Half Man Half Biscuit | Oblong of Dreams

I’m about a thousand miles away
From Claire Jenkins’ gin reports
And Stuart Bell and dull Adele
And Janet from Accounts banging on about turmeric

Yes, it’s the obligatory post from the latest Half Man Half Biscuit LP, The Voltarol Years.

Helen Love | Suburbia

And your kitchen is big
But your life is oh so small

An outtake from the sessions for Helen Love’s Day-Glo Dreams LP and one of 23 such recordings assembled into two Songs From Under the Bed collections.

Princess Chelsea | Everything is Going to be Alright

Fact of the day: Chelsea Nikkel, aka Princess Chelsea, occasionally appears in a Paul McCartney tribute band, The Cosbys and Disciples of Macca; however this single is one of her own.

Sugar for the Pill | Falling Back to You

Outstanding debut single by Athens’ Sugar for the Pill, from a debut LP, Wanderlust.

Hipflasks | A Lovely Scar

A recording from 1987 that in the pre-internet age would likely have never seen the light of day again. Hipflasks were a Newcastle upon Tyne foursome amongst whose “low-budget” demos this and Therese are the stand out tracks.

Helen Love | This is my World

If ever a record could be summarised as bittersweet nostalgia then Helen Love’s latest LP, This is my World, is it, brilliantly evoking the past to condemn the present.

Tigercats | The Space

A funky new sound on their first record for four years.

Aiko el Grupo | La Seli

I almost don’t want to know what they’re singing about…

NewDad | Say It

Opening track on the Galway band’s latest EP.

Horsegirl | Sea Life Sandwich Girl

From Chicago, a three piece with a three-track single, on which this, track 2, and track 3 overshadow the eponymous opener.