But the finished album, released through the uber-cool Sonic Cathedral label, manages to transcend expectations and deliver on a whole new level. Dromes is a work of total brilliance,
borrowing from the past yet being completely original for it. Singer Euan Hinshelwood has a knack of writing pop
songs that immediately resonate with you - slightly twisted; a sense of hushed urgency and intensity not too dissimilar to Robert Smith (new single Silver Sisters wide-eyed delivery and clever musical breaks sounds a lot like nineties Cure). The band are accomplished musicians and have perfected their sound, Reunion Message’s driving percussion and bass borrow heavily from Krautrock, a belter of a tune that builds before finally breaking into a sea of distorted guitars and squelching synths. Production duties on the
record come from the on-form Nicolas Vernhes, fresh from working on the recent magnificent Deerhunter album, Monomania. With design by Heretic, Dromes is a
work of art by a British band standing on the edge, looking back, floating up. Agree? Tweet me @musicweekdazza OUT NOW
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