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Taken from JamBase (Mar 28, 2025)
Don’t Miss New Albums From Alison Krauss & Union Station, Destroyer, Lucy Dacus & Others
Butcher Brown, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Mumford & Sons, Perfume Genius and Unknown Mortal Orchestra also have new releases out today.
by Team JamBase
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Alison Krauss & Union Station
Arcadia
Down The Road Records - 10 tracks
After 14 years, Alison Krauss & Union Station are back with Arcadia, their first new album since 2011. Out today via Down The Road Records, the 10-track set features new member Russell Moore on co-lead vocals, guitar and mandolin alongside Alison Krauss (fiddle, lead vocal), Jerry Douglas (dobro, lap steel, vocals), Ron Block (banjo, guitar, vocals) and Barry Bales. Alison Krauss & Union Station recorded the self-produced and long-awaited follow-up to 2011’s Paper Airplanes at studios across Nashville. The band enlisted several songwriting masters to help craft the songs on Arcadia, including Robert Lee Castleman, Viktor Krauss, Bob Lucas, JD McPherson and Sarah Siskind. Lead single “Looks Like The End Of The Road” was penned by Jeremy Lister.
Alison Krauss weighed in on the songs of Arcadia, stating:
“The stories of the past are told in this music. It’s that whole idea of ‘in the good old days when times were bad.’ There’s so much bravery and valor and loyalty and dreaming, of family and themes of human existence that were told in a certain way when our grandparents were alive. Someone asked me, ‘How do you sing these tragic tunes?’ I have to. It’s a calling. I feel privileged to be a messenger of somebody else’s story. And I want to hear what happened.”
Destroyer
Dan’s Boogie
Merge - 9 tracks
Dan’s Boogie is the new album by Destroyer, the project led by Dan Bejar. Out now on Merge Records, Dan’s Boogie marks Destroyer’s first studio album since 2022’s Labyrinthitis. Fiver’s Simone Schmidt sings lead on the single “Bologna.”
“A boogie is a hustle, a scam that doesn’t quite work, the moves we make when we’re up against it,” Bejar explained. “I think of spy work, double agents, sleeping with one eye open, an eye on the exits. But I also think of petty street-level victories and losses and improv.”
Lucy Dacus
Forever Is A Feeling
Geffen Records - 13 tracks
Lucy Dacus issued a new solo album, Forever Is a Feeling, through Geffen Records. The singer-songwriter’s fourth solo studio album and the follow-up to her acclaimed 2021 LP Home Video, Forever Is a Feeling sees guest spots from her boygenius bandmates Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker along with Hozier, Madison Cunningham, Blake Mills, Bartees Strange, and others.
Butcher Brown
Letters From the Atlantic
Concord Jazz
Butcher Brown shared their new album, Letters From the Atlantic, via Concord Jazz. The band worked with several guests on the new album including Yaya Bey, Melanie Charles, Leanor Wolf, Mia Gladstone, Victoria Victoria, Nicholas Payton and Neal Francis. The follow-up to 2023’s Solar Music was recorded with Alex De Jong at Spacebomb Studios in Richmond, Virginia.
“We want this full record to feel like you’re floating on a trip,” the band stated. “It’s taking you on a journey, and you can determine what each song reminds you of. It’s a story of everything we listen to, capturing nostalgia for Virginia, the East Coast and overseas. We’re pulling sounds from across the Atlantic.”
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Welcome To The Family
Boo Boo Was/Thirty Tigers - 13 tracks
Michael Franti & Spearhead’s new album, Welcome To The Family, arrived today as frontman and his wife awaited the arrival of their child (pictured in utero on the album cover). Franti shared the statement below regarding the follow-up to 2023’s Big Big Love:
“Every one of us has a family of origin—the one we’re born into—and a family we’re raised in, which, for some, like myself, may not be the same. Then there’s our chosen family—friends and community—the people we gather around us, love, and trust. We also have a musical family, and when you put all of those together, they form the world family. Right now, the world is in a time of upheaval, change, and uncertainty, leading to anxiety and fear for so many. This album is about channeling those emotions—what I experience every day—and translating them into songs that others can connect with.
“The first single, ‘Break Up With Everything,’ is an example of that—taking these feelings and putting them into music that resonates and brings people together. Welcome to the Family is a record about finding connection in the midst of uncertainty, leaning into the love that surrounds us, and remembering that, no matter where we come from, we are all part of something bigger.”
Mumford & Sons
Rushmere
Glassnote - 10 tracks
Mumford & Sons return with their long-awaited fifth album, Rushmere, out today via Glassnote. The first Mumford & Sons album since 2018’s Delta is also the band’s first recorded by the core trio of frontman Marcus Mumford, bassist Ted Dwane and keyboardist Ben Lovett, following the departure of Winston Marshall in 2021. The Dave Cobb-produced album was recorded at at RCA Studio A in Nashville, as we as in Savannah, Georgia and the band’s native United Kingdom Mumford’s studio in Devon. Singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham appears on the track “Blood On The Page.”
Perfume Genius
Glory
Matador Records - 11 tracks
Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) released his seventh studio album, Glory, today through Matador Records. Hadreas’ musical and personal partner Alan Wyffels contributed to Glory. Blake Mills produced the 11-track follow up to Perfume Genius’ last album, 2022’s Ugly Season. Others appearing on Glory include guitarists Meg Duffy and Greg Uhlmann, drummers Tim Carr and Jim Keltner, and bassist Pat Kelly.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
IC-02 Bogotá
Jagjaguwar - 8 tracks
The instrumental and improvisational side of Unknown Mortal Orchestra takes form with IC-02 Bogotá, their new album out now through Jagjaguwar. UMO took a similar free-form instrumental approach on their 2018 release, IC-Hanoi, which was recorded in Viet Nam. As its title suggests, the follow-up in the series IC-02 Bogotá was recorded in Columbia. Sessions were intended to familiarize the group with new keyboard player Christian Li.
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