PLAYLIST 01.03.13

The new solo album by This Morning Jacket frontman, Jim James, is a transcendental masterpiece. It offers a pure, crystalline experience that makes me want to don an old sackcloth and go live in the mountains. It just touches that part of the brain that registers a sublime set of tunes and delivers a spiritual questioning a bit like Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On'. It deserves to be listened to in its entirety and I'd gladly play the whole thing if broadcast rules allowed me to. Whilst your rummaging for that sack cloth and searching for a silent retreat listen out for BLESSA too. They're from Sheffield, sound like a cross between early Lush and The Cocteau Twins and seem set to make an impact if they continue to impress live audiences like the one I was part of earlier this week. I also welcome back our Nordic correspondent, Carmel McNamara, for three more musical tips from the north countries - another perfect selection from our roving tune hunter.

Starry Eyes 2:39 Veronica Falls 'Found Love In A Graveyard' (Captured Tracks)
She Lives in a Time of Her Own 2:56 The 13th Floor Elevators (Charly Records)
Gargoyle 4:55 Ferox 'Gargoyles EP' (Black Acre)
2020 4:14 Suuns 'Images Du Futur' (Secretly Canadian)
God's Love To Deliver 3:37 Jim James 'Regions Of Light And Sound Of God' (V2)
Alligator 2:36 Super Wild Horses 'Crosswords' (Remote Control)
Our Dream 2:53 Soosh 'Colour is Breathe' (Error Broadcast)
Lucid Dreams 4:16 Astronautica 'Replay Last Night' (Alpha Pup Records)
Size Meets The Sound 3:09 Woods 'Bend Beyond' (Woodsist)
Puppets Dangling 3:42 Jacco Gardner 'Cabinet of Curiosities' (Trouble in Mind Records)
Taking Out the Trash 6:42 Endless Boogie 'Long Island' (No Quarter)
Yoro Diallo 5:14 Egyptian Hip Hop 'Good Don't Sleep' (R&S Records)
Lifeisin 3:20 Carmen Villain (Smalltown Supersound)
All Returns 3:39 Wolf People (Jagjaguwar) 
Of The Mother Again 3:54 Jim James 'Regions Of Light And Sound Of God' (V2)
Landing 4:51 Thought Forms 'Ghost Mountain' (Invada)
Stac 6:58 Barnt 'Ariola' (Comeme)
Living With You 6:37 (Laurel Halo Remix) John Cale
Mountains Crave 3:35 Anna Von Hausswolff 'Ceremony' (Kning Disk)
The Backbone 3:45 Lay Low
Though It Aches 3:53 Daniel Norgren (Pop Up Records)
Unfurl 3:44 BLESSA (Self Release)
Things In My Head 2:39 Pure X 'Crawling Up The Stairs' (Merok)
For You 3:34 The Merrylees
Dear One 3:11 Jim James 'Regions Of Light And Sound Of God' (V2)

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