BALLS After Dark.172 Sharon share alike

This week: new albums from Brooklyn bleakpop artist Sharon Van Etten and Sleaford Mods who are neither from Sleaford nor mods (stay woke fam). Also: if you're happy and you know it make a high-pitched squeal, Van's warped, peaking in 1964, whither the O'Neill Bump, old duck comebacks, regional punter karaoke, Graham Coxon lookalikes, YOU HAVE TO SIGN FOR IT MATE, sniping picks, that book about the '00s New York rock scene, what's new in the Zoo, McWhirter the squirter, deceased beasts, single mindedness, Beeso's U2 B-sides period, Adam's rib, Georgia on my mind and Gobby Island. Next week's new albums are Lux Prima by Karen O and Danger Mouse, while Oz pub rock legends the Beasts (formerly Of Bourbon) are Still Here. Review albums from current, recent and future eps are in our album review playlist on Spotify, along with our 2018 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums we reviewed last year and our work-in-progress 2019 Mixtape. Our full list of review albums is available here. You can get BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and hurl reckons at us via Twitter,Facebook and email.

This week: new albums from Brooklyn bleakpop artist Sharon Van Etten and Sleaford Mods who are neither from Sleaford nor mods (stay woke fam). Also: if you're happy and you know it make a high-pitched squeal, Van's warped, peaking in 1964, whither the O'Neill Bump, old duck comebacks, regional punter karaoke, Graham Coxon lookalikes, YOU HAVE TO SIGN FOR IT MATE, sniping picks, that book about the '00s New York rock scene, what's new in the Zoo, McWhirter the squirter, deceased beasts, single mindedness, Beeso's U2 B-sides period, Adam's rib, Georgia on my mind and Gobby Island. Next week's new albums are Lux Prima by Karen O and Danger Mouse, while Oz pub rock legends the Beasts (formerly Of Bourbon) are Still Here. Review albums from current, recent and future eps are in our album review playlist on Spotify, along with our 2018 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums we reviewed last year and our work-in-progress 2019 Mixtape. Our full list of review albums is available here. You can get BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and hurl reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.