Unpop 223 – Advent Music 2022

There has been no musical advent on the Unpopular blog in 2022, but there has been one of sorts unfolding day by day over on The Twitter. Here, then, is that sequence, with one or two track changes due to my preferred cuts not being available on The YouTube or wherever. Streaming and download, as ever. And as ever, please buy the things you like rather than just streaming them on The Spotify or whatever. Support the artists and labels. I thank you and wish you all a very Happy (and delightfully Unpopular) Christmas.

Dr Pong – Pale Blue Eyes (from ‘Souvenirs‘ LP)
Staring at the Henry Moore – Aldous Harding (from ‘Warm Chris‘ LP)
The Pip – Recitals (from ‘Orbit I‘ LP)
So Many Days – Triptides (from ‘So Many Days‘ LP)
Funerals and Fiftieths – Legends Of Country (from ‘Anything But Country‘ LP)
Hard To Be Happy – Poor Performer (from ‘Like Yer Wounds Too‘ LP)
Wish You Were a Girl – Tchotchke (from ‘Tchotchke‘ LP)
Baker Miller Pink – Sofie Royer (from ‘Harlequin‘ LP)
Obnoxiously Talented – Molly Nilsson (from ‘Extreme‘ LP)
The Lovers – Burd Ellen (from ‘A Tarot of The Green Wood‘ LP)
Violet May – Alison Cotton (from ‘The Portrait You Painted Of Me‘ LP)
The Locked Garden – Sharron Kraus (from ‘K I N‘ LP)
The Garden Of Earthly Delights – Carla dal Forno (from ‘Come Around‘ LP)
Beam/s – The Orielles (from ‘Tableau‘ LP)
Litres Into Metres / Susurrus – HARESS (from ‘Ghosts‘ LP)
N.Y.C.A.W. – Gwenno (from ‘Tresor‘ LP)
UFObird – spacemoth (from ‘No Past No Future‘ LP)
Kneading – Jill Lorean (from ‘This Rock‘ LP)
Rhododendron – Hurray For The Riff Raff (from ‘Life On Earth‘ LP)
South Dunedin – Maxine Funke (from ‘Pieces of Driftwood‘ LP)
Cold + Liquid – Motte (from ‘Cold + Liquid‘ LP)
Get Through This – Emily Fairlight / The Shifting Sands (from ‘Sun Casts a Shadow‘ LP also from Occultation for the UK)
Bear Factory – David Lance Callahan (from ‘English Primitive II‘ LP)
I Never Thought I Was Clever – The Orchids (from ‘Dreaming Kind‘ LP)

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A Garden Square in the Snow – The Hardy Tree (from ‘Common Grounds‘ LP)
Loser Sun – Darren Hayman (from ‘You Will Not Die‘ LP)
Going Going – Suzy Mangion (from ‘Location: Gilsland‘ LP)
Riverside – Ann Annie (from ‘By Morning‘ LP)
Currents – The Balloonist (from ‘The Balloonist‘ LP)
The Colour Of Twilight – Twilight Sequence (from ‘Moonbuilding Autumn Collection‘ compilation and fanzine)
Descent – Monochrome Echo (from ‘The City and The Stars‘ LP)
Outlaw Empire – The Pull of Autumn (from ‘Beautiful Broken World‘ LP)
Open The Door – Free Love (from ‘Inside‘ LP)
Of The Matter – The Wake (from ‘C85‘ 3CD boxset)
Mt Pleasant – By The Sea (from ‘Heaven Knows Magnolia‘ LP)
Every Road You Travel – Farmer Dave & The Wizards Of The West (from ‘Second Summer‘ LP)
If You Died – Elizabeth (digital single)
Destiny – Jonathan Bree (digital single)
No Past No Future – spacemoth (from ‘No Past No Future‘ LP)
Summer – Marlody (from ‘I’m Not Sure At All‘ LP YouTube)
December (Duet) – Birds in the Brickwork (from ‘Twelve Months – Volume Two‘ LP)
Blush – Blew the Veils (from ‘Lampwork‘ LP)
Can’t Find A Way – Steady Holiday (digital single)
Strangers – Dana Gavanski (from ‘Bouncing Ball‘ EP)
The Garden Of Earthly Delights – Carla dal Forno (from ‘Come Around‘ LP)
Shakti (The Meaning Of Within) (Capital Radio Session March 1982) – Monsoon (from ‘Third Eye‘ expanded 2CD)
No More Fiction – Essential Logic (from ‘Logically Yours‘ 5LP boxset)

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High In The Trees – Christie Hennessy (from ‘Before The Day Is Done – The Story Of Folk Heritage Records 1968-1975‘ 3CD Box Set)
The Robin – Jill Lorean (from ‘This Rock‘ LP)
Airwaves – Dot Dash (from ‘Madman In The Rain‘ LP)
Age Of Consent – New Order (from ‘Power, Corruption and Lies’ LP YouTube)
Wait For The Blackout – The Damned (from ‘The Black Album’ LP YouTube)
Out There In The Night – The Only Ones (from ‘Kids On The Street – UK Power Pop And New Wave 1977-1981‘ 3CD Box Set)
Your Door Shines Like Gold – The Loft (from ‘C85‘ 3CD boxset)
Music Lover – Swansea Sound (from ‘Music Lover‘ EP)
Bedlam – Stick In The Wheel (from ‘Endurance Soundly Caged‘ EP)
The Love Commandments – The New Existentialists (from ‘Last Days of The Internet‘ EP)
Paper Cup – Those Pretty Wrongs (from ‘Holiday Camp‘ LP)
I Hate the Capitalist System – Jeb Loy Nichols (from ‘The United States of The Broken Hearted‘ LP)
Forever in Bliss – Love, Burns (from ‘Fade In The Sun‘ EP)
Tender Is The Night (The Long Fidelity) – The Triffids (from ‘Born Sandy Devotional’ LP YouTube)
A Quiet Night In – Paul Quinn & The Independent Group (digital single)
A Day In Space – Ballboy (from ‘Club Anthems 2001‘ anniversary edition LP)
In the Ghetto – Elvis Presley (from ‘From Elvis in Memphis’ LP YouTube)
Love [Pt. 2] – Dexys Midnight Runners & Kevin Rowland (from ‘Too-Rye-Ay as it should have sounded’ LP YouTube)
Christmas Anyway – Stars (digital single)
The Other Side Of Christmas – the boy least likely to (digital single)
December Fanfare – The Light Music Company (from ‘Christmassy Music‘ EP)
Christmas And Tchaikovsky – Stuart Marson (from ‘Before The Day Is Done – The Story Of Folk Heritage Records 1968-1975‘ 3CD Box Set)

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Waterfall – Bicep (digital single)
Waves Come Crashing – Spacemoth (from ‘No Past No Future‘ LP)
Fleshtones – Love Corporation (from ‘Edward Ball: It’s Kinda Lonely Where I Am – Anthology 1977-2010‘ 3CD Box Set)
Oleander – Rieux (from ‘The Gestalt Manifesto‘ LP)
Art On 45 – Royal Family And The Poor (from ‘The Hacienda 1982‘ 4CD Book Set)
Liquid Love – NO ZU (from ‘Liquid Love‘ EP)
The Love You Bring – Hydroplane (from ‘Ballads‘ LP)
nostalgia – Ann Annie and Rose Brokenshire (from ‘Homeward‘ EP)
Cold + Liquid – Motte (from ‘Cold + Liquid‘ LP)
i never do – anrimeal (from’Skin Deep: A Study On Human Skin And Concert‘ LP)
The Locked Garden – Sharron Kraus (from ‘K I N‘ LP
A Little More – Carpet Burn (from ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not Carpet Burn‘ EP)
Princess Diana Awaiting Ambulance – My Favorite (from ‘Tender Is the Nightshift: Part 1‘ EP)
The Pip – Recitals (from ‘Orbit I‘ LP)
I’ve Enjoyed As Much Of This Good Life (As I Can Take) – Jeb Loy Nichols (from ‘The United States of The Broken Hearted‘ LP
Stars At Noon – Tindersticks (from ‘Stars At Noon (Original Soundtrack)‘ LP)
Seen From Paths – The Balloonist (from ‘The Balloonist‘ LP)
The Confluence – Andrew Wasylyk (from ‘Hearing The Water Before Seeing The Falls‘ LP YouTube)

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Titan – Holmes + atten Ash (from ‘Saturnian‘ LP with video clips)
The Wiccan Circle – Concretism (from ‘The Concretism Archive: Volume 2‘ LP)
The Lovers – Burd Ellen (from ‘A Tarot of The Green Wood‘ LP)
Regeneration Sect – Adam Geoffrey Cole (from ‘The Tracks of The Afterlander‘ LP)
Avalanche Thoughts No. 3 – Andrew Poppy (from ‘Ark Hive of A Live‘ 4CD boxset)
Salt Of The Earth – The Rolling Stones (from ‘Beggars Banquet’ LP YouTube)
Song For Sunny – Mirage (from ‘The World Goes On Around You – The Mirage Anthology‘ 3CD Set)
Love Is More – Princess Chelsea (from ‘Everything Is Going To Be Alright‘ LP)
This Whole World – Dolour (from ‘Suburbiac‘ LP)
In Plain Sight – Peter Hall (digital single)
Tune to Green – The Loch Ness Mouse (from ‘III‘ LP)
Good Morning Britain – Aztec Camera (from ‘Stray’LP YouTube)
V. Thirteen – Big Audio Dynamite (from ‘No. 10, Upping St.’ LP YouTube)
Diary Of A Crap Artist – Luke Haines & Peter Buck (from ‘All The Kids Are Super Bummed Out‘ LP)
She’s a Fighter – Robert Forster (from ‘The Candle and The Flame‘ LP YouTube)
Ejection (single version) – Robert Calvert (from ‘Wind Of Change – Progressive Sounds Of 1973‘ 4CD Box Set)
Jenny – Kaleidoscope (from ‘Climb Aboard My Roundabout! The British Toytown Sound 1967-1974‘ 3CD Box Set)
Just for Jerry – The Fentones (from ‘George Martin: A Painter In Sound – Pre-Beatles Productions & Classical Influences‘ 4CD Set)
Halcyon Days – One Thousand Violins (from ‘C85‘ 3CD boxset)
Lonely Days (And Nights More Lonely) – Tammy Wynette (from ‘Tammy’s Touch‘ LP)
Funerals and Fiftieths – Legends Of Country (from ‘Anything But Country‘ LP)

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October – Justin Hopper & Sharron Kraus (from ‘Swift Wings‘ LP)
Etude No. 2 (for horn, piano, birds and small orchestra) – Petridisch (from ‘Etudes Vol. 1‘ cassette)
Daubenton’s bat – Hanna Tuulikki and Tommy Perman (from ‘Echo In The Dark‘ lathe cut 7″)
Starlings – A Man Called Adam (from ‘Starlings‘ EP)
The Room – The Orielles (from ‘Tableau‘ LP)
N.Y.C.A.W. “The lonely summer”mix by JDBRADFIELD – Gwenno (digital single)
The British Army On LSD – Luke Haines & Peter Buck (from ‘All The Kids Are Super Bummed Out‘ LP)
The Shuffle Man – Robyn Hitchcock (from ‘Shufflemania!‘ LP)
Rising Sun – Medicine Head (from ‘High In The Morning – British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1973‘ 3CD Box Set)
It’s a Shame (Catford Gyrations Remix) – Love, Burns (digital single)
The Nicest Way – The Persian Leaps (from ‘Machines for Living‘ LP)
Saw You at the Record Shop Today – The Reds, Pinks & Purples (from ‘They Only Wanted Your Soul‘ LP)
October Leaves – Crossword Smiles (from ‘Pressed & Ironed‘ LP)
The Bitter Thoughts Of Little Jane – Timon (from ‘Climb Aboard My Roundabout! The British Toytown Sound 1967-1974‘ 3CD Box Set)
Whatever Happened To Thamesbeat – The Times (from ‘Edward Ball: It’s Kinda Lonely Where I Am – Anthology 1977-2010‘ 3CD Box Set
You Don’t Know – The Pleasers (from ‘Thamesbeat’ LP)
We go there anyway – Ali Heath (from ‘When The Day Is Done‘ LP)
Magic Garden – Dusty Springfield (from ‘Clowns Exit Laughing – The Jimmy Webb Songbook‘ LP)
Wish You Were a Girl – Tchotchke (from ‘Tchotchke‘ LP)
Come Around – Carla dal Forno (from ‘Come Around‘ LP)
You – Alexia Avina (from ‘Crush‘ EP)
The Lure Of The Rock Pools – Marine Girls (from ‘Lazy Ways / Beach Party‘ reissue)
The Still Point – The Leaf Library (from ‘Library Music: Volume One‘ LP)
Summer’s End – Pneumatic Tubes (from ‘A Letter From Treetops‘ LP)

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Where Everything Sparkles And Shines – Cindytalk (from ‘Subterminal‘ LP)
Inert Gas – five Bubble criteria (from ‘VI‘ cassette)
Totes Meer – Torpa (from ‘Remains 2012-2016‘ LP)
Bear Factory – David Lance Callahan (from ‘English Primitive II‘ LP)
Can I Call You – The WAEVE (from ‘The WAEVE‘ LP YouTube)
Gradient – Recitals (from ‘Orbit I‘ LP)
The Spectacle – I LIKE TRAINS (digital single)
Under Northern Sky – Pale Blue Eyes (from ‘Souvenirs‘ LP)
Agua Por Favor – Anne Cessna & Essendon Airport (from 7″ and digital single)
Hard To Be Happy – Poor Performer (from ‘Like Yer Wounds Too‘ LP)
People Take Pictures Of Each Other (feat. Bedouine) – Steady Holiday (digital single)
I Just Wanted To See You So Bad (Lucinda Williams Cover) – Quivers (from 7″ and digital single)
Daybreak Sunshine – MU (from ‘Merrell Fankhauser: Goin’ Round In My Mind – The Merrell Fankhauser Anthology 1964-1979‘ 6CD boxset)
River Song – Sproatly smith (from ‘River Wye Suite‘ LP)
Crystal Waters – Motte (from ‘Cold + Liquid‘ LP)
The Ways We Hurt – Sharron Kraus (from ‘Kin‘ LP)
South Dunedin – maxine funke (from ‘Pieces of Driftwood‘ LP)
The Fire This Time – Marisa Anderson (from ‘Still, Here‘ LP)
Someone is smoking – Sofie Royer (from ‘Harlequin‘ LP)
Swimming – Bridgett xo (from ‘Walk With Me‘ EP)

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Polynesian Suite – Buddy Collette (from ‘Dark Exotica: As Dug By Lux & Ivy‘ LP)
Earthsings (Featuring Brenda Fassie) – A Man Called Adam (from ‘All My Favourite…’ LP)
The Kaleidoscope Affair – Swing Out Sister (from ‘Blue Mood, Breakout And Beyond – The Early Years Part 1‘ 8CD Box Set)
City Girl – Rachel Love (from ‘Stories From Another Time‘ EP)
I Never Thought I Was Clever – The Orchids (from ‘Dreaming Kind‘ LP)
Sisters – Northern Portrait (from ‘The Swiss Army‘ LP)
Getting Stranger – The Martial Arts (from lathe cut 10″)
Aerodrome Motel – Nick Frater (from ‘Aerodrome Motel‘ LP)
Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) – Mitch Easter (from ‘We All Shine On: Celebrating The Music Of 1970‘ LP)
This Too Shall Pass Away – The Honeycombs (single)
Kick Out The Jams (Live) – World Of Twist (from ‘Quality Street’ expanded edition)
ariel vendor – Sweet Juice (from ‘Sweet Juice‘ LP)
Dude Electric Cell – The Clouds (single)
Super Star (Edit) – Quatermass III (digital single)
Urban Guerrilla – Hawkwind (from ‘High In The Morning – British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1973‘ 3CD Box Set)
Revolt into Style – Bill Nelson’s Red Noise (from ‘Art/Empire/Industry – The Complete Red Noise‘ 6CD Remastered Box Set)
Casement – Organised Scum (digital single)
Welsh Words – The Fashion Weak ft. Gruff Rhys (digital single)
September Hills – Eyeless In Gaza (from ‘Skeletal Framework – The Cherry Red Recordings 1981-1986‘ 5CD Box Set)
Mémento (Homage to Lorca) – Morgan Szymanski and Tommy Perman (from ‘Music for the Moon and the Trees‘ LP)

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Working Against Time – Bobby Would (from ‘Styx‘ LP)
Spectroscopic Binary – The Soulless Party (from ‘Macrocosmic Thinking‘ LP)
Railway Tracks – The Hardy Tree (from ‘Common Grounds‘ LP)
Statique Électrique – Delphine (from ‘Participation – Volume One‘ LP)
Can’t Get You Out of My Head – Feral Five (from ‘Come Into My World: A collection of Kylie Minogue Covers‘ LP)
6 Or 7 More – Cool Sounds (from ‘Like That‘ LP)
In Between Days (feat. Jane Inc.) – Ducks Ltd. (digital single)
First Blood – The Mountain Goats (from ‘Bleed Out‘ LP)
High Ole Time – Vic Godard (digital single)
Give Us Some Space – Rusty’s Yard (digital single)
Propellers – The Frowning Clouds (from ‘Gospel Sounds & More from the Church of Scientology‘ LP)
Thin Blue Line – Old Town Crier (from ‘You‘ EP)
Revelation Blues – Triptides (from ‘So Many Days‘ LP)
High In The Morning – Rare Bird (from ‘High In The Morning – British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1973‘ 3CD Box Set)
The Burnet Rose – David Lance Callahan (from ‘English Primitive II‘ LP)
Messenger Birds – Mellow Candle (from ‘Swaddling Songs’ LP)
Time Has Grown A Raspberry (feat Annie Williamson) – Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears (digital EP)
When We Believed – Alela Diane (digital single)
Word on a Wing – Dana Gavanski (from ‘Bouncing Ball‘ EP)
Feeling Bad Forsyth Street – Sofie Royer (from ‘Harlequin‘ LP)
Sweet Connection – Elizabeth (digital single)
Ride My Bike – Alex the Astronaut (from ‘How To Grow A Sunflower Underwater‘ LP)

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Meli (II) – Bicep (digital single)
The Hill – Räven Musen (from ‘Peppermint Soldier‘ LP)
West Treding (Clatter Valve mix) – holmes and atten ash (from ‘Peace and Plenty‘ compilation LP)
Ghost of Love (Plukatan) – Schmitz & Niebuhr (from ‘The Greatest Hits‘)
Fig.1c The Third Phase Of House Construction – Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan (from ‘Moonbuilding Summer Special‘ fanzine and CD)
This Earth That You Walk Upon – Simple Minds (from ‘Sons and Fascination’ LP)
Notgonnachange – Classic Club – Swing Out Sister (from ‘Blue Mood, Breakout And Beyond – The Early Years Part 1‘ 8CD Box Set)
Good Times – Jungle (digital single. YouTube)
I Don’t Even Know If I Should Call You Baby (Marhsall Jefferson Symphony Mix) – Soul Family Sensation (from ‘Fell From The Sun‘ LP)
A Man Without A Face – The Chants (from ‘Gotta Get A Good Thing Goin’ – The Music Of Black Britain In The Sixties, 4CD Book Set‘)
Globe – Pale Blue Eyes (from ‘Souvenirs‘ LP)
Pamela – Robert Sekula (digital single)
1994 – Theatre Royal (from ‘Beneath The Floor‘ EP)
Once Upon a Bombshell – Northern Portrait (from ‘The Swiss Army‘ LP)
Wind In My Blood – Young Guv (from ‘Guv IV‘ LP)
The Garden – Dan Weltman (from ‘Rivers In My Mind‘ LP)
Geraldine – Mabel Joy (from ‘Before The Day Is Done – The Story Of Folk Heritage Records 1968-1975‘ 3CD Box Set)
Defences – Emily Fairlight / The Shifting Sands (from ‘Sun Casts a Shadow‘ LP also from Occultation for the UK)

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Ecce Quadragesimo Tertio – Michael Tanner (from ‘Vespers / The Blackening‘ LP)
Orpheus – North Sea Navigator (from ‘Peace and Plenty‘ compilation LP)
Porth Ia – Gwenno (from ‘Tresor‘ LP)
The Man Who Waved at Trains – Soft Machine (from ‘Bundles‘ Remastered & Expanded 2CD Edition)
Asleep On The Runway – Moonbears (from ‘Four Sides for Red‘ LP)
Linen In The Sun – Lucy Roleff & Lehmann B Smith (from ‘Dark Green‘ LP)
Lazy Day – Peregrine (from ‘Before The Day Is Done – The Story Of Folk Heritage Records 1968-1975‘ 3CD Box Set)
The 1st Person – Bachdenkel (from ‘Rise And Fall – The Anthology‘ 3CD)
Lean Into Me – Gordon McIntyre (from ‘Even With The Support Of Others‘ LP)
A Bird Came Down The Walk – Matthew Bannister (from ‘The Saddest Noise (2022)‘ LP)
Citrus Beach – Tan Cologne (from 7″ and digital single)
Highway Sun – Triptides (from ‘So Many Days‘ LP)
Curse the Conscience – Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears (from ‘Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears‘ LP)
The Sadness In The Air – the boy least likely to (from digital single and 7″)
When the World Stops Ending – Dolour (digital single)
Schweden Espresso – Sofie Royer (from ‘Harlequin‘ LP)
Don’t Stop The Music – New Seekers (from ‘The Albums 1975-1985‘ 4CD Box Set)
Champion The Underdog – Sutherland Brothers (from ‘Miles Out To Sea: The Roots Of British Power Pop 1969-1975‘ 3CD Box Set)
Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome – The Mountain Goats (from ‘Bleed Out‘ LP)
Art / Empire / Industry – Bill Nelson’s Red Noise (from ‘Art/Empire/Industry – The Complete Red Noise‘ 6CD Remastered Box Set)
the seeker – Sweet Juice (from ‘Sweet Juice‘ LP)
Kodak Ghosts Run Amok – Eyeless In Gaza (from ‘Skeletal Framework – The Cherry Red Recordings 1981-1986‘ 5CD Box Set)
The Saddest Story Ever Told – Mick Trouble (from ‘Oddities and Sodsities‘ EP)
Sometimes Accidentally – The Goon Sax (from ‘Up To Anything‘ LP)

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The Night – xPropaganda (from ‘The Heart Is Strange’ LP)
Dean’s 7th Dream – My Favorite (from ‘Tender Is The Nightshift: Part 1‘ EP)
Your Silent Face – Velocity Girl (7″ single. YouTube)
Build A Fire – Stars (from ‘From Capleton Hill‘ LP)
The Girl With The Loneliest Eyes – The House Of Love (from ‘Burn Down The World‘ 8CD box set)
Behind Her Lovely Smile – My Raining Stars (from ‘89 Memories‘ LP)
Broken Beauty – Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band (from ‘Dear Scott‘ LP)
English Parish Churches – David Westlake (from ‘My Beautiful England‘ LP)
The Cotswolds – Ernest Moon (from ‘Skipping to Maloo‘ LP)
This Boy Is A Mess – The Orchids (from ‘Dreaming Kind‘ LP)
I Confess – Marine Research (from ‘Peel Session‘ EP)
Parallel World – silver biplanes (from lathe cut and digital single)
The Summer At The Sawmill – Loch Ness Mouse (digital single)
Don’t Hang up on Me – Tchotchke (YouTube)
Stop – Gemma Rogers (from ‘No Place Like Home‘ LP)
Meet The Lovely Jenny Brown – The Bachelor Pad (available on ‘All Hash and Cock‘ LP. R.I.P. the wonderful Tommy Cherry)
Everything’s Going South – Legends Of Country (from ‘Anything But Country‘ LP)
Going Down – Starry Eyed and Laughing (from ‘Miles Out To Sea: The Roots Of British Power Pop 1969-1975‘ 3CD Box Set)
Garden of Life – HEMLOCK (from ‘Hemlock‘ LP)
Light My Fire – Mapache (from ‘Roscoe’s Dream‘ LP)
Get Through This – Emily Fairlight & The Shifting Sands (from ‘Sun Casts a Shadow‘ LP also from Occultation for the UK)

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Euphoric Clashes – Stick In The Wheel x Jon1st, Nabihah Iqbal, Olugbenga (from ‘Perspectives On Tradition‘ LP)
Pinky – Schmitz & Niebuhr (from ‘The Greatest Hits‘)
Ghost Orchid (Lomond Campbell Remix) – Dot Allison (from ‘The Entangled Remix‘ EP)
Concrete Antenna (Miaoux Miaoux Remix – Radio Edit) – Simon Kirby, Tommy Perman and Rob St John (from ‘Concrete Antenna / Revisited‘ LP)
Garland Queens and Old Straw Bears – Meadowsilver (from ‘Meadowsilver II‘ LP)
Editare Rosie – Räven Musen (from ‘Peppermint Soldier‘ LP)
Sabine Equation – Wealdham (from ‘Complex Systems‘ LP)
Midwich School – Hannah Peel (from ‘The Midwich Cuckoos – Original Score‘ LP)
Men An Toll – Gwenno (from ‘Tresor‘ LP)
I Buried the Candlesticks – Alison Cotton (from ‘The Portrait You Painted Of Me‘ LP)
Ivory – Justin Hopper & Sharron Kraus (from ‘Swift Wings‘ LP)
Waiting – The Unthanks (from ‘Ballads‘ LP)
A Garden After Rain – The Light Music Company (from ‘Housewives Favourites‘ LP)
Everybody Go Home, The Party’s Over – Clodagh Rodgers (from ‘Bubblerock Is Here To Stay Volume 2‘ 3CD set)
You – Lorraine Child (from ‘Gotta Get A Good Thing Goin’ – The Music Of Black Britain In The Sixties, 4CD Book Set‘)
Moves Like Miyagi – Dolour (digital single)
Training Montage – The Mountain Goats (from ‘Bleed Out‘ LP)
Something Pretty – The WAEVE (digital single)
1980 – Organised Scum (digital single – on Soundcloud from July 10th)
The Montrose Air Station Ghost – Kitchen Cynics & Grey Malkin (from lathe cut and digital single)
11 p.m. – Letters From Mouse (from ‘Sleep Tapes‘ cassingle)

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Kneading – Jill Lorean (from ‘This Rock‘ LP)
Disraeli’s Problem – Spirogyra (from ‘The Future Won’t Be Long – The Albums 1971-1973, 3CD Box Set‘)
Bend Away & Fall – Dana Gavanski (from ‘When It Comes‘ LP)
Nabihah Iqbal x SITW : The Milkmaid – Stick In The Wheel (from ‘Perspectives On Tradition‘ LP)
Contados los segundos es nada lo dulce – Aura en el espejo (from ‘Terrón de azúcar‘ LP)
The Overgrown Garden – The Toy Library (from ‘Vignettes For May‘ LP)
Making Plans – Everyday Dust (from ‘Deadham Ridge‘ LP)
Spacing Out – D’Arcangelo (from ‘Arium‘ LP)
Theme from “A Few Dollars More”- Babe Ruth (from ‘Darker Than Blue – The Harvest Years 1972-1975, 3CD Box Set‘)
Fool’s Gold – Hemlock (from ‘Hemlock‘ LP)
If That’s What It Takes – Legends Of Country (digital single)
Living, Learning, Trying To Forget – Ray Pressley (from ‘The Wonderful World Of Depressing Country Music‘ CD
Audacity – The Muldoons (digital single)
Pristine Disarray (Radio Edit) – The Sylvia Platters (digital single)
Move With The Dawn – Mark Eric (from ‘Heroes & Villains – The Sound Of Los Angeles 1965-1968‘ 3CD Box Set)
It Won’t Always Be The Same – The Millennium (from ‘Heroes & Villains – The Sound Of Los Angeles 1965-1968‘ 3CD Box Set)
Sunny, Honey Girl – Fluff (from ‘Bubblerock Is Here To Stay Volume 2‘ 3CD set)
She Is Still A Mystery – Summer Wine (from ‘Bubblerock Is Here To Stay Volume 2‘ 3CD set)
Summer Dreaming – Harmony Grass (from ‘Harmony Grass’ LP)
Pink Frost – The House Of Love (from ‘Burn Down The World‘ 8CD box set)
Friends Again – The Chills (from ‘Secret Box’)
State Of Art – Friends Again (from ‘In The Beginning‘ LP)
Art Rules Rock Mix – Chicks On Speed (from ‘Art Rules’ EP)
Only Human (xTract) – xPropaganda (from ‘The Heart Is Strange’ LP)
Twisted Cord – Caulbearers (digital single)

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An Ode To If – Accu (from ‘Follow The Ivy‘ EP)
Song to the Cliodna – Sedna Chronicles (from ‘Sedna Chronicles‘ LP)
White Over – HARESS (from ‘Ghosts‘ LP)
Cottonmouth – The Wolfhounds (from ‘Bright and Guilty‘ 2LP reissue)
Strange Journey – Martin Carr (digital single)
Only Fades Away – Chris & Jed (from ‘Singles and B-Sides‘ LP)
Change Your Mind – Young Guv (from ‘GUV IV‘ LP)
World Passing By – David Long and Shane O’Neill (from ‘Age Of Finding Stars‘ LP)
Jealousy – Porridge Radio (from ‘Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky‘ LP)
Bounce Off The Bottom – Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (from ‘Endless Rooms‘ LP)
Haircut – Alex the Astronaut (from ‘How To Grow A Sunflower Underwater‘ LP)
Together Forever In Love – Go Sailor (from ‘Go Sailor‘ LP reissue)
We’re In The City – Saint Etienne (from ‘Sound Of Water‘ deluxe CD)
Picture Me Gone – Madeline Bell (from ‘Gotta Get A Good Thing Goin’ – The Music Of Black Britain In The Sixties, 4CD Book Set‘)
The Midwife Cycles Home – The Light Music Company (from ‘Housewives Favourites‘ LP)
You Don’t Know What Love Is – The Poppy Family (from ‘A Good Thing Lost‘ CD R.I.P. Susan Jacks)
Joy In The Finding – Agincourt (from ‘A Game For All Who Know: The H & F Recordings Box’)
Summerdays – Weekend (from ‘La Varieté’ LP)
March Of The Civil Servants – peter howell & john ferdinando (from ‘A Game For All Who Know: The H & F Recordings Box’)
Garden In The Moonlight – The Times (from ‘The Times: My Picture Gallery – The Artpop! Recordings, 6CD Box Set‘
Loftholdingswood – Microdisney (from ‘The Clock Comes Down The Stairs’ LP. R.I.P. Cathal Caughlan)

Unpop 215

This month’s cover image is an original linocut print design. ‘Leaves trailing over the river Exe, after Minor White’. It is available to buy mounted or unmounted from the Unpop Shop. This design is also available as a card.

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If After Weeks Of Early Sun – Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra (from ‘The Unfolding‘ LP)
Night Falls Over Parted Air As The Sky Widens – Yves Malone (from ‘Upon Chrome Skies Rides A Pale Horse‘ LP)
Limpet Dance – Luminous Foundation (from ‘Luminous Foundation Presents Haig Fras‘ LP)
Somewhere – Arch Brockie (from ‘Agnes Angus‘ LP)
Moulding Heaven With Earth – Abrasive Trees (from ‘Moulding Heaven With Earth​/​Kali Sends Sunflowers‘)
You Won’t Remember This – Orca, Attack (from Superpolar Taïps #29)
Owlight – Meadowsilver (from ‘Meadowsilver II‘ LP)
A Lyke Wake Dirge – Burd Ellen (digital single)
Pierced Arrows (acoustic) – Hurray For The Riff Raff (digital single)
White, Upon Your Grave – Lightning In A Twilight Hour (from ‘overwintering‘ LP)
bring to me your open wounds – Kathryn Joseph (from ‘for you who are wronged‘ LP)
Staring at the Henry Moore – Aldous Harding (from ‘Warm Chris‘ LP)
Timothy Grub – Vashti Bunyan (from ‘Just Another Diamond Day’ LP)
Violet May – Alison Cotton (from ‘The Portrait You Painted Of Me‘ LP)
Litres Into Metres / Susurrus – Haress (from ‘Ghosts‘ LP)
The Symphonies Of Danny La Rue – Telefís (from ‘a hAon‘ LP)

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Murder By Heartbreak (The Anchoress Remix) – Dot Allison (from ‘The Entangled Remix‘ EP)
Black Dog – Jill Lorean (from ‘This Rock‘ LP)
I’ve Got A New Heartache – Kitty Wells (from ‘The Wonderful World Of Depressing Country Music‘ CD)
Don’t Say No – Ruthann Friedman (from ‘Heroes & Villains – The Sound Of Los Angeles 1965-1968‘ 3CD Box Set)
Little Girl Lost And Found – The Garden Club (YouTube)
Spinning, Spinning, Spinning – The Ballroom (YouTube)
New Hard Times (stereo LP version) – The Stone Poneys (from ‘Heroes & Villains – The Sound Of Los Angeles 1965-1968‘ 3CD Box Set)
You’ve Never had it so Bad – A.J. Holmes (from ‘A Better Standard of Ordinariness‘ LP)
Age Of Finding Stars – David Long and Shane O’Neill (from ‘Age Of Finding Stars‘ LP)
I’m Leaving You Because I Don’t Love You – Jens Lekman
Easy Listeners – Bart Davenport (from ‘Episodes‘ LP)
Getting Nowhere Fast – Girls At Our Best (from ‘Pleasure‘ 3CD reissue)
Don’t Wait For A Sign – jeanines (from ‘Don’t Wait For A Sign‘ LP)
Do Nothing ‘Till You Hear From Me – MICK TROUBLE (from ‘It’s Mick Trouble’s Second LP‘)
Solid Gold (featuring Amelia Fletcher) – Red Sleeping Beauty (digital single)
Instant Gratification – Gemma Rogers (from ‘No Place Like Home‘ LP)
The Comeback Kid – Dolour (digital single)
Sinister Smile – Papercuts (from ‘Past Life Regression‘ LP)
Halcyon Tide – Beneather (from ‘Beneather‘ LP)
Folding – Erasers (from ‘Constant Connection‘ LP)
Down – Swell (from ‘…Well?’ LP. R.I.P. David Freel)
Old Square Hip Cats – The New Existentialists (from ‘The GDH Smoke Machine – Booklovers‘ tape)
Tiny Marks – Gordon McIntyre (from ‘Even With The Support Of Others‘ LP)
Rainbows In Windows – The Hanging Stars (from ‘Hollow Heart’ LP)

Unpop 214

This month’s cover image is an original linocut print design. ‘Incoming Tide, Sidmouth, after John Nash’. It is available to buy mounted or unmounted from the Unpop Shop.

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All Dressed In Rain – Bart Davenport (from ‘Episodes‘ LP)
Dr Pong (Edit) – Pale Blue Eyes (digital single)
Folk Song – Carson McHone (from ‘Still Life‘ LP)
The World is a Closed Door – Adam Geoffrey Cole & Grey Malkin (from lathe cut 7″ / digital single)
On A Mountain – Dan Weltman (from ‘Rivers In My Mind‘ LP)
lion heart – Stanley Brinks & Freschard (from ‘Lion Heart‘ LP YouTube)
Far Rider – Still Corners (digital single)
Start Again – Those Pretty Wrongs (from ‘Those Pretty Wrongs / Zed for Lulu‘ reissue LPs)
The Girl In A Gene Clark Song – Starry Eyed And Laughing (from ‘Bells of Lightning‘ LP)
Resplendent In A Darkness – The Monochrome Set (from ‘Allhallowtide‘ LP)
English Rose – Peter Hall (from ‘I Found That Essence Rare‘ compilation LP)
Away – Darren Hanlon (from ‘Life Tax‘ LP)
Murmuration – Clara Engel (from ‘Their Invisible Hands‘ LP)
Romantic – Lande Hekt (from 7″ single)
April Of My Life – Young Guv (from ‘Guv III‘ LP)
A Breeze – Erasers (from ‘Constant Connection‘ LP)
Aurora – Loop (from ‘Sonancy‘ LP)
Back To The Radio – Porridge Radio (from ‘Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky‘ LP)
You’re On Your Own – Simon Love (from ‘Love, Sex and Death etc‘ LP

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Christ Is a Tomb – David Peel & The Lower East Side (from ‘And The Rest Is History : The Elektra Recordings’)
People Who Died – The Jim Carroll Band (from ‘Catholic Boy’ LP)
Me and the Riddle Tree – Mick Trouble (from ‘It’s Mick Trouble’s Second LP‘)
Drive You Home – Wesley Gonzalez (from ‘Wax Limousine‘ LP)
Angelica – Wet Leg (from ‘Wet Leg’ LP)
Heard About Your Band – Brakes (from ‘(Presenting Brakes !Live!) Rock Is Dodelijk’ LP)
Folly – Sea Power (from ‘Everything Was Forever‘ LP)
Put This Right – Billy Mackenzie (from ‘Satellite Life – Recordings 1994 – 96‘ 3CD set)
Tape Deck – Ellis Island Sound (digital single)
Everything Is Going To Be Alright – Princess Chelsea (digital single)
Inshore Waters – Café Kaput (from ‘Maritime – Themes and Textures‘ LP)
Saw Teeth – Pneumatic Tubes (from ‘A Letter From Treetops‘ LP)
An Stevel Nowydh – Gwenno (from ‘Tresor‘ LP)
Sokolonko – 6th Crowd (digital single)
Don’t (You Mess With Me) [Radio Edit] – xPropaganda (from ‘The Heart Is Strange‘ LP)
Loro Sangue è Sufficiente – Salvatore Mercatante (from ‘Mysteries and Prophecies of the Stega‘ LP)
Looking at Lifeforms – Twilight Sequence (from 7″ single)
Beneath a Hunter’s Moon – Meadowsilver (digital single)
Stars – The Weather Station (from ‘How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars?‘ LP)
Spring Is Here – Bill Evans (from ‘The Legendary Bill Evans‘ 3CD set)
Nightqueen – Hurray For The Riff Raff (from ‘Life On Earth‘ LP)