Welcome to the 2SER New Music Report – featuring all the new music on your 2SER airwaves this week across your Breakfast, The Daily and Drive programs!

ALBUMS:

Babe Rainbow – Slipper imp and shakaerator (AU)
Black Country, New Road – Forever Howlong (OS)
Kaidi Tatham – Miles Away (OS)
Locian – Fears, Reflections & Shades of Time (L)
Rosettes – Lifestyles (OS)
Velvet Bloom – Velvet Bloom (AU)
Σtella – Adagio (OS)

SINGLES:

Beryl – What you really meant (L)
Dumb Things – Private Lives (AU)
Lady Wray – Be a witness (OS)
Lea Maria Fries – Cleo (OS)
Sarah Levins – Under the snow (L)
Sonic Reducer – Needles (AU)
Stereolab – Aerial Troubles (OS)

Written by Mia Boccalatte

The London-native band, Black Country, New Road have just released their fourth studio album. The follow-up to their acclaimed 2022 record, “Ants From Up There”, Forever Howlong is a musically complex record that slips through  folk, prog, and baroque pop while drawing inspiration from artists such as Joanna Newsom and Kate Bush. Various tracks have genre transitions: moving from a slower, ponderous tune to punchier fast-paced rhythms and theatrical devations. The beauty if this album lays in its instrumentation, including classic folk guitar riffs and string soundscapes.

Naarm-based soult outfit Velvet Bloom‘s self-titled debut album has just dropped. Incorporating a mix of neo-soul, folk, funk and indie-rock to get their deliciously warm sound. With raw lyrics from the group’s frontwoman, Maddy Herbert, it’s clear to see how much time and effort they’ve put into the record. Velvet Bloom have a gig in Sydney at LOW 302 on Saturday 6th June, if you want to get your fix of invitingly tender grooves.

Big Crown Records has released Lady Wray’s new single Be A Witness. Produced by Leon Michaels, it’s a mid-tempo boogie banger, with a sparkly space-dust synth to top it off. If you haven’t had a chance to check out any of Lady Wray’s extensive discography, this would be a superb place to start.