Best Releases of February!
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Monday, 3 February
Jazztick – Super Jazztikong Country
$20 USD
88:36
VGM fusion
Santiago, Chile
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. 01.- Intro [01:21]
2. 02.- Title Theme [02:10]
3. 03.- Simian Segue [02:51]
4. 04.- Snakey Chantey [02:54]
5. 05.- Hot Head Pop [03:35]
6. 06.- Lockjaw’s Saga [03:13]
7. 07.- Aquatic Ambiance [05:17]
8. 08.- Jib Jig [02:40]
9. 09.- Crocodile Island [02:58]
10. 10.- Mining Melancholy [03:36]
11. 11.- Bayou Boogie [04:45]
12. 12.- Flight of the Zinger [04:19]
13. 13.- In a Snowbound Land [04:51]
14. 14.- Bonus Room Blitz [02:41]
15. 15.- Fear Factory [03:26]
16. 16.- Forest Interlude [04:46]
17. 17.- Stickerbush [05:14]
18. 18.- Life in the Mines [03:40]
19. 19.- Boss Bossanova [02:35]
20. 20.- Krook March [04:03]
21. 21.- Crocodile Cacophony [03:32]
22. 22.- Funky’s Fugue [04:36]
23. 23.- DK Island Swing [04:11]
24. 24.- Gang Plank Galleon [04:17]
25. 25.- Ending Jazztikong [01:05]
Friday, 7
Naya Ali – We Did the Damn Thing
$11 CAD
33:13
hip-hop
Montréal, Québec
Bonsound
Tracklist (click to display)1. Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson – Jericho (Break) [01:24]
2. The Heist [03:24]
3. Turning Tables [03:19]
4. Open Fire [03:00]
5. Life – Interlude [00:43]
6. Life [03:28]
7. Addis Kids – Interlude [00:20]
8. It’s Us (Flowers To The Rain) [02:19]
9. Catch a Vibe [03:10]
10. More Life, Less Names [02:52]
11. Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz – Stunt Like an Immigrant [03:04]
12. The Seeds – Interlude [00:21]
13. What’s The Move [03:00]
14. Freedom Creepin’ (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé) [02:49]
Eigenstate Zero – Shape of God, Thought of Sun
€8 EUR
73:12
progressive metal
Stockholm, Sweden
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. A Peculiar Void [07:41]
2. Pandemagogue [11:04]
3. The Tellurian Yoke [10:41]
4. Fearestrial [10:31]
5. Trope Controller [10:20]
6. Dark Entity Seal [10:42]
7. Psychocracy [12:13]
Jinjer – Duél
$9.49 USD
42:49
metalcore
Ukraine
Napalm
Tracklist (click to display)1. Tantrum [03:59]
2. Hedonist [03:45]
3. Rogue [03:12]
4. Tumbleweed [03:21]
5. Green Serpent [04:01]
6. Kafka [04:09]
7. Dark Bile [03:40]
8. Fast Draw [03:13]
9. Someone’s Daughter [04:17]
10. A Tongue So Sly [04:24]
11. Duél [04:48]
ኩቱ – ማርዳ
32:07
world fusion
France
Naive
Pneu – Get Old or Die Tryin’
€7 EUR
31:32
mathcore
France
Head
Tracklist (click to display)1. Puissance Invitante [03:32]
2. Mort Aux Chats [02:44]
3. Faire Croire Que [01:11]
4. Intelligence Supérieure [01:38]
5. Matière Très Très Grise [01:29]
6. Getting Old [05:08]
7. Musique [03:37]
8. La Paix Inférieure [01:39]
9. Parcourstup [03:24]
10. Egyptocratie Numéraire [03:36]
11. L’Offre Culturelle [03:34]
Saor – Amidst the Ruins
$9.99 USD
58:52
atmospheric black metal
Scotland, UK
Season of Mist
Tracklist (click to display)1. Amidst the Ruins [12:40]
2. Echoes of the Ancient Land [11:41]
3. Glen of Sorrow [12:04]
4. The Sylvan Embrace [08:18]
5. Rebirth [14:09]
Squid – Cowards
£9 GBP
44:59
post-punk
London, UK
Warp
Tracklist (click to display)1. Crispy Skin [06:19]
2. Building 650 [03:51]
3. Blood on the Boulders [05:46]
4. Fieldworks I [02:23]
5. Fieldworks II [03:19]
6. Cro-Magnon Man [04:07]
7. Cowards [05:51]
8. Showtime! [05:08]
9. Well Met (Fingers Through The Fence) [08:15]
Tumbleweed Dealer – Dark Green
$8 USD
39:33
progressive stoner metal
Montréal, Québec
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. A Distant Figure In The Fog [02:52]
2. Sparks Adrift In The Louisiana Nightsky [03:36]
3. A Plant That Thinks It’s Human [03:31]
4. Becoming One With The Bayou [03:21]
5. Dragged Across The Wetlands [02:56]
6. Dark Green [04:51]
7. Ghosts Dressed In Weeds [05:16]
8. Moss On The Mind [03:04]
9. Body Of The Bog [06:25]
10. A Soul Made Of Sludge [03:41]
Unrequited – A Pathway to the Moon
$6.99 USD
43:04
blackgaze
Canada
Prophecy
Tracklist (click to display)1. Overture: I Disintegrate [02:19]
2. The Antimatter [10:34]
3. The Starforger [08:04]
4. Void Essence – Frozen Tears [09:07]
5. Into the Starlit Beyond [05:23]
6. Celestial Sleep [01:49]
7. Departure: Everlasting Dream [05:48]
Years & Years – Polari
40:09
electro-pop
London, UK
Polydor
Sunday, 9
Continuum of Xul – Voratore
€8 EUR
39:00
blackened death metal
Italy
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Kadhoth [01:53]
2. The pillars of creation [03:34]
3. 180 – N.O.X. Formulae [03:51]
4. Hellspawn in aeternum [03:49]
5. No praise for your saviour [03:16]
6. The dark star [05:07]
7. Key of the universe [04:50]
8. Conjuration through obscurity [03:50]
9. Evestrum (Shades of night) [03:30]
10. Yawning void of Naxyr [05:20]
Wednesday, 12
Volatile Ways – Perfect Dark
$7 AUD
24:27
deathcore
Newcastle, Australia
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. God Will Be Cut [03:18]
2. The Invocation Of Doom [03:26]
3. Pink Mist Wish List [03:37]
4. Televised Suicide ft. Bec of Terminal Sleep [03:44]
5. Ultraviolence [01:16]
6. Motherless [05:02]
7. Perfect Dark [04:04]
Friday, 14
Cope Land – Expire
$10 CAD
39:40
jazz fusion
Montréal, Québec
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Attention Span [03:40]
2. Tombée [03:29]
3. A Cage [04:40]
4. Breathe [03:51]
5. Limbo (interlude) [01:01]
6. MIA [04:12]
7. Shame [03:49]
8. Heartbeat [04:06]
9. Enfin [03:46]
10. Sanctuary (interlude) [00:34]
11. False Sanctuary [02:56]
12. Real Life Video Game [03:36]
Claudia Döffinger & Torso ventuno – Nachtwache
€9 EUR
56:16
big band jazz
Cologne, Germany
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Nachtwache [06:11]
2. Zlatorog [05:26]
3. What You Want [08:58]
4. Smoke [08:18]
5. Humbug [06:13]
6. Cover to Cover [07:30]
7. 2192 days [08:00]
8. Asparagus [05:40]
Fernie – Hopeless Dreams
$6.99 CAD
20:53
soul
Montréal, Québec
Secret City
Tracklist (click to display)1. Hopeless Dreams [02:53]
2. Valhalla [02:33]
3. Pain [04:02]
4. Open Season [03:03]
5. Bones & All [03:52]
6. White Wine [02:33]
7. Incendies (Outro) [01:57]
Pattern-Seeking Animals – Friend of All Creatures
£7 GBP
52:00
progressive rock
California
GEP
Tracklist (click to display)1. Future Perfect World [09:38]
2. Another Holy Grail [12:20]
3. Down The Darkest Road [04:34]
4. In My Dying Days [04:42]
5. The Seventh Sleeper [08:11]
6. Days We’ll Remember [03:54]
7. Words Of Love Evermore [08:41]
Friday, 21
Cross Bringer – Healismus aeternus
€7 EUR
27:23
blackened hardcore
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Desolation Hypnosis [05:08]
2. Metamorphosis [06:05]
3. Structural Imbalance [06:17]
4. The Vessel [03:52]
5. Perpetual Servantship [06:01]
Empyrean Chimes – Empyrean Chimes
$7 USD
33:02
post-prog
Portland, Oregon
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Beyond The Crystal Sphere [09:57]
2. Elysian Traversal [05:30]
3. Beams To Eternity [12:58]
4. Hypergeometry [04:37]
Mandrake Handshake – Earth-Sized Worlds
£8 GBP
50:44
krautrock
London, UK
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Time Goes Up [05:05]
2. Hypersonic Super-Asterid [08:33]
3. Charlie’s Comet [03:51]
4. The Change And The Changing [05:14]
5. Lorenzo’s Desk [03:38]
6. King Cnut [04:46]
7. Barranmode [04:54]
8. Find The Tree and Dig (Deep)! [05:10]
9. Earth-Sized Worlds [09:33]
Maud the Moth – The Distaff
£7 GBP
41:22
art pop
Edinburgh, UK
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Canto de enramada [01:19]
2. A temple by the river [05:19]
3. Exuviae [04:03]
4. Burial of the patriarchs [04:31]
5. Siphonophores [05:21]
6. Despeñaperros [09:41]
7. O rubor [01:18]
8. Fiat lux [04:04]
9. Kwisatz Haderach [05:46]
Josh Meader Trio – Tides of Time
$16 AUD
55:34
jazz fusion
Sydney, Australia
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Ultraviolet [07:13]
2. Eclipse [05:31]
3. Energy [06:01]
4. The Core [01:52]
5. Belmont Peak [05:08]
6. Dark Summer [05:39]
7. 5IVE [05:33]
8. 6IX [03:37]
9. Reminiscence [01:45]
10. High Pass [05:12]
11. Prelude [01:03]
12. Tides of Time [07:00]
Motorpsycho – Motorpsycho
81:19
psychedelic rock
Trondheim, Norway
Det nordenfjeldske grammofonselskab
Naxatras – Ⅴ
€7 EUR
42:56
progressive rock
Thessaloniki, Greece
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Celestial Gaze [05:05]
2. Spacekeeper [05:09]
3. Numenia [05:09]
4. Utopian Structures [05:29]
5. Breathing Fire [05:17]
6. Legion [04:51]
7. Sand Halo [06:01]
8. The Citadel [05:55]
Colin Self – Respite Infinite Levity: For the Nameless Ghost in Crisis
$12 USD
50:54
experimental pop
New York
RVNG Intl.
Tracklist (click to display)1. respite for the tulpamancer [04:03]
2. gajo [04:19]
3. Doll Park Doll Park [03:45]
4. Dissimulato [04:48]
5. Losing Faith [03:16]
6. {canting} [00:42]
7. Busy walks into The Memory Palace [04:39]
8. paraphrase of a shadow [04:43]
9. riddlecraft [02:51]
10. gaolbreaker’s dream [02:55]
11. Tip The Ivy [04:05]
12. ∞ [10:48]
Seventh Station – On Shoulders of Giants
€7 EUR
27:26
progressive metal
Slovenia
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Three Days in Dresden [02:51]
2. Seid nüchtern und wachet… : VII. Es geschah [05:41]
3. Tropical Limbo [07:49]
4. Melodia Sentimental [03:31]
5. Nagasaki Kisses [07:34]
Friday, 28 February
Crown of Madness – Memories Fragmented
$4.99 USD
35:54
progressive death metal
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Transcending Obscurity
Tracklist (click to display)1. Visions From A Past Life [02:29]
2. Sovereign Blood [03:42]
3. Burdened [03:06]
4. Ashes of Mine [04:45]
5. When I Don’t Remember You [04:31]
6. Deafening (ft. Ben Towles from Greylotus) [02:29]
7. Sea of Fangs [03:51]
8. Dreamless Nights No Longer [03:52]
9. Hollow Thresher [02:56]
10. The Grand Design [04:13]
