Dig into this week’s Saturday Alternative playlist! The Fitting Room album was Francis Trouble by Albert Hammond Jr., out now on Red Bull Records.
The main inspiration behind Albert Hammond Jr.’s new album, Francis Trouble, is very heavy and very personal – that being the stillborn death of his twin brother, what he may have been like had he lived, and the sense that the two of them are still connected in some way. With such deep subject matter, it would be easy to go the direction of dark and somber, but that is far from the up-beat and bouncy guitar rock he delivers on his fourth solo album – everything we would hope for from the now iconic Strokes guitarist.
“What the music says may be serious, but as a medium it should not be questioned, analyzed or taken too seriously,” he said in a statement. And with that, we’re free to enjoy without the burden of carrying the weight of his experience.
—hour 1—
All Wordz Are Made Up – The Voidz – Virtue
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The Club – Hinds – I Don’t Run
Shark Smile – Big Thief – Capacity
Petals – TOPS – Sugar at the Gate
Never Took the Time – Whyte Horses – Empty Words
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No Time – Pocket Bells – Time
Slip Away – Perfume Genius – No Shape
Find Me – Porches – The House
Magnetism – Vacationer
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Postmodern Girl – Jeremy Messersmith – Late Stage Capitalism
Count To Five – Rhye – Blood
Getaway – Curtis Roush – Cosmic Campfire Music
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Tehigren – Bombino
other voices – LCD Soundsystem – american dream
—hour 2—
Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Polygondwandaland
The Man – Goat Girl – Goat Girl
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Sick In Bed – The Moondoggies
Watching From A Distance – David Ramirez – We’re Not Going Anywhere
Home Away From Home (feat. Laura Darlington) – Cut Chemist – Die Cut
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California Finally – La Luz – Floating Features
What’s Chasing You – Marlon Williams
From A Soon-To-Be-Ghost Town – Fruits Bats – Absolute Loser
Real Talk – Titus Andronicus – A Productive Cough
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Listening In – Dr. Dog – Critical Equation
Every 1’s a Winner – Ty Segall – Freedom’s Goblin
Does This Work For You – Moaning – Moaning
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Roses – Nap Eyes – I’m Bad Now
I’m Out Mine – Dommengang – Love Jail
—hour 3—
Wolfbite – Bat Fangs – Bat Fangs
Vamps – Prism Tats – Mamba
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Wide Awake – Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
Get Lost – Washed Out
Can I Sit Next to You – Spoon – Hot Thoughts
Birds – The Shacks – Haze
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—FITTING ROOM—
Dvsi – Albert Hammond Jr. – Francis Trouble
Far Away Truths – Albert Hammond Jr. – Francis Trouble
Tea For Two – Albert Hammond Jr. – Francis Trouble
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There’s a Light – Jonathan Wilson – Rare Birds
The Alien – Manchester Orchestra – A Black Mile To The Surface
Why – Animal Flag
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Sucker’s Prayer – The Decemberists – I’ll Be Your Girl
