29.04.21

29/04/2021
by Norman Fleischer

Billie Eilish shares tender single Your Power, a first teaser from her second album Happier Than Ever, out July 30
Kings Of Convenience return with new single Rocky Trail and announce Peace Or Love, their first new album 12 years for June 18 release
Lana Del Rey announces second of album of 2021, Blue Banisters, out July 4
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds announce first best-of album Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021), out June 11, shares new single We’re On Our Way Now
Half Waif announces new album Mythopoetics for July 9 release, shares new single Swimmer
John Carroll Kirby announces new LP Septet for June 25 release, drops first singe Rainmaker
Black Midi tease forthcoming second Cavalcade album with wild new single called Slow
Garbage share title-track off forthcoming new album No Gods No Masters
Metronomy unveil previously unreleased song Friends from new 10th anniversary edition of The English Riviera
CHAI tease upcoming new LP WINK album with new single Ping Pong

Not Playing By The Rules: The Infinite Cosmos Of The Divine Comedy

Releasing a double album in 2019? Bold move. Writing a song about synthesizer brands? Even bolder. Or in other words: The Divine Comedy are back. On their eleventh studio album, the band from Northern Ireland returns with unstoppable curiosity, wit and love for imagination while the storytelling circles around one theme in particular: Office Politics. A title enough to stretch the band's already existing creative dimensions even further and leaving a lot of room for brilliantly witty observations.

Five New Releases 11/09/20: Doves, Everything Everything, Haiku Hands, Susanna, Asaf Avidan

Friday is release day. But what to listen to from the sheer endless sea of new records? Don't worry, NBHAP's editors can help you with that. These are our Top 5 recommendations from today.