Papa M - Whatever Mortal
Uncomplicated and plaintive, Whatever Mortal is a sublime album of lo-fi balladeering from American songwriter David Pajo under the name Papa M.
Margo Guryan - Take a Picture
Welcome to Sunday and welcome to the absolutely sublime sounds of Margo Guryan. ‘Take a Picture’ is a breezy pop dreamboat and it all starts with ‘Sunday Mornin’’.
Gene Clark - No Other
Originally released in September 1974, No Other is an absolutely extraordinary album of Country-steeped rock and roll balladeering from The Byrds founding member, Gene Clark. An LP of huge innovation...
Women - Public Strain
Public Strain is the second album from the short-lived, but hugely important Canadian rock band, Women. A dark and alluring album of addictive and weaving neurosis.
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson
Hugely revered and an absolute all time essential, but one that still gets asked about whenever we spin it. So, this is the Histoire de Melody Nelson.
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
An absolutely seminal album in hip hop culture and more broadly in protest music, Long Island rap group Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back...
Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Of Ethiopia
An absolute landmark in African music, this Sunday classic is about Mulatu Astatke’s sublime 1972 album, “Mulatu Of Ethiopia”.
Purple Mountains
Still brilliantly droll, still wryly insightful and still absolutely heartbreaking. Happy birthday to the eponymous Purple Mountains.
Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
An absolute titan of pastoral folk rock lushness and a set of songs we have listened to more times than we could even fathom.
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Originally released at the start of 2009, Merriweather Post Pavilion was the ninth studio album from experimental pop adventurists Animal Collective. Man alive does it ever still ooze and wooze!
Slint - Spiderland
Spiderland is a record that once you’ve heard you will never forget. An album of peerless angst and one that almost single handedly created a movement.
Gal Costa - Índia
This Sunday we take you back to Ipanema in 1973 and one of the Tropicália movements defining releases.
Discover slightly longer reads with an anthology of our favourite ‘Sunday Classic’ albums.
NOVEMBER
Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
Our November Record of the Month is Nobody Loves You More, the first full-length album from cult musician and legit cultural icon, Kim Deal.
FEATURE
The La’s - The La’s
One of the best eponymous albums ever. One of the finest debut albums ever. One of the most genuinely timeless albums ever.
SEPTEMBER
Kit Sebastian - New Internationale
The sound of early Autumn 2024 is very much the swirling and evocative combination of Anatolian rock and vintage global grooves…
FEATURE
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
The iconic second LP from A Tribe Called Quest. An absolute classic of murky beats, hazy samples and bubbling lyrical flows.