With a constant influx of incredible music releases, it can be challenging to figure out the best tracks to add to your playlist. This week, ECNETNews highlights significant new albums launched across various streaming platforms, featuring fresh sounds from artists such as the Smile, the Hard Quartet, Yasmin Williams, Caribou, Geordie Greep, Blood Incantation, Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Tony Vaz, and Wild Pink.
The Smile: Cutouts [XL]
The Smile’s second album of 2024 showcases their most dynamic work to date, traversing genres from homespun folk to orchestral ballads, indie-rock bursts, electronic soundscapes, and slow-burning experimental tracks. Fans of Thom Yorke will find much to admire, with songs echoing the vibes of “No Words,” the reflective “Bodies Laughing,” and the Afrobeat-flavored “Eyes & Mouth,” all complemented by Tom Skinner’s intricate drum patterns and the signature style of Yorke and Greenwood, which leaves a refreshing appeal of the unexpected.
