Welcome to the final Friday New Release post in August and let me tell you there are a bunch to choose from this week. There are over 50 new albums to pick from so sit back and get on scrolling as I am sure you will find something you like. There are a handful I want to hear, but nothing I am running out to buy at this time. The ones I want to hear are marked in Blue. Let me know what you see that you want to hear and let me know what I might have missed that came out this week so everyone will know. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

•   Brian Setzer – Gotta Have the Rumble – (Surfdog): Brian Setzer, former front man of The Stray Cats, is back with another solo album. I am hoping for some good old rockabilly as no one does it better. His singing and guitar playing are exceptional and I am always ready for a good time from Setzer.

•   Big Red Machine – How Long Do You Think It’s Going to Last? – (Jagjaguwar / 37d03d): I know nothing about this band, but keep seeing good things about it so I am going to venture out and try this one. The band is Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon and the music is indie/alt/folktronica which I didn’t even know was a thing. We will see how it turns out.

•   OneRepublic – Human – (Mosley Music / Interscope): Ryan Tedder and the guys are finally back with a new album. This thing was supposed to come out right when COVID hit and shut down the industry. It is finally seeing the light of day and I do enjoy Tedder’s songwriting so I am interested in hearing what the gang has to offer. I am sure it will be more pop bliss, at least I hope so.

•   Nelly – Heartland – (Records Label / Columbia): Nelly doing country!! Hip Hop and Country?? Part of me is fascinated to hear this and part of me is not. I do like Nelly’s stuff, but country…ehh! I guess I will have to give this one a shot.

And then you have all the rest…

•   Chvrches – Screen Violence – (Glassnote Entertainment Group / AWAL)

•   Halsey – If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power – (Capitol Records)

•   John Mellencamp – The Good Samaritan Tour – (John J. Mellencamp / Republic Records)

•   Toad the Wet Sprocket – Starting Now – (SoNo Recording Group)

•   Danko Jones – Power Trio – (Sonic Unyon / Danko Jones)

•   Robben Ford – Pure – (Edel Germany / earMusic)

•   Kat Von D – Love Made Me Do It – (Kat Von D)

•   The Bronx – Bronx VI – (Cooking Vinyl Limited)

•   The Neal Morse Band – Innocence & Danger – (InsideOut Music)

•   Supergrass – In it for the Money (2021 Remaster Deluxe Edition) – (Echo)

•   Diane Warren – Diane Warren: The Cave Sessions Vol. 1 – (BMG Rights)

•   Messer – Roses E.P. – (Messer)

•   Timbaland & Magoo – Welcome to Our World – (Blackground Records): Finally available on streaming platforms

•   OhGeesy – Geezyworld – (Atlantic Recording Co)

•   Children Collide – Time Itself – (Spinning Top Records)

•   Mike Donehey – Flourish – (Mike Donehey LLC)

•   Bethany Barnard – All My Questions – (Bethany Barnard)

•   Bob Schneider – In a Roomful of Blood with a Sleeping Tiger – (Shockorama Records)

•   Maisie Peters – You Signed Up For This – (Gingerbread Man Records / Asylum Records / Warner)

•   Suzanne Santo – Yard Sale – (Soozanto Records / Soundly Music)

•   A Great Big World – Particles – (A Great Big World)

•   Turnstile – Glow On – (Roadrunner Records)

•   Allie – Maybe Next Time – (Other People Records)

•   Grayscale – Umbra – (Fearless Records / Concord)

•   SuperState – SuperState – (Graham Coxon)

•   Clifford/Wright – For All the Money in the World (feat. Doug Cosmo Clifford) – (Cliffsong Records)

•   Filth is Eternal – Love is a Lie, Filth is Eternal – (Quiet Panic)

•   Teenage Bottlerocket – Sick Sesh! – (Fat Wreck Records)

•   Mouse Rat – The Awesome Album – (Dualtone Music Group)

•   Ex Deo – THe Thirteen Years of Nero – (Napalm Records)

•   Hooded Menace – The Tritonus Bell – (Season of Mist)

•   Phinehas – The Fire Itself – (Solid State Records)

•   Leprous – Aphelion – (InsideOut Music)

•   Jinjer – Wallflowers – (Napalm Records)

•   Smash Into Pieces – A New Horizon – (Smash Into Pieces)

•   TesseracT – Portals – (Kscope / Snapper Music)

•   Tim Easton – You Don’t Really Know Me – (Black Mesa Records)

•   Nikko Moon – Good Time – (Sony Music)

•   Steve Gunn – Other You – (Matador Records)

•   Michael Ray – Higher Education – (Warner Music Nashville)

•   Trace Adkins – Way I Wanna Go – (Verge Records)

•   Jason Eady – To the Passage of Time – (Old Guitar Records)

•   Becky Hill – Only Honest on the Weekend – (Polydor / Eko Records / Universal)

•   The Immediate Family – The Immediate Family – (Quarto Valley Recs)

•   Wizkid – Made in Lagos – (Starboy Entertainment / RCA)

•   Ashley Cooke – Already Drank That Beer Side A – (Ashley Cooke / Back Block Music)

•   Timmy Brown – Good Life: Timmy Brown Live From Nashville – (Timmy Brown)

•   Rotimi – All Or Nothing – (FrontRo Music Group / Empire)

•   Belly – See You Next Wednesday – (XO / Roc Nation Records)

•   With Confidence – With Confidence – (Hopeless Records)

•   Enuff Z’nuff – Rarities & Demos – (Deadline Music) – CD available