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Vintage vinyl record store day12/31/2023 FOREVERVOICELESS will be a clear vinyl release on 22nd April. The wordless edition may remove the largely present, most overt delivery of the album’s existentialist musings that is Eno’s narration ( The Garden Of Stars won’t be as sinister without his Gregorian chant We Let It In will not be quite as stirring for its omission of his daughter’s vocals), but letting the music speak alone for the entire 45 minutes will, I'm sure, communicate the album’s oft-sweeping mood shifts just as well – and perhaps manage to be even more transcendent and beautiful. Its arrival was perhaps inevitable, given that last year’s album was his first since 2005’s Another Day On Earth to predominantly feature vocals, and also considering how much it naturally still relies on Eno’s trademark instrumental ambience to convey much of its feeling. T-Rex – Rockin’ And Rollin’Īn instrumental version of his remarkably transcendent, achingly beautiful, pensive – and for that, critically acclaimed – 2022 album, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE, this aptly named LP has ‘best album for remote working’ acclaim all over it. Re-released for RSD on Dark Horse records, you'll do a lot worse than to snap up this limited edition coloured vinyl pressing. Strummer dug deep to sprinkle some of his old Clash magic over Coma Girl (an ode to Glastonbury festival, where you can still find Strummerville), the country-blues of Long Shadow, anthemic rocker Arms Aloft, and a heartfelt version of Bob Marley's Redemption Song which exactly 20 years after first hearing this album, still makes us a little teary for the loss of a true genius. Streetcore, finished and released posthumously in 2003, is a great record to have gone out on. This felt like full-circle for the rockabilly-punk icon, and his return to musical form made Strummer's untimely demise hurt even more. The last two were released on Californian punk label Hellcat, home of Clash-influenced bands like Rancid. “We’ve been embraced so warmly all of these years,” Midlake’s Eric Pulido shares, “and knew our show at The Roundhouse would serve as the perfect night to celebrate our 20-year relationship with our first live album.” Taylor Swift – Folklore: The Long Pond Studio SessionsĪfter a number of self-described 'wilderness years' post-Clash, Joe Strummer formed The Mescaleros in 1999 and embarked a roll of three great albums before his death in 2002. The live double album is actually the indie rockers’ first, which spans its catalogue, featuring tracks from latest album For the Sake Of Bethel Woods, and ventures back through their direction-changing Antiphon (the first post-lead-singer-Tim-Smith record), their ‘very Midlake’ The Courage Of Others, and of course the die-hard classics from 2006’s The Trials Of Van Occupanther – ya Roscoes and Head Homes and whatnot. Luckily for people like me, and of course those who were able to attend the gig and dug it, the show – which was held to celebrate the band’s 20th anniversary – is being pressed to coloured (side A red, side B orange) vinyl for Record Store Day for fans to live (and relive) in their living rooms. If I had to pick a London gig that I most yearned to be at last year – and trust me, there were many – it would be Midlake at the Roundhouse last April. This exclusive RSD release will be on crystal-clean vinyl, with its digital release following on 28th April and a full physical-format release in May. If the tracks on the Become EP are anything like the quality of OTM, though, it will be a must-own. Where Beach House are ‘going’ is anyone’s guess, as they are definitely one of those bands who seem to reliably make the same-sounding music – lush, expansive, stargazey – over and over but are somehow able to keep it fresh and enthralling with every release. “It’s not really where we are currently going, but it’s definitely somewhere we have been.” “To us, they are all kind of scuzzy and spacious, and live in the spirit realm,” says the band. (It certainly made my list of favourite albums of last year.) Beach House said they didn’t think these handful of tracks were a good fit for OTM, but later realised that they “fit in a little world of their own”. The Become EP comprises five songs from the studio sessions of Beach House's 2022 album Once Twice Melody, arguably the best and most beautiful yet from Baltimore’s dream-pop duo.
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