The whole thing is up-tempo, using that sort of Franz Ferdinand stomp that I suppose isn’t trendy anymore. But who cares about trends?
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The Vaselines – Enter the Vaselines (Deluxe Edition)
…listening to the Vaselines brings back very personal memories of girl hang-ups, posing in what I thought were 60s threads and playing records in my bedroom.
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Pink Mountaintops – Outside Love
A thumping, trashy, beautiful, and above all, ridiculously Glam release.
Tim Hecker – An Imaginary Country
The usual swathes of beautifully manipulated feedback and samples are here for all to enjoy. But this is such an accessible record; you could almost call it his pop release.
Alpha – The Sky is Mine
What is this? 1996? Well, in a way, it is. Alpha have been around since the mid nineties and their music carries a great deal of that decade still: the good bits at least.
Hermas Zopoula – Espoir
Hermas Zopoula is a car mechanic in Burkina Faso. He’s also a bloody talented lad, because he’s written an absolutely beautiful LP full of Hi Life-style pop.