Out this Week…

COURTNEY BARNETT
END OF THE DAY LP

Comprising 17 seamless improvisations which were originally created as part of score to the documentary ‘Anonymous Club’, ‘End Of The Day’ is a meditative, slow-burning and beautiful record, prioritising atmosphere, tone and texture over traditional song structures and melodic hooks. It’s a fearless and stunning turn for an artist who built her formidable reputation through profound lyricism and riff-based fireworks.

END OF THE DAY LP – Tracklist

1. Start Somewhere / 02. Life Balance / 03. First Slow / 04. A to B / 05. (Electricity) / 06. Two Circles Reflecting / 07. End Of The Day / 08. Floating Down / 09. Spring Ascends / 10. Intro / 11. B to C / 12. Gold Room / 13. Sun Through / 14. River / 15. Get On With It / 16. Eternity Repeat

Label: MILK!

ROMY
MID AIR

Mid Air is an album about celebration, sanctuary and salvation on the dance floor. It’s an album that deals with love, grief, relationships, identity and sexuality and is a love letter to the queer clubs where Romy found community and connection. It’s a coming-out album in a way, but it’s also a coming-through album – through grief and heartache, towards euphoria.

Mid Air sees Romy working alongside producers Fred again.. and Stuart Price, as well as her bandmate Jamie xx on recent single “Enjoy Your Life”. Also featuring the previous single (and crossover anthem) “Strong”, Mid Air is the perfect encapsulation of a sound Romy describes as “emotional music to dance to”. It’s a sound that’s set to unify dancefloors, distilling Romy’s love of club classics and classic song writing and finding the sweet spot between euphoria, escapism, sadness and melancholy.

Available on limited neon pink coloured vinyl.

CD / LP / LTD LP 

MID AIR – Tracklist:

1. Loveher / 02. Weightless / 03. The Sea / 04. One Last Try / 05. DMC / 06. Strong ft. Fred again.. / 07. Twice / 08. Did I / 09. Mid Air ft. Beverly Glenn-Copeland / 10. Enjoy Your Life / 11. She’s on My Mind

Label: YOUNG

ANJIMILE
THE KING

“If Giver Taker was an album of prayers, The King is an album of curses”.  In his second album, Anjimile continues exploring what it means to be a black trans person in America.  The brutally honest reflection of 2020’s deadly summer is less reminiscent of the pink cloud of early sobriety and more rooted in the reality of seeing brutality with clear eyes.  Drawing from influences ranging from religion, Phillip Glass, and lived experiences, the album is a grand step forward for Anjimile.

Nearly every sound you hear on The King comes from two instruments: an acoustic guitar and Anjimile’s own voice.  Other than a few beautiful contributions from Justine Bowe, Brad Allen Williams, Sam Gendel, and James Krivchenia (Big Thief), the album is the result of a year in LA working intimately with Grammy and Juno winner Shawn Everett.

Available on limited yellow coloured vinyl.

CD / LP / LTD LP 

THE KING – Tracklist:

1. The King / 02. Mother / 03. Anybody / 04. Genesis / 05. Animal / 06. Father / 07. Harley / 08. Black Hole / 09. I Pray / 10. The Right

Label: 4AD

BAR ITALIA
TRACEY DENIM LP

‘Tracey Denim’ was recorded and produced by bar italia with mixing from Marta Salogni. It features the single “Nurse!” which was released in March to acclaim, and described as “a hypnotic post-punk ballad” (The Guardian) and “narcotically arresting” (Pitchfork).

Over the last two years, bar italia have released two albums, an EP and several singles on Dean Blunt’s World Music label, leading to much word-of-mouth, sold out headline shows, and festival performances at Pitchfork Music Festival London, by:Larm, OUT.FEST, Le Guess Who?, and End Of The Road.

LP 

TRACEY DENIM LP – Tracklist:

1. guard / 02. Nurse! / 03. punkt / 04. my kiss era / 05. F.O.B / 06. Missus Morality / 07. yes i have eaten so many lemons yes i am so bitte / 08. changer / 09. Horsey Girl Rider / 10. NOCD / 11. best in show / 12. Clark / 13. harpee / 14. Friends / 15. maddington

Label: MATADOR

FRIENDLY FIRES
FRIENDLY FIRES (15TH ANNIVERSARY) LIMITED LP

‘Friendly Fires’ was the debut album from the St Albans-three piece, Ed McFarlane, Edd Gibson and Jack Savidge. Featuring hit singles ‘Jump In the Pool’ and ‘Paris’, it was an era-defining record. It launched the band to huge critical and commercial success, nominated for The Mercury Prize and a Brit Award.

The LP is now reissued for its 15th Anniversary on silver vinyl.

LTD LP 

FRIENDLY FIRES (15TH ANNIVERSARY) LIMITED LP – Tracklist:

1. Jump In The Pool / 02. In The Hospital / 03. Paris / 04. White Diamonds / 05. Strobe / 06. On Board / 07. Lovesick / 08. Skeleton Boy / 09. Photobooth / 10. Ex Lover

Label: XL

FRIENDLY FIRES
PARIS LIMITED 12″

Aeroplane’s remix of Friendly Fires’ ‘Paris’ has been out of print on vinyl for over a decade. A cover more than a remix, their version of Friendly Fires’ first big single was all over the radio waves when it was first released, surely due to its sweet female vocal provided by Au Revior Simone.

Now reissued for its 15th Anniversary on gold vinyl, the 12” also contains a remix by Justus Köhncke.

LTD 12″ 

PARIS LIMITED 12″ – Tracklist:

1. Paris (Aeroplane Remix) / B. Paris (Justus Kohncke Remix)

Label: XL

MUNA & PHOEBE BRIDGERS
SILK CHIFFON LIMITED 7″

This limited opaque pink 7″ of MUNA’s “Silk Chiffon” features the Electric Lady Studio Version. Recorded at the iconic New York studio and featuring Naomi singing Phoebe’s verse (a fan favourite!).

LTD 7″ 

SILK CHIFFON LIMITED 7″ – Tracklist

1. Silk Chiffon (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) / B. Silk Chiffon (Recorded At Electric Lady Studios)

Label: SADDEST FACTORY

SPARKLEHORSE
BIRD MACHINE

ANTI- Records is honored to share a never-before-heard album by Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse titled Bird Machine.

Originally recorded in 2010 and mixed by Mark Hamilton (who also worked on It’s A Wonderful Life), Mark’s brother Matt notes “great care has been taken to archive and preserve Mark’s music. We are very thankful for Mark and the beauty he brought to this world.”

Sparklehorse was an American indie rock band formed by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous in the mid-1990s. Born on September 9, 1962, in Arlington, Virginia, Linkous began playing music as a teenager.

Described as an artist who “compelled listeners to heed the beauty of darkness” by Pitchfork, Sparklehorse released many influential records, including the renowned albums Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot and Good Morning Spider in the ’90s, It’s A Wonderful Life and Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain in the early aughts, and a collaborative album Dark Night of the Soul released in 2010.

Throughout his career Mark collaborated with thought provoking artists like Vic Chesnutt, Daniel Johnston, Tom Waits, Danger Mouse, and David Lynch.

While Mark recorded in various studios, collaborating with other musicians and producers, he did much of his work in his home studio, Static King, often playing and recording everything on his own. He was “very much kind of a working-class guy with a very poetic sensibility, who was drawn to artists like himself, who worked in isolation,” said NPR Fresh Air’s Ken Tucker.

CD /LP 

BIRD MACHINE – Tracklist

1. It Will Never Stop / 02. Kind Ghosts / 03. Evening Star Supercharger / 04. O Child / 05. Falling Down / 06. I Fucked it Up / 07. Hello Lord / 08. Daddy’s Gone / 09. Chaos of the Universe / 10. Listening to the Higsons / 11. Everybody’s Gone to Sleep / 12. The Scull of Lucia / 13. Blue / 14. Stay

Label: ANTI-