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# New This Week: Albert Hammond Jr. // Gwenno // Grimes
- URL: https://www.glamglare.com/music/201581new-this-week-albert-hammond-jr-gwenno-grimes/
- Published: 2015-08-01T20:49:53.000Z
- Updated: 2015-08-01T20:49:53.000Z
- Author: Oliver Bouchard
- Tags: Music, #oliver-2, #wordpress, #Import 2024-07-26 07:44

This week we couldn’t quite catch up with all the new music, but here are two albums we enjoyed. More is coming next week.

### Albert Hammond Jr. – Momentary Masters

  
[Albert Hammond Jr.’s](http://alberthammondjr.com/?ref=glamglare.com) second album sounds much like the Strokes but Julian Casablancas’ baritone and snarl is dearly missed. ([Apple Music](https://itun.es/us/sScf7?ref=glamglare.com), [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3RDLDBEpRsM2uJoh0vndev?ref=glamglare.com)).

### Gwenno – Y Dydd Olaf

If you like vocals but find lyrics distracting, this album is for you (unless you are one of [557 people who master the Cornish language](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish%5Flanguage?ref=glamglare.com)). But there’s nothing folk about this record: [Gwenno](https://www.facebook.com/Gwennomusic) delivers excellent electro pop on *Y Dydd Olaf*. ([Apple Music](https://itun.es/us/ZYWM7?ref=glamglare.com), [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3ePrWDCEHnswbajnG7Blna?ref=glamglare.com))

### Grimes

There’s still no name or firm date for [Grimes’](http://www.grimesmusic.com/?ref=glamglare.com) forth album, but you’ll find a good deal of information about it in this [feature by The Fader](http://www.thefader.com/2015/07/28/grimes-cover-story-interview?ref=glamglare.com).

## More

**Streaming** music for a low monthly price is still controversial, even though, with Apple having entered this market too, it is probably not going away anyway soon. Newsweek asked [12 indie musicians about their take](http://www.newsweek.com/ten-indie-musicians-weigh-music-streaming-debate-355298?ref=glamglare.com) on this topic. Many take a pragmatic approach, such as Mackenzie Scott aka Torres:

> I think that avenues such as licensing, having songs placed in TV and film and all of that \[are necessary to make money from music\]. And I think that expectations just have to be readjusted for people in this industry.

Or Sadie Depuis of Speedy Ortiz:

> I mean, it’d be great to make money off all that streaming! But I have to assume that a lot of our record sales are a direct result of streaming, so I think it balances out.

What “If Male Musicians Were Described The Same Way As Female Musicians”, [asks Headstuff](http://www.headstuff.org/2015/07/if-male-musicians-were-described-the-same-way-as-female-musicians/?ref=glamglare.com#prettyPhoto). Then we would have beautiful quotes like:

> Known to all as Taylor Swift’s best friend and Laura Sheeran’s younger cousin, Ed Sheeran has had a busy year.