September 6, 2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This first New Music Friday of September includes the returns of The The, David Gilmour and Fig Dish, the debuts of Knitting, Public Opinion and Vestige, and new LPs from the likes of God Is An Astronaut among the many, many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t forget to check out our weekly playlist below. Enjoy!
September 6, 2024 Release Highlights:
The The, Ensoulment (Cinéola/EarMusic):
The English post-punk pioneers release their first studio album in nearly 25 years, which explores “topics ranging from love & sex, war & politics, life & death – to the meaning of what it is to be human in the 21st century.”
David Gilmour, Luck And Strange (Sony Music):
The Pink Floyd guitarist/vocalist releases his first new studio album in nine years.
Fig Dish, Feels Like the Very First Two Times (Forge Again):
After recording it 27 years ago, the Chicago alt-rockers finally release their third album.
God Is An Astronaut, Embers (Napalm):
The Irish rockers release their 11th studio effort, which is described as their “most extensive, personal and grandiose production to date.”
Knitting, Some Kind of Heaven (Mint):
Taking inspiration from 90s alt-rock, the band’s debut album is “full of fuzzed-out guitar textures, thick bass lines, and sweeping drum fills, all cocooning — but never fully submerging — Dempsey’s whispered vocals.”
Public Opinion, Painted on Smile (Convulse):
The band’s debut LP combines the “melodicism of early aughts rock, the intensity of hardcore, and the spiky swagger of primordial punk.”
Vestige, Janis (Season Of Mist):
On their debut album, the heavy-rockers bring “atmospheric shoegaze textures, melodic landscapes and intense, tormented moments” together in a way that “reflects the emotional spectrum of the human experience.”
September 6, 2024 Releases:
Party Dozen, Crime in Australia (Sub Pop):
Prim, Move Too Slow (Sunday Drive)
Jordan Rudess (of Dream Theater), Permission to Fly (InsideOut)
The Heavy Heavy, One of a Kind (ATO)
The Howl & The Hum, Same Mistake Twice (Miserable Disco)
Future Palace, Distortion (Arising Empire)
Hinds, Viva Hinds (Lucky Number)
Suuns, The Breaks (Joyful Noise)
40 Watt Sun, Little Weight (Cappio)
The Airborne Toxic Event, Glory (Little Tokyo)
Boston Manor, Sundiver (SharpTone)
Curse the Son, Delirium (Ripple Music)
Elephant Tree, Handful of Ten (Magnetic Eye)
Dummy, Free Energy (Trouble in Mind)
Fat Dog, Woof. (Domino)
Mercury Rev, Born Horses (Bella Union)
Blitzkrieg, Blitzkrieg (Mighty)
The Cold Stares, The Southern (Mascot)
Fame On Fire, The Death Card (Hopeless)
God Dethroned, The Judas Paradox (Reigning Phoenix)
Many Eyes, The Light Age (Perseverance)
Pure Reason Revolution, Coming Up To Consciousness (InsideOut)
A Swarm Of The Sun, An Empire (Pelagic)
Eccentric Pendulum, Perspectiva Invertalis (Independent)
Wolfheart, Draconian Darkness (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Cult of Orpist, Attack of the Zombie Cans (Brutal)
Officium Triste, Hortus Venenum (Transcending Obscurity)
Castle, Evil Remains (Hammerheart)
Defiled Embrace, The Nether Earth (Independent)
Black Sites, The Promised Land? (Independent)
PeelingFlesh, The G Code (Unique Leader)
The Last Oblation, Apex (Independent)
Forgotten King, The Seeker (Majestic Mountain)
The Blacktones, The Longest Year (Sleaszy Rider)
Drunkelweizen, Pioneers of Alcohol (Independent)
Solitary, Embrace the Darkness (Twisted into Form)
Blackstaff, The Storyteller (Independent)
Together to the Stars, The Fragile Silence (Northern Silence Productions)
Martin Templum Domini, The Dark Matter (Independent)
Silvern, Stardust Sermons (Vendetta)
Fugit, Astral Consciousness (Independent)
Gore Grave, Deeds of Depravity (Independent)
Rivendell, Unsung Tales (Independent)
Crypted Roots, Æonian Justice (Independent)
Mutant Blast, Soulsteeler (Independent)
Pyrrhon, Exhaust (Willowtip)
VoidChaser, Solace (Independent)
Rakester, Wanderer Of Time (Independent)
Glacier A Distant, Violent Shudder (Independent)
