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Upcoming Album Releases- BANKS and Mabel

American singer BANKS  and Swedish/British singer Mabel are releasing albums this summer. I'm a fan of both of them, so I'm looking forward to the new releases! In anticipation of the new albums, here's a round-up of their previous music featured on the blog. :)

BANKS

First up is BANKS (real name Jillian Banks) whose 3rd album III is set for release in July. Read more about it at the links below:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8512881/banks-iii-new-album-interview

http://read.tidal.com/article/banks-iii

The first single from the album is Gimme, which came out last month. It was BANKS  first solo release for two years. Listen to the audio or watch the music video here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/05/weekly-music-video_22.html


Update 12/6/19: Here's another new song from the album, Look What You're Doing featuring Francis & The Lights. This is the lyric video:



Update 5/7/19: III is due for release on 12th July.

Check out previous posts about BANKS at the links below:

This Is What It Feels Like (from her 2nd EP LONDON): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2013/11/weekly-music-video_13.html

Fall Over (from the debut EP of the same name): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2014/05/weekly-music-video_14.html

Drowning (from her debut album Goddess): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2014/06/weekly-music-video_11.html

Goddess (song): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2014/07/weekly-music-video_9.html

F**k Em Only We Know (from Goddess): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2014/10/weekly-music-video_29.html

Better: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2015/11/weekly-music-video_11.html

Post about her 2nd album The Altar: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/09/new-banks-album.html

Video for the 2017 single Underdog: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/10/weekly-music-video.html

 Ans here are a couple of songs not previously featured:

This is Warm Water from Goddess. It was uploaded in 2013.


Here is Bedroom Wall, one of my favourite songs from LONDON:


And this In Between, her song with American rapper/singer 6LACK which was released in November 2017. I only came across this recently. It's got a nice, chilled R'n'B vibe.


6LACK fan? Check out this post:

Waves with Normani (Fifth Harmony) video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/02/weekly-music-video_20.html

Update 15/7/19: III is now out! Visit this link for my post about it: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/07/new-banks-album.html
 

Mabel

Then on 2nd August Mabel (full name Mabel McVey), whose mum is Swedish singer Neneh Cherry, releases her debut album High Expectations. Read more about it here: https://www.thefader.com/2019/04/18/mabel-high-expectations-release-date

Note: The article says that it will be released on 12th July, but it's actually now August. :)

The fist single from the album was Don't Call Me Up which came out in January. Visit this post to watch it: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/02/new-music-for-2019-western.html


The 2nd single is Mad Love, which has just been released. The video just premiered yesterday:


And here are more Mabel posts:

My Boy My Town: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/01/weekly-music-video.html

Post about Bedroom EP: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/05/new-mabel-ep.html

Post about Ivy to Roses mixtape: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/11/debut-mabel-mixtape.html

Fine Line (with Not3s): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/02/weekly-music-video_7.html

One Shot: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/09/weekly-music-video_12.html

One Shot remix: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/12/weekly-music-video_26.html

Outside (with Nigerian singer Burna Boy): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/02/weekly-music-video_13.html


These are a couple of videos I haven't posted before:

This is My Lover with British rapper Not3s, which came out in January 2018 and appears on the 2018 reissue of Ivy to Roses. It will also be on High Expectations.


And here is Ring Ring, Mabel's single with British DJ Jax Jones and American rapper Rich The Kid. It was released in June last year. You can find it in on Jax's EP Snacks and it will  be on High Expectations as well.


Update 3/8/19: Post about High Expectations now up! Check it out here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/08/debut-mabel-album.html

Hope you enjoyed the post! Stay tuned for more info on the upcoming albums. :) Are you looking forward to III and/or High Expectations, or any other new releases?

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