THE OCCASIONAL FLICKERS
CD
Scattered Songs
Plastilina
Heartfelt indiepop influenced by Nick Drake, Belle and Sebastian and those This Happy Feeling bands from this lovely Greek outfit! Tracklist: “Meaningless Words”, “A Medal Won In ‘84”, “Alarmclocks Daily”, “Flat And Grey”, “Visions Of Christine”, “Sunwards”, “A Word Of A Friend”, “I Love You More When You’re Asleep”, “A Coastal Ride” and ”Twenty Four”.
140 SEK
THE OCCASIONAL KEEPERS
CD
True North
LTM
The second The Occasional Keepers album was recorded in February 2008, and again produced by the band with Ian Catt. This band is an ongoing collaboration between Bobby Wratten (The Field Mice, Northern Picture Library, Trembling Blue Stars), Carolyn Allen (The Wake) and Caesar (The Wake). Retaining plenty of acoustic, reflective elements from the previous record, True North adds experimental, song-based pop touches to great effect. Beth Arzy (Aberdeen, Trembling Blue Stars) also guests, while Caesar and Carolyn revisit their own illustrious past on the track “Factory Records”. Tracklist: ”If The Ravens Leave”, “The Cricket Laced Midnight”, “Town Of 85 Lights”, “Leave The Secret There Forever”, “The Life Of The Fields”, “Factory Records”, “I've Realized, Snow And Feathers”, “Elsinore” and “A Distant Piano On A Foggy Night”.
125 SEK
THE ORCHIDS
CD
Good To Be A Stranger
Siesta
The Orchids are back after 14 years of silence! With 10 brand new tracks! This often overlooked Scottish five-piece made a bunch of ace singles and three excellent albums on Sarah records between 1988 and 1994. From the early years of jangly guitar pop, sometimes compared to Felt, to the guitar pop/dance/electro merge on their last two albums there’s a striking amount of elegant pop melodies waiting to be discovered. And now there’s a fourth album to add, and a truly great album too. The dancey side from their third album “Striving For The Lazy Perfection” is absent, these songs are more of a journey back to The Orchids’ roots in guitar pop - but now in a slightly more mellow way. “Good To Be A Stranger” proves that The Orchids have an excellent talent for writing intelligent pop music. Welcome back! Tracklist: “Good To Be A Stranger”, “Take My Hand”, “Xylophone Song”, “I Need You To Believe In Me”, “The Last Thing (On Your Mind)”, “Another Saturday Night”, “Down To The Ocean”, “Feel The Magic”, “Do It For Yourself” and “You Could Do Something To Me”.
140 SEK
THE ORCHIDS
CD
Lyceum + Singles
LTM
This often overlooked Scottish five-piece made a bunch of ace singles and three excellent albums on Sarah records between 1988 and 1994. From the early years of jangly guitar pop, sometimes compared to Felt, to the guitar pop/dance/electro merge on their last two albums there’s a striking amount of elegant pop melodies waiting to be discovered. LTM’s three disc compilation, with liner notes by Alistair Fitchett, of The Orchids catalogue is probably the most necessary reissue of 2005. This CD contains the newly remastered reissue of The Orchids classic debut mini album “Lyceum”, originally released on Sarah records 1989. The bonus tracks include all the tracks from The Orchids’ first three singles on Sarah; “I’ve Got A Habit”, “Underneath The Window, Underneath The Sink” and “What Will We Do Next?”. Also included are both sides of the rare 7” single released on Bob Stanley’s Caff label. Tracklist: “It's Only Obvious”, “A Place Called Home”, “Caveman”, “The York Song”, “Carrole-Anne”, “Hold On”, “Blue Light”, “If You Can't Find Love”, “I've Got a Habit”, “Apologies”, “Give Me Some Peppermint Freedom”, “Defy The Law”, “Underneath The Window, Underneath The Sink”, “Tiny Words”, “Walter”, “What Will We Do Next?”, “As Time Goes By”, “Yawn”, “An Ill Wind That Blows” and “All Those Things”.
125 SEK
THE ORCHIDS
CDEP
She´s My Girl
Pebble
”She’s My Girl” is the first release from The Orchids since their comeback album “Good To Be A Stranger” in 2007. It is also the very first release from the excellent English indiepop mailorder Pebble Records (who’ve signed The Cavalcade to their label too). Three brand new tracks that follow the fine tradition of The Orchids beautiful guitar pop. A great return (once again)! Tracklist: “She’s My Girl”, “The OK Song” and “The Lost Star”.
45 SEK
THE ORCHIDS
CD
Striving For The Lazy Perfection + Singles
LTM
This often overlooked Scottish five-piece made a bunch of ace singles and three excellent albums on Sarah records between 1988 and 1994. From the early years of jangly guitar pop, sometimes compared to Felt, to the guitar pop/dance/electro merge on their last two albums there’s a striking amount of elegant pop melodies waiting to be discovered. LTM’s three disc compilation, with liner notes by Alistair Fitchett, of The Orchids catalogue is probably the most necessary reissue of 2005. This CD contains the newly remastered reissue of The Orchids classic third album “Striving For The Lazy Perfection”, originally released on Sarah records 1994. The bonus tracks include all the three tracks from the “Thaumaturgy” single, plus two previously unreleased demo tracks. Tracklist: “Obsession No. 1”, “Striving For The Lazy Perfection”, ”The Searching”, “Welcome To My Curious Heart”, “Avignon”, “A Living Ken And Barbie”, “Beautiful Liar”, “A Kind Of Eden”, “Prayers To St Jude”, “Lovechild”, “Give A Little Honey”, “I've Got To Wake Up To Tell You My Dreams”, “The Perfect Reprise”, “Thaumaturgy”, “I Was Just Dreaming”, “Between Sleeping And Waking”, “It's Ours” and “The Letter”.
125 SEK
THE ORCHIDS
CD
Unholy Soul + Singles
LTM
This often overlooked Scottish five-piece made a bunch of ace singles and three excellent albums on Sarah records between 1988 and 1994. From the early years of jangly guitar pop, sometimes compared to Felt, to the guitar pop/dance/electro merge on their last two albums there’s a striking amount of elegant pop melodies waiting to be discovered. LTM’s three disc compilation, with liner notes by Alistair Fitchett, of The Orchids catalogue is probably the most necessary reissue of 2005. This CD contains the newly remastered reissue of The Orchids classic second album “Unholy Soul”, originally released on Sarah records 1991. The bonus tracks include all the tracks from “Penetration EP” 12” single and “Something For The Longing” 7” single. Tracklist: “Me And The Black And White Dream”, “Women Priests And Addicts”, “Bringing You The Love”, “Frank De Salvo”, “Long Drawn Sunday Night”, “Peaches”, “Dirty Clothing”, “Moon Lullaby”, “Coloured Stone”, “The Sadness Of Sex (Pt 1)”, “Waiting For The Storm”, “You Know I'm Fine”, “Bemused, Confused And Bedraggled”, “Pelican Blonde”, “Tropical Fishbowl”, “How Does That Feel”, “Sigh”, “Something For The Longing”, “Farewell Dear Bonnie” and “On A Sunday”.
125 SEK
OUTMEN
10"
Outmen
Fridlyst
10” + CDR. Outmen is Carl and Pär, from Lindome, south of Göteborg, Sweden. After meeting at a canoe party, where they ended up talking about their shared love of American lo-fi music, they started Outmen in Pär’s parents basement. This eight track debut album is filled with original, unnacountable but yet beautiful pop music. Comes with a CDR of the album. Tracklist: “I Wrote Your Name In Snow”, ”This Is How”, ”Despite The Facts”, ”The Dog Boy”, ”On And Off”, ”Blood Red Kite”, ”Over And Out (Funeral)” and ”In My Arm”.
90 SEK