Jonathan Rado - For Who The Bell Tolls ForOne of the most in demand producers in indie rock, and one half of Foxygen, Jonathan Rados recordings for The Killers, Father John Misty, The Lemon Twigs, Whitney, and Weyes Blood devour the canon, and return something distinctly modern. On For Who The Bell Tolls For, Rados first solo release in ten years, the producer unveils a refined version of his signature sound, intricately sculpted by anthemic maximalism and good old fashioned studio magic. The

Easy Life release their much-anticipated debut album Life’s a Beach on Island Records

Other highlights also include the vicious jazz-rocker Demolition Man (later covered by Grace Jones) the frantic Rehumanize Yourself

His clever rhymes and remarkable schemes stood out against the landscape

the scientists and the triffids

discovering a few exotic exponents of the West Coast sound from more distant shores

and then turn up the guitars and the art-rock sensibilities and make a completely engaging and evocative album

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It’s a typically inventive Carr track with layers of dramatic

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“It’s definitely a record that we made with our own influences and capabilities but there’s still this prevalent thread of wanting to add to that conversation in the musical universe

Steve Lamacq’s particular love of previous album ‘Serve To Serve Again’ (released August 2020 - UTR131) led to him choosing it as his personal #1 favourite ‘album of the year’ for 6music’s end of year list