The Ledge #719: New Releases Pt. 1

I have long described the contents of the first episode of my monthly new release series as "friends of the show" Well, that is more true than usual this month. Yes, there are the usual suspects (Numb Surprise, Phil Cook & the Fall Dogs, etc.) but there is also the debut single from an upcoming album by my hometown friends Off Contact. "Heart and Mind" is the first look at Can You?, their third album, and you can expect to hear more off that album as the summer progresses.

Besides those tracks, there is a set devoted to a cool concept record called Pets Sounds, an album of songs about...well, pets! There's a sneak peak at an upcoming Jesse Malin tribute record, and tunes from two of my favorite new releases of the past month - Memo PST and The Lemon Twigs. Plus, lots of other power pop, garage rock, and some good ol' rock and roll!

What's your favorite track from this week's episode?

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1. Numb Surprise - Blood Of Lovers

2. Off Contact - Heart and Mind

3. The Dear Boys - Procrastination

4. Datura4 - Under A Rock

5. Oddfellows - Draw the Line

6. Phil Cook & the Fall Dogs - THE LAND OF THE NEW GEURILLAS

7. Deniz Tek - Here & Gone

8. Manduria - I Say Boh

9. The New Christs - Waves Form

10. Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires - Under A Cat

11. Gay Skeleton Club - 2 Cats

12. The Cords - Bo's New Haircut

13. Special Friend - Breakfast

14. The Lemon Twigs - Look For Your Mind

15. The Lemon Twigs - Bring You Down

16. The Speedways - To Leave Without You

17. Valley Lodge - Too Loose

18. Kevin Morby - 100,000

19. Memo PST - I Smoke It, It Smokes Me

20. Memo PST - Marked For Death

21. Mrs. Magician - Die in Cleveland

22. Natural Child - It's Been A Long Time

23. Local Drags - Sticky Menu

24. Local Drags - Staring at the Telephone

25. Cola - Forced Position

26. Radioactivity - One Day

27. J Prozac - Digging Holes

28. Space Age Zeros - Cheryl Scott

29. Dallas Tetnus - Bite My Lip

30. Charlie Continental - Snow & Rain

31. S.U.G.A.R. - Roleplay

32. The Bad Beats - Take Me Back

33. Crater Snakes - Paddy Wagon

34. Chico Detour - I Want It

35. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Self Sabotage