Also out this week:
After blowing our brains and busting our dancing shoes with their album launch show last November, we've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Maribou State's third studio album and it has not disappointed - immediately transporting us back to that Monday night dance party all over again. She might have kept us hangin' on but it's finally time to experience Kim Wilde's follow-up to her '88 album 'Close' - No, she's not covering NIN, but she is bringing an age-defying verve to proceedings, delivering bouts of pop, rock, new wave, balladry, and even a little electronica, with a bouncy effervescence that she's sure to carry into our meet and greet event this Saturday! Bonnie "Prince" Billy is in full, heart-breaking form for 'The Purple Bird' - if the cheeriness of the instrumentals fool you, the deeply melancholic lyrics will put you right. We snapped this one straight up on the devastating strength of 'Boise, Idaho' alone. Eddie Chacon's shimmering third solo release rolls through a smoky and hazy sound space, littered with effortlessly cool nods, sweet leads, and reassuringly mellow rhythms. It's gonna be a regular on the platter, for sure.
And there's more! The God Machine are having a chuckle on the second floor, it's Chamber Pop and beyond with Bob Stanley, Goat's Tarot Cards have made a comeback, Cymande are having a revival, there are demos galore from Madvillain, The Lemonheads are buffing their buttons and cars, David Sylvian's on the double, there's a list of demands from Damon Locks, Decius are in splendiferous form, Do Nothing dislike summer, and Nick Heyward's holding out for a miracle!
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