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Loud And Quiet
The best new LPs of May 2021
Sunshine might be a distant memory, but live music is back, so why do you want to go outside? As you start to browse the gig listings with a little more confidence, touch wood, here are some names to look out for. Not quite a baker’s dozen (those of us ever in the sourdough stage of lockdown are surely out of it now), here are our favourite twelve albums from May 2021.
th time lucky in Lambchop’s sonic explorations; an experimental triumph for Kurt Wagner and company.
L&Q says: “Here is a restless, dense, audacious and genuinely experimental record that, despite sounding not quite like anything the band have made before, nonetheless retains their personality and wit, retooled for another reinvention.”
The self-titled album is a landmark moment for an artist. Usually, it’s their debut – their introduction, a roadmap of their ideas and ambitions. Less common, and more striking, is when a musician releases a self-titled piece of work mid-way through their career. From The Beatles to Blur to Beyoncé, artists have long taken advantage of the concept, whether to make a political statement, assert their creative freedom, or seize it as an opportunity for reinvention or reclamation.
For Carter Tanton, it’s all of the above. Recorded in the house that he grew up in – now empty and for sale – the album marks the end of an era for the Maryland native. His previous releases,