Local bands celebrate new albums with shows

This weekend is a big one for local music releases: Both the Sweeplings and Cathedral Pearls are putting out their first full-length albums and are celebrating the occasion with back-to-back shows at the Bartlett.

The Sweeplings is a project formed by Cami Bradley, the local singer-songwriter featured on NBC’s competition series “America’s Got Talent,” and Alabama-based musician and producer Whitney Dean.

Their new LP, titled “Rise and Fall,” comes out today, and Bradley and Dean will be at the Bartlett at 8 tonight; physical copies of the LP will be available for purchase at the show.

“Etchings” is the first album by local indie four-piece Cathedral Pearls, a collection of 10 tightly crafted tunes a year and a half in the making.

Cathedral Pearls has released several EPs in the past, but this marks their first LP, and the band will perform the Bartlett at 8 p.m. Saturday with the new CD in tow.

And this is pretty cool: The $10 ticket also includes a copy of the record.

Nathan Weinbender