Playlist 520 - Sept 2021

A soundtrack for the end.

Or the beginning.

Or in between.

Enjoy.
x



Playlist
1. Faust – Vorsatz (Bureau B)
2. Curse of Lono – Let your love rain down on me (Submarine Cat Records)
3. Herbert feat Verushka – Fantasy (Accidental Records)
4. Luca Wilding – Book of fate (Abbey Records)
5. Nation of Language – This fractured mind (playing Grand Social, Dublin, Jan 29th 2022)
6. Shannon Lay – Geist (Sub Pop)
7. The Go! Team – A bee without its sting (Memphis Industries)
8. Vanessa Anne Redd – By the time (Sharp Attack Records)
9. Virginia Wing – Soft fruit (Fire Records) (playing Moth Club, London, Sept 24th)
10. Sone Institute – Dead ahead (Mystery Bridge)
11. Lomond Campbell – Engineer of fear (One Little Independent)
12. Dntel – Connect (Les Albums Claus)
13. Fryars with Sean O’Hagan – God melodies
14. Hackedepicciotto – Evermore (Mute)
15. Henrik Lindstrand – För Den Goda Viljan (Robert Ames rework) (One Little Independent)
16. Mocky – Ape-ifanys (Heavy Sheet)
17. Philip Frobos – Vacant Street (Upset The Rhythm)
18. Sack – What a way to live (playing Grand Social, Dublin,Dec 23rd)
19. Soccer96 feat Salami Rose Joe Louis – Sitting on a satellite (Moshi Moshi)
20. Someone – I’m not leaving (Tiny Tiger Records)
21. The Altered Hours – Radiant wound (playing Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Oct 29th)
22. Mark Wilkins – Vessels
23. Craig Fortnam – German Ocean (Onomatopoeia)
24. Marisa Anderson & William Tyler – News about heaven (Thrill Jockey)
25. The Magic Lantern – Blades of grass (Hectic Eclectic)
26. Treeboy & Arc – Role models (playing YES, Manchester, Sept 26th)
27. Vanishing Twin – Phase One Million (Fire Records) (playing Kings Place, London, Oct 28th)

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