Uncut Playlist
On the stereo this month...
THE SMILE
Wall Of Eyes XL
The London Contemporary Orchestra help to fashion a lusher, dreamier – and therefore more unsettling – follow-up to Uncut ’s best album of 2022: “All of that money/where did it go?”
LAETITIA SADIER
Rooting For Love DUOPHONIC SUPER 45S Psychedelic chanson and slinky retrofuturist pop on a mission to rewire our selfish brains with rousing slogans of unity and hope. Who needs a new Stereolab album?
FABIANO DO NASCIMENTO & SAM GENDEL
The Room REAL WORLD
Hefty serving of saudade for sevenstring guitar and soprano sax, inspired by Getz/gilberto and Baden Powell À Vontade.
J MASCIS
What Do We Do Now
SUB POP
Ken Mauri’s piano adds a rollicking bar-room warmth to the Dino dude’s acousticdriven powerpop. Only here for the solos? J’s got you covered.
C DIAB
Imerro TONAL UNION
Ominous and occasionally euphoric “post-classical grunge” from deep in the forests of Vancouver Island, led by the sinewy sound of Caton Diab’s bowed guitar.
LOU REED
Hudson River Wind Meditations LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
Before André 3000’s New Age flute album, there was Lou Reed’s ambient Tai Chi album – now receiving a timely multi-format reissue following its original low-key 2007 release.
ONE TRUE PAIRING
“Frozen Food Centre” DOMINO
A breakthrough for erstwhile Wild Beast Tom Fleming as he teams up with Lankum’s Cormac Macdiarmada for a tender folk-driven odyssey through suburban disappointment.
MARIA W HORN
Panoptikon XKATEDRAL
Created for an installation at a former Swedish prison, this stunning suite for electronics and ‘ghost choir’ is both haunting and redemptive.
AWEN ENSEMBLE
“She Moves Through The Fair” NEW SOIL
The folk-jazz revival is most definitely on! Leeds collective bring soulful brass and a gentle swing to the Irish folk standard.
HALEY HEYNDERICKX & MAX GARCÍA CONOVER
“Ragweed” SON CANCIONES
One of two quietly engrossing new songs written for a fifth anniversary reissue of their “Among Horses III” EP, conjured spontaneously on a remote Spanish farm.