For the first time, all Sade’s albums will be available as a complete set in the six-record collection This Far. Sade (Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale and Paul Spencer Denman), producer Mike Pela and mixing engineer Miles Showell remastered the albums at London’s iconic Abbey Road Studios, working meticulously to reproduce the band’s intended sound. Packaged in a case-bound box, the collection is available for …
From Montreal-based dream-pop group Bodywash (aka Rosie Long Decter, Chris Steward, Rian Adamian, Ryan White and Tom Gould) comes “Follow,” a hazy tune about attempting to fix people and eventually letting them go. Singer-songwriter Long Decter wrote the visceral lyrics (“you pull apart so quickly / I would’ve wrapped your bones in lace”) after various catalysts, “a gig gone wrong; a run-in at a birthday …
From the Danish island of Samsø, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer Nicolas Michaux assembles tracks (and tends his garden). The latest release from his island sessions, “Parrot” pairs a message of political alienation with a musical composition of precise drums, bouncing bass and groovy guitar work. It’s a taste of Michaux’s forthcoming album, Amour Colère, out 25 September.