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2024 , the sixth studio album by American rock band AWOLNATION. AWOLNATION titling the fifth album of original songs in 15 years The Phantom Five is about more than just chronology. The number 5 is associated with independence and individualism, major life changes and experiences, all of which influenced the resulting album. It's a collection of ten songs that highlights every different impulse and urge Bruno has learned to master with AWOLNATION in a cohesive, anthemic pastiche of modern music. As he himself admits, it functions almost as a Inchgreatest hitsInch album, in the sense that it offers something for everyone who has followed the band's arc in it's celebrated, shape-shifting way. The first single, InchPanoramic View,Inch stands out with it's sincerity on it's sleeve; in fact, while not necessarily a new direction for AWOL, the idea of a heartfelt ballad being the first track available to fans is emblematic of Bruno's newfound control over every aspect of an album -something that he says might not have happened in previous days. - From upstart, tongue-in-cheek blasts like InchJump Sit Stand MarchInch and InchWhen I Was YoungInch to the Roy Orbison, oldies-inspired ode to beauty and self-destruction InchA Letter to No OneInch and the jangly segue InchCity of NowhereInch calling to mind The Cars and Grandaddy, not to mention guest spots from Dead Sara's Emily Armstrong and Del the Funky Homosapien, The Phantom Five is concerned with trying to find one's way to happiness in a bizarrely upside-down time. SILVER LP Album Tracks 1. Jump Sit Stand March (Feat. Emily Armstrong) 2. Party People 3. Panoramic View 4. I Am Happy (Feat. Del the Funky Homosapian) 5. Barbarian 6. Bang Your Head 7. City of Nowhere 8. A Letter to No One 9. When I Was Young 10. Outta Here

2024 , the sixth studio album by American rock band AWOLNATION. AWOLNATION titling the fifth album of original songs in 15 years The Phantom Five is about more than just chronology. The number 5 is associated with independence and individualism, major life changes and experiences, all of which influenced the resulting album. It's a collection of ten songs that highlights every different impulse and urge Bruno has learned to master with AWOLNATION in a cohesive, anthemic pastiche of modern music. As he himself admits, it functions almost as a Inchgreatest hitsInch album, in the sense that it offers something for everyone who has followed the band's arc in it's celebrated, shape-shifting way. The first single, InchPanoramic View,Inch stands out with it's sincerity on it's sleeve; in fact, while not necessarily a new direction for AWOL, the idea of a heartfelt ballad being the first track available to fans is emblematic of Bruno's newfound control over every aspect of an album -something that he says might not have happened in previous days. - From upstart, tongue-in-cheek blasts like InchJump Sit Stand MarchInch and InchWhen I Was YoungInch to the Roy Orbison, oldies-inspired ode to beauty and self-destruction InchA Letter to No OneInch and the jangly segue InchCity of NowhereInch calling to mind The Cars and Grandaddy, not to mention guest spots from Dead Sara's Emily Armstrong and Del the Funky Homosapien, The Phantom Five is concerned with trying to find one's way to happiness in a bizarrely upside-down time. Album Tracks 1. Jump Sit Stand March 2. Party People 3. Panoramic View 4. I Am Happy 5. Barbarian 6. Bang Your Head 7. City of Nowhere 8. A Letter to No One 9. When I Was Young 10. Outta Here

Gloam is the highly anticipated sophomore album from alternative folk band Maybel. Similar characteristics from their debut, Gathering, are carried forward elegant harmonies, soft instrumentals and a shared optimism coupled with a wide open vulnerability. The songs still echo the intimacy, warmth and closeness of their relationships, yet the band has matured. Maybel's evolution shines through with ambitious compositions, thoughtful songwriting, and a deeper understanding of themselves as the album's themes pierce with growing pains, anxieties and hopes for change. It's a record about movement and stopping; the ongoing act of coming apart and coming together. Gloam is for listening in your bedroom or in transit, missing friends, on your way to see them. It holds an optimism that rings clear yet nestles and dwells in a brooding, muddy darkness - placing it firmly in the illustrious Canadian folk canon. This is the first album for which all four members (Fez Gielen, Ali Hendra, Loris Kecaj and Lauren Spear) wrote songs. For the most part, they were written during the pandemic separately and then shared in the upstairs living room where Lauren, Ali and Loris used to live together. The result is a shared diary on love, grief and moving on. The band's ability to effortlessly blend traditional folk elements with modern production techniques is reminiscent of the collaborations between Emmylou Harris and Daniel Lanois. Just as Harris and Lanois brought a fresh perspective to country music, Maybel embraces experimentation in their sound without compromising the warmth and intimacy inherent to folk music. As with their debut Gathering, Maybel recorded Gloam with producer/engineer Jonas Bonnetta at Port William Sound in Mountain Grove, Ontario. Resonating with a sound borne of the studio's deeply intimate rural environs it is no wonder the band chose to return. Here they were j