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Pixies Doggerel
INFECTIOUS MUSIC Alternative rock icons Pixies release their eighth studio album, the fourth since their 2004 reunion. It includes the new single There’s a Moon On. 15176760 $15.99
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 30
Marcus Mumford Self-Titled
Capitol
Guest Artists: Clairo, Phoebe Bridgers
Marcus Mumford, lead singer of Mumford and Sons, releases his first solo album. It includes duets with Brandi Carlile, Phoebe Bridgers, Clairo, and Monica Martin. 15255467 $11.99 Parental Advisory
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 16
Debut solo album!
Lambchop The Bible
Merge Records The music on this release is more unpredictable than it’s ever been on a Lambchop record: jazz careening into country, into disco, into funk, and back to country. 15212870 $14.99
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 30
Built to Spill When the Wind Forgets Your Name
Sub Pop Built to Spill delivers a complex and cohesive blend of their distinct musical ideas. Alongside their poetic lyrics and themes, the experimentation and attention to detail produce an album full of unique, vivid, and timeless sounds. 15038068 $13.99
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 9
Dermot Kennedy Sonder
Interscope Dermot Kennedy’s sophomore album has been anticipated by fans and critics alike since the global success of his debut album Without Fear. The title is reflected in a body of work that will have fans enthralled from start to finish. 15208349 $13.99
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 23
Rina Sawayama Hold the Girl
Dirty Hit Following up from her critically acclaimed debut, Rina Sawayama’s highly anticipated new record sees her once again juxtapose intimate storytelling with arena-sized songs, creating another ambitious and original album. 15265599 $13.99
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 16
Megadeth The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!
UMe
Guest Artist: Ice-T
Megadeth’s explosive new album features twelve new songs from the titans of thrash metal. The follow-up to the critically acclaimed, Grammy Awardwinning album Dystopia will melt Megadeth fans’ minds worldwide. 15199406 $13.99
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 2
Death Cab for Cutie Asphalt Meadows
Barsuk Records Indie rock icons Death Cab for Cutie are back with their highly anticipated album. Many of the songs were crafted during the early part of the pandemic, with the band finding creative ways to create new music while being apart. 15149676 $12.99
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 16
Lamb of God Omens
Epic Grammy-nominated Lamb of God returns with their ninth studio album. They continue their sonic assault with lead track Nevermore along with nine additional tracks. 15176406 $11.99
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 7
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cool It Down
First new album in nine years.
Secretly Canadian A thunderstorm of a return is what the legendary trio has in store on their fifth studio album and their first since 2013’s Mosquito. It is an expert distillation of their best gifts that impels listeners to move, and cry, and listen closely. 15212873 $14.99
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 30
Bush The Art of Survival
BMG Rights Management Bush follows up their acclaimed 2020 release, The Kingdom, with their ninth studio album. The latest from the grunge rock group includes the single More Than Machines. 15280930 $14.99
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 7
Michelle Branch The Trouble with Fever
Nonesuch Created during the pandemic lockdown, and co-produced with her husband, Patrick Carney (the Black Keys), this is Michelle Branch’s fourth solo album and follows her critically acclaimed 2017 album, Hopeless Romantic. 15261584 $12.99
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 16
Beth Orton Weather Alive
Partisan Records The follow-up album to the English singersongwriter’s 2016’s Kidsticks sees her push in a new direction. The lead single is sprawling with smooth piano, rhythmic shakers, and ambient strings. 15155989 $14.99
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 23
Lake Street Drive Fun Machine The Sequel
Fantasy Lake Street Drive’s second set of distinctive cover songs. While 2012’s Fun Machine paid homage to their classic R&B, soul, and jazz roots, this expands the aperture wider, featuring selections from R&B and pop favorites. 15255464 $10.99