NToM #41
Disco-soul, art-funk, dance-pop, chill-wave, and punk rock.
This week we’re running the gamut: slick disco soul, freaky art-funk, spoken word dance-pop, glossy groove-pop, and snarling punk chaos.
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New Album
Parcels - LOVED
Top Tracks – Ifyoucall, Safeandsound
Genre – Disco
My take – Parcels keep their sleek Bee-Gees/Daft Punk-adjacent groove alive this round. Lush harmonies and velvet rhythms swirl like late-night yacht rock floating into modern nu-disco. Perfect album to wind down a late night party.
New Album
Guerilla Toss – You’re Weird Now
Top Tracks – Krystal Ball, Panglossian Mannequin, Favorite Sun
Genre – Art Punk, Post-Punk
My take – Guerilla Toss lean even harder into their wiry, technicolor world. Think a slightly harder Talking Heads/B-52’s mashup. It’s wild, jagged, but also strangely danceable—the kind of record that gets better the messier it feels.
New Album
Baxter Dury – Allbarone
Top Tracks – Allbarone, The Other Me, Hapsburg
Genre – Dance Pop, Spoken Word
My take – Baxter’s signature lyrical narration continues: half confession, half piss-take, all charisma. Groovy bass lines, droning beats, strings, and sly delivery.
New Album
Leisure - Welcome to the Mood
Top Tracks – Welcome to the Mood, The Colour of the Sound
Genre – Chillwave, Soul Pop
My take – Leisure are the kings of slow-burn bliss. It’s polished enough for a rooftop bar playlist but warm enough to soundtrack your late-night wind-downs. Like Tame Impala’s mellower cousin who discovered R&B.
New Album
Die Spitz - Something to Consume
Top Tracks – Throw Yourself to the Sword, Sound to No One, Down on It
Genre – Punk Rock, Metal
My take – Unhinged, snarling punk that doesn’t ask for permission. Die Spitz debut album sounds like Bikini Kill and Amyl & the Sniffers scrapping in a basement about which Nirvana song rocks hardest. It’s abrasive, cathartic, and just the right amount of unpolished.
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