Compton & Batteau - In CaliforniaIn California by name, in California by nature. You'll struggle to find 14 songs more drenched in lazy West Coast sunshine than Compton and Batteau's only album (recorded in 1971 before promptly falling into the abyss of wonderful, overlooked recordings). Fans of Gene Clark, John Phillips, Fraser & Debolt and the like will be well served here, with many of the tracks leaning towards the cowboy balladry these artists share. Completing the line up with

4 victory and a benchmark album in history

constructing a frame that is spare and understated in the same way as the twilight-tinted third Velvet Underground album or the rusty glow of Bill Fay’s Time Of Last Persecution

a female fronted Gang of Four

Their debut EP

Her tracks Pain and Just for Me – the latter was covered by Coldplay – broke into the UK Top 40 in 2020

 is just as arresting and mesmerizing today as it was on the day it was released

Fleetwood Mac

are: Gareth (vocals

as if this wasn't enough

åÊIt's hard to admit that one is so influenced by what is in front of us

Album closer “Hold The Line” follows a similar motif

Barwick draws on the input of three collaborators with whom she has nurtured deep friendships with over the years: Jónsi (Sigur Rós)