STACK NZ Apr #61

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Blur The Magic Whip

THE WOMBATS Glitterbug

Sleeping With Sirens Madness

The Brit-pop icons return with their first album as a four-piece in more than 15 years! The recordings, which began during a break in touring in Hong Kong in 2013, were originally put to one side when the group returned to their respective lives. However, last November, guitarist Graham Coxon revisited the tracks

Sleeping With Sirens have taken to referring to themselves and their fellow outsiders as ‘Strays’, a concept immortalised in the song of the same name on the band’s terrific Epitaph debut. Produced by hit- maker John Feldman (5 Seconds Of Summer, Panic!

The third full-length outing from the Liverpool rockers was inspired by frontman Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy’s experiences of Los Angeles and the idea of a tumultuous relationship with a fictional woman from L.A. “That became the main inspiration for most of the songs, this false world that I’d created for myself,” he explains.

At The Disco), Madness is an electric celebration of all that is SWS and everything they represent. It’s a reminder and an exclamation point as to exactly why so many consider this band to be the voice of their generation.

and with the help of long-time Blur associate Stephen Street ( Parklife ) and the new LP began to take shape. Damon Albarn likens the album to Bowie’s Berlin era, saying “there’s nothing pastoral about it”.

“The album’s about the envy and the struggle and the pretence and the worry and the fear that L.A. – and every major city in the world – encompasses.”

Halestorm Into the Wild Life

various artists Furious 7: Original Soundtrack

Marina & The Diamonds Froot

The Welsh popster’s first new noise since the concept album Electra Heart is a cathartic re-birth in every way and sees her veer away from the last LP’s stylistic intentions. A back-to-basics return, the new album from Marina Diamandis spouts disco grooves, dreamy

On their long-awaited follow-up to 2012’s The Strange Case Of... , Halestorm reach deep within and conjure up their most engaging and eclectic collection of songs to date. Pushing their musical boundaries further than ever before, the Pennsylvania hard rockers have crafted

The official soundtrack from the latest installment in the action blockbuster franchise gathers never- before-available tracks from some of today’s most electrifying hip hop and R&B artists. Iggy Azalea, T.I., Young Thug, Flo Rida, Juicy J and Mos Def to

vocal hooks and an effervescent sass, as she frankly dissects her own foibles and pitfalls. “It’s not about being ‘pop’ or ‘not’ pop” she says. “It’s more about feeling the groove in the music and knowing there are real musicians playing.”

a set that rises from a whisper to a scream and back again. “It’s an invitation to all things Halestorm,” explains frontwoman Lzzy Hale. “Lyrically and musically, we explored everything that makes us tick.”

name just a few. What’s more, the album includes the first-ever album release of DJ Snake & Lil Jon’s worldwide smash Turn Down For What . Keep an eye out, too, for the five electrifying music videos created specially for the LP.

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