First Listen: New Releases and Missed Music for 10 November 2023

Artist : Palm Ghosts Album : I Love You, Burn in Hell Quick Thoughts : Palm Ghosts is a band I always like hearing from, and this new album is up there with their best. A solid listen with a lot of super catchy songs (including the title track which is outstanding) and it becomes a cool little indie rock record that's a ton of fun. In what's a slow week, it's worth your time. Songs of Note : "I Love You, Burn in Hell," "Automatic for the Modern Age," "Enemy Mine" Artist : Aesop Rock Album : Integrated Tech Solutions Quick Thoughts : If I have any musical regrets, it's taking as long as it did for me to get into Aesop Rock. In as much as this has some conceptual feel to it like his recent work, this is just outstanding at the level of how great the individual songs are, never mind how well they work on an album level. "Pigeononmetry" in particular is a highlight, but if I'm being honest this is one of the better rap ...