abracadabra - shapes & colorsIf you find the time, please come and stay a while in abracadabras beautiful neighbourhood; a magically wonky wonderland where strangers leave as friends to a block party soundtrack as eclectic as it is infectious. The California duos album shapes & colors is a dazzling collage of psych fuelled synthscapes and contemporary Baroque pop of anti capitalist movements and escapism, precisely pieced around their own working lives in a blue collar town. In

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Burdis navigated Coral Island at waist-height and via camera-friendly pathways to gather 360 degree footage from inside and outside his and The Coral’s fascinating

J cut a solo album called ‘Martin + Me’

mixing and sound manipulation with helpåÊfrom Tim Green (Fucking Champs

Schott‰۪s compositions can be in turn pop or experimental

’I was living in Rugby in a flat above a plumber’s merchant at the time

The narrative flair of this instrumental music comes naturally to Hellfritsch

with two number two singles and a triumphant last-minute performance at Glastonbury under their belts

It was during this time that she began to explore new ideas

these collections have been crucial to understanding the history of a subgenre of rock that had far deeper roots than most fans realize

recording most of the album in C# tuning

the recordings developed into something more fulsome