What’s caught our ears this week…
 
Conor Oberst – Ruminations: You may know him from his work as Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst is back with his 7th solo album. Recorded in 48 hours during wintertime, this album is just as poetic as his other solo releases and packs the classic Oberst emotional right hook.
 
Pretenders – Alone: This legendary musical group has returned with their 10th studio album, a follow up to 2008’s Break Up the Concrete. This album was produced by Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys, Arcs) at his studio in Nashville and features two of his Arcs bandmates, Richard Swift on drums and Leon Michaels on keyboards.
 
Paul & The Tall Trees – Our Love in the Light: Debut album from this New York City based group with singer, songwriter, and Staten Island native Paul Schalda at the helm. Another Staten Island native Thomas Brenneck, session musician for Amy Winehouse, Rufus Wainwright, and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings among others, produced the album.
 
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Agnes Obel – Citizen of Glass: This marks the 3rd full-length release from this Danish singer-songwriter. Citizen of Glass takes a conscious step away from Obel’s more minimalistic previous releases and adds new instruments into the mix, such as a 1920s-era monophonic synthesizer called a Trautonium. Overall, a very beautifully produced album.
 
C Duncan – The Midnight Sun: 2nd full-length release from Glasgow based singer, multi-instrumentalist, and bedroom producer C Duncan. Just like on his debut album Architect, Duncan also recorded and produced the whole shebang in his apartment as well as illustrated the album art. He took inspiration from Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone to form an album with a common thread and even borrowed the name of a Season 3 episode for the album’s title.

–Chris Giuliano, Music Director