Digging through the year's first playlist and looking to the releases ahead with Peter Gabriel, Frankie Rose, Young Fathers, The Lemon Twigs, and more!
I'm looking forward to the new Temples album! They released a new single today and announced the album was coming in April. I've noticed bands always announce albums months ahead of time whereas with rap it can be weeks or even days and that contrast has always been interesting to me. Anyway, Temples are a psych rock band and I really enjoy how they do that sound!
Awesome, I didn't know Temples has a new record on the way - pre-saved! Played the hell out of Sun Structures when it came out, such a good album.
I think some differences between indie/alternative and hip hop/rap releases is possibly down to record labels and physical media. The record labels want time to build the promo anticipation, while a lot of rappers don't always have to deal with that. The other major component is that it seems like more often than not these days, there will be a surprise hip hop release and then it takes another six months for physical media to come out. The months long promo cycle also factors in the time waiting for the vinyl/CDs/tapes to be out the same time that the record hits streaming.
Not cheap at all! They've always been one of my favs too and "Fallout" really closed out the year with a bang. I appreciate they haven't "single-d" the album to death cos I'm real curious for a few weeks from now!
I'm looking forward to the new Temples album! They released a new single today and announced the album was coming in April. I've noticed bands always announce albums months ahead of time whereas with rap it can be weeks or even days and that contrast has always been interesting to me. Anyway, Temples are a psych rock band and I really enjoy how they do that sound!
Awesome, I didn't know Temples has a new record on the way - pre-saved! Played the hell out of Sun Structures when it came out, such a good album.
I think some differences between indie/alternative and hip hop/rap releases is possibly down to record labels and physical media. The record labels want time to build the promo anticipation, while a lot of rappers don't always have to deal with that. The other major component is that it seems like more often than not these days, there will be a surprise hip hop release and then it takes another six months for physical media to come out. The months long promo cycle also factors in the time waiting for the vinyl/CDs/tapes to be out the same time that the record hits streaming.
Thanks for letting me know about Temples!
And thank YOU for the breakdown about the promo/release time and physicals. That makes so much sense!
This almost seems like a cheap answer, but I’m really excited for Yo La Tengo’s new record.
Not cheap at all! They've always been one of my favs too and "Fallout" really closed out the year with a bang. I appreciate they haven't "single-d" the album to death cos I'm real curious for a few weeks from now!
Thanks! And good point about not releasing a string of singles!