09/17 RECAP

Hello Wet Thudders, it's time once again for your recap of the best new albums, songs, and videos to drop over the past month. Enjoy.

#ALBUMS
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM / THE LEMON TWIGS / MOGWAI / THE NATIONAL / ROSTAM

#SONGS
BATHS / BURIAL / DESTROYER / FIRST AID KIT / FOUR TET / GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR / JESSIE WARE / KELELA / LUNICE X LE1F X SOPHIE X S-TYPE / NAO / SHAMIR / ST. VINCENT / SZA / THE XX

#VIDEOS
ALVVAYS / ARIEL PINK / BECK / BELLE AND SEBASTIAN / BJÖRK / CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG / GRIZZLY BEAR / JULIEN BAKER / JUSTICE / KING KRULE / KURT VILE X COURTNEY BARNETT / LANA DEL REY / LEONARD COHEN / MOUNT KIMBIE / ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER X IGGY POP / PEACHES / PERFUME GENIUS / POND / RADIOHEAD / TED LEO



#ALBUMS

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: LCD Soundsystem American Dream (DFA/Columbia)

Standouts: "Call The Police", "American Dream", "Tonite", "How Do You Sleep?"

The Lemon Twigs Brothers Of Destruction EP (4AD)

Standouts: "Beautiful", "Night Song", "Why Didn't You Say That?"

Mogwai Every Country's Sun (Rock Action)

Standouts: "Party In The Dark", "Coolverine"

The National Sleep Well Beast (4AD)

Standouts: "The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness", "Guilty Party", "Carin At The Liquor Store", "Day I Die"

Rostam Half-Light (Nonesuch)

Standouts: "Gwan", "Bike Dream", "EOS", "Half-Light" f. Kelly Zutrau, "Don't Let It Get To You", "Wood"

#SONGS

Baths "Yeoman" (Anticon)
From the forthcoming album Romaplasm, out November 17



Burial "Rodent" (Hyperdub)
Digital and vinyl single out now



Destroyer "Tinseltown Swimming In Blood" (Merge)
From the forthcoming album ken, out October 20



First Aid Kit "It's A Shame" (Columbia)
From a forthcoming, as-of-yet untitled album



Four Tet "Scientists" (Text)
From the album New Energy, out now



Godspeed You! Black Emperor "Anthem For No State, Pt. III" (Constellation)
From the album Luciferian Towers, out now



Jessie Ware "Alone" (Island)
From the forthcoming album Glasshouse, out October 20



Kelela "Frontline" (Warp)
From the forthcoming album Take Me Apart, out October 6



Lunice x Le1f x SOPHIE x S-Type "Drop Down" (LuckyMe)
From the album CCCLX, out now



Nao "Nostalgia" (Little Tokyo)
Digital single out now



Shamir "90's Kids" (Father/Daughter)
From the forthcoming album Revelations, out November 3



St. Vincent "Los Ageless" (Loma Vista)
From the forthcoming album MASSEDUCTION, out October 13



SZA "Quicksand" (RCA)
From the soundtrack Insecure: Music from the HBO Original Series, Season 2, out now



The xx "On Hold" (Jamie xx remix) (Young Turks)
Digital single out now



#VIDEOS

Alvvays "Dreams Tonite" (Royal Mountain)

Ariel Pink "Time To Live" (Mexican Summer)

Beck "Up All Night" (Capitol)

Belle and Sebastian "We Were Beautiful" (Matador)

Björk "The Gate" (One Little Indian)

Charlotte Gainsbourg "Deadly Valentine" (Because)

Grizzly Bear "Losing All Sense" (RCA)

Julien Baker "Appointments" (Matador)

Justice "Pleasure" (Ed Banger)

King Krule "Dum Surfer" (XL)

Kurt Vile x Courtney Barnett "Continental Breakfast" (Matador/Marathon/Milk!)

Lana Del Rey "White Mustang" (Interscope)

Leonard Cohen "Leaving The Table" (Columbia)

Mount Kimbie "Four Years And One Day" (Warp)

Oneohtrix Point Never x Iggy Pop "The Pure And The Damned" (Warp)

Peaches "Dumb Fuck" (I U She)

Perfume Genius "Wreath" (Matador)

Pond "Colder Than Ice" (Marathon)

Radiohead "Lift" (XL)

Ted Leo "Can't Go Back" (self-released)