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Purchase includes postcard signed by Dave Rowntree.Rowntree came to prominence as a founding member of the rock band Blur, one of the most successful British bands of the last two decades, Blur have won a total of five BRIT Awards, and were twice nominated for the Mercury Music Award. Announcing their debut album Leisure in 1991, Blur continued to revolutionise the sound of English popular music with second release Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993). Five successive UK #1 albums followed - with Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995) helping to propel the band to mass popularity in the UK and beyond. The eponymous Blur was released in 1997 and seventh album Think Tank (2003). In 2015 the band returned with The Magic Whip It was the band's first studio album in 12 years.The album received acclaim from music critics. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, marking Blur's sixth UK number-one album. It has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of over 100,000 copies.In recent years, his film and TV composing work has included soundtracks for Netflix sci-fi series The One and BBC One’s technological crime thriller The Capture.

A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing. Includes postcard signed by Sage Francis. Originally released in 2002, Personal Journals blindsided the music industry with the deeply revealing, confessional lyricism of DIY stalwart Sage Francis. One of the best selling indie-hip hop records of all time, Personal Journals lead the charge into a fresh new era for the underground music world. Since the release of PJ, Sage has released 3 LPs on Anti-/Epitaph Records, sold over 100,000 albums, started his own independent label Strange Famous Records, and dropped two projects with his group Epic Beard Men. SFR is proud to present the 20th Anniversary limited edition reissue of this genre-defining classic on colored vinyl, including a full-size 16-page booklet, featuring the full album lyrics reprinted for the first time, plus never-before-seen photos and the behind-the-scenes journal entries from the original CD version of the album.

CD includes insert signed by Dermot Kennedy.The announcement of Irish singer/songwriter Dermot Kennedy's sophomore album ‘Sonder’ has been anticipated by fans and critics alike since the global success of his million-selling #1 debut album ‘Without Fear.’ The title ‘Sonder’ defined as “the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own," is reflected in a body of work that will have fans enthralled from start to finish.

A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing. Purchase includes 4.5" square insert signed by Meechy Darko.Meechy Darko, an artist who has achieved both critical acclaim and commercial success as one-third of Brooklyn hip-hop group Flatbush Zombies, is well aware that the “crazy shit, crazy-colored hair, and psychedelics” of his group are imprinted in the brains of many fans, but on his solo debut album Gothic Luxury (executive produced by Dot Da Genius) there is a through line of brutal honesty and catharsis which prove him to be one of the rawest and most candid rappers in the game.

Insert signed by Luke Evans included in sealed CD.Luke Evans returns with his upcoming album A Song For You, including 12 beautiful covers and 2 original tracks. The originals 'Busy Breaking Yours' and 'Horizons Blue' are the first tracks Luke has written to be released and are co-writes with Amy Wadge - one of the UK's most successful contemporary songwriters with songs written for/with artists including John Legend, Kylie, Janelle Monae, Keith Urban, James Blunt, Dua Lipa, and of course her long established writing partnership with Ed Sheeran.

Purchase includes postcard signed by Larkin Poe.Blood Harmony affirms Larkin Poe as an essential force in shaping the identity of Southern rock‘n’roll, breathing new energy into the genre with both forward-thinking perspective and adecidedly feminine strength. In a departure from the self-contained approach of past albums like 2020’s Self Made Man–praised by American Songwriter as “pumped up for arena-sized consumption without compromising any of its stripped-down command and intensity”–Larkin Poe co-produced the new album alongside Texas-bred musician Tyler Bryant (also Rebecca’s husband). With Megan handling harmony vocals, lap steel, and resonator guitar and Rebecca on guitar and keys, Larkin Poe also enlisted members of their longtime live band, including drummer Kevin McGowan and bassist Tarka Layman. Mainly recorded at Rebecca and Tyler’s home studio, the result is an electrifying new work that fully harnesses the fiery vitality they’ve shown intouring across the globe, imbuing their songs with equal parts soulful sensitivity and thrilling ferocity. From the feverish guitar work of “Bad Spell” to the soul-stirring “Southern Comfort” and smoldering title track, Blood Harmony reveals a band in complete touch with their formidable intuition, their storytelling fortified with a blues-heavy sound that hits right in the heart.“When steering by your own stars, you never quite know where you’re going to wind up,” says Larkin Poe. “Our true north is unique to us, and in followin

Purchase includes postcard signed by Larkin Poe.Blood Harmony affirms Larkin Poe as an essential force in shaping the identity of Southern rock‘n’roll, breathing new energy into the genre with both forward-thinking perspective and adecidedly feminine strength. In a departure from the self-contained approach of past albums like 2020’s Self Made Man–praised by American Songwriter as “pumped up for arena-sized consumption without compromising any of its stripped-down command and intensity”–Larkin Poe co-produced the new album alongside Texas-bred musician Tyler Bryant (also Rebecca’s husband). With Megan handling harmony vocals, lap steel, and resonator guitar and Rebecca on guitar and keys, Larkin Poe also enlisted members of their longtime live band, including drummer Kevin McGowan and bassist Tarka Layman. Mainly recorded at Rebecca and Tyler’s home studio, the result is an electrifying new work that fully harnesses the fiery vitality they’ve shown intouring across the globe, imbuing their songs with equal parts soulful sensitivity and thrilling ferocity. From the feverish guitar work of “Bad Spell” to the soul-stirring “Southern Comfort” and smoldering title track, Blood Harmony reveals a band in complete touch with their formidable intuition, their storytelling fortified with a blues-heavy sound that hits right in the heart.“When steering by your own stars, you never quite know where you’re going to wind up,” says Larkin Poe. “Our true north is unique to us, and in followin

Purchase includes CD booklet signed by the Goo Goo Dolls.Marking the first album of their career to be produced by frontman John Rzeznik, the record finds the band at the top of their game and continuing to constantly evolve just as they have for nearly four decades together. Consisting of 10 tracks, Chaos in Bloom is an album of biting sarcasm, stadium-ready choruses, and the type of spear-sharp songwriting that’s led them to becoming one of the most influential alternative rock groups of all time.While Chaos in Bloom isn’t necessarily an album borne out by the pandemic, many of the tracks reflect on all of the things in daily life that became amplified while everyone was isolated from one another and sequestered at home. “Chaos in Bloom reminded us how special this whole thing is and to cherish the relationships that we have together,” says Rzeznik about the album. “Where we’ve been, and where we’re going.” Oscillating from personal reflections on the state of the world to societal commentaries, the songs on the album grapple with observations about our dystopian modernity while searching for optimism and pushing for a more empathetic world. “I’ve been trying to have a relationship with the bigger picture,” adds bassist and songwriter Robby Takac, “and refining happiness and what it means from that perspective.”To record the album, Rzeznik and Takac retreated to Dreamland Studios just outside Woodstock, New York during the pandemic. An environment as remote as it is rich wi

Purchase includes 5"x5" album art card signed by Richard Marx.

A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing. Purchase includes postcard signed by Mat Kerekes.Mat Kerekes, founder and vocalist of the band Citizen, has announced his upcoming solo LP called ‘Nova’, which will be released on August 5, 2022.The album’s title was inspired by two places - an early 2000s PC game and the state where he’s living. He’s been splitting time between his hometown Toledo, Ohio and Woodbridge in North Virginia—NoVa to locals. A rerelease of the fantasy hack-and-slash game Diablo 2 brought the second iteration with a character’s special attack called ‘frost nova.’ The stars had aligned: ‘Nova’ would be the next record.If this sounds like a shockingly chill way to name a record, that’s the point. The new album is brimming with imagination, humor, romance, balls, and whimsy. ‘Nova’ isn’t a record that feels like our grave, endlessly serious historical moment; it’s a record that escapes it.Kerekes recorded and engineered the record in the basement of his Virginia house, but after tracking drums he discovered a new pet peeve: his own drum style. To redo the drums, he called up his friend, Turnstile drummer Daniel Fang. The pair worked together over two days in Toledo with Steve Warstler, who mixed and mastered the record. At one point, Fang was blasting out drum fills while they were taking levels from his kit. Kerekes hit record. The result is track five, a nine-second percussion meltdown titled “Daniel Fang.” “I thought it was funny, so I put it on the r

A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing. Purchase includes postcard signed by Death Lens.Death Lens are an alternative/punk band from Los Angeles, CA who have become a staple of the DIY scene in LA. Over the years, they have built an impressive resume including a split EP with The Frights, shows with Enjoy, Cherry Glazerr, Together Pangea, Sad Girl, Jasper Bones, and Tijuana Panthers, press features with Discover Mag (U.K.), OC Weekly, ABC 7 San Diego, and numerous sync placements including the James Franco film Memoria, Vice's King of the Road, Vans, DC Shoes, GoPro, Tony Hawk's Ride Channel and more.

A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing. Purchase includes LP print signed by Nika. There is a way a voice can cut through the fascia of reality, cleaving through habit into the raw nerve of experience. Nika Roza Danilova, the singer, songwriter, and producer who since 2009 has released music as Zola Jesus, wields a voice that does that. When you hear it, it is like you are being summoned to a place that’s already wrapped inside you but obscured from conscious experience. This place has been buried because it tends to hold pain, but it’s also a gift, because once it’s opened, once you’re inside of it, it can show you the truth. Zola Jesus’s new album, Arkhon, finds new ways of loosing this submerged, stalled pain. On previous albums, Danilova had largely played the role of auteur, meticulously crafting every aspect of Zola Jesus’s sound and look. This time, she realized that her habitual need for control was sealing her out of her art. Arkhon sees Zola Jesus’s first collaboration with producer Randall Dunn (Sunn O))),Earth, Mandy soundtrack, Candyman soundtrack) and with drummer and percussionist Chamberlain, whose prior work appears on albums by Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie. Arkhon runs the spectrum from songs whose weight lies in their bare simplicity, like “Desire,” an elegiac piano composition about the end of a relationship that was recorded acoustically in a single take, to towering, groove-oriented tracks like “The Fall” and the tight, interlocking p

A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing. Purchase includes trading card signed by SURFING.The second S U R F I N G album, originally released in 2018. Mastered professionally and especially for vinyl at 24-bit, with a more dynamic range.

Purchase includes postcard signed by Joe Satriani.It moves, it swings, it rocks! Satriani and his touring band, who all recorded remotely in separate areas of the world during lockdown, deliver an album-length journey that never dulls. The Elephants of Mars crackles with an exciting new energy, briskly traveling through stylistic roads that feel freshly updated, viewed through new eyes.The guitarist had an aim to create a “new standard” when it came to crafting an instrumental guitar record. He strove to openly challenge himself to move away from what he describes as “the classic rock” tone of the past few albums he’s put out, replacing that with a new platform of his own design. “I do want to show people that the instrumental guitar album can contain far more complexity of creative elements than I think people are using right now.”From the gripping, sci-fi madness of “Through A Mother’s Day Darkly,” to the isolation felt in a decaying urban landscape, as depicted in “Sahara”, to the general endorphin levels that peak as the elephants finally roar in the title track, The Elephants of Mars will stampede across your mind, leaving a sonic imprint that doesn’t fade.Thanks to the pandemic removing all time constraints, The Elephants of Mars truly represents the album that Satriani himself hoped he could deliver with his band. And ultimately, The Elephants of Mars stands as one of the most intriguing and interesting albums of Satriani’s career.“We did everything. We tried the crazi

Purchase includes 5"x5" album art card signed by Rex Orange County.WHO CARES? is the eagerly anticipated new album from Rex Orange County. This new album was announced and launched with the single, and video, “KEEP IT UP.”WHO CARES? was made in close partnership with musician Benny Sings, over the course of a few sessions in Sings’ Amsterdam studio. After spending the bulk of 2020 quarantined back home in the UK due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Rex made the trek to Amsterdam that fall to record with Sings. What started as sessions without expectations turned into an incredibly productive 48-hour window of recording with Benny, prompting a follow-up trip to Amsterdam. The subsequent 10 days of work together produced his fourth album, made in close partnership with Benny, that is a playful record by an artist in a playful mood. The album also finds Rex reunited with Tyler, The Creator, who contributes a verse to "OPEN A WINDOW," which marks the first time the two have collaborated since Tyler's 2017 album Flower Boy.WHO CARES? is Rex’s first studio album since 2019’s critically acclaimed album, PONY.

A Newbury Comics / Impericon exclusive color vinyl pressing. Purchase includes postcard signed by the band.Recorded at Jukasa Studios (February 1 to 4, June 1 to July 10, 2021) on the traditional territory of Haudenosunee Peoples, located on Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve (Ohsweken, ON, Canada).

A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing. Purchase includes LP insert signed by the band. Every Lucius song is an act of enchantment, a spell cast by the indelibly harmonized voices of Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig. Onstage, the performance becomes an invitation to be witness to their transformation; the dance between two individuals becoming one voice, one vision and bound by psychic symmetry. And while the effect of this spectacle is hypnotic and gloriously strange, the songwriting continues to be the hand that reaches out from behind the curtain to hold the audience, bringing together everything that makes you nostalgic for the past, while looking to the future. After spending 4 years touring their critically-acclaimed albums Wildewoman and Good Grief with bandmates Dan Molad and Peter Lalish, they toured the world singing on Roger Waters’ Us and Them Tour. Lucius continue to earn adoration from fellow musicians, with Wolfe and Laessig lending their vocals to albums by artists as eclectic as Nathaniel Rateliff, Harry Styles, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, Ozzy Osborne and The Killers. Second Nature is the 4th LP from Lucius, out in April 2022 with Mom + Pop record. The album was produced by multi-grammy winners Dave Cobb and Brandi Carlile and follows on the success of 2013's Wildewoman, 2016's Good Grief, and 2018's Nudes. The album was written by Lucius and a team of collaborating writers including writer/producer Jenn Decilveo, Lori McKenna, Trent Dabbs, and Eli Teplin

'Tall Poppies' black and red vinyl pressing packaged in a numbered, screen-printed sleeve exclusive to Newbury Comics signed by the band.Yard Act formed in Leeds in September 2019 when Ryan Needham found himself temporarily living in James Smith's spare bedroom. Settling into a system of programming, looping and layering, the alchemy between the two created a base from which to build their complex and ever expanding narrative world. “Ryan is a vibe guy, whereas I overthink everything,” laughs Smith. “It’s been the greatest creative partnership I've ever had. When you find a groove that works, it just kind of looks after itself.”With just three hometown shows under their belt, world events intervened. But rather than letting the pandemic derail them Yard Act set up their own imprint, Zen F.C. and across the course of 2020 and into early 2021 released four increasingly coruscating, hilariously dark singles.Now expanded to a four-piece, joined by Sam Shjipstone (guitar) and Jay Russell (drums), they’ve announced their debut album “The Overload”, set for release on 7th January 2022. Their inherent wit has been sharpened down into something that speaks to the times we live in, creating a statement of intent that survives on nuance, that manages to poke fun at society without punching down from a place of left-wing superiority or right-wing anger. The Overload is a political record, but in the same way that all great observations of human nature are – a messy, complex, knowingly hy

A Newbury Comics exclusive picture disc vinyl pressing with exclusive b-side image. Purchase includes 24"x36" poster signed by George Clanton. Pulling from a much larger cache of influences, "Slide" effortlessly slips between genres throughout, even multiple times per track, while still sounding grounded. "Slide" is proof that George Clanton cannot make an experimental album. This is a new form of pop music - simple and nostalgic, and at the same time fresh and exciting.

Purchase includes CD booklet signed by the band.Bullet For My Valentine's self-titled album is their 7th full length studio album. The follow up to 2018's Gravity, the new record features the recent singles “Knives,“ ”Parasite,” ”Rainbow Veins,” and “Shatter.”Matt Tuck  began writing the album in September 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic brought things screeching to a halt in early 2020. But in June 2020, Tuck and long-time producer, Carl  Brown, who co-produced the band’s 2015 album,  Venom,  and produced and mixed Gravity, picked up the pace again. Together, they hunkered down at Treehouse Studio in Chesterfield, where the remainder of the album was written.

Purchase includes 4.75"x4.75" postcard signed by Tom Morello. Featuring a jaw dropping cast of collaborators, Tom Morello’s “The Atlas Underground Fire” is the follow up to the Rage Against The Machine guitarist’s groundbreaking 2018 album, “The Atlas Underground.” Morello’s insane guitar playing is on full display taking the instrument into the future and forging an alternative/rock/EDM masterpiece with all-time legends and cutting edge firebrands.

Purchase includes LP jacket signed by Superchunk.From Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan: "We recorded Here’s to Shutting Up in the Cabbagetown neighborhood of Atlanta at Zero Return, the studio built by Brian and Rob (aka Birdstuff and Coco the Electronic Monkey Wizard) of Man or Astro-man? Brian Paulson came with us to produce it. The studio itself was amazing. We also slept there in a dorm-like setting and stayed up too late. We had some great guest players on the record including the first appearance of a pedal steel on a Superchunk album, played by John Neff of Athens band Japancakes. Local Chris Lopez (The Rock*A*Teens) came over to sing backup vocals on “Art Class (Song for Yayoi Kusama).” I asked him to sing harmonies on the chorus and he was like, “Harmonies? Oh, I can’t sing harmonies.” I still don’t believe him."2021 reissue pressing packaged in jacket with printed vellum overwrap, includes bonus CD with 13 acoustic demos and a digital download.

Purchase includes CD booklet signed by the band.Swedish Death Metal Legends UNLEASHED are back to defend their throne! With the release of their 14th full length studio album No Sign Of Life on November 12 2021, the Death Metal pioneers that influenced a whole musical genre deliver another work of sheer brutality. Formed back in 1989 by Johnny Hedlund, UNLEASHED have been delivering supreme Death Metal in the sign of their Viking ancestors from day one! The Einherjar legions of Asgard transfer Viking values and traditions into modernity and forge another uncompromising musical weapon. The rage paves its way straight from the first notes of the album opener “The King Lost His Crown” and leaves no time to breathe during the entire playing time. The album unfolds as an unstoppable war battalion and builds up on UNLEASHED’s well established trademark sounds and lyrics. Accompanied by shouts hailing Odin, heavy guitar riffs take no prisoners on “The Highest Ideal”, until the album finds a glorious end on “Here at the End of the World”. The Chief Vikings of Swedish Death Metal manage to play modern sounding old school Death Metal and leave no doubt that they are still true to their roots after 32 years of existence. UNLEASHED are and stay the unchallenged leaders of Sweden’s Death Metal forefathers. Hail Odin!

Sealed CD includes insert signed by FINNEAS. Optimist is the debut full-length album from Grammy-award winning producer FINNEAS, featuring the new single "The 90s".

Purchase includes 9.5"x14" poster signed by Chris Daughtry, folded for shipping. Daughtry has been one of the most visible and best selling rock bands of the 21st Century. Dearly Beloved is their sixth full-length release and follows the success of their 2018 album, "Cage To Rattle". The new album features the singles “World On Fire” and “Heavy is The Crown”.

A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing. Purchase includes postcard signed by Chris LoPorto. Ultimately, Can't Swim feel that Change of Plans is "the most Can't Swim record yet." LoPorto says, "All of our endeavours as a band have led us to make what I think is the most honest and transparent album in our discography. We spent way less time recording what we thought we should be writing and put down whatever came naturally. The recording process was certainly the easiest to date as well — we knew what we wanted going into it. I'm constantly writing songs and some of the tracks on Change of Plans have been in the demo stage for almost four years now so it feels great to finally have them all together on one release." Change of Plans was produced, mixed, and mastered by Will Putney (A Day to Remember, Every Time I Die, Body Count, Knocked Loose) of Graphic Nature Audio and is the culmination of everything Can't Swim have been building and exploring over the last six years, combining their signature visceral lyricism and cathartic rock sound with influences ranging from the worlds of folk to EDM. One could say it's a little bit of everything all rolled into one, and in a way, that's true. When life is more unpredictable than ever, Can't Swim are striking the perfect balance of hope and realism by writing songs that embrace the chaos of life. They want to find and harness a vibe that makes living a bit easier for everyone, and with each release, they're getting closer to

Purchase includes postcard signed by Debbie Gibson. Debbie Gibson is releasing her first pop album in 20 years on August 20th entitled "The Body Remembers". This 14 song collection is a well rounded combination of dance/pop, pop/rock, and ballads including a re-imagined version of her mega-hit 'Lost In Your Eyes' with Joey McIntyre. Her musical contributors on this new release range from Grammy award winning DJ Tracy Young, to Emmy Award winning composer/producer/Cinderella drummer Fred Coury, Former Guns n Roses guitarist DJ Ashba and, iconic mixers Josh Gudwin and Brian Malouf. This album also marks the debut of 19 year old musical prodigy Sean Thomas, a recent Berklee graduate who is Debbie's producing partner on the majority of songs.

Purchase includes postcard signed by Jinjer.Through their relentless hard work, non-stop touring and critically acclaimed/chart-topping releases gaining them over 250 million cross-platform streams/views – JINJER are inarguably one of modern metal's hottest and most exciting bands active today. The band has become synonymous with doing things their own way and breaking every rule in the heavy metal handbook, which is keenly evident on their highly anticipated fourth studio album and follow up to the groundbreaking Macro album, Wallflowers. The new album not only presents a methodical and premeditated next step in the band's already imposing career, but moreover, it mirrors the personal adversities they’ve faced due to the worldwide events over the last year. Wallflowers is not only an upgrade to the progressive groove metal sound that all JINJER fans crave, but also a sonic pressure cooker of technical musicianship, emotional fury and an intense soundtrack befitting the harrowing state of the world today. Hailing from the conflict-ridden Ukrainian region of Donetsk but now calling Kiev their home base, JINJER truly do not mince words – or riffs – on Wallflowers. Their exceptional precision of modern metal paired with tough as nails attitude has earned them a fiercely loyal, rabid fanbase and massive critical acclaim, making JINJER one of the most talked about bands today and garnering them many sold out performances across the globe. With nearly all of JINJER’s releases compo

Purchase includes postcard signed by Hanson.Against The World is HANSON’s 7th studio project featuring entirely new music, and their 13th release since their major debut in 1997. This highly anticipated project, released as seven monthly consecutive singles, features a wide range of influences across the spectrum of pop and rock, while accentuating the band’s signature traits, with strong melody, harmony and refined song craftsmanship.Tracks range across the spectrum of pop and rock, from the inviting and rhythmic Paul Simon influenced first single “Annalie”, to the power-pop guitar lead “Don’t Ever Change” featuring Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick making a guest appearance lead guitar, “Fearless” which tips it’s hat to the symphonic work of the band’s previous project String Theory and “Only Love” which highlights the band’s Americana and Gospel influences with intimate story-telling and soulful harmonies

Purchase includes CD booklet signed by the band.Over the course of their career, the Grammy-nominated Barenaked Ladies has sold 15 million records worldwide and built up an arsenal of hits such as "If I Had $1,000,000," "One Week," "Pinch Me" and "The Big Bang Theory Theme." Widely acknowledged as one of the best live acts on the planet, the BNL was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame during 2018. As Ed Robertson, Jim Creeggan, Tyler Stewart and Kevin Hearn put it on Detour de Force, "Wasn't easy but it turned out alright/Wouldn't trade it for another...You don't wanna miss this mutha."Detour de Force is led by the buoyant and sonically adventurous first single “Flip,” which reflects the many flips and changes of the last year. It’s a song that Ed says, "is about being open to other perspectives. We try to write songs that move us, that are big. I think this is a song that’s going to be a real energy moment in the live show.”Following with standout tracks “New Disaster” and “Good Life,” Detour de Force is Barenaked ladies at its most ambitious, accomplished, intricate, intentional -- and, in some ways, circumstantial. The good news is that it's BNL's most broad-reaching and diverse work to date.Detour de Force is Barenaked Ladies’ 16th studio album and is being released on Raisin’ Records, which is distributed by MRI.