Crumb venture further into their psychedelic pop wonderland on Amama, the follow-up to 2021’s Ice Melt. Produced alongside Johnscott Sanford and Jonathan Rado, the album broaches a cosmos of daydreamy sound collage, insistent beats, and yearning melodies from singer and multi-instrumentalist Lila Ramani. The title track, Ramani said in press materials, is a tribute to her grandmother, whose voice is sampled on the song. “A video sent to me over WhatsApp of her singing originally inspired the melody and ethos of the song, from which I built its glitchy, warped foundation. It’s a love song!”
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Shellac: To All Trains [Touch and Go]
As rock fans of all stripes mourn the death of Steve Albini, a bookend to his unparalleled legacy comes with the final Shellac album, To All Trains. Announced in March, after a 10-year wait since Dude Incredible, the record of righteous, riotous noise features a number of songs that had become setlist staples, such as “Scrappers,” a tribute to street-scrap collectors, and the Bob Weston–helmed “Chick New Wave.” There is also a Fall homage, “How I Wrote How I Wrote Elastic Man (Cock & Bull),” and a wry nod to Albini’s poker career, “WSOD”—otherwise known as “The World Series of Dick-Sucking.” Read Grayson Haver Currin’s Afterword “Steve Albini Did the Work.”