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Egomatic Annie
Egomatic Annie (CD single)
Cat: OSHCD 02. Rel: 27 Sep 07
Egomatic Annie
Unless
Review: Leapfrogging conventional rock sounds and hop-scotching conformity, these unassuming young gentlemen yell "Up your pigeon-hole!" to an industry obsessed with format and repeated musical templates. In the humble surroundings of a quaint English seaside village, the members of Odd Shaped Head reside in chaotic harmony: Paul (bass/vocals), Ricky (guitar/vocals), Rob (drums) and Andrew (guitar); from childhood chums to grown up geeky misfits. The quirky quartet release their new single "Egomatic Annie". Their eclectic brand of energetic, rhythmic, funk-punk, jerky bass popping, powerful scatterbrained drumming and stabbing guitars bursting into vibrant melodies draws more fans along to venues already packed with a collage of characters. This is not to be missed.
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Aisles
Aisles (12" + MP3 download code)
Cat: JAG 412LP. Rel: 24 Sep 21
Gloria (4:38)
Eyes Without A Face (4:38)
Safety Dance (3:50)
If You Leave (4:24)
Forever Young (5:38)
Review: Angel Olsen's Aisles is an 80s cover EP that has been put together after her last two emotionally wrought albums. It has some great moments like the brooding sounds of her versions of classics such as 'Forever Young' and 'The Safety Dance.' The artist says she heard the source material while in grocery stores and was inspired to just "have a little fun and be a little more spontaneous." Laura Branigan's Euro-disco anthem 'Gloria' is another standout as here it becomes a moody rework with slow tempos that draw you in deep, while there is a real tenderness to her take on Alphaville's 'Forever Young.'
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Til The Stream Runs Dry
Cat: NSWN 059. Rel: 08 Sep 22
Into The Stream (1:03)
I Love You, Baby (2:47)
Dog Stay Down (3:19)
St Paul Of The Tarantulas (4:21)
(I'm Going Down To That) Hole In The Ground (3:28)
The Unrepentant Soldier (2:59)
'Til The Stream Runs Dry (6:05)
Review: Brighton based jazz/post-punk manglers, Opus Kink, package all of their sonic bastardisations into one cohesive, digestible unit on their debut EP, 'Til The Stream Runs Dry.' Combining angular riffs, sardonic, spoken word ramblings and jazz fusion flurries, one can't help but notice the surface level similarities to the likes of Black Midi, yet rather than focusing on full audible abandon, the material here centres around smarmy narrative complexities, all bolstered by grimy funk and indie-punk hybridizations. Yet another excellent new artist/release to appear from the expansive, dynamic roster of the Nice Swan camp.
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Nana Best (Soundtrack)
Nana Best (Soundtrack) (limited translucent purple vinyl LP in debossed sleeve)
Cat: DV 12841. Rel: 22 Dec 23
Rose (3:46)
A Little Pain (5:11)
Zero (3:46)
Wish (3:44)
Kuroi Namida (5:05)
Nothing's Gonna Take My Love (4:32)
Shadow Of Love (4:05)
Winter Sleep (5:54)
Stand By Me (4:43)
Review: Nana is a Japanese manga created by Ai Yazawa and first published in Cookie magazine in 2000. It tells the story of two young women, both called Nana, who meet on the train to Tokyo and, despite their different personalities, become roommates and friends. The manga was a great success with readers, thanks in particular to the quality of its plot, its characters and its soundtrack, which includes several original songs written by Ai Yazawa herself. It was published in 21 volumes in Japan and has been translated into many languages, including English and French. In 2006, the manga was adapted into an anime by the Madhouse studio, under the direction of Morio Asaka. This 47-episode adaptation brought Nana to an even wider audience, and was also praised for its quality. This first-edition anime soundtrack is the result of the collaboration of various artists, including Tomoki Hasegawa, Anna Tsuchiya and Olivia Lufkin. Their unique compositions and interpretations capture the emotions of the characters and the essence of the world of Nana. The album brings together iconic songs that amplify the impact of key moments in the story, creating a memorable musical experience.
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The Lion & The Cobra (reissue)
Cat: CHEN 7. Rel: 26 Oct 23
Jackie
Mandinka
Jerusalem
Just Like U Said It Would B
Never Get Old
Troy
I Want Your (Hands On Me)
Drink Before The War
Just Call Me Joe
Review: In the wake of her shock passing, it is of course a logical time to reconnect with the incredible legacy of music Sinead O'Connor left behind. It all began with The Lion And The Cobra, a brilliant jewel of late 80s rock and pop which announced the beloved Irish singer and her distinctive artistry to the world. There's a remarkable range to the album, even in its biggest hits, as the breezy AOR jangle of 'Mandinka' gives way to the epic orchestrations of 'Troy' before the sprightly synth funk of 'I Want Your (Hands On Me)'. It's a classic through and through, absolutely of its time but a fitting reminder of how incredibly gifted O'Connor was and how much she will be missed.
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Universal Mother (reissue)
Cat: CHEN 34. Rel: 26 Oct 23
Germaine (4:55)
Fire On Babylon (4:55)
John I Love You (2:52)
My Darling Child (1:21)
Am I A Human? (1:53)
Red Football (2:24)
All Apologies (2:33)
A Perfect Indian (1:44)
Scorn Not His Simplicity (4:05)
All Babies (3:44)
In This Heart (3:08)
Tiny Grief Song (1:54)
Famine (4:51)
Thank You For Hearing Me (5:28)
Review: The world was stunned by Sinead O'Connor's untimely death, but in such periods it's only right to cast our minds back over her huge body of work and be reminded of her talent. It's no surprise to see her seminal early albums getting reissued and 1993's Universal Mother is right up there with her most cherished works. In typical O'Connor style the album opens up with a quote from prominent feminist Germaine Greer, but the album was in fact a relatively grounded, direct affair with plenty of accessible grooves from the rolling 'Fire On Babylon' to the spiritually charged 'Thank You For Hearing Me', reportedly written about her relationship with Peter Gabriel.
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Am I Not Your Girl?
Cat: CHEN 26. Rel: 26 Oct 23
Why Don't You Do Right? (2:25)
Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered (6:15)
Secret Love (2:57)
Black Coffee (3:21)
Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home (4:30)
Don't Cry For Me Argentina (5:34)
I Want To Be Loved By You (2:50)
Gloomy Sunday (3:51)
Love Letters (3:08)
How Insensitive (3:26)
Scarlet Ribbons (4:08)
Don't Cry For Me Argentina (instrumental) (3:45)
Review: In the many-sided legacy Sinead O'Connor left in her wake, there were many surprises and anomalies which benefit from a fresh appraisal since her tragic passing. Her 1992 album Am I Not Your Girl? had a mixed reception on its release, as she paused on her contemporary dance-tinged pop production to indulge in big band and torch song covers. Similarly to Bjork tackling 'It's Oh So Quiet', it was a divisive move in a career full of them, but in the fullness of time these sincere pieces are but another vehicle for O'Connor's incredible voice, proving she was as versatile as she was forthright. A one of a kind talent, never to be repeated.
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Be Here Now (25th Anniversary Edition)
Be Here Now (25th Anniversary Edition) (gatefold 180 gram silver vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: RKIDLP 85C. Rel: 18 Aug 22
D'You Know What I Mean? (7:53)
My Big Mouth (5:09)
Magic Pie (7:18)
Stand By Me (6:03)
I Hope, I Think, I Know (4:19)
The Girl In The Dirty Shirt (5:54)
Fade In Out (6:54)
Don't Go Away (4:49)
Be Here Now (5:16)
All Around The World (9:33)
It's Gettin' Better (Man!!) (7:05)
All Around The World (reprise) (2:01)
Review: Top up your Oasis CD collection with this new rerelease of 'Be Here Now', the band's third and "most colossal" sounding LP, in the words of one Noel Gallagher. Being one of the few major rock albums in history for which its PR persons actually feared overexposure, and sought to control its release, gag orders were signed by journalists to quell its premature hype. Far from the heyday of 'Wonderwall' or 'Definitely Maybe', the album went triple platinum, owing to lead single 'Do You Know What I Mean?', and the band's relentless, cocaine-fuelled pursuit of commercial success at the time.
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The Masterplan (remastered)
Cat: RKIDCD 109. Rel: 02 Nov 23
Acquiesce
Underneath The Sky
Talk Tonight
Going Nowhere
Fade Away
The Swamp Song
I Am The Walrus (live)
Listen Up
Rockin' Chair
Half The World Away
(It's Good) To Be Free
Stay Young
Headshrinker
The Masterplan
Review: Another case of second time around, this time for the final Creation Records release from Oasis, a collection of B-sides that returns in freshly remastered form. While not all bands could get away with this kind of exercise, the Mancunian Britpop heroes released enough memorable bonus cuts to make it a worthwhile and entertaining exercise. For proof, check the densely layered, riff-driven yelp of 'Acquiesce', the wistful 'Talk Tonight' and 'Half The World Away', the brass band-sporting Beatles-in-1966 shuffle of 'Going Nowhere', the sing-along fun of 'Stay Young', and the band's triumphant, six-and-a-half minute live cover of 'I Am The Walrus' - arguably their best "flipside" of all.
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The Masterplan (remastered)
Cat: RKIDLP 109. Rel: 02 Nov 23
Acquiesce (4:26)
Underneath The Sky (3:19)
Talk Tonight (4:06)
Going Nowhere (4:50)
Fade Away (4:17)
The Swamp Song (4:18)
I Am The Walrus (live Glasgow Cathouse June '94) (6:16)
Listen Up (6:21)
Rockin' Chair (4:25)
Half The World Away (4:17)
(It's Good) To Be Free (4:21)
Stay Young (5:00)
Headshrinker (4:44)
The Masterplan (5:16)
Review: Oasis's Noel Gallagher has said many times before that he considers the title track from the band's The Masterplan album as one of the best he has ever written. Despite that, it isn't one of their most famous, nor is the album one of the band's most widely loved. But listening back to this reissue that is maybe something that needs reconsidering. It does have a few well-loved classics such as 'Half The World Away,' which was made famous by a certain TV show, plus a live cover of The Beatles' 'I Am The Walrus' and the popular 'Acquiesce'. On its 25th anniversary, it has been newly remastered for the occasion.
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The Masterplan (25th Anniversary Edition) (remastered)
The Masterplan (25th Anniversary Edition) (remastered) (limited gatefold silver vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: RKIDLP 109C. Rel: 02 Nov 23
Acquiesce (4:26)
Underneath The Sky (3:19)
Talk Tonight (4:06)
Going Nowhere (4:50)
Fade Away (4:17)
The Swamp Song (4:18)
I Am The Walrus (live) (6:16)
Listen UP (6:21)
Rockin' Chair (4:25)
Half The World Away (4:17)
(It's Good) To Be Free (4:21)
Stay Young (5:00)
Headshrinker (4:44)
The Masterplan (5:16)
Review: 'The Masterplan' is an extraordinary collection of B-sides originally featured on singles from Oasis' era-defining first three albums, Definitely Maybe, (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, and Be Here Now. Far from being inferior to the singles they backed, many of the fourteen tracks that feature on The Masterplan have become as cherished as the band's biggest singles from that seminal period. The album includes tracks 'Acquiesce', 'Half The World Away', 'Talk Tonight', an iconic live cover of The Beatles' 'I Am The Walrus', and the epic title track. Noel has often described 'The Masterplan' as one of the best songs he has ever written. Now remastered and reissued via Big Brother.
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Yesterday Today 1992-1997
Yesterday Today 1992-1997 (blue & orange & red vinyl 5xLP box set)
Cat: DEMRECBOX 75. Rel: 24 Feb 23
Talk On (4:02)
How About You (3:09)
Giving It All Away (4:11)
Justine (3:30)
Do Yourself A Favour (3:52)
Third Shade Of Green (4:36)
Sway (3:42)
Penny Pinching Rainy Heaven Days (3:14)
One Of Those Days (4:12)
Is She Coming Home? (6:07)
Blue Deep Ocean (4:39)
Reprise (1:30)
The Riverboat Song (5:07)
The Day We Caught The Train (2:58)
The Circle (3:45)
Lining Your Pockets (3:48)
Fleeting Mind (5:01)
40 Past Midnight (4:00)
One For The Road (3:49)
It's My Shadow (4:23)
Policemen And Pirates (4:04)
The Downstream (5:23)
You've Got It Bad (4:44)
Get Away (7:52)
Hundred Mile High City (4:05)
Better Day (3:44)
Travellers Tune (3:39)
Big Star (3:12)
Debris Road (3:10)
Besides Yourself (3:12)
Get Blown Away (4:44)
Tele He's Not Talking (3:06)
Foxy's Folk Faced (2:04)
All Up (2:50)
Spark & Cindy (4:06)
Half A Dream Away (4:07)
It's A Beautiful Thing (6:45)
Review: The name 'Ocean Colour Scene' is an amalgamation of the eponymous band's three favourite words. This direct-democratic approach to band-naming should be an example to us all. But what of their music? 'Yesterday Today 1992-1997' compiles the West Midlands band's most eminent songs, which largely fall in the category of Britpop and indie. While commercial success for the group was limited (indeed bands like Oasis, Blur and The Verve were monopolizing the market), that says absolutely nothing about the quality of the music on this retrospective. Quite the contrary, actually; with selections spanning over ten studio albums, songs like 'Sway', 'Talk On' and 'Blue Deep Ocean' sound equally nostalgic and optimistic for a better musical future than now.
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Days Like These: Live 1998-2015 (Signed Edition)
Days Like These: Live 1998-2015 (Signed Edition) (limited coloured vinyl 4xLP box set + autographed print in spot-varnished slipcase)
Cat: DEMRECBOX 91X. Rel: 01 Mar 24
Hundred Mile High City (LP1: Travellers Tunes: live At Sterling Castle (1998))
Travellers Tune
Besides Yourself
This Understanding
The Riverboat Song
Debris Road
Lining Your Pockets
It's My Shadow
You've Got It Bad
Get Away
Day Tripper
Second Hand Car (LP2: live acoustic At The Jam House (2006))
She's Been Writing
The Word
This Day Should Last Forever
Beautiful Thing
Won't Get Grazed
Great Man In Waiting
Here In My Heart
Matilda's England
God's World
Foxy's Folk Faced
Make The Deal
Still Trying
My Time
Fleeting Mind
Better Day (LP3: live At The Bridgewater Hall with Q Strings (2015))
So Low
I Wanna Stay Alive With You
This Day Should Last Forever
Village Life
She's Been Writing
Have You Got The Right
Another Time To Stay
Profit In Peace
We Made It More
Weekend
Fleeting Mind (LP4: live At The Bridgewater Hall with Q Strings (2015) - Continued)
Drive Away
One For The Road
Travellers Tune
Get Blown Away
The Circle
Robin Hood
Huckleberry Grove
Alibis
Families
The Day We Caught The Train
Review: This one is an absolute treat for fans of Ocean Colour Scene - a special signed edition of their Days Like These: Live 1998 - 2015 albums on Demon. There are three in all (Travellers Tunes: Live From Sterling Castle 1998, Live Acoustic At The Jam House 2006 and Live at The Bridgewater Hall With Q Strings 2015.) and they are a fine reminder of the much loved UK indie band and all their most glorious moments. As well as all the most popular hits, there are special acoustic versions of some tunes and much more. Ocean Colour Scene are one of Britain's finest bands and this live album will show you why.
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Ur Fun
Ur Fun (CD)
Cat: PRC 349CD. Rel: 23 Jan 20
Peace To All Freaks
Polyaneurism
Get God's Attention By Being An Atheist
Gypsy That Remains
You've Had Me Everywhere
Carmillas Of Love
Don't Let Me Die In America
St Sebastian
Deliberate Self Harm Ha Ha
20th Century Schizofriendic Revengoid Man
Review: It's fair to say that "Ur Fun", the first album in years recorded by of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes on his own, is less an album-proper and more a collection of very, very strong singles. Each vying for attention against some intimidating competition elsewhere on the track list, it's important to make clear that while all are individuals, the LP doesn't feel disjointed or cluttered. It's just a whole lot of, fun. "You've Had A Good Time" seems to summon the spirit of the Pet Shop Boys circa 1989. "Deliberate Self Harm Ha Ha" might remind some of Kasabian, and '"Gypsy That Remains" is a dreamy, deep-but-direct synth workout wearing heart firmly on sleeve. Sonically diverse, it's impossible to deny that to pull off something like this you really need a master songwriter and instrumental crafts-person.
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22 Make
22 Make (limited LP)
Cat: 383434 7. Rel: 06 Oct 22
22 Make (3:32)
Magnificent (4:27)
True Romance (3:52)
Little Tigers (3:14)
Can We Always Be Friends? (2:48)
Sweet Disaster (3:49)
Apollo (3:28)
Fuck It I Love You (3:24)
365 (3:49)
Stop Waiting (4:15)
Say Something (3:22)
Review: Talk about airing your dirty laundry in public. Real-life couple Anthony and Josephine Vander West advocate inviting others to observe your process of self-redemption on their latest outing as Oh Wonder. Although not necessarily made in the pandemic, 22 Make is the direct product of what happened to this ace, unarguably shiny but always innovative alt-pop tag-team when the music stopped. Or at least when touring halted. Suddenly finding themselves facing a very different world, and a much more closed-off and isolated reality in which new experiences were hard to come by and they really only had themselves for comfort, the make or break situation very nearly resulted in the latter. Hence last year's 22 Break LP. This is the follow up, which explains, through their rousing but often delicate brand of nice melodic stuff, how the relationship was saved and new levels of appreciation for each other were fostered and cemented.
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No One Else Can Wear Your Crown (Deluxe Edition)
Cat: 843707. Rel: 07 Feb 20
Dust
Happy
Better Now
Hallelujah
In & Out Of Love
How It Goes
Drunk On You
Nothing But You
I Wish I Never Met You
Nebraska
Hallelujah (acoustic)
Better Now (acoustic)
Happy (acoustic)
Drunk On You (acoustic)
Hallelujah (Unplugged)
Review: Variety is the spice of life, as they say, and Oh Wonder have clearly attempted to distill that idea into their latest long form. So hard to pin down, the work here straddles many genres, all of which are accessible in their own way. Yet it never fully commits; universal adoration is clearly the goal.

For dedicated fans "No One Else Can Wear Your Crown" may be jarring. The record sees Josephine Vander Gucht and Anthony West, et al, explore avenues that aren't always the obvious matches for their sweet pop lullabies. There's more than a smattering of EDM throughout, see those power drops and all that synth discordance. "Nothing But You", arguably the finest here, sees contemporary R&B and shiny hip hop flows come to the fore. Of course there's plenty of Oh Wonder-ness too, "Happy" being one example, but this will be remembered as their most daring and different to date.
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Dead Man's Party (reissue)
Dead Man's Party (reissue) (limited gatefold autumn gold & orange vinyl LP)
Cat: RUBY 42LP. Rel: 09 Feb 24
Just Another Day (5:10)
Dead Man's Party (6:15)
Heard Somebody Cry (4:40)
No One Lives Forever (4:14)
Stay (3:31)
Fool's Paradise (4:36)
Help Me (3:43)
Same Man I Was Before (3:21)
Weird Science (6:16)
Review: Five albums into Oingo Bingo's original, classic run, we're treated to one of the best from Danny Elfman's shapeshifting new wave oddballs. Dead Man's Party is catchy as hell, not least the title track, coming on like Devo arranged by an orchestral composer, which isn't so far from the truth. Elfman has been cited as having mixed feelings about the band's biggest hit 'Weird Science', which was written in the car straight after a call from John Hughes asking for a theme tune for the classic sci-fi teen comedy of the same name. We don't care, it's an infectious slice of party-starting electro-funk that harks back to simpler, goofier times.
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Living Theatre
Cat: TIM 147CD. Rel: 17 May 19
240 D
Blue Paradigm
Cotton & Cane
Meadowlands
Castor & Pollux
Violent Days
Every Ark
Grand Palais
Distant Episode
Angelino High
Review: Olden Yolk are fresh psychedelic pop-rock-folk and downbeat-pop duo Shane Butler and Caity Shaffer outta New York. Bringing together stomp boxing guitar rhythms with synthesized sounds, space echoes and other trippy textures, the band's work finds itself in a middle ground that's somewhere in the midst of The Go-Betweens or Yo La Tengo. "Living Theatre" presents the pair with their second album and it follows last year's self-titled LP, this time delivering hypnagogic folk and kosmische rhythms, expanding and refining Butler's work with former band Quilt. Our picks being the dreamy episode in "Meadowlands" and the shoegazing surf folk of "Grand Palais".
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Big Time
Big Time (limited gatefold pink vinyl 2xLP + booklet + MP3 download code)
Cat: JAG 424LPC1. Rel: 02 Jun 22
All The Good Times (4:39)
Big Time (4:08)
Dream Thing (3:52)
Ghost On (4:20)
All The Flowers (3:36)
Right Now (5:10)
This Is How It Works (6:21)
Go Home (5:25)
Through The Fires (4:26)
Chasing The Sun (4:46)
Review: St Louis' indie icon Angel Olsen has always hinted at her country leanings in her music, but on her sixth album she goes more wholeheartedly into the tradition of Americana. At the same time, the album's themes centre around Olsen's journey of discovery as she came out as queer in her mid-thirties, and this gets explored wholeheartedly in the video for the title track with its testing of gender norms. Co-produced with Jonathan Wilson and featuring Drew Erickson and Emily Elhaj on keys and bass respectively, it's a stunning step on for Olsen as she explores the roots of her sound and her world as it stands now.
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Ivory
Ivory (gatefold LP + insert)
Cat: 93624872245. Rel: 27 Mar 23
Ivory (0:49)
Talk (2:37)
No Good Reason (1:51)
Invincible (feat Daniel Caesar) (3:33)
Endlessly (0:38)
Killing Me (2:40)
Go Away (3:25)
Waiting On You (2:30)
Petrified (3:20)
Personally (3:35)
En El Olvido (2:07)
Tamagotchi (3:08)
Can't Get Over You (0:54)
Evergreen (3:38)
Bad Life (feat Kali Uchis) (3:17)
Mr Neighbor (2:48)
Review: American singer Omar Apollo dropped his debut album last year with singles such as 'Go Away', 'Bad Life', and 'Tamagotchi' all performing well. The record was the artist's first ever entry into the Billboard Top 200 which no doubt rewards him for deciding to rewrite the whole thing after not being happy with the first version. "I wasn't excited about it. It was good music - it wasn't bad music, but it didn't feel like me" he said at the time. The genre-hopping record mixes up pop-punk, r&B, hip-hop, indie-pop and elements of Latin trap, funk, psychedelic music and traditional Mexican music.
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Once & Future Band
Cat: CF 083. Rel: 19 Jan 17
How Does It Make You Feel? (5:56)
I'll Be Fine (6:30)
Hide & Seek (6:19)
Ronaldo (4:35)
Tell Me Those Are Tears Of Joy (5:24)
Magnetic Memory (4:40)
Standing In The Wake Of Violence (5:17)
Review: It may only be January, but we already have a firm contender for time warp classic of 2017 here - this self-titled debut from Once & Future Band, somewhat contrary to their very name, is a veritable smorgasbord of sugary '70s prog-pop, indeed the kind of thing that Jeff Lynne continues to have fever dreams about to this very day. The harmonies here may bring to mind The Beach Boys, yet this meticulously constructed yet never precious album triumphs through its ability to conjure up an expansive and wonder-filled era of sonic grandstanding without ever sounding like tired retro pastiche. It's almost enough to have one wondering how that Jimmy Carter presidency will work out.
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We Love Your Ears: Optimo 25 Part 1
OPTIMO / VARIOUS
Cat: OPTIMO 2501. Rel: 31 Jan 24
Brainticket - "Places Of Light" (3:59)
TJ Lawrence - "Fireplay" (5:01)
Robert Rental - "Double Heart" (2:56)
African Head Charge - "No, Don't Follow Fashion" (5:44)
Keith Hudson - "Nuh Skin Up" (7:13)
Smokin Cheeba - "When I Was A Youth" (5:54)
The Wad - "15 Inches" (9:00)
Idjut Boys & Laj - "Foolin' (Beatin On Dave)" (7:00)
JBB Et Soprann - "Tibi Lap" (5:54)
Review: Unusually, Optimo's JD Twitch and Jonny Wilkes have taken the unusual step of not announcing the tracklist for their two-part 25th anniversary compilation ahead of release. Ordering, then, requires a leap of faith, but given the sheer breadth, diversity and quality of the music they've been playing over the last quarter of a decade, there's no doubt we're in safe hands. It's not a 'best of Optimo anthems' collection, or merely a bunch of peak-time favourites; instead, we're promised a mixture of unusual warm-up favourites and confirmed dancefloor workouts in a wide range of style that have long been favourites of the two Glasgow-based DJs - many of which will, inevitably, be slept-on, forgotten or under-appreciated gems.
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We Love Your Ears: Optimo 25 Part 2
OPTIMO / VARIOUS
Cat: OPTIMO 2502. Rel: 31 Jan 24
Chris & Cosey - "Take Control" (3:03)
Isolators - "Concentrate On Us" (7:32)
Mike Dunn - "Life Goes On" (6:13)
KC Flightt - "Voices" (original dub mix) (9:58)
Faze Action - "Good Lovin'" (Special Disco mix) (6:10)
Hannah Holland - "Ekotypic" (4:17)
Divine - "Shake It Up" (6:07)
XS 5 - "I Need More" (extended dance version) (6:00)
Liquid Liquid - "Optimo" (2:43)
Review: Optimo's JD Twitch and Jonny Wilkes, undoubtedly the UK's most fearless and on-point 'anything goes' DJs, have spent a quarter of a decade building trust with their audience. You can never tell what they might play when you turn up at one of their events, but you know it will be inspired, high-quality, and most likely make you want to dance. With their two-part 25th anniversary compilation (this is part two), they've taken a similar approach, keeping the track-list under wraps until release day while promising a mix of oddball warm-up favourites and floor-focused tracks they love and have played at various points since the start of the century. Given their track record, we can expect forgotten gems, left-of-centre anti-anthems, and unusual party-starting delights.
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Played by: Alexis Le-Tan
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My Eyes Brother!
Cat: NSWN 075. Rel: 08 Jun 23
Chains (4:36)
Dust (4:22)
Children (3:50)
Tin Of Piss (0:54)
Malarky (4:58)
Piping Angels (3:23)
1:18 (4:28)
Review: Following on from last year's immense EP Til The Stream Runs Dry, Brighton based jazz/post-punk bastardisers Opus Kink make good on all of their absurd promise with the much anticipated debut full-length My Eyes, Brother! Sporting a dizzying concoction of caustic riffage, sardonic spoken word and flurries of jazz fusion bedlam whilst retaining an effortless display of controlled cohesion, the absurdist narratives are elevated by unhinged forays into funk-punk no wave noise-rock, and serves as yet another notch on the belt of Nice Swan's expansive and incomparable roster of cutting edge artists. For fans of Black Midi, Black Country, New Road and mercurial nonsense of the highest standard.
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Tableau
Tableau (gatefold 180 gram vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: HVNLP 207. Rel: 06 Oct 22
Chromo I (1:13)
Chromo II (3:00)
Airtight (4:19)
The Instrument (4:12)
Improvisation 001 (8:35)
Television (3:11)
Some Day Later (2:33)
Darkened Corners (4:14)
Honfleur Remembered (3:36)
Beam/S (7:53)
To Offer, To Erase (1:56)
The Room (4:16)
By Its Light (0:53)
Transmission (7:19)
Drawn & Defined (3:28)
Stones (1:37)
Review: If you love The Orielles - and, let's face it, who hasn't fallen deeply for the West Yorkshire youths-done-very-good? - you'll be over the moon to learn Tableau makes a strong case for itself as their finest hour (or thereabouts) to date, while also adding more fuel to the argument that the band are up there with the best in their generation, and probably the preceding one. Having already proven themselves capable of creating these highly immersive, sweet but never twee psychedelic stunners, here they opt for something entirely different, and yet at some points similar. This record veers wildly, sometimes unpredictably but always beautifully from track to track. Indie dance, string orchestral, epic building rock, shoegaze, spoken word warm up, and blissed out lo fi. Album of the month? At the very least.
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Weather Alive
Weather Alive (limited translucent vinyl LP)
Cat: PTKF 30233. Rel: 22 Sep 22
Weather Alive (6:59)
Friday Night (5:34)
Fractals (5:16)
Haunted Satellite (4:31)
Forever Young (5:34)
Lonely (4:15)
Arms Around A Memory (5:41)
Unwritten (7:14)
Review: Folktronic singer-songwriter Beth Orton turns her focus inwards on her new album 'Weather Alive', manifesting a pathetically fallacious sound drawing on the natural environment and the use of a secondhand piano bought thriftily in Camden Market. Spring-boarding from the ambient, spoken word acoustic textures of her earlier projects, which used guitar and extensive production, this album is pure upright piano and voice. Just like Orton's righteous flight from London, this is cloud-floating music for nomads.
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Bronco (Record Store Day RSD 2023)
Bronco (Record Store Day RSD 2023) (limited gatefold gold vinyl LP)
Cat: 196587 84141. Rel: 19 May 23
Daytona Sand (3:12)
The Curse Of The Blackened Eye (4:07)
Outta Time (4:11)
Lafayette (3:00)
C'mon Baby, Cry (3:29)
Iris Rose (2:48)
Kalahari Down (4:43)
Bronco (3:25)
Trample Out The Days (3:44)
Blush (3:34)
Hexie Mountains (3:09)
Let Me Drown (3:15)
Any Turn (2:15)
City Of Gold (4:01)
All I Can Say (3:53)
Review: Bronco was the critically acclaimed album by Orville Peck and for this year's Record Store Day celebrations it is getting a limited edition reissue. This one comes on double metallic gold vinyl and finds the country musician known for his baritone voice and flashy wardrobe in fine form. It arrived only in 2022, three years after his debut Pony. Peck is a real trailblazer as he openly identifies as queer in the famously conservative world of country music and though attempts have been made to unmask him, no one has yet succeeded. Like on his debut, this album investigates themes of love, loss and loneliness with bold story arcs.
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Intercepted Message
Intercepted Message (LP + insert + MP3 download code)
Cat: ITR 380. Rel: 14 Aug 23
Stunner (2:44)
Blank Chems (4:15)
Intercepted Message (3:23)
Die Laughing (4:09)
Unusual & Cruel (3:22)
The Fish Needs A Bike (3:19)
Goon (2:21)
Chaos Heart (5:35)
Submerged Building (3:12)
Sleazoid Psycho (6:56)
Always At Night (2:12)
Review: We're always hyped to see another transmission blast out from the furnace of John Dwyer's Osees. You never quite know what it might be forged into the grooves, but on this occasion Dwyer's here to outline the ingredients of Intercepted Message as 'a pop record for tired times'. Given the band's embrace of wildly meandering, psychedelic rock abandon, this is a strikingly focused record steeped in verse-chorus structure and laden with bright daubs of synths. The title track is also the lead single - a buoyant synth-pop dance monster with the attack you'd expect from Dwyer's project, and it tells you this is the Osees at their most direct.
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Intercepted Message
Intercepted Message (blue blood vinyl LP + insert + MP3 download code)
Cat: ITR 380B5. Rel: 16 Aug 23
Stunner (2:44)
Blank Chems (4:15)
Intercepted Message (3:22)
Die Laughing (4:08)
Unusual & Cruel (3:22)
The Fish Needs A Bike (Blurt Cover) (3:18)
Goon (2:21)
Chaos Heart (2:46)
Submerged Building (2:46)
Sleazoid Psycho (3:11)
Always At Night (9:01)
Review: Who knows what's in store when a new Osees record comes flying into earshot from John Dwyer's psych factory? The band that have made their reputation on their ability to shape shift from record to record are back with a strident blast of synth-drenched, hook laden songs with discernible beginnings, middles and ends. As a band who have been able to traverse labyrinthe psych corridors many a time, it's a forthright style which heralds this album, but not at the expense of the electric, bristling sound. With electronics and daggering riffs all locked into unison on short, sharp bullets of songwriting perfection, it's a fresh angle for the Osees, and unsurprisingly they've absolutely nailed it.
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AM
AM (purple & clear galaxy vinyl LP)
Cat: LP-EIS 008C2. Rel: 21 Mar 24
Grapes (2:48)
The Well (3:12)
Nu Punk (3:42)
Where's My Dini? (4:16)
Milk (5:25)
Really Bees (1:43)
Moth Rock (5:10)
There's My Dini! (3:24)
Blue Baby (5:05)
The Great Alligator (6:52)
Review: Doing shoegaze right is Connecticut's Ovlov, who return to spotlight with a reissue on Exploding In Sound of their incredible album, Am. Active since 2009, this intermittently releasing band are nonetheless local legends, owing to the persistent quality they uphold. A hoovering, surroundy and middy sound permeates this gem first released in 2013; opener ‘Grapes’ plunges us in infinity pools of unnaturally-dyed, ricocheting waters, setting the tone for a sound that holds no bars when it comes to sublime buildups and maximized shredding. Slower-core moments abound on the likes of ‘Where’s My Dini?’, evincing an approach to the sound that cares less about lyrics and more about the general evocation of an East-Coast nostalgia.
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Dream Is Murder
Dream Is Murder (limited gatefold 2xLP (side 4 etched) + MP3 download code)
Cat: MORR 185LP. Rel: 04 Jan 22
Imaginary Love (4:11)
Calling For Your Touch (6:42)
Shame (3:20)
Mandatory Love Story (3:44)
Tell Your New Lovers (6:11)
Where The Maps Run Out (3:43)
Today I Wrote Nothing (3:04)
Impossible (3:49)
Lake With No Name (4:13)
Run Deep (3:56)
Mothership (3:33)
Afterparty (4:03)
Review: RECOMMENDED
Three acclaimed musicians, one incredible way to start your 2022 music collection. With members boasting heritage including the mighty FM Belfast and mum, we shouldn't need to explain there's real pedigree here, and in generous, beautifully sung, emotionally captivating spades. From the tender quiet of 'Afterparty', to the more rousing, chart-worthy 'Where The Maps Run Out', one thing is clear from the off - song craft is rarely so well accomplished.

For the most part, concerned with hushed atmospheres and subtle but effective technique, highlights for us include the gentile vocal harmonies of 'Shame', the swooning neo-journeyman sound of 'Tell Your New Lovers', and the unassuming but unarguably infectious 'Today I Wrote Nothing', but ultimately this one is about diving in and fully immersing yourself in the complete package.
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