Cathal Smyth - A Comfortable ManFrom Skinhead to Renaissance Man_ Perhaps better known to many as Chas Smash of the much loved national pop institution Madness, Cathal Smyth releases his debut solo album. Recorded at Sarm, Iguana and The Premises studios in London with producer Charlie Andrew (Alt J), the album was mixed by longtime Madness collaborator, the renowned Alan Winstanley. An honest, moving and deeply human record about discovery and ultimately recovery, the gestation of

as well as the only non-CLE band to ever record for Pere Ubu's label

U Nuh Have A Phone (Hello Moto)åÊ

its explicit lyrics suggesting that the dj is in no position to tell others to "watch your words

he sounds instantly recognizable as the same man who laid a rubbery

This fall sees the release of "Way Out (80-84)" a retrospective encompassing all of Arrington‰۪s classics‰ÛÓhis first solo single

The Pastels - Mirage

Harvest‰۪s parent label decided the album was finished and pressed it upåÊanyway

his move from New York to Bloomington inspired the new album 'Everybody's a Good Dog'

they sent him phone recordings of some of their in-progress songs

as well as many rare and deep lost tracks from lesser known artists such as Creative Artists Ensemble

p as Slows for Deep Distance (Feb 2015)

The 3rd LP in our continuing series of releases culled from the monumental Ethiopiques series