Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted.
Wire
RELEASE: Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, 154
BACKSTORY: The post-punk legends this week reissue their first three records with each remastered album packaged in a special book and featuring one or more bonus discs filled with studio demos and previously unreleased material.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
Poster Children
RELEASE: Grand Bargain!
BACKSTORY: The reunited indie rock kings of Champaign, Ill., return this week with their first new album in 14 years, an 11-song set that was preceded by the politically charged title track a few months back.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, iTunes
The Breeders
RELEASE: Pod, Last Splash, Title TK, Mountain Battles
BACKSTORY: Following the band’s return to the label for new album All Nerve, 4AD this week reissues all four of The Breeders’ prior albums on vinyl; it’s the first time the label has released Pod and Last Splash on vinyl in North America.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
Matthew Sweet
RELEASE: Tomorrow’s Daughter
BACKSTORY: The singer-songwriter this week releases his 13th album, a collection of songs originally recorded for last year’s Tomorrow Forever and originally sent to Kickstarter backers who helped fund the 2017 record.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, iTunes
Rat Scabies
RELEASE: P.H.D. (Prison Hospital Debt)
BACKSTORY: The former drummer and co-founder of The Damned this week issues his debut solo album, a 12-song set recorded over the last several years that includes the track “Floating,” which we premiered this week.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
Lords of Acid
RELEASE: Pretty in Kink
BACKSTORY: The Belgian post-industrial/electronic outfit returns this week with its sixth studio album, a 12-song collection that includes the tracks “Like Pablo Escobar,” “Flow Juice,” “Break Me” and “What the Fuck!”
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, iTunes
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- This week’s new releases: New Belly album, plus Brian Eno, ‘Burning Britain’ box sets
- This week’s new releases: Alison Moyet live album, collection of early Flaming Lips
- This week’s new releases: The Damned, Juliana Hatfield, Bush Tetras, U2, David Bowie
- This week’s new releases: The Cars reissues, plus The Mission, The Damned, The Essence
weren’t Wire and The Breeders records already reissued not long ago??? Seems to be a money gimmick.