Preview: Potentially decent albums of 2013

I’m not going to get carried away for 2013.  There are some moderately decent sounding albums due for release:

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds release their first album in 4 years on February 18^th.  They have released the first track from it We No Who U R, and apart from the appalling text speak in the title, it’s an understated beauty of a track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kBl86cIV3g

Sun Kil Moon

Mark Kozelek has transformed into a highly prolific artist.  In the first four months of next year he is scheduled to release 2 albums:  Like Rats is a collection of covers, performed on his nylon acoustic, a bit of everything from Bad Brains to Sonny and Cher, and it’s due out February 18^th.  Also due for release is a collaboration with electronic artist The Album Leaf – Perils of the Sea, coming out on April 30^th.  It sounds very different from anything Kozelek has done before.

http://www.caldoverderecords.com/likerats/index1.html

 

Mogwai – Les Revenants

Mogwai have done the soundtrack for a French TV series believe it or not, and hopefully it’s in the vein of all their other releases.  It’s due out on February 25^th, and judging by the EP which crept out just before Christmas, it’s a fairly muted affair.

 

Low – The Invisible Way

Low’s 11^th studio album is due for release on March 18^th and seemingly up to 5 out 11 tracks are sung by Mimi Parker, and many of them feature prominent piano.  It’s produced by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and will probably feature Waiting, a quieter track than of late which they have been playing live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2swv0SQI_C4

 

And So I Watch You From Afar – All Hail Bright Futures

ASIWYFA return with, inevitably, a bang for album no 3, to be released on March 19^th.  First track released from it, Like A Mouse is not like any mouse I’ve ever heard.  The track is a little on the poppy side but we’ll see what the rest of the album brings.
 
http://asiwyfa.bandcamp.com/track/like-a-mouse

Elsewhere, Johnny Marr’s debut solo album The Messenger is due out on February 25^th, whereas Morrissey’s memoirs are due for release.  Alice In Chains are to release the follow up to Black Gives Way To Blue in the early part of next year, while Mark Eitzel may self-release an acoustic collection I Am Not A Serious Person.  A Pale Horse Named Death will release their as-yet-untitled second album on May 27^th, while Trent Reznor is likely to have the How To Destroy Angels debut full length album ready for release in the early part of 2013.  There was also some mention of a Bill Callahan DVD but not sure where that's at.

Lloyd Cole has generated funding from fans for his forthcoming album, due spring/summer.  He’s recording with some of the players from his 1990 self-titled debut.  He is also looking to release a collaboration with Hans Joachim Roedelius – Selected Studies Volume 1, which will consist of electronic music.  Queens of the Stone Age could have an album as early as March which will feature both Nick Oliveri and Dave Grohl.  Ryan Adams is reportedly producing and drumming on a Lemonheads album featuring Evan Dando plus Ben Deily and Juliana Hatfield.  We may also hear albums from The National and Pearl Jam, while seemingly Kevin Shields will put out a My Bloody Valentine album but I won’t be holding my breath.  Or losing it.