Retribution Gospel Choir, the rockier side project of Low’s Alan Sparhawk kicks off Vol41 in style, leading abruptly into the witty electro pop of John Grant. The Bluetones’ tune is a personal favourite, mainly due to the memories tied to it but also the line “When I am sad and weary, When all my hope is gone, I walk around my house and think of you with nothing on” which I only found out later was paraphrased from a poem (“Celia, Celia” by Adrian Mitchell).
Honourable mentions also to the rather good cover of Psycho Killer, the classic tune by The The, a bit of new age cheesiness with Dreadzone, and a great track by The Secret Machines. Listen below.
1. Retribution Gospel Choir – Bless Us All
2. John Grant – Snug Slacks
3. The Bluetones – Bluetonic
4. Belle & Sebastian – Asleep On A Sunbeam
5. Courtney Barnett – An Illustration Of Loneliness (Sleepless In New York)
6. Leatherface – Winsome, Losesome
7. Pavement – No More Kings
8. Rico – Psycho Killer (Talking Heads cover)
9. Sparklehorse – Gasoline Horseys
10. Widowspeak – Harsh Realm
11. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Deus Ibi Est
12. The Secret Machines – Alone, Jealous And Stoned
13. Cheatahs – Reverie Bravo
14. Prolapse – Cacophony No. A
15. The The – Slow Train To Dawn
16. Roots Manuva – Don’t Breathe Out
17. Cannibal Ox – The F Word
18. Dreadzone – Dream On
19. Burial – Southern Comfort
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