Inventio by Murex

“It’s not swans… it’s not swallows… it’s starlings”

On the show this week:

00:00:51 News

• Several artists are “boycotting” the 2027 Grammys

00:11:31 Inventio by Murex album review discussion

00:54:10 Upcoming releases

Album rankings:

1. Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip Switch

2. Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair

3. Friko - Something Worth Waiting For

4. Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical

5. Overmono - Pure Devotion

6. Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist

7. Johnny Foreigner - Forwards!

8. Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend

9. Mandy, Indiana - URGH

10. Floating Points and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Mere Mortals

11. Avalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into Changes

12. Jasmine Myra - Where Light Settles

13. Thundercat - Distracted

14. Prism Shores - Softest Attack

15. Jon McKiel - Gold Horatio

16. Office Dog - Prime Corner

17. Trooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga Imashita

18. Compandas - Tropical Finasteride

19. The Orielles - Only You Left

20. atmos bloom - Everythingness

21. Gregory Uhlmann - Extra Stars

22. beabadoobee - Pylon

23. Iron & Wine - Hen’s Teeth

24. Modest Mouse - An Eraser And A Maze

25. James Ellis Ford - Lost In Another World

26. American Football - American Football (LP4)

27. Dry Cleaning - Secret Love

28. Sincere Engineer - Probable Claws

29. Lande Hekt - Lucky Now

30. Lowertown - Ugly Duckling Union

31. YHWH Nailgun - Magazine

32. rat - home

33. Boards of Canada - Inferno

34. Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - Signals

35. Lucid Express - Instant Comfort

36. Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

37. Basement - WIRED