British songwriter Sam Genders and his project DIAGRAMS will return with a new album in early 2015. Chromatics is the name of the second longplayer which will be released via Full Time Hobby on January the 19th. It follows his debut Black Light from 2012.
And according to Genders you can find a lot of topics on the new longplayer. ‘Relationships are a constant thread. In all their frustrating, exciting, mundane, beautiful, wonderful, sexy, scary glory,’ the musician explains in a press statement. ‘And there’s lots of hope in the songs. They shouldn’t be taken too literally mind you… in my head Chromatics is life in Technicolor; with all its ups and downs.’

Club Meds is the upcoming fourth album by Juno winning Canadian singer-songwriter Dan Mangan set to be released on 13 January 2015. It is his first album to be released under the moniker Dan Mangan + Blacksmith.

South London collective Archive announce details of their new album 'Restriction' and mammoth 'Restriction 2015' European tour. The new album follows hot on the heels of the collective's 'Axiom' film project released to critical acclaim earlier this year - 'Axiom' was selected for the Sundance Film festival in April 2014 and was performed live at a sell-out London Roundhouse show and the Montreux Jazz Festival.
New album 'Restriction' was produced by longtime collaborator Jerome Devoise and Archive, and will be released worldwide on the band's own Dangervisit label via [PIAS] on 12th January 2015. Speaking about the new album Archive co-founder Darius Keeler says: "We set out to make an album with 12 individual and distinct songs, all coming from a similar place but at the same time musically diverse and unique. One of the things I love about Archive is the way we've been able to change and evolve with each record and take our fans on a journey. 'Restriction' is the next leg of the journey and I can't wait to share it with the people who matter most."First tasters from the 'Restriction' album come in the form of three singles, 'Black And Blue', 'Kid Corner' and 'Feel It', with all three released simultaneously today. Talking about the reasoning behind releasing three single simultaneously Keeler says: "Our aim was to make an album where each track was as strong as the one before it, and having done that we didn't want to put the focus on to just one "single". Ideally we'd release every track off the album individually, putting out three singles at once will give people a better picture of the full scope of the album. It's also a very un-Archive thing to do, which was obviously half the appeal!"

Death Grips have dropped a surprise new album, but it’s not the previously announced jenny death. Rather, the group has released a 14-track instrumental record entitled Fashion Week. Its origins are unclear as the accompanying description reads only, “Instrumental Full-Length Soundtrack.”
In related news, it appears a physical edition of Death Grips’ final double LP the powers that b will surface on February 10th. The aforementioned jenny death is the second half of a two-part project. Part one, niggas on the moon, was released in June.