Release Day Picks: August 19th New Releases

By Team JamBase Aug 18, 2016 • 11:52 pm PDT

August 19 Albums Crop

Each week Release Day Picks profiles new LPs and EPs Team JamBase will be checking out on release day Friday. This week we highlight new albums by Carl Broemel, Ryley Walker, Amos Lee, Jerry Garcia Band and Lisa Hannigan. Read on for more insight into the records we have all queued up to spin.

Carl Broemel​ ​-​ ​4th Of July

Carl Broemel 4th Of July Cover Art

The​ ​Scoop:​ The third solo album by My Morning Jacket guitarist Carl Broemel is his first since the 2010 release of All Birds Say. Broemel was joined in the studio by MMJ bassist Tom Blankenship and keyboardist Bo Koster, with the latter also contributing songwriting. Teddy Morgan co-produced the album which includes additional input from guests such as Neko Case, Laura Veirs, Russ Pollard, Shelly Colvin, Richard Medek and Jordan Caress.​​ ​Here’s the acoustic single “Snowflake”:

Label:​ ​Stocks In Asia/Thirty Tigers

Producer:​ Teddy Morgan, Carl Broemel

Number​ ​Of​ ​Tracks:​ ​8

Running​ ​Time: 43:13

Guest​ ​Musicians:​ Tom Blankenship, Bo Koster, Neko Case, Laura Veirs, Russ Pollard, Shelly Colvin, Richard Medek, Jordan Caress

Tracklist:

  1. Sleepy Lagoon
  2. 4th of July
  3. Rockingchair Dancer
  4. Snowflake
  5. Landing Gear
  6. In The Dark
  7. Crawlspace
  8. Best Of

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Ryley Walker – Golden Sings That Have Been Sung

Ryley Walker GSTHBS Cover

The Scoop: With the release of his critically-lauded sophomore album, Primrose Green, Ryley Walker helped introduce a new generation of music fans to the sounds of earthy psychedelic folk. Walker’s take on Cosmic Americana blends American primitive guitar with the pastoral sounds of Burt Jansch-style English folk and Tim Buckley’s dreamy vocals and jazz brushes. Golden Sings That Have Been Sung, finds Walker teaming with former Wilco multi-instrumentalist LeRoy Bach for a set of tunes inspired by his return to adoptive hometown of Chicago from a lengthy touring schedule. Check out the music video for the winding, ear-worm-y track The Roundabout…

Label: Dead Oceans

Producer: LeRoy Bach

Number Of Tracks: 8

Running Time: 40:37

Guest Musicians: LeRoy Bach, Brian Sulpizio, Ben Boye, Anton Hatwich, Frank Rosaly, Whitney Johnson, Quin Kirchner, Ryan Jewell

Tracklist:

  1. The Halfwit in Me
  2. A Choir Apart
  3. Funny Thing She Said
  4. Sullen Mind
  5. Sullen Mind
  6. I Will Ask You Twice
  7. The Roundabout
  8. The Great and Undecided
  9. Age Old Tale

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Amos Lee – Spirit

Spirit Cover Updated

The Scoop: Singer-songwriter Amos Lee recorded his sixth studio album, Spirit in a studio that was converted from a church in East Nashville. Though recorded in Nashville, the LP takes its influence from Memphis and more specifically Stax Records as the folk artist shows off a more soulful side of his music over the course of Spirit’s 13 tracks. After years of working with outside producers, Amos produced this record himself and enlisted a number of musicians that he’s always wanted to employ. If you’ve always wanted to hear Amos Lee go the soul/R&B route, this album is for you. Listen to the title track of Amos Lee’s new album, Spirit:

Label: John Varvatos/Republic Records

Producer: Amos Lee

Number Of Tracks: 13

Running Time: 47:51

Tracklist:

  1. New Love
  2. Running Out Of Time
  3. Spirit
  4. Lost Child
  5. Highways & Clouds
  6. Lightly
  7. One Lonely Light
  8. Wait Up For Me
  9. Till You Come Back Through
  10. Hurt Me
  11. Vaporize
  12. Walls
  13. With You

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Jerry Garcia Band​ ​-​ ​GarciaLive Volume Seven: November 8th, 1976

GarciaLive Vol 7 Cover Updated

The​ ​Scoop:​ ​​On November 8, 1976 a Jerry Garcia Band lineup featuring Jerry Garcia on guitar, Donna Jean Godchaux on vocals, Keith Godchaux on keys, John Kahn on bass and Ron Tutt on drums played a show at Sophie’s in Palo Alto, California. Though engineer Betty Cantor-Jackson was on hand to record the concert, a taping of the show never circulated. During a recent move, Donna Jean discovered a box containing the the original master “Betty Board” reels of the show, which were restored to become the latest installment in Jerry’s archival series. Stream JGB’s performance of “Midnight Moonlight” here:

Label:​ Round Records/ATO Records

Number​ ​Of​ ​Tracks:​ ​13

Running​ ​Time: 2:28:35

Guest​ ​Musicians:​ N/A

Tracklist:

  1. The Way You Do The Things You Do
  2. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
  3. After Midnight
  4. Who Was John?
  5. Mission in the Rain
  6. Stir It Up
  7. Midnight Moonlight
  8. Tore Up Over You
  9. Friend of the Devil
  10. Don’t Let Go
  11. Strange Man
  12. Stop That Train
  13. Ride Mighty High

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Lisa Hannigan – At Swim

At Swim Updated Cover

The Scoop: In the early part of the 2000s, Lisa Hannigan seemed poised to have a long-standing musical partnership with fellow Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice, providing a gorgeous counterpoint to his emotionally aching songs. The duo parted ways in 2007, with Hannigan becoming a critically acclaimed solo artist. With her third record and first in five years, At Swim, finds Hannigan teamed-up with The National’s Aaron Dessner for another set of gorgeous eggshell-delicate songs set to lush and moody string and piano arrangements. Anchored by Hannigan’s ethereal vocals, the record is the perfect companion as summer turns into fall. Give a listen to album’s lead single “Prayer For The Dying”:

Label: ATO Records

Producer: Aaron Dessner

Number Of Tracks: 11

Running Time: 38:25

Guest Musicians: N/A

Tracklist:

  1. Fall
  2. Prayer For The Dying
  3. Snow
  4. Lo
  5. Undertow
  6. Ora
  7. We, The Drowned
  8. Anahorish
  9. Tender
  10. Funeral Suit
  11. Barton

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Compiled by Jeffrey Greenblatt, Andy Kahn and Scott Bernstein

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