Mix #15

Whilst mostly been compiled in November and December, this playlist fits the mood of January, easing you back into life. With a blast of punk in places. 

The Christmas break was nice, went to Rye for a couple of clear, cold days where we lit fires, made fish pie, learnt dance routines off YouTube and had to take our jumpers off (due to dancing in front of a roaring fire). I also stayed on a fort off the coast of Portsmouth. Despite this happening in 2018, 2019 will be the Year of the Fort.

Now to Mix #15

Sophy Hollington

That Kleenex song is in the same vein as Suburban Lawns (if you remember that from a playlist past), Hen Ogledd is Richard Dawson's other band, Jib Kidder reminds me of Animal Collective - nice underwater vibes. There is some sweet harp courtesy of Mary Lattimore, a 1969 corker from Phil Cordell, new sounds from BEA1991. I'm mildly obsessed with that Julia Jacklin song and this playlist wouldn't be complete without the song of the best Christmas parties, 'Thank U, Next'. 

Ursula K. Le Guin sadly passed away last year. Having been introduced to her work by This Is The Kit a few years back, I've still not managed to read any of her books but the track here is her imagining the language of The Kesh - a future tribe of indigenous people living an anti-colonial existence 500 years from now, that she wrote about. Elsewhere,  Insecure Men are doing a shadowy Hawaiian tinged number called 'Ulster', Cate Le Bon has produced the new Deerhunter and a beautiful Dolly Parton song used in Netflix's Dumplin. 

There are three songs from 2019 on this list - Fat White Family with their disco return, Hand Habits and the absolute banger 'Juice' by Lizzo, with a cracking video to match.

And there we have it. 

Other things, we visited London's first International Airport last weekend, aka Croydon Airport - fun little place to go if you're in Waddon. Off to see Sorry To Bother You tomorrow but still very much keen to see Mary Poppins Returns and The Favourite. Oh and I'm doing Vegan January - it's hard. 

The illustration if by Sophy Hollington, I bought the Autonomic Tarot Deck by her and David Keenan last year and since bought a lovely moon linocut from her. She is great.