The Week in Fresh Tracks [Forget Cassettes, Feral Hymns, Jamey Johnson, The GoldRoom, Penicillin Baby, Megajoos]

Who says we have to wait until the end of the week to do a Week in Fresh Tracks post! Not me. I never said that. My stack of "Peep these tunes!" Post-its is reaching critical mass, so let's go ahead and have a listen, shall we? Follow me below to hear the latest from: electronic rockstress Beth Cameron and her Forget Cassettes; top-notch local-meets-Brooklyn indie-rock outfit Feral Hymns; country phenom and Cochranophile Jamey Johnson; heavy-groovin' rockers The GoldRoom; and fuzzy psych outfits Penicillin Baby and Megajoos. As always, if you'd like to slide some fresh tracks our way, shove them in the pipeline via cream[at]nashvillecream[dot]com.

Forget Cassettes, O Cursa I

In the six years since Forget Cassettes' last release, Cassettes frontlady/mastermind Beth Cameron has been a part of projects including Eliza the Arrow and Ponychase. But those of us who recall the Nashville rock scene of the early to mid-Aughts have long wondered if and when Cameron would issue another release under the Cassettes banner. Wonder no longer, fellow fans — Forget Cassettes are back with a brand-new release, O Cursa I. Technically, O Cursa I is the first installment in a staggered release — II drops in November, III in December, and the full O Cursa LP (which includes three additional songs) will be available on vinyl in January via Theory 8 Records. Cameron will be joined by By Lightning! and Poly at her EP release show this Saturday at Exit/In, and we'll have a Critic's Pick on that in this week's forthcoming dead-tree edition of the Scene. But for now, you can stream O Cursa I's three ominous, seething, richly textured electro-rock tunes above, or purchase them at Forget Cassettes' Bandcamp page.