Every Friday, 88Nine music director Erin Wolf and Lilliput Records co-owner Tanner Musgrove tell you about the new albums you can’t miss on a new episode of On Vinyl. Check out their top picks and a list of this week’s other releases, and listen to their full conversation using the player on this page or on the 88Nine airwaves at 1 p.m. every Friday.
If your intent is to get blissed out this weekend with a pile of new vinyl, you're super in luck — just look at the title of our very first reco!
That album comes from British psych-rock band Temples, who return with their latest ’90s/early aughts-influenced material, and it’s a big blast of synths, guitar and bass. Jay Watson’s Australian psych project Pond are also back with a stomp-y, prog-y version of that wavery sound you should check out if you like your musical journeys less predictable.
On top of that, we share a total nostalgia listen from longtime American synth-pop band Book of Love, who offer up a fresh reissue of their classic and beloved self-titled album, originally released in 1986. To further that blissful feeling of nostalgia, you can also check out ’90s dream pop from Lovesliescrushing and a reissue of their Numero-issued 1993 debut. If you love wrapping yourself in the sounds of My Bloody Valentine’s walls of noise, this one’s for you.
Happy New Music Friday!
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Temples, Bliss
The band’s fifth studio album sees them expand their trademark psych sound into something more electronic and anthemic. They seem to be embracing the sounds of late '90s and early 2000s Euro and UK-born dance music, which they describe as "melancholic euphoria." This particular record was self-produced and, maybe because of that, captures a more playful appeal.
Temples are in this period where they’re vibing off a club appeal, and they shared that lead single “Jet Stream Heart” is meant to evoke the feeling of being pulled into a sonic jet stream, magnetized to sounds that are all-encompassing while blending synths, bass and guitar for a huge wave of fuzz. They noted in a press release that “the feeling of music in a club is visceral — almost like you're directly wired into the song.”
You can really hear it in this album which is available in the shops as a limited-edition pink version or in basic black.
Pond, Terrestrials
The Australian-based psych-rock band is back with a new batch of songs co-written with Watson’s other project (GUM), and together they create a pretty formidable sound. This is Pond’s first new release since 2024’s awesome Stung!, and it sounds like they haven’t lost a bit of steam in the past two years. The lead singles were described as “a cyclone of urgent, scorched earth rock’n’roll,” with the track “Terrestrials” coming across as a guitar-rock adventure with wild synth and big, big drums.
There’s a “clear blue wave” vinyl version available at select spots, plus some other specialty colors and of course plain black.
Book of Love, Book of Love
The American synth-pop band reissues their 1986 self-titled album, which just so happens to be one of Tanner’s favorites from the late ’80s and a staple in her DJ sets. The Philly-born band has had a handful of songs featured in films and TV shows over the years, including Silence of the Lambs, Miami Vice and Planes, Trains & Automobiles. So if you don’t know them by name, it’s very possible you still know some of their songs.
This will be the first time we see this album on vinyl since its original release, and it’s available at any shop you choose on crystal clear vinyl as a 40th anniversary edition.
Lovesliescrushing, bloweyelashwish
Melissa Arpin and Scott Cortez are the forces behind this dream-pop duo, having joined up to release their debut album back in 1993. Numero Group has been slowly reissuing a handful of cult classic dream-pop and shoegaze records from the likes of Pot Valiant, Should and Majesty Crush, and now its Lovesliescrushing’s turn.
The band is considered pioneers of the U.S. shoegaze movement, with their layered sound and repetitive droning taking a more ambient approach to My Bloody Valentine’s wall of noise. You can grab bloweyelashwish on an opaque sky blue deluxe edition vinyl from Numero Group at your local record shop.
More of our picks
- Beth Orton, The Ground Above
- Moby, Future Quiet
- Muse, The Wow! Signal
- Pearl & The Oysters, Monkey Mind
- Sincere Engineer, Probable Claws
