John Congleton

”Their one-afternoon, two-drummers, three-guitarists, no-rules jam evolved into a productive and glorious multi-day freakout, which resulted in the recording of these eight songs.”

Sharon says the song is “about love, patience and empathy. It’s about making life-changing choices and remaining strong enough to see them through.”

It’s a reunion album that finds them not re-living their glory days, but turning over a new leaf and making a comeback because they really had more to say.

Bombay Bicycle Club’s first album in six years was produced by John Congleton and comes out this January.

It’s their first album with new members Rachel Fannan (Sleepy Sun) and Adam Bulgasem (Dommengang, Soft Kill), and it also features contributions from Kliph Scurlock (Flaming Lips), Kid Millions (Oneida), and John Congleton.

This week’s Notable Releases include Sharon Van Etten’s synthy transformation, James Blake’s guest-filled new LP, Deerhunter’s Cate Le Bon-produced LP, and more.

It’s Priests’ first album with producer John Congleton (Angel Olsen, St. Vincent, etc), and going by the lead single, they sound just a little poppier and more polished this time around.

The new album sees Sharon going in a synthy direction, and it features Heather Woods Broderick, Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), Lars Horntveth (Jaga Jazzist), McKenzie Smith (Midlake), Joey Waronker (Atoms For Peace), Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint), and others.

It’s been four years since the last TWDY album (and it feels like even longer), but this album proves that the wait was worth it. It instantly scratches the itch that TWDY’s classics do…

Lost Under Heaven, aka LUH, are following their underrated 2016 debut Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing with a new album, Love Hates What You Become, on January 18, 2019 via Mute. For this one, core members Ellery James Roberts (who used to front WU LYF) and Ebony Hoorn teamed with producer John Congleton…