Pop stars are under pressure to produce a continuous stream of new music, with many releasing two albums a year. What´s behind the explosive pace?The music industry in 2019, says Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis, could be compared to a Pez dispenser. He is not talking about big heads - rather, the seemingly endless, instantly gratifying stream of new songs that drop each week, like tiny pieces of Pez candy. `It certainly feels as if there´s more music out there,` he says. `By virtue of that, a record just feels older quicker; it doesn´t have its place in the sun for long, because there´s new canopy growth. Everyone´s trying to get a bit of sunshine.`Philippakis is among a growing number of artists responding to this fast-moving dynamic by upping the pace of his releases. Foals will release their second album of 2019, Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part II, in October (Part I was released in March, and nominated for this year´s Mercury prize). The New York indie band Big Thief release Two Hands, their second LP of the year, this October. The 1975 are beginning to roll out their 2020 album Notes on a Conditional Form just eight months after releasing A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships. Continue reading...
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