California native Cass McCombs has been recording his own blend of folk-rocky alt country since 2002. McCombs new album is Tip Of The Sphere, recorded quickly by McCombs and his core band in Brooklyn. It's a compelling listen, with an immediacy that never seems to lag, despite a playing time of nearly an hour. According to McCombs' label, ANTI- Records, the idea all along was to make a consistent statement. The song "Sleeping Volcanoes" sits right in the middle of the record, and it's described as the thematic centerpiece of the album. According to McCombs, the song is about "people passing each other on the sidewalk unaware of the emotional volatility they are brushing past, like a sleeping volcano that could erupt at any moment."
Here are the Top 30 new album releases played on Studio One Tracks for the week ending March 10, 2019:
1 Girlpool- What Chaos Is Imaginary
2 Cass McCombs- Tip Of The Sphere
3 Julia Jacklin- Crushing
4 Better Oblivion Community Center- Better Oblivion Community Center
5 Telekinesis- Effluxion
6 Tedeschi Trucks Band- Signs
7 Panda Bear- Buoys
8 Deerhunter- Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
9 Mercury Rev- Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited
10 Hayes Carll- What It Is
11 Beirut- Gallipoli
12 Mavis Staples- Live In London
13 Toro Y Moi- Outer Peace
14 The Claypool Lennon Delirium- South Of Reality
15 Sharon Van Etten- Remind me Tomorrow
16 Maggie Rogers- Heard It In A Past Life
17 Anemone- Beat My Distance
18 James Blake- Assume Form
19 Ladytron- Ladytron
20 Guided By Voices- Zeppelin Over China
21 Cherry Glazerr- Stuffed & Ready
22 The Cactus Blossoms- Easy Way
23 Jessica Pratt- Quiet Signs
24 Homeshake- Helium
25 Susto- Ever Since I Lost My Mind
26 Feels- Post Earth
27 Delicate Steve- Till I Burn Up
28 Deer Tick- Mayonnaise
29 Steve Gunn- The Unseen In Between
30 Big Wild- Superdream
