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.
Tom Bailey
RELEASE: Science Fiction
BACKSTORY: The former Thomspon Twins frontman this week releases his debut solo album and first collection of music under any guise in more than two decades, saying it’s “incredibly rewarding to be making pop music again.”
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
Body/Head
RELEASE: The Switch
BACKSTORY: Former Sonic Youth member Kim Gordon returns this week with the second studio album with Bill Nace as Body/Head. The five-track collection features “You Don’t Need,” “In the Dark Room,” “Last Time” and more.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- This week’s new releases: Morrissey, Erasure, The Jesus and Mary Chain
- This week’s new releases: The Alarm, David Bowie, Innocence Mission, Flaming Lips, Posies
- This week’s new releases: The Cure, Peter Murphy, Nine Inch Nails, Pete Shelley
- This week’s new releases: Johnny Marr, Peter Buck, English Beat, Sisters of Mercy, King Blank
Also out this week: The excellent new Cowboy Junkies record, All That Reckoning — beautiful and haunting, the Junkies at their best.