18 Albums To Get Excited For In April

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Another month, another glut of exciting new album releases to froth at the mouth over. April is here, and with it a brilliant array of potentially brilliant records. Here’s 18 we’re particularly hyped to hear, starting with Field Music’s David Brewis, aka School of Language. Out April 7, ‘Old Fears’ promises to build on the off-piste thrills of 2008 debut ‘Sea From Shore’.

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Following overlooked 2011 solo debut ‘Past Life Martyred Saints’ (an overlooked gem), EMA is also back this month, with new album ‘The Future’s Void’ also released on April 7. It’s likely to be a dystopian no-wave trip, if scaremongering song titles like ‘Cthulu’, ‘Neuromancer’ and ‘Dead Celebrity’ are anything to go on.

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SOHN’s debut album is either going to see him become the next James Blake or this year’s Jamie Woon. In other words, it’ll either launch him into the stratosphere as an icy electro brooder whose songwriting casts an enigmatic spell, or his recent buzz will fade and he’ll slope into the shadows as a producer for other artists. We’ll find out after April 7, when ‘Tremors’ is released.

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A “jazz power trio” from the twisted mind of Animal Collective founder Avey Tare, Slasher Flicks’ debut album ‘Enter The Slasher House’ promises Misfits and Cramps style garage dirge with an art school twist.

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Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek goes it alone under the alias Ramona Lisa on new solo record ‘Arcadia’, which early reports suggest is just as dreamlike as its eerie castle-set cover.

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Toronto’s Odonis Odonis: the industrial punk combo so skin-blisteringly brilliant they named them twice. Can new album ‘Hard Boiled Soft Boiled’ exceed the shoegazy thrills of 2011 debut ‘Hollandaze’? We’ll soon find out.

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Canadian down-‘n’-outer Mac DeMarco is one of the most gifted modern songwriters going. Expect new album ‘Salad Days’ to reinforce that reputation.

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Kelis releases her new album ‘Food’ on April 21, some nine months after fans’ first taste of the album (the groove-led, horn-adorned ‘Jerk Ribs’). Featuring production from TV On The Radio man Dave Sitek, this is set to be a retro-soul epic.

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We’ve already heard four hot jams from ‘The New Classic’, the long-awaited follow-up to Iggy Azalea’s debut album ‘Glory’. “It’s going to be similar to TrapGold and that will be very electronic and high-energy but I’m gonna talk more about my story and where I’m from and things about myself,” said the Australian rapper.

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Another first solo album from an artist who’s been around for over a couple of decades. Damon Albarn’s ‘Everyday Robots’ is an introspective, personal listen with a couple of high-spirited moments. It’s beautifully crafted, with production Richard ‘XL’ Russell and it’s been a constant on the NME stereo for a while.

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‘Diploid Love’ is Brody Dalle’s first solo album under her own name. It’s got guest spots from Shirley Manson, The Strokes’ Nick Valensi, Michael Shuman of Queens of the Stone Age and Emily Kokal of Warpaint. The already-released ‘Meet The Foetus/ Oh The Joy’ suggests it’s going to be one of the best releases of the month. Out April 28.

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