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On the stereo this month...
RICH RUTH
Water Still Flows THIRD MAN Cosmic jazz-rock therapist returns to heal our psychic wounds. Now with added Sunn O)))-style heaviosity!
AROOJ AFTAB
Night Reign VERVE
Looser, earthier – but equally stunning – follow-up to the peerless Vulture Prince. Amid the ghazals and jazz standards, there’s a Moor Mother rap and a song called “Whiskey”.
ROBYN HITCHCOCK
“A Whiter Shade Of Pale” TINY GHOST Former Egyptian returns to the source. From an album of stripped-back psychpop covers to accompany his new coming-of-age memoir, 1967: How I Got There And Why I Never Left.
DIRTY THREE
Love Changes Everything BELLA UNION
First album in over a decade from Ellis, Turner and White’s beloved instrumental trio, chiselling their way out of the underworld towards somewhere genuinely euphoric.
HUUNHUURTU, CARMEN RIZZO & DHANI HARRISON
Dreamers In The Field DARK HORSE Just as George Harrison pioneered raga-rock, now Dhani’s fallen in with some Tuvan throat singers. Unique and expectedly moving.
ALESSANDRO “ASSO” STEFANA
Alessandro “Asso” Stefana IPECAC Exec-produced by PJ Harvey, the Brescia-based guitarist picks his way through ancient folk and blues laments that gradually melt into haunting ambient soundscapes.
JAKE LONG
City Swamp NEW SOIL
Intrepid new permutation of London jazz luminaries, with the Maisha drummer/ bandleader joined by Nubya Garcia, Tamar Osborn, Shirley Tetteh and Binker Golding.
CHIHEI HATAKEYAMA & SHUN ISHIWAKA
Magnificent Little Dudes Vol 1 GEARBOX Japanese ambient stalwarts imagine what Robin Guthrie’s solo catalogue would sound like with more free jazz drums. Hatis Noit’s vocals bring the Popol Vuh vibes.
JOHN CALE
Poptical Illusion DOMINO “Tell me to go to hell / I’ve been trying my best to do it…” Where Mercy was raging and hectic, this swift yet fulsome follow-up is tender and reflective.
ALTIN GÜN
“Vallahi Yok” GLITTERBEAT
Last ever release with co-singer Merve Daşdemir, who signs off with a typically rousing/yearning chorus and a filthy single-finger synth riff.