Also out this week:
The Innocence Mission are really on the money with their gentle indie jangle pop - it's an absolute must if your lovelorn heart has ever been soothed by the output of Postcard or Sarah Records, jazzy & propulsive, this tweaked 12" of laidback deep house from Tenderlonious is packed with the sort of cooled leads designed to keep bopping heads bopping, the dream pairing of Bjork & Rosalia have gotten together to re-energise and salvage a long thought lost track from 2 decades on the cutting room floor (the Olof Dreijer remix on the flipside does the business too!) and the new EP from The Future Sound of London is a sonic glimpse of what the Manc duo have in store for us next year: warm, soothing drones, sparking electronics, and haunting rhythms emerging from beneath - all the makings of classic FSOL fodder! Elsewhere, we're getting in the festive spirit with an epic set from Sufjan Stevens and a 40th celebration of Band Aid, Echo & the Bunnymen are celebrating 25 years of worrying about life, X-Ray Spex are at the Roundhouse, The Unthanks are settling into winter, there's a classic trio from The Sound, Sparks have got their kimono out again, Machine Girl is in ultra mode, some astronauts are having a Lilac Time, Juanita Stein is feeling weightless, and you can take a trip to Monterey Pop with Buffalo Springfield and the Byrds!
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