First Listen, Part One: New Releases for May 5
Another busy week combined with a really crazy release schedule means another two day look at the new releases. Here's round one: Torres - Sprinter : Torres is back with a new album that has a tremendous amount of buzz around it. Sprinter , for sure, is miles ahead of her previous effort and also mostly living up to the hype. The album still lacks the sort of hooks that you might be looking for in an indie singer-songwriter record on first listen, but if you're looking for anything a little more complicated, this one is absolutely worth the look. Tracey Thorn - Songs From The Fallen : Tracey Thorn offers up an EP-length companion to the film The Fallen . It ends up being pretty light on most everything, and there isn't much to say on any part as a result. Lyrics Born - Real People : This one was a bit of a head-scratcher for me on a whole, a very strange listen that doesn't make a ton of sense on its own unless, I suppose, this is something you're really i...