New albums: Morrissey, The Moonlandingz, Karl Blau, Mavis Staples, Charlotte Gainsbourg

Moonlandingz – This Cities Undone EP

A three-track follow-up to the experimental rockers' Interplanetary Classics - they've a few dates coming up next week to support the release. If you haven't seen them live, then it certainly can be unpredictable anarchy from the Eccentronic Research Council duo Adrian Flanagan and Dean Honer, but especially with Fat White Family's unpredictable bread and meat-wearing Lias Kaci Saoudi (aka Johnny Rocket) along with Saul Adamczewski.

Moonlandingz – This Cities Undone EP

Listen here on Deezer

Or here's some earlier live footage:

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Karl Blau – Out Her Space

Blau moves on from the lush country-soul of his Introducing covers album to a self-produced set of his own material which ranges from soul, funk and jazz to Afro-pop.

Karl Blau – Slow Children

Mavis Staples – If All I Was Was Black

Politics and race in America are never far from the surface on Mavis' third collaboration with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. Staples claims the songs are not wholly inspired by modern events and as a black woman in her late seventies she has certainly has a wealth of experience to draw on. Her quiet anger is set against a musical backdrop ranging from psychedelic funk to blues and desert rock.

Mavis Staples – If All I Was Was Black

"If All I Was Was Black" by Mavis Staples, the title track from the new album, available November 17th Pre-order at https://www.mavisstaples.com/ Official Site: https://www.mavisstaples.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mavisstaples Twitter: https://twitter.com/MavisStaples Instagram: http://instagram.com/MavisStaples

Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest

Despite being saddled with the inevitable comparisons to Serge, Charlotte has been successfully ploughing her own polished pop furrow and of late writing her own lyrics. This album is produced by Ed Bangers’ SebastiAn and features collaborations with Sir Paul McCartney, Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Connan Mockasin and Owen Pallett. There's a touch of Giorgio Moroder in the synth heavy arrangements of songs that deal with the death if her father and her sister Kate Barry.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Deadly Valentine

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Deadly Valentine - nouvel extrait de l'album REST produit par SebastiAn Featuring Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Paul McCartney et Owen Pallet. Sortie le 17 Novembre, Pré-commande : https://lnk.to/CGRest -------- Charlotte Gainsbourg - Deadly Valentine - taken from the forthcoming album "Rest" produced by SebastiAn, featuring Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Paul McCartney and Owen Pallet, out November 17th.

Morrissey – Low In High School

So here it is – Moz's first studio album since 2014, produced by Joe Chiccarelli (cf Frank Zappa, The Strokes, Beck and The White Stripes). He's having a bit of a moment again. Spent The Day In Bed had a bit of pop sensibility that his recent oeuvre was perhaps lacking and, if the song titles and lyrics of the rest are anything to go by, there will be much for the long time fan to enjoy, and of course the usual controversies. There's a green vinyl version available exclusively for good old shops made of bricks and mortar.

Morrissey - Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up On Stage

From the forthcoming album 'Low In High School' out November 17th. Available for pre-order: https://morrissey.lnk.to/LiHSID Image Credit: ©miron zownir Follow Morrissey: https://www.facebook.com/Morrissey https://twitter.com/officialmoz http://vevo.ly/7ucMvr

This week's selection is by Michael Moloney, aka llamalpaca from the vinyl-only record and design store, Chameleon, with additions by The Landlord.

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