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The Primitives

Let's Go Round Again: Second Wave Singles & Rarities 2011-2015

    There are two different periods in the history of The Primitives. The first is the era of Lazy Records and RCA, the era of 'Crash', of the breakup in 1992. But 2011 saw the special release of a new single from the band formed by Tracy Tracy, Paul Court and Tig Williams on the prestigious indie label Fortuna Pop! That becomes the starting shot of the second period, which is marked by their signing with Elefant Records and the release of two albums, 'Echoes And Rhymes' and 'Spin-O-Rama'. One of the group's defining qualities, in honor of their indie spirit, is the number of collaborations, participations, singles and lost songs that have been released in this second period. For those of you who are desperate to get their hands on some of them, we are releasing 'Let's Go Round Again o Second Wave Singles & Rarities 2011-2025', a double vinyl album with twenty-eight songs including previously unreleased tracks, rarities and A and B sides of vinyl singles, the majority of which are out of print.

    There have been so many releases these last 14 years. From the four songs that made up that now legendary EP in 2011, 'Never Kill A Secret', to 'Sweet Sister Sorrow'. From the song that came out on the Girlsville compilation cassette to the singles released on the Georgia-based Happy Happy Birthday To Me (HHBTM) label, to the Part Time Punks radio session that they released themselves on an EP (and which also came out as a commemorative vinyl single for the 30th anniversary tour in Japan for their album 'Lovely'). And of course, there are countless singles, maxis, vinyls and other songs (like that gem for the Christmas album we put out in 2012) released on Elefant Records.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Rattle My Cage
    2. Never Kill A Secret
    3. Turn Off The Moon
    4. Lose The Reason
    5. Spin-O-Rama
    6. Purifying Tone (Reworked By Modular)
    7. I'll Trust The Wind
    8. Oh Honey Sweet
    9. Stop Killing Me (Live Part Time Punks Radio Session)
    10. Don't Know Where To Start
    11. I Won't Care
    12. Sweet Sister Sorrow
    13. Need All The Help I Can Get
    14. Breakaway
    15. Can't Stop The Want
    16. Always Coming Back
    17. Up So High
    18. You Trashed My Christmas
    19. Lose The Reason (Reworked By Modular)
    20. Squeak 'N' Squawk
    21. Same Stuff
    22. Been Hiding
    23. Rattle My Cage (Paul Vocal Version)
    24. Till I'm Alive
    25. Don't Know Where To Start (Acoustic Fuzzed Version)
    26. Panic (Live Part Time Punks Radio Session)
    27. Everybody Needs Somebody To Hate
    28. Sweet Sister Sorrow (Symphonic Dream Pop Version)

    Alpaca Sports

    Another Day

      So much has happened since Alpaca Sports released "From Paris With Love" in 2018. There have been new cities to live in, new chapters in their lives, health problems and loved ones lost. All of these circumstances have led, almost unintentionally, to "Another Day", their conceptual new album about what change brings. The group formed by Andreas Jonsson, Amanda Åkerman and Lisle Mitnik (Tiny Fireflies, Fireflies, Very Truly Yours...) create a fragile and heartbreaking beauty.

      The Primitives

      Spin-O-Rama - 10th Anniversary Edition

        10th anniversary reissue with three extra tracks - the two B-sides of the two singles that came out before the album was released (the cover version of 'Up So High' from The What's New and 'Always Coming Back') and an acoustic, previously unreleased version of the title track, 'Spin-O-Rama'.

        TRACK LISTING

        1. Spin-O-Rama
        2. Hidden In The Shadows
        3. Wednesday World
        4. Follow The Sun Down
        5. Purifying Tone
        6. Lose The Reason
        7. Petals
        8. Working Isn't Working
        9. Velvet Valley
        10. Dandelion Seed
        11. Let's Go 'Round Again
        12. Always Coming Back
        13. Up So High
        14. Spin-O-Rama (Acoustic Version)

        Maria Rodés

        Fuimos Los Dos

          After eight albums, Maria Rodés' talent has been made absolutely clear on numerous occasions. But "Fuimos Los Dos" is a special album, and not just because it's her first solo album with Elefant Records (after that wonder she shared with La Estrella De David entitled "Contigo"). We are probably looking at her most intimate work, where she combines singer-songwriting, Latin American folklore and sonic experimentation to express her vision of the end of romantic relationships. It is an absolute delight, and her marvelous voice dances between minute, delicate, exquisite arrangements.

          Pipiolas

          El Verano Que Me Debes

            Pipiolas is a duo of two radically charismatic people. Paula had her heart broken, which was the motivation she needed to start writing songs. She thought of Adriana. She remembered that people used to say they looked alike. That their voices had similar textures. That they fit together well. And so, she proposed an adventure to her. Vau Boy provides the instrumentation and the production, giving life to their songs. The A-side opens with "Club de los 27". Like a less bizarre, more punk version of "Bohemian Rhapsody". While "Domingo raro" is an anthem that explodes with euphoria. The B-side has the techno-pop of of Narciso" and the bedroom soul-pop, melancholy of "Un poco triste"

            Lightning In A Twilight Hour

            Overwintering

              'Overwintering' is the new album from Bobby Wratten (The Field Mice, Trembling Blue Stars), recording as Lightning In A Twilight Hour. A collection of eleven songs in collaboration with Ian Catt; a partnership dating back to the earliest days of the The Field Mice. Both Anne Mari Davies and Michael Hiscock from The Field Mice feature throughout this latest addition to Bobby's discography. Also present is Beth Arzy (Trembling Blue Stars, Jetstream Pony, The Luxembourg Signal), and Harvey Brown who adds guitar to the record's penultimate track. A painting by renowned writer and musician David Toop adorns the sleeve.

              For fans of : Galaxie 500, Low, Mazzy Star, Cocteau Twins.

              The Yearning

              Only When I'm Dancing

                Joe Moore is full of surprises. Every new release his name is on, whether they are his own projects (The Yearning, The Perfect Kiss, Julie Et Joe) or other people's (Lia Pamina, Cristina Quesada and Maddie Mae), gives us incredible results. Lounge music, soul, girl groups, chamber pop, French pop from the 60s... Diverse styles pass through his hands like an unstoppable song-making machine.

                What will the journey be this time? "Only When I'm Dancing", transports us to the golden age of disco music, when the dance floor was full of excitement, melancholy, elegance and majestic arrangements (something that Moore notably excels at).

                This time, the change of sound comes with a change in singer. The angelic voice of Maddie Dobie makes way for the elegance of Luci Ashbourne. Her mature, velvety voice is perfect for these sensual songs, many of which are aimed directly at the dance floor. When Joe began working on this new album, he imagined Karen Carpenter singing along with the music of Benny and Björn.

                "Never Gonna Let You Go" begins like a tribute to Barry White. "Love Has Taken Hold Of My Heart" has echoes of ABBA. Elsewhere we hear Pet Shop Boys, Bee Gees, Tina Charles and Isaac Hayes. A new album, a new surprise, a new pleasure.

                TRACK LISTING

                1.Never Gonna Let You Go
                2.Don't Take Me To Heart
                3.Only When I'm Dancing
                4.Love Has Taken Hold Of My Heart
                5.Lend Me Your Love
                6.Come To Me
                7.Take A Little Look
                8.Song Or A Dance
                9.Keep Me In Mind
                10.Yearning For You

                Le Superhomard Feat. Xavier Boyer

                Domino

                  "Meadow Lane Park" made it clear that there is more to Le Superhomard than inspiration. What versatility. The ease with which they play with styles, the way the move from the most psychedelic, martial kraut-rock to synth-pop and the most addictive euro-disco, makes them one of the juiciest options to appear on the European scene recently. That is why their joining forces with Xavier Boyer, the singer from Tahiti 80, to release this Single called "Domino" is such wonderful news. 

                  Soft Regime

                  Hard Feelings

                    Numbered limited edition of 500 copies, plus download. Surrender to the Soft Regime - a pan-European group of musicians intent on exploring the glorious electronic pop sounds that pump through their hearts and grease their gears. This 8 track "Hard Feelings" 10" Mini-LP follows their continental disco hit from 2017 "Michelangelo", with its huge chorus and controversial banned video. As you'd expect, they have yet another explosive europop cocktail on their hands: think Lio, Icerink Records, Girls At Our Best, La Bionda, Mikado, La Casa Azul, Kim Wilde, only different.

                    TRACK LISTING

                    A1. The Soft Regime
                    A2. Lockdown
                    A3. Futura Ad Acta
                    A4. Wild Swimming (with Dickon)
                    B1. Johnny
                    B2. Capri Underground
                    B3. Nothing Really
                    B4. A Propos

                    The Yearning

                    Take Me All Over The World

                      The untiring Joe Moore in his endless search for beauty in music, is back with a new mini-album from THE YEARNING, and addressing his usual inclinations: the chanson, chamber pop, bossa, and above all, the perfect song. And once again, he is handling all the production work, the recording, and the songwriting, and is playing almost all the instruments.

                      Compilation of The Yearning's first two sold-out mini-LPs, "Jukebox Romance" and "Still In Love", plus singles and three unreleased tracks: - "Dawn", "Love Is Like A Rollercoaster" and "Dusk".

                      Taking their influences from late 50s/early 60s girl-groups and Phil Spector, Joe Moore's productions are becoming more and more well-known all over the world. Their signature effusive, romantic, and elegant sixties-style pop is already a trademark.

                      For fans of Dionne Warwick, Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, Dusty Springfield, Francoise Hardy and Jane Birkin.

                      TRACK LISTING

                      1. Dawn (Instrumental) 00:48
                      2. If You Were My Boyfriend 02:17
                      3. Baby Be Mine 03:04
                      4. The Way You Love Me 03:11
                      5. Everybody Knows (I'm Still In Love With You) 03:15
                      6. Don't Call Me Baby 03:36
                      7. Gotta Pull Myself Together 03:18
                      8. Jeremy 02:39
                      9. Eyes Of A Movie Star 03:29
                      10. I Just Wanna Hold Your Hand (On Christmas Day) 03:43
                      11. See You Again 03:20
                      12. Boy Racer 04:08
                      13. Love Is Like A Rollercoaster 02:14
                      14. Kiss You In The Summertime 04:03
                      15. Too Young 03:22
                      16. Why's She Making Those Eyes At You? 03:00
                      17. Too Shy 03:00
                      18. Heart Beats A Little Bit Faster 03:12
                      19. All Hung Up On You 02:58
                      20. Pretty Lies 04:01
                      21. You Make Lovin' You Easy 04:05
                      22. Dusk 01:36

                      Second album from Joe Moore's project, The Yearning. Made and managed in his own studio, this is a personal universe that is exciting, independent, separate from any other kind of precepts in the music industry; his very own. The delicious arrangements, that romantic halo, and Maddie Dobie's fascinating voice are still heard on almost the entire album. But while the last album 'Dreamboats & Lemonade' looked to sixties pop from the most cheerful girl-group perspective, 'Evening Souvenirs' is a slow, deliberate, nocturnal album, with echoes of lounge music and "chanson", of bossa and chamber pop, with touches of Sarah and l Records melancholy, and Burt Bacharach soundtracks.

                      Playing with a considerable number of instruments, and the participation of the Cotsworld Voices choir on many of the songs, we find ourselves with one of those albums that needs to be listened to in semi-darkness, where the notes are bursting to the surface, giving you goose bumps hair by hair.

                      For fans of Dionne Warwick, Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, Dusty Springfield, Francoise Hardy and Jane Birkin. Vinyl is Limited edition of 500 copies on grey vinyl, with MP3 download.

                      Lightning In A Twilight Hour

                      Fragments Of A Former Moon

                        New project from Bobby Wratten (Trembling Blue Stars, Field Mice) and the first full album following the introductory mini-album "Slow Changes".

                        It's an album that shows off the two most remarkable facets of the songwriter: pop melodies that intertwine melancholic and evocative shades plus ambiance of experimentation in which the music becomes a bucolic, intoxicating landscape. Fans of Trembling Blue Stars will be delighted at the new songs, but there are also echoes of Mark Hollis, Labrdford, Brian Eno, and even the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. An album for a silent and solitary night.

                        It's almost 6 years since Helen Love's their last album & "Day-Glo Dreams" makes their unmistakable style more and more their own, mixing punk attitude (Joey Ramone will always be in their hearts), bubblegum melodies, and disco-dance rhythms.

                        The album opens the accelerated techno-pop of "We Are All The Lo-Fi Kids"; the girls themselves admit that "Together In Electric Dreams" was a huge influence for this album and they show it openly on the album's title track. "Shy Girl" (could have been a hit from Bananarama), while "My Imagination" is in the spirit of The Buggles, Silicon Teens, and Yazoo. Other tracks nod towards The Human League, Dolly Mixture and The Go-Go's. The album radiates excitement and a have-fun, feel-good mood. It's impossible to resist its electricity, its marvelous melodies, its punk attitude, and unforgettable choruses. We Love You!!!

                        TRACK LISTING

                        01. We Are All The Lo-Fi Kids
                        02. Day-Glo Dreams
                        03. Shy Girl
                        04. My Imagination
                        05. Spin Those Records
                        06. Our Mum And Dad
                        07. Atomic
                        08. Don't Forget About This Town
                        09. J.Pop
                        10. You And Stacy
                        11. Teenage Soap Opera

                        Speedmarket Avenue

                        Way Better Now

                          This single gives advance warning of a stunning new album from Sweden's Speedmarket Avenue (a pop music collective led by a little guy who looks like a cross between Charles Manson and Marc Bolan) "Way better Now" shows a more electric facet of the band, reminiscent of the best of The Essex Green. For fans of Ladybug Transistor, Slowdive, The Cure and Trembling Blue Stars.

                          Camera Obscura

                          Let's Get Out Of This Country

                          "Let's Get Out Of This Country" is a master class in intelligent, melodic 'retro-modern pop'. Producer Jari Happalainen (The Concretes, Ed Harcourt) has shaped a cohesive collection of classic songs which are, at turns upbeat ("If Looks Could Kill"), downbeat ("Country Mile"), hooky ("I Need All The Friends I Can Get") and epic ("Razzle Dazzle Rose").

                          Camera Obscura

                          Under Achievers Please Try Harder

                          Camera Obscura are a seven piece from Glasgow, who started releasing records in the late 90s on the Andmoresound label. Afer a year of touring and recording, they've now released the follow-up to their Geoff Allen (Arab Strap, Mogwai, Teenage Fanclub, Belle & Sebastian) produced debut album, and the single "Eighties Fan" which was produced by Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian. On "Underachievers, Please Try Harder" they've broadened their sound by bringing in new organs and a Fender Rhodes piano, and trying out 12-string acoustic, banjo and autoharp on some tracks, even utilising a Stylophone.

                          Salako

                          Land And Freedom

                            One track from their "Musicality" album, plus three exclusive songs. Acoustic and hyper-imaginative, full of quirky arrangements and structures.


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