ABOUT THIS ITEM

Balearic: Like many musical genres, it has changed shape over the years, slowly filtering out the cheesy Euro-pop, leftfield electronica and cute disco tunes that defined its umbrella-like ‘anything goes’ meaning in the 1980s, becoming for many producers an excuse to create albums of bland musical mush in 2009. All very pleasant, but perhaps just a little bit too soporific for my liking. Thank god for the Idjut Boys and Rune Lindbaek then, working together as Meanderthals, who have created the kind of dreamy Balearic album that actually catches your ear and keeps your attention rather than sending you to sleep. All played live, "Desire Lines" features a warm blend of beautiful Balearic disco, dub, folk, kraut, and 70s west coast style psychedelia all combined in an organic, slanted, and proggy feel. Perfect for setting the mood on your sun-bleached summer holiday isle, but just as good at putting a smile on your face on a grey Sunday afternoon back in Blighty.

1. Kunst Or Ars
2. Desire Lines
3. Andromeda (Prelude To The Future)
4. 1-800-288-SLAM
5. Collective Fetish
6. Lasaron Highway
7. Bugges Room