Down at Pure Pop we have a bunch of new releases that are yours for the previewing! Feast your ears on some of the summer’s diverse newcomers (Parachute) and recent masterpieces from old veterans (Moby), selected by Under The Radar for June 2011! Sample an entire album (as well as many others) parked at one of our listening stations, but the following newbs you’ll find on sale!:
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Moby‘s been spinning ambient electronica for more than two decades now, and after plenty of Grammy noms and various MTV and Billboard awards, he may just have the album to snag him that golden gramophone. Destroyed, released May 13th, has a hunting ethereality that reflects his chronic insomnia while on tour. Written by Moby on the road during small hours of the night, the new effort “finds a way to make permanent midnight weirdly inviting” (Rolling Stone). Having been entirely inspired by the anonymity of mundane hotel rooms, airports, backstage waiting areas and silent urban nightscapes, his 10th studio album may be his most eerily beautiful music yet. A newbie to Moby‘s chillout beats? Check him out if you’re into The Chemical Brothers, Röyksopp or Air.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bTpid3jbAA
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Free of the pressure and expectation of writing a third album for his indie pop/folk band The Elected, singer/songwriter and Rilo Kiley member Blake Sennett had decided that he was totally done with music by the Spring of 2010. Before he peaced out, though, a friend of his insisted he not give up, but head into the studio without songs written or preconceived ideas…just to see what would happen. The result was The Elected‘s Bury Me In My Rings,a Camera Obscura-esque pop album reminiscent of mid 90s twee but written by dudes. Super pleasant for the upcoming summer day / daze, it’s a sure hit with fans of Rilo Kiley or Tilly & the Wall.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6cMmzR7ez4
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Nursing Home, English indie rock band Let’s Wrestle‘s latest album, is the pop punk stuff you swore by in high school. Not quite Blink 182 and not quite Taking Back Sunday, they’re a comfy place in between…the place you know you still kinda have a soft spot for. Poppy, angsty with a teenage attitude, these guys are grown men making songs that would’ve made appearances on all of your nostalgic mix CDs. As the second studio album by Let’s Wrestle, Nursing Home is heavier …perhaps because it was recorded alongside Steve Albini (former member of Big Black who has worked with Pixies and Nirvana). It dropped on May 17th – come check it out if you’re a fan of Pete & the Pirates or Johnny Foreigner!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1creF0DkvQ
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“With roots in Charlottesville, VA, the five members of Parachute have developed a sound that mixes full-throttle rock with dollops of blue-eyed soul, vintage R&B and melodic pop radio anthems.” It’s true, The Way It Was sounds like it was ripped right from The OC soundtrack compilations, delivering some wholesome catchy teen rock a la Rooney and the All American Rejects. The band’s debut brought them to the open road with pop sensations like Kelly Clarkson, radio rock band Three Doors Down and O.A.R and earned them millions of fans. Expect nothing less than sincere, anthemic pop rock from Parachute.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVZ4uVHYRw