The latest track from RPattz’s new fiancée sees the Brit continuing fearlessly on her own personal route of electropop innovation. If not, it’s the perfect entry to the Los Angeles singer’s engrossing drone metal, which peaks on new album “Abyss.” Goth anguish is easily affected, but Wolfe - who suffers from hallucinations caused by sleep paralysis - embraces an icy darkness on “Carrion Flowers” in a way that few would dare. Horror fans awaiting the new AMC show “Fear the Walking Dead” may know this track from the series’ trailers. Then again, what good is life without Health? Chelsea Wolfe It’s exhilarating the way the band balances brutal production and delicate melodies, nowhere more so than on this gorgeous highlight, which ponders the biggest theme of all: “Life is strange, but it’s all we’ve got,” Jake Duzsik sings serenely. Los Angeles’ cult noise-rock quartet hasn’t released an album in six years but its long-awaited return, “Death Magic,” is one of the best of the year. “Everything I need in them white cotton sheets,” he sings - but with all the passion of a man pondering thread counts. Over a flaccid pop backdrop that would sound lame even on Lite FM, Bryan makes a misguided attempt at getting sexy. It’s hard to fault Luke Bryan for trying to stretch himself, but on this cut from his latest album, “Kill the Lights,” the Georgia superstar trades down-home country for downright icky. It’s a syrupy start to their comeback, but you get the feeling that the Grammy-winning Seattle duo is just limbering up. The rapper voices his insecurities before giving his fatherly advice (“wear a helmet” is one especially banal pearl of wisdom), while Sheeran goes gospel with his chorus. Leave the debates over Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s hip-hop credibility for now, because their first new song in three years is a simple public display of affection for Macklemore’s newborn baby girl. “Growing Up (Sloane’s Song)” featuring Ed Sheeran One of the charms of The Heist was the way it crafted a Seattle sound by employing local songwriters to sing the choruses, but it only makes commercial sense that the duo would tap into its peer group of famous friends like Sheeran to give the new songs even broader appeal.This week’s new releases find Macklemore and Ryan Lewis tapping into their sentimental sides, Luke Bryan trying to sound seductive, and Chelsea Wolfe giving terror a sound. The one takeaway? Expect a lot more big name guest vocalists on the new record. It's hard to imagine that reserved, soft tone of "Growing Up (Sloane's Song)" will be indicative of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's upcoming new album, which is due later this year. It's a personal reflection peppered with advice ranging from "do yoga" and "study David Bowie, James Baldwin, and Tupac" to "listen to your teachers, but cheat in calculus" and "read Langston Hughes, I suggest The Raisin in the Sun" (not the smoothest flow on that one, but still). Featuring a chorus sung by pop songwriter superstar Ed Sheeran, "Growing Up (Sloane's Song)" finds Macklemore lyrically wrestling with his new responsibility as a father (with the unspoken undercurrent of trying to be a good man in the wake of his relapse in 2014). For the first time since dropping The Heist in 2012, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have released new music.
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