New Album Release Cycle For March 7th, 2025

Includes Apple Music and Spotify Playlists, My Thoughts On Some Albums and Full List

Happy Sunday! Here is this week's list of new albums released, along with my thoughts on a few, and the Apple Music and Spotify playlists. Some of the artists on the playlist that I don’t go deeper into here include UK singer-songwriter Clara Mann, the UK modern folk band Divorce, a fun album from the quirky Canadian indie band Frog Eyes, and a new song from Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkman. The single is so kick-ass; I'm still working on connecting with the album.

Grungy femme trio Hot Wax is here, as is new material from the band LAKE. I can’t tell if they are serious or taking the piss, but they write some on-the-money adult indie songs. There’s a band called Monde UFO that I haven’t quite figured out yet, but they are interesting. The dense shoegaze band Pale Blue Eyes is on the playlist, and that album is worth a listen if you’re a deep shoegaze fan; casual listeners might zone out.

Sasami has returned to full-on pop with her new album. I prefer her previous sound, but it’s still pretty good. Bluegrass artist Sierra Hull is back with an album that is really aiming for a bigger audience. Taxidermists could become lo-fi darlings, and they are here, as are the mathy Two-Man Giant Squid and indie band Vundabar.

Here is the Apple Music Playlist

Bob Mould - Here We Go Crazy - I'm pretty sure I read somewhere a while back that Bob said this is an album for the fans, or that he has road-tested these songs and knows this is the album his fans want. Something like that. I have never put on a Bob Mould album and thought, “Well, that was a waste of time.” Some albums are stronger than others, and then there are things like Modulate (which I love) that might have turned some people off. I don’t know. Either way, Here We Go Crazy is certainly an album for the fans and easily one of the strongest albums he has done in the past twenty-five years. I really liked 2019’s Sunshine Rock, and that has been my favorite late-period album. There is no fucking around here, though; it’s all Bob Mould rocking out in full-on Bob Mould style with hooky, well-crafted songs. There are a couple of quieter moments, such as “Lost or Stolen,” and some songs lean more toward power pop, such as the infectious title track. There are a lot of straightforward rock songs with intensity, great guitar work, and a little rage about what is happening out there, such as “Fur Mink Augurs.” There is little doubt that Bob Mould fans will enjoy this.

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Caylee Hammack - Bed of Roses - I wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I did. Her debut album didn’t do much for me; it felt gimmicky, as if they were trying to see what would stick for the young artist. This is much different—it's an extremely consistent album of very well-written, produced, and fleshed-out songs that have the potential to become favorites for the rest of an artist’s career. There is also a novel that she wrote with Carolyn Brown that goes along with this. When you read about her, she cites SheDaisy and The Chicks as early influences, followed by David Bowie, Tom Waits, and Kacey Musgraves later on. There’s definitely a switch that was flipped between albums. It appeals to mainstream country fans, but even more to those who would be into Musgraves and Morgan Wade. These are songs that can be played over and over again, from the Dolly-like ballad “How Long” to the fun and soulful “Bread & Butter.” There are gritty country rockers like “Breaking Dishes,” and there’s also a new lyrical spin on Waylon and Willie’s “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys.” Check it out.

Jason Isbell-Foxes In The Snow-I was kind of struggling with this one for a bit. I have had it for a week now and have played it many times in the store. It was nice, but certainly not connecting with me immediately like his full-band albums from recent years have. I had to adjust back to just Jason and a guitar. That is what Foxes In The Snow is: Jason and a guitar. It’s his post-divorce album from Amanda Shires, and of course, that is all here. Not as much as I thought it would be, though. I expected an absolute tear-drenched divorce album, but this is not that.

The standout song is easily “True Believer,” which is classic pour-your-heart-out Isbell with an anthemic call-out line that will be a live favorite: “Your girlfriends say I broke your fucking heart, and I don’t like it.” “Eileen” is another song that has seeped in as a favorite. It’s a nice laid-back song with a great soaring chorus. I feel like I like “Don’t Be Tough” because it sounds like “Cast Iron Skillet,” but I do like it. It’s an oddly fun song with advice for a young person (his kids, we have to assume). I also like “Crimson and Clay” and “Good While It Lasted.” We’ll see if it continues to grow on me. He has had this amazing three-album run with the band over the last decade, and I feel like this doesn’t live up to that, but maybe I need to quit comparing it to that.

Arny Margret - I Miss You, I Do - This is the second album from the Icelandic singer-songwriter. She enjoys the sound of American music, so there are a lot of Americana flourishes used very sparingly in the songs, like a banjo here and there and a steel guitar. For the most part, it's just Amy and her guitar, and the songs are unassuming and pleasant. They won’t jump out at you, and there doesn’t seem to be any grand concept—just very well-written, straightforward songs with those little flourishes that may catch you when you least expect them. It’s a solid album that will only grow with repeated listens.

Here Is the Full List Of Songs

Agender – Berserk

Annie DiRusso-Super Pedestrian

Arny Margret – I Miss You, I Do

Atropical (Bomba Estéreo and Rawayana) – Atropical

Benmont Tench (of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) – The Melancholy Season

Bob James and Dave Koz – Just Us

Bob Mould – Here We Go Crazy

The Cat Empire – Bird In Paradise

Caylee Hammack – Bed Of Roses

Chase Petra – Lullabies For Dogs

Clara Mann – Rift

Combust-Belly of the Beast

Cryptosis – Celestial Death

Destruction – Birth of Malice

Divorce – Drive to Goldenhammer

Forest Swords – Bolted (Deconstructed)

Frog Eyes – The Open Up

Fust – Big Ugly

This Gift Is A Curse – Heir

Ghost Mountain-October Country

Guiltless Teeth To Sky

Hamilton Leithauser – This Side of the Island

HotWax – Hot Shock

Imminence-The Return of the Black

Ingrown – Idaho

Jason Isbell-Foxes In The Snow

JENNIE – Ruby

Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant

Kedr Livanskiy – Myrtus Myth

Kinski – Stumbledown Terrace

Lady Gaga – Mayhem

LAKE – Bucolic Gone

The Lathums – Matter Does Not Define

Michael Cera Palin-We Could Be Brave

Mike Farris – The Sound of Muscle Shoals

Monde UFO – Flamingo Tower

Moreish Idols – All In The Game

Neil Young – Oceanside Countryside

ORCHID – The Skull Sessions

Pale Blue Eyes – New Place

PYRES – YUN

Rose Betts – There Is No Ship

Sadist-Something To Pierce

SASAMI – On the Silver Screen

Sierra Hull – A Tip Toe High Wire

Smith/Kotzen – Black Light / White Noise

Spiritbox – Tsunami Sea

Staticlone – Better Living Through Static Vision

Taxidermists – 20247

TOKiMONSTA – Eternal Reverie

Tory Lanez-PETERSON

The Tubs – Cotton Crown

Two-Man Giant Squid – Two-Man Giant Squid

Vundabar – Surgery and Pleasure

Whitechapel – Hymns In Dissonance

The Wiggles – Wiggle Up, Giddy Up!

Will Stratton – Points of Origin

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