Portland indie-pop veterans Rocketship recently reissued their essential 1996 album A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness for its 30th anniversary and reunited for their first tour in eight years. This is not a strictly nostalgic enterprise, though. Rocketship have a new album called Hurt Feelings on the way, and its lead single maintains the band's standard of excellence. "New Threats" (not from the soul, AFAIK) is a dreamy and sophisticated update on the band's classic style, steering their fuzzed-out and demure guitar pop in an eclectic direction that reminds me of '90s contemporaries from Stereolab to Olivia Tremor Control. Whisper along to it below.
TRACKLIST:
01 "Lovers"
02 "Passing Clouds"
03 "The Fresh American"
04 "Hotwired for Love"
05 "Still Illin'"
06 "Hurt Feelings"
07 "New Threats"
08 "Dewy-Eyed Doe-Nix!"
09 "More Tearz"
10 "O Grande Amor"
Hurt Feelings is out 10/30 on Darla. Pre-order it here.
