HipsterZOMBIEJoint New Music Friday Picks 8/5/22
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Lots of great new albums are dropping today to get us rockin’ through this holiday weekend! All of these albums and more are now streaming on Apple Music and Spotify.
placeholder://Curtain Call 2 – Eminem
Per Pitchfork:
Eminem has made some great music during this era—tracks like Revival’s “Offended,” an off-kilter lyrical workout over a tightly wound Charles Bradley loop; his guest spot on Nas’ “EPMD 2,” in which he delivers a reverent ode to the golden age of hip-hop; Relapse’s “Deja Vu” which combines the fearless inventory-taking of 12 Step programs with blistering internal rhymes. There’s probably a Spotify playlist out there that’s scrounged up the best of Em’s latter-day catalog and uses it to make a case that, despite one lackluster album after another, Eminem is still capable of reminding us why we used to stan the guy who coined the term “stan.”
The Great Heathen Army – Amon Amarath
Per Kerrang:
Over their last few records, and particularly on 2019’s Berserker, Amon Amarth have steadily roamed in the direction of traditional heavy metal, arguably losing some of their bite in the process. However, on The Great Heathen Army, their 12th, they take a step back towards their melodic death metal origins, and it is definitely to their betterment, delivering perhaps the strongest collection since 2008’s Twilight Of The Thunder God.
In The Wild – The Interrupters
Per Louder:
In The Wild is without question the broadest album The Interrupters have ever released, and that evolution is certainly necessary for a band that are growing in stature in the rate that they are, yet it retains the grounded relatability, effervescent drive and world class hooks and songwriting that has made them the ska-punk band of the last decade. Doubt us? Give the brilliant Raised By Wolves one listen and then try and remove that irresistible chorus from your brain. Trust us, it’s not going anywhere and neither are they.
Ska might not be cool anymore, but The Interrupters are.
Come back next week for a fresh batch of new music picks only on the HipsterZOMBIEJoint Experience!
