Five records we couldn’t stop playing this week
Basement tape-pop, night-bus synths and a brass band in no hurry: the week in records.
Every Monday the records desk argues for an hour, then agrees on five. This week the arguments were shorter than usual: one record won the room in a single play.
As always, the list is in no particular order except the first, which is the one we played until the office asked us to stop.
This week’s five
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Les Cassettes Bleues
Sous-sol
5 out of 5
Recorded in a basement on four-track tape, and it sounds like a party you can hear through the floor.
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Halcyon District
Night Bus 41
4 out of 5
Glossy synth-pop about the last ride home, with a chorus that refuses to leave.
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Mira Sol
Paper Moon Radio
4 out of 5
Bedroom soul built from radio samples and a very old drum machine.
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Static Orchard
Pollen Static
3 out of 5
Ambient guitar loops for slow mornings; a little long, but generous.
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The Lamplighters
Slow Lanterns
4 out of 5
A brass band playing torch songs at half speed. Strange, and quietly lovely.
