Overlooked in April

April was a phenomenal month for new releases here, and of course when the influx is so great many fantastic albums end up falling through the cracks.  Here are a few of the most criminally overlooked albums of April, please to be sharing your lists as well!

Yikes! – London Elektricity -  This album was not tagged properly until this week, so I didn’t even notice it come in at first.  One of Hospital Records  brightest returns with an album of moody, transcendent drum n bass I would emphatically recommend to fans of any electronic genre.  From the smokey lounge jungle of  “Elektricity Will Keep Me Warm” to the  euphoria of “The Plan That Cannot Fail”; and accompanied more often than not by vocalist Elsa Esmeralda, this album is a constant joy.  I was curious to see what he would do after his fantastic collaboration with Underworld on last years “Scribble“, and he certainly did not disappoint.

Son Lux – We Are Rising – Sophomore full length by avant-indie-tronic Anticon artist (say that 10 times fast).  This one doesn’t seem to be as sparse as his brilliant debut “At War With Walls And Mazes“, and the songwriting seems a tad more conventional but the arrangements are as inventive as ever.  He deftly blends horn sections, choral arrangements, synths and his own pained warble into complexly syncopated pseudo pop songs.

The New Regime – Speak Through The White Noise – The New Regime is just one dude, Ilan Rubin.  Coulda fooled me!  This record sounds massive, like a less falsetto Muse or earlier Radiohead.  Razor precise production and stadium sized hooks served up with more competence and conviction than one would expect of a single 22 year old.  This album is majestic, and it deserves a lot more attention than it has received.  Oh, and he was the drummer on the final Nine Inch Nails tour, which is always extra points in my book.