The Collection: Ep. 58 – May 2025 Wrap-Up

I know it isn’t the end of the month yet, but we are doing our Wrap-Up for May anyway. So for now, it is time to go back and see what 2 Loud 2 Old Music added to the collection. This is May 2025 and we have a little vinyl, a whole lot of CDs and even a book. So much to go through including several new Rock Candy CDs in the collection, a new item for the Kiss collection and a couple Box Sets. Lots of great new and old stuff to go through and show for this month so I hope you enjoy the show!!

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My Sunday Song – “Pictures of You” By The Last Goodnight

For My Sunday Song #434, we are going to talk about the song “Pictures of You” by the band The Last Goodnight. The song was off their only album ‘Poison Kiss’ from 2007. A great pop rock band that only had one album and gone too soon. “Pictures of You” was the debut single off their debut album and it only went to #70 in the U.S., but did much better in Australia where it went to #3 and went Platinum. The song was written by Jeff Blue, Mike Nadeau and Kurtis John. Kurtis is the lead singer, Mike is on guitar while Jeff is the producer of the album.

The song appears to be about life, both the good and bad. We take pictures and hang them on the wall and we can imagine what we could have been. It starts out with a newborn child and all the potential that child has. Life gets in the way and has different ideas. A cure is discovered for a disease while the government blocks its release. A solider goes off to war and the parents are home worrying themselves to death. You are boxer in a ring with thoughts of winning a title, but it doesn’t materialize. So many great things can happen…but don’t. A rather depressing look at life.

It might be a depressing look at life, but it is a beautifully written song. Musically, it is on the softer side of rock and is so full of the pop tricks. It has a great big chorus that is catchy and will hook you right in. The chorus is a little repetitive which helps it stick in your head and makes you sing along quickly as if the song is an old friend you’ve known forever. I think Kurtis’ vocals are stellar and really pop. Clean, smooth and very pleasant to the ears. And I don’t always like the use of keyboards, but they are subtle and add so much texture to the song on this one. It is one of those songs that grabbed me quickly and never let go. Even after around 18 years, I still catch myself singing this one and wanting to hear it.

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Friday New Releases – May 23, 2025

We have reached another Friday and of course that means we have some releases for you this week. Though not a ton. For me, I am taking it easy as there is nothing I’m running out to buy, but hopefully there is something for you to listen to this week. Let me know what you want to hear or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend.

  • Don Felder – The Vault: Fifty Years of Music – (Frontiers Records)
  • Ronnie Romero – Live at Rock Imperium Festival – (Frontiers Records)
  • Taj Mahal / Keb’ Mo’ – Room on the Porch – (Concord Records)
  • Big Daddy Weave – Let It Begin – (Curb Records)
  • Green Day – Saviors (edition de luxe) – (Reprise Records)
  • Joe Jonas – Music For People Who Believe in Love – (Republic Records / UMG)
  • Sports Team – Boys These Days – (Bright Antenna Entertainment / AWAL)
  • Cardinal Black – Midnight at The Valencia – (Jump In Records / Thirty Tigers)
  • Stereolab – Instant Holograms on Metal Film – (Duophonic)
  • The SteelDrivers – Outrun – (Sun Records)
  • Sparks – MAD! – (Transgressive)
  • Firefall – Friends And Family 2 – (Firetours Inc / Sunset Blvd Records)
  • Feversea – Man Under Erasure – (Dark Essence Records)
  • Witchcraft – Idag – (Heavy Psych Sounds)
  • OnSlaught – Origins of Aggression – (Reigning Phoenix Music)
  • Crystal Spiders – Metanoia – (Ripple Music)
  • Unmerciful – Devouring Darkness – (Willowtip)
  • Unantastbar – Fur Immer Wir – (Napalm Records)
  • Age of Apocalypse – In Oblivion – (Closed Casket Activities)
  • St. Johns Wood Affair – 2 – (Think Like A Key Music / Keith Smart)
  • Cindytalk – Camouflage Heart – (Dais Records)
  • Charmer – Downpour – (Counter Intuitive Records)
  • Skunk Anansie – The Painful Truth – (Boogooyamma / Frontiers Records)
  • These New Puritans – Crooked Wing – (Domino Recordings)
  • House of Protection – Outrun You All – (Red Bull Records)
  • Amble – Reverie – (Warner Records / Amble Music Ltd)

My Sunday Song – “Sanctuary” by The Wild Feathers

For My Sunday Song #433, we are talking about a song from a band that most people probably haven’t heard before. The song is called “Sanctuary” and the band are The Wild Feathers. They are an alt-country band or maybe a Southern rock band with heavy country, Americana style music. Almost folksy at times, almost rock at others and they even dip their toes in to the pop realm. This song falls right in to that range. It was written by the band I am assuming as their are no writing credits.

So, the band is Ricky Young, Joel King, Taylor Burns, Ben Dumas and Brett Moore. The song is from their new album ‘Sirens’ which came out in October 2024 and was produced by Shooter Jennings. The song meaning is simple, thanks to Ricky Young actually telling us what it is about…(from Wildfiremusic.net)

‘Sanctuary’ is about standing up for yourself and not being the punching bag and safe place in a toxic relationship. It kind of encourages you to remember your self-worth and to love yourself. You can love somebody so much that you forget who you really are and I think that’s a place where a lot of people find themselves. It’s good to love somebody, but you can’t stop being happy in the process.

Musically, the song is cross between pop, rock and even a ballad. I hear The Eagles or at least a 70’s throwback style, I hear some incredible harmonies, I hear smooth vocals that are engaging and inviting. A song that wraps its arms around you and makes you feel it to the core. Some great guitar work, rhythm section and a perfect drum beat. The organ/piano work is also perfection. Everything blends together to give you pure artistry in a band full of honest to goodness musicians.

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Friday New Releases – May 16, 2025

Welcome to another Friday New Release post. This week, I’m looking forward to hearing the new Morgan Wallen album as he’s one of the few new country singers I like. I’m also eager to hear the new Giant album. But that is it for me. What do you want to hear this week or what did we miss? Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!!

  • Morgan Wallen – I’m The Problem – (Big Loud Records / Mercury Records)
  • Giant – Stand And Deliver – (Frontiers Records)
  • Bury Tomorrow – Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience – (Music For Nations)
  • Sleep Theory – Afterglow – (Epitaph)
  • Kadavar – I Just Want to Be A Sound – (Clouds Hill)
  • Confessions of a Traitor – This Pain Will Serve You – (Facedown Records)
  • Larcenia Roe – Extraction – (Unique Leader Records)
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Friday New Releases – May 9, 2025

Welcome back to Friday New Releases and we got another handful for you this week. There are a couple I’m interested in and they are the new Kaleo album (his last two were fantastic) and the 40th Anniversary Edition of the INXS album Listen Like Thieves. Outside of that I’m good and still catching up on the things I’ve bought over the last few weeks. What do you want to hear this week or what did we miss? Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

  • Kaleo – Mixed Emotions – (Atlantic Records)
  • INXS – Listen Like Thieves (40th Anniversary Edition) – (Atlantic Records)
  • Maren Morris – Dreamsicle – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)
  • Behemoth – The Shit Ov God – (Nuclear Blast)
  • Sleep Token – Even in Arcadia – (RCA Records)
  • Candlemass – Black Star E.P. – (Napalm Records)
  • Arcade Fire – Pink Elephant – (Arcade Fire Music)
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Friday New Releases – May 2, 2025

Happy Friday…compared to last week, this week is pretty mild. I have too much to get through to worry about anything this week, personally. Hopefully there is something for you. Let me know what you want to hear or what we may have missed. And as always, thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend.

  • Eric Church – Evangeline vs. The Machine – (EMI Records / BigEC Records)
  • Pink Floyd – Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII – (Legacy Recordings)
  • Suzanne Vega – Flying With Angels – (Cooking Vinyl Records)
  • Josh Groban – Gems – (Reprise Records)
  • Pet Shop Boys – Dreamland: The Greatest Hits Live – (Parlophone Records / x2 Recordings)
  • The Flower Kings – Love – (InsideOutMusic)
  • Cat Stevens – Saturnight (Cat Stevens Live in Tokyo) – (Universal Music / Cat-O-Log Records / UMG)
  • Maddie And Tae – Love & Light – (Mercury Nashville / UMG Recordings)
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Friday New Releases – April 25, 2025

We have around 50 albums for you this week. It is insane. How insane? Well, I have the first 7 on the list on pre-order!! The most I’ve ever had in one week. Thankfully, it was a slow month for new releases for me up to this point so average out over a month, not too bad…I keep telling myself that. What are you wanting to hear or get this week or what did we miss? Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

  • Billy Idol – Dream Into It – (Dark Horse Records)
  • H.E.A.T. – Welcome to the Future – (earMusic)
  • Ghost – Skeleta – (Loma Vista Recordings)
  • Harem Scarem – Chasing Euphoria – (Frontiers Records)
  • Whitesnake – Access All Areas: Live – (Rhino Records)
  • Will Hoge – Blackbird On A Lonely Wire (Will’s Version) – (Will Hoge)
  • Frehley’s Comet – Live +1: The Expanded Version) – (Friday Music Two)
  • Samantha Fish – Paper Doll – (Rounder Records / Concord)
  • Willie Nelson – Oh What A Beautiful World – (Legacy Recordings)
  • Sting – Sting 3.0 Live – (A&M Records)
  • The Sex Pistols – Live in the U.S.A. 1978 – (Ume)
  • Stereophonics – Make ‘Em Laugh, Make ‘Em Cry, Make ‘Em Wait – (EMI / Universal Music)
  • Yngwie Malmsteen – Tokyo Live – (Music Theories)
  • Simple Minds – Live in the City of Diamonds – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • Coco Jones – Why Not More? – (High Standardz / Def Jam / UMG)
  • Smokey Robinson – What The World Needs Now – (Gaither Music Group)
  • Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra – Still Blooming – (Decca Records / Universal Music)
  • Robin Trower – Come And Find Me – (Artone Label Group / Provogue)
  • Machine Head – Unatoned – (Nuclear Blast X Imperium Recordings)
  • Wednesday 13 – Mid Death Crisis – (Napalm Records)
  • Art Nation – The Ascendance – (Frontiers Records)
  • Russ Ballard – Songs From the Warehouse/The Hits Rewired – (Frontiers Records)
  • James And The Cold Gun – Face In The Mirror – (Loosegroove Records)
  • Eyes – Spinner – (Prosthetic Records)
  • Sunflower Bean – Mortal Primetime – (Lucky Number)
  • Eluveitie – Anv – (Nuclear Blast)
  • Landmvrks – The Darkest Place I’ve Ever Been – (Arising Empire)
  • Conan – Violence Dimension – (Heavy Psych Sounds)
  • Caliban – Back From Hell – (Century Media Records)
  • Coffin Feeder – Big Trouble – (Coffin Feeder)
  • Ancient Bards – Artifex – (Limb Music Publishing)
  • Game Over – Face The End – (Scarlet Records)
  • Cancer – Inverted World – (Peaceville)
  • Trick or Treat – Ghosted – (Scarlet Records)
  • Employed to Serve – Fallen Star – (Spinefarm Music Group)
  • Cosmic Cathedral – Deep Water – (InsideOutMusic)
  • Oak – The Third Sleep – (Karisma Records)
  • Rodeo Boys – Junior – (Don Giovanni Records)
  • Jawdropped – Just Fantasy E.P. – (Fire Talk)
  • Cloth – Pink Silence – (Rock Action Records)
  • Viagra Boys – Viagr Aboys – (Shrimptech Enterprises)
  • Fib – Heavy Lifting – (Julia’s War Recordings)
  • d4vd – Withered – (Darkroom / Interscope Records)
  • William Tyler – Time Indefinite – (Psychic Hotline)
  • Samia – Bloodless – (Grand Jury Music)
  • WesGhost – Am I Dreaming? – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)
  • Uwade – Florilegium – (Ehiose Records / Thirty Tigers)
  • Hannah Rose Platt – Fragile Creatures – (Xtra Mile Recordings)
  • Stephen Stanley – Trustfall – (Sparrow Records / Capitol CMG)
  • Tucker Wetmore – What Not To – (Back Blocks Music)

Friday New Releases – April 18, 2025

Happy Good Friday. And because it is Good Friday, the releases are really light this week. Easter has that effect on releases, sorry. Don’t fret, next week’s releases are HUGE!! And I Mean HUGE!! I have 6 on pre-order next week, none this week. I hope there is something for you, but if not, you are saving money!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

  • Melvins – Thunderball – (Ipecac Recordings)
  • Mayday Parade – Sweet – (Many Hats Endeavors)
  • Neil Young – Coastal Soundtrack – (Reprise Records)
  • Hawkwind – There is No Space For Us – (Cherry Red)
  • Laurenne/Louhimo – Falling Through Stars – (Frontiers Records)
  • Julien Baker & Torres – Send a Prayer My Way – (Matador Records)
  • Lunchbox – Evolver – (Slumberland Records)
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Friday New Releases – April 11, 2025

Happy Friday. Not a lot of releases this week compared to the last few weeks and nothing I am running out to buy (sorry artists below, nothing personal). I am saving up for the April 25th Friday New Releases as I have 5 on pre-order so that bill will be coming due soon. Enough of that, back to this week, let me know what you want to hear or what we may have missed. As always, thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

  • Those Damn Crows – God Shaped Hole – (Earache Records)
  • Bon Iver – Sable, Fable – (Jagjaguwar)
  • Rock-Out – Let’s Call It Rock ‘N’ Roll – (Frontiers Records)
  • Epica – Aspiral – (Nuclear Blast)
  • Ye Banished Privateers – ‘Til The Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead – (Napalm Records)
  • Elvenking – Reader of the Runes: Luna – (Reaper Entertainment)
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