Creatures run amok in this week’s roundup, which includes new releases from Pepper Rabbit, Andrew Bird, Gold Panda, Gospel Claws, and The Octopus Project. And speaking of animal collectives, one of AC’s primary songwriters, Avey Tare, channels some of his darker energy on his debut solo release. While not animal oriented but certainly appealing to fans of Animal Collective, Philadelphia duo Sun Airway tops this week’s list with their own debut of sparkly, synthy, melodic electro-pop.
And while you’re tracking those down, be sure to bag the other great releases hitting stores today, like the latest from young Cincinnati band Pomegranates, debuts from Toronto’s pop androgyne Diamond Rings and the LA-based all girl quartet Warpaint, and two solid EPs from The War on Drugs and Seattle band Telekinesis. There’s all that, more below, and even more to be found on Largehearted Boy’s list, so get out there... and happy hunting!
Andrew Bird - Hot Math (MP3)
from Useless Creatures on Fat Possum
Cashes Rivers - As I Drift (MP3)
from Cashes Rivers on Aqui Estamos Records
Diamond Rings - Something Else (MP3) (via Pitchfork)
from Special Affectations on Secret City Records
Elizabeth & The Catapult - You & Me (MP3)
from The Other Side of Zero on Verve Forecast
FuzZ - Marshmallow Bazooka (MP3)
from Sparkle Vision on Spectrophonic Sound
Gold Panda - Same Dream China (MP3)
from Lucky Shiner on Ghostly International
Gospel Claws - Avenues (MP3)
from C-L-A-W-S on Common Wall Media / Modern Art Records
Daniel G. Harmann & The Trouble Starts - The Horse & the Sistine Chapel (MP3)
from Risk on Burning Building Recordings
Kisses - Bermuda (MP3)
from The Heart of the Nightlife (import)
Quinn Marston - Can You Hear Me See Me Now? (MP3)
from Can You Hear Me See Me Now? EP on Ernest Jenning Record Co.
The Octopus Project - Fugefat (MP3)
from Hexadecagon on Peek-A-Boo Records
Paleo - World’s Smallest Violin (MP3)
from A View of the Sky on Partisan Records
Pepper Rabbit - Older Brother (MP3)
from Beauregard on Kanine Records
The Phantom Band - Walls (MP3)
from Wants on Chemikal Underground
Plates of Cake - Emil the Soldier (MP3)
from Plates of Cake on All Hands Electric
Pomegranates - Create Your Own Reality (MP3)
from One Of Us on Afternoon Records
Kermit Ruffins - I Got a Treme’ Woman (MP3)
from Happy Talk on Basin Street Records
School of Seven Bells - Heart Is Strange (Active Child remix) (MP3)
from Active Child/School of Seven Bells split 7″ on Lefse Records
Seeland - Local Park (MP3)
from How to Live on LOaF Records
Small Black - Photojournalist (MP3)
from New Chain on Jagjaguwar
Sarah Kirkland Snider - This Is What You’re Like (MP3)
form Penelope on New Amsterdam Records
The Superions - Fruitcake
from Destination... Christmas! on Fanatic Records (EMI/Caroline)
Sun Airway - Put the Days Away (MP3)
from Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier on Dead Oceans
Avey Tare - Lucky 1
from Down There on Paw Tracks
Telekinesis - Dirty Thing
from Parallel Seismic Conspiracies EP on Merge Records
The War on Drugs - The History of Plastic (MP3)
from Future Weather on Secretly Canadian
V/A - Library Catalog Music Series: Music for Honey & Bile
William Ryan Fritch - When the Ground Is Numb (MP3)
from Music For Honey and Bile on Asthmatic Kitty
Warpaint - Undertow (MP3)
from The Fool on Rough Trade
