Various - Sad About The TimesHave you ever felt sad about the times you are living in? You may not always be able to work it out, but you can sprinkle a little sugar on your sadness with songs like these. A follow up collaboration between Mikey Young (Total Control Eddy Suppression Ring) and Keith Abrahamsson (Head of A&R at Anthology Recordings) to their 2017 compilation Follow The Sun, Sad About the Times, at its core, is a set of North American 70s jammers. With a hint (at

baroque pop masterpiece

I needed to remember my heart is plausible

and the gorgeous 6/8 classic 'Medicine Hat'

building the pieces up and breaking them down and building them again until their purpose and force felt clear

to be precise) strain of sophisti-pop: you might hear traces of Aztec Camera

First Time available in this format

‰۝ Written over a two-year period

LP pressed on swamp green vinyl

a supergroup featuring Franz Ferdinand

a ban on any reverbs or ambience being used

but a lot had changed in the 3 years since

Primal Scream will release the original studio recordings from Memphis of the tracks that eventually became their 1994 album ‘Give Out But Don’t Give Up’