7Ebra - Bird Hour - VINYL LP

Limited colored vinyl LP pressing. After celebrating 20 years since the inception of Author & Punisher in 2024, founding composer, vocalist and mechanical engineer Tristan Shone embraces the project's broadest scope to-date with Nocturnal Birding. In addition to the strong and poignant messaging contained throughout the music, lyrics and artwork, Nocturnal Birding sees Tristan Shone synergizing with an array of artists from across the globe like never before in his career. From the artwork, meticulously designed by French artist Lucile Lejoly (Chat Pile, Roadburn Festival) to the mixing and mastering by Will Putney (Knocked Loose, Heriot, Body Count, Machine Head) to the musical guest appearances from France's Fange, Indonesia's Kuntari, and New York City's Megan Oztrosits of Couch Slut, these outer creative inputs shine throughout the work. Shone has welcomed collaborators in the past, but guitarist Doug Sabolick (Ecstatic Vision, Plaque Marks, A Life Once Lost, etc.) is the first genuine bandmate in Author & Punisher contributing creatively on guitar in ways that shape the persona of Nocturnal Birding, complementing Shone in melody and wrought tonal heft. Removing himself from an artistic comfort zone proved fruitful inspiration. There is literal birdsong all over Nocturnal Birding, and transposing those melodies and rhythms to guitar became the root of the material, representing a rare coming together of the natural world and mechanized sounds.

Hibou's self-titled LP continues to hold a very warm place in the hearts and ears of many fans, ten years after it's original - with several songs logging millions of streaming plays, Peter Michel's debut full-length is a hazy bedroom-pop indie classic.Written, recorded and played by Michel at home in Seattle before he decamped to Paris, Hibou's 11 songs feature a rich, driving mix of '80s inspired pop, fueled by twisting reverbed-out guitar melodies, elegant arrangements, and a love of soda and summertime nostalgia.Long out of print on vinyl, Barsuk is happy to be celebrating the album's 10th anniversary with a new colored vinyl pressing including an insert with new artwork. Album Tracks 1. Dissolve 2. Valium 3. When the Season Ends 4. Above Us 5. Sunder 6. Eleanor 7. Glow 8. In the Sun 9. Hide Away 10. Shutter Song 11. Keeping Still

Snorri Hallgrímsson - InchThe Importance of BirdsInch. Deutsche Grammophon presents The Importance of Birds, the new inspiring project from Icelandic composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Snorri Hallgrímsson. The multi-awarded composer has written and produced seven original tracks for an EP that is an observation and reflection on the fragility and finiteness of life and the relationships with those closest to us and how they are ever changing and growing as time marches on. Album Tracks 1. I've Been Here Before 2. And There Was Nowhere 3. Nowhere Again, Kinder 1. The Wick That Slits the Shadow 2. From a Convenient Grass 3. Row Softer Home 4. Burning Little, Long, and Slow