Release Surfer – The most interesting releases of the week – 10/22

With hundreds of new releases every week, it's increasingly difficult to decide what to listen to and what to leave by the wayside.
This new OndaRock column will accompany you every Thursday to help you choose which waves to ride in the sea of albums coming out the following day.

William Basinski — Passing The Cup Of Sorrows (ambient) – Ambient and experimental music built from a handful of piano phrases and a thin layer of electronics. The American musician digs inside himself and finds the abyss.

Wolves In The Throne Room – Estuary (black metal) – Five years after the solid "Primordial Arcana", one of the key names in the cascadian black metal scene returns. Solemnity and magical atmospheres among the forests of the American northwest.

Michael Kiwanuka – Fudge (psychedelic soul, rock) – The announcement of Michael Kiwanuka's fifth album came alongside the revelation of a serious stroke suffered by the British singer-songwriter over the past year. Because of his rehabilitation we won't be seeing him live anytime soon, but as he strongly wished, we can already enjoy 12 brand new tracks that promise to be as warm and soulful as ever.

Anderson .Paak & Cordae – Heavy Is The Crown (hip-hop, contemporary r&b, funk) – There's real brotherhood between the two artists, the super-producer and multi-instrumentalist .Paak and the Grammy-nominated rapper Cordae, behind the most anticipated collaborative album of the year in Black music circles. While we wait, do you recognize the reference on the cover?

Future Utopia – Being Human (neo-psychedelia, hip-hop) – The singles from the third album by the English outfit led by super-producer Fraser T. Smith promise a reflection on what it means to be human in the age of the hyper-digital revolution. Based on what we've heard so far, hip-hop and neo-psychedelia seem to be enjoying a genuine love affair on this record.

Ghostemane – AM:FM (cloud rap, trap metal) – After five years of silence, the West Palm Beach adept returns to summon the ghosts that made him unique: underground rap at its roots, metal, hardcore, goth and industrial all fuse together in a dark ritual.

The Olivia Tremor Control – The Same Place (neo-psychedelia, psychedelic pop) – A sonic testament: Will Hart and Bill Doss recorded fragments in different houses, decades apart. An album that is a medium, a ritual of communication with the afterlife, one last transmission from a place that no longer exists.

Aurat – Silhouette (darkwave, EBM) – The Los Angeles project, whose name carries the Urdu word for "woman", carves out sonic shadows between post-punk, darkwave and electronics, powered by Azeka Kamal's formidable voice.

Gus Dapperton – 4 Dear Life (bedroom pop, synth-pop) – For his fourth album, producer, multi-instrumentalist and model Gus Dapperton went back to producing far from major labels and compromises. The artist has promised a record geared toward clubbing, a result of his recent DJ sets in New York, while also tackling weighty themes like the tyranny of patriarchy and the defense of gender freedom.

Fenne Lily – Win Win (indie-folk, singer-songwriter) – The fourth album from the Dorset singer-songwriter marks her move from Dead Oceans to Nettwerk. Judging by the singles, this sounds like another intimate, close-knit record, but one also touched by country influences, perhaps a consequence of it being recorded, and partly written, in the United States.

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