Music For Listeners 04/17/2021

1) Beastie Boys-"Country Mike's Theme"  From the compilation album 'Anthology: The Sounds of Science'.
2) Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane-"Gods and Monsters"  From the forthcoming album 'Lost in the Cedar Wood'.
3) The Parrots (feat. C. Tangana)-"Maldito"  From the brand new digital single for "Maldito".
4) My Bloody Valentine-"Only Shallow"  From the album 'Loveless'.
5) Dry Cleaning-"Unsmart Lady"  From the brand new album 'New Long Leg'.
6) Inhaler-"Cheer Up Baby"  From the forthcoming album 'It Won't Always Be Like This'.
7) Nirvana-"Serve The Servants"  From the album 'In Utero'.
8) Cassia-"Gotta Get Through Til Monday"  From the forthcoming EP 'Magnifer'.
9) Ben Howard-"Sorry Kid"  From the brand new album 'Collections from the White Out'.
10) The Wedding Present-"Crawl"  From the brand new album 'Locked Down & Stripped Back'.
11) Paul McCartney and Beck-"Find My Way"  From the brand new album 'III Imagined'.
12) The Coral-"Lover Undiscovered"  From the forthcoming album 'Coral Island'.
13) Courtney Barnett-"Don't Do It"  From the forthcoming anniversary edition of Sharon Van Etten's album 'Epic'.
14) Shura & Rosie Lowe-"Obsession"  From the forthcoming deluxe edition album 'Forevher'.
15) Angel Olsen-"It's Every Season (Whole New Mess)"  From the forthcoming box set 'Song Of The Lark And Other Far Memories'.
16) The Orielles-"Rapid 1"  From the brand new soundtrack for the motion picture "La Vita Olistica".
17) Drug Store Romeos-"What's On Your Mind"  From the forthcoming album 'The World Within Our Bedrooms'.
18) Raf Rundell-"Monsterpiece"  From the brand new album 'O.M. Days'.
19) The Go! Team-"World Remember Me Now"  From the forthcoming album 'Get Up Sequences Part One'.
20) Holly Humberstone-"Haunted House"  From the brand new digital single for "Haunted House".
21) Sofia Kourtesis-"La Perla"  From the brand new EP 'Fresia Magdalena'.
22) Lean Logic-"Living Beings Pt.2"  From the forthcoming album 'The Last Mirage'.
23) Pote (feat. Damon Albarn)-"Young Lies (Radio Edit)"  From the forthcoming album 'A Tenuous Tale Of Her'.
24) Easy Life-"A Message To Myself"  From the forthcoming album 'Life's A Beach'.
25) Pixey-"Electric Dream"  From the brand new EP 'Free To Live In Colour'. Released late March.
26) Pinegrove-"Morningtime (Amperland, NY)"  From the soundtrack album to the motion picture "Amperland, NY".
27) St. Vincent-"The Melting Of The Sun"  From the forthcoming album 'Daddy's Home'.
28) Jose Gonzalez-"Visions"  From the brand new digital single for "Visions".
29) "The Mid-Morning Recording" Yaz-'Upstairs At Eric's'    (North American Sire Version)
This album most certainly reminds me of high school drama class. All the cute girls in the class were into the New Wave, along with all the strapping young lads. This one was certainly one of those albums that was listened to by everyone in the goth/new wave/techno pop crowd. An album I found after finding early Depeche Mode, and New Order. If I'm not mistaken the first time I heard it was on a mixtape my then girlfriend made for me. She also would introduce The Smiths to me on that tape. It was also when I started to notice that Sire Records was indeed "all that". I love Moyet's voice, and Clarke's techno pop and percussive techniques. Now listening to it years later, I love the experimentation of this album. Even though they say that it was only "a bit of fun"; some of the best art can come from pure improvisation and experimentation. Something clicked on this album, and it tapped into the early 80's sound of Sire Records. - "Can't stop now. Don't you know. I ain't never gonna let you go. Don't go" - Michael - MFL
30) James-"Sayonara"  From the album 'Wah-Wah'.