Eye of the Storm is the ninth studio album by Japanese rock band One Ok Rock. It was released on February 13, 2019 in Japan through A-Sketch, and on February 15, 2019 in other countries through Fueled by Ramen. The album marked a shift in their sound from the alternative rock and emo sounds of their previous albums to pop and electronic music. Three singles, "Change", "Stand Out Fit In", and "Wasted Nights" have been released in support of the album.
Damien Jurado’s latest album, In The Shape Of A Storm — the follow-up to last year’s The Horizon Just Laughed — comes out at the end of this week. Jurado’s album’s are often loosely pulled together by some grand thematic concept, but In The Shape Of A Storm is more defined by its lack of one. It was recorded during the course of a single afternoon in California, where the longtime Pacific Northwest resident recently moved, and if anything, it’s a meditation on loss. When Jurado recorded it, his frequent collaborator Richard Swift hadn’t yet died, but the album feels like it’s anticipating that absence, considering the unadorned way in which it was put together.