Music News: Full album release schedule for September 2024

Hello, music fans, and welcome to the most bombastic new album release month in, well...months. After a few bare-bones months - though not without some important releases - September is going to give you literally anything you need. Looking for an early Christmas gift? There are about five, at least.

The month will be highlighted by the new Katy Perry album. This is only her third release in a decade, and the last two albums have underwhelmed. Perry's future might rise or fall based on her new record, 143.

Davild Gilmore of Pink Floyd has a new release as well. He has promised the record to be better than The Dark Side of the Moon. If proven, September starts with a winner.

Full album release schedule for September

September 6

David Gilmour - Luck And Strange
Fred again.. - Ten Days
George Strait - Cowboys And Dreamers
Hinds - Viva Hinds
HONNE - OUCH
Max Richter - In A Landscape
Mercury Rev - Born Horses
Midwife - No Depression In Heaven
MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
Paris Hilton - Infinite Icon
Shovels & Rope - Something Is Working Up Above My Head
Suuns - The Breaks
Tender - Flux
The The - Ensoulment
Three Quarter Skies - Fade In
Toro y Moi - Hole Erth

The first week of September is the same as all the rest. There is a lot to choose from. In fact, you could choose from many different genres. David Gilmour has promised his new album will be great, but we will see. Paris Hilton? Ick. The The is an exciting option, though.

September 13

Allegra Krieger - Art Of The Unseen Infinity Machine
Chastity - Chastity
Cursive - Devourer
Dale Crover - Glossolalia
Floating Points - Cascade
Foxing - Foxing
Jade Hairpins - Get Me the Good Stuff
John Early - Now More Than Ever
Julie Dawson - Bottom Of The Pool
London Grammar - The Greatest Love
Loveless - Loveless II
Miranda Lambert - Postcards From Texas
Nada Surf - Moon Mirror
Nick Lowe - Indoor Safari
Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
Porches - Shirt
Snow Patrol - The Forest Is The Path

This is the best week for under-the-radar artists. Looking for a new band to check out? Foxing is indie-rock greatness. Otherwise, if you want to stick with the same ol' same ol' then you have Miranda Lambert and Nada Surf to hear.

September 20

Blossoms - Gary
Bright Eyes - Five Dice, All Threes
FIDLAR - Surviving The Dream
Jake Bugg - A Modern Day Distraction
Jamie xx - In Waves
Joan as Police Woman - Lemons, Limes & Orchids
Julian Casablancas & the Voidz -Like All Before You
Kate Pierson - Radios And Rainbows
Katy J Pearson - Someday, Now
Katy Perry - 143
Keith Urban - HIGH
Manu Chao - Viva Tu
Nelly Furtado - 7
Neon Trees - Sink Your Teeth
Nightwish - Yesterwynde
Nubya Garcia - Odyssey
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Chain Of Light
Pale Waves - Smitten
Sunset Rubdown - Always Happy To Explode
The Waeve City - Lights
Thurston Moore - Flow Critical Lucidity
Tim Reaper and Kloke - In Full Effect

The big ones here are Katy Perry and Keith Urban. Those might be the mainstream records set to be released in September. Nelly Furtado might come close to Perry and Urban. For metal fans, Nightwish's new record should be excellent.

September 27

Alan Sparhawk - White Roses, My God
Being Dead - EELS
Christian Lee Hutson - Paradise Pop. 10
Efterklang - Things We Have In Common
Ezra Collective - Dance, No One’s Watching
Gallant - Zinc.
Hayden Thorpe - Ness
Holly Macve - Wonderland
JD McPherson - Nite Owls
Leif Vollebekk - Revelation
Maxïmo Park - Stream Of Life
SOPHIE - SOPHIE
Sunflower Bean - SHAKE
The Wolfgang Press - A 2nd Shape
Xiu Xiu - 13

This is the weirdest week of releases in September and "weirdest" is meant in the absolute best sense. There is going to be some fun stuff here, including the Danish art pop band Efterklang. Bandcamp might have said the most possibly enticing thing about any band when they said of Being Dead's release, "A 16-track record that is genuinely unpredictable from one track to the next: a joyous and unexpected trip helmed by two true-blue freak b***h besties."

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