We’re not sure if this is a big deal or not, but here it goes: Tomorrow is the last “New Music Tuesday” before the record industry shifts to a weekly global release date of Friday.
A few weeks ago the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, a trade group representing more than 1,300 international record labels, announced it was moving the day new music hits both digital and brick-and-mortar store shelves to Friday, and the start of this new worldwide cause is July 10. Previously, different countries celebrated different release dates: The United Kingdom on Monday, the United States on Tuesday, Japan on Wednesday, and Germany and Australia on Friday.
With online sales growing, the industry felt a universal release date was necessary.
“The move will mean fans can now get new music on the same day worldwide rather than having to wait for their own national release day,” the IFPI said in its announcement earlier this year. “It puts an end to fans being unable to access music in their own country when it is legally available elsewhere, and the frustration that can cause.”
With July 10 arriving next week, that means that tomorrow, June 30, is the last chance to buy a new album, the day it comes out, on a Tuesday. So with that in mind, here’s what’s hitting the shelves this week, according to metacritic.com:
29 June 2015
Goblin Rebirth Goblin Rebirth
Meek Mill Dreams Worth More Than Money
Neil Young The Monsanto Years
30 June 2015
August Burns Red Found In Far Away Places
Bassnectar Into The Sun
Bilal In Another Life
Dan Svizeny Whitecaps
Failure The Heart Is A Monster
Joy Williams Venus
LA Priest Inji
Matt Pond PA The State Of Gold
Miguel Wildheart
Mocky Key Change
Refused Freedom
The Legends It’s Love
The Velvet Teen All Is Illusory
Tyga The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty
Vince Staples Summertime ’06
On July 10, the new global release day era kicks off with new efforts from Cradle of Filth, Four Tet, Ghostface Killah, Little Boots, Owl City, The-Dream, Veruca Salt, Years & Years, and others.
Feels weird.