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Vinyl re-press of 2009 collaboration between Broadcast and their longtime sleeve designer Julian House (also co-founder of the Ghost Box label) to create a unique mini-album pulling in both collaborators' unique sense of melody and love of library music and film scores.

From their beginnings in Birmingham in 1995, Broadcast's aesthetic has remained a combination of their love for film, library music and electronics with psych-pop colour – a style which has gained them an enthusiastic fanbase including musicians such as Flying Lotus, Tim Gane from Stereolab, Grizzly Bear, Atlas Sound and DangerMouse. Long time friend of the band and renowned artwork designer Julian House (aka The Focus Group) is co-founder of the Ghost Box label, which in the last few years has birthed a cult of its own with releases reflecting its creators' obsessions with library music, English folklore and the eerie feel of vintage programmes for schools and colleges. His music as The Focus Group offers some of the most enchanting distillations of all the above, instantly complementing Broadcast's own long-standing aesthetic. As well as being a long-term visual collaborator with the band, House has provided visuals and artwork for Stereolab amongst many others.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Intro / Magnetic Tales
A2 The Be Colony
A3 How Do You Get Along Sir?
A4 Will You Read Me.
A5 Reception / Group Therapy
A6 A Quiet Moment
A7 I See, So I See So
A8 You Must Wake
A9 One Million Years Ago
A10 A Seancing Song
A11 Mr Beard, You Chatterbox
A12 Drug Party
A13 Libra, The Mirror's Minor Self
A14 Love's Long Listen-In
B1 We Are After All Here
B2 A Medium's High
B3 Ritual / Looking In
B4 Make My Sleep His Song
B5 Royal Chant
B6 What I Saw
B7 Let It Begin / Oh Joy
B8 Round And Round And Round
B9 The Be Colony / Dashing Home / What On Earth Took You?