Monday, August 16, 2010

Tomorrow’s Releases:

Tomorrow, David Gray releases “Foundling,” a two-disc collection of songs originating from the same sessions as his album from last year, “Draw The Line.”

Ray LaMontagne releases “God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise.” (Here’s hoping the disc won’t have anything nearly as disturbing as his stalker-esque ode to “Meg White.”)

Filter releases “Trouble With Angels.”

The album I’m most excited to hear, however, is Toadies’ “Feeler.” It’s a re-recording of an album Interscope rejected and refused in 1997. Strangely, I’ve found, usually when albums are rejected, it’s because they are way ahead of their time and just not what the labels expected. In other words, they tend to be misunderstood classics and not bad in the least. Such misunderstood/rejected classics of the past include Q-Tip’s “Kamaal The Abstract” and Nada Surf’s “The Proximity Effect.” If an album is unbearably terrible, I’ve found it gets released on schedule usually with a large dose of hype. (See MGMT’s sonic atrocity “Congratulations.”) In any case, Happy Listening!!

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