This week we're featuring Maxïmo Park's 2012 record The National Health, which seemed somewhat fitting given its gesture at social ills and our current pandemic disaster. Also this week, the stunning first cut from Max Richter's United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights commission Voices. It was powerful when I got to see it performed back in February, but right now in this moment it resonates all the more.
Also this week, there's a new single from Doves. It's really wonderful, and so satisfying to see a band come back from an 11 year hiatus full of the energy to explore their sound that makes all their records familiar, and yet never derivative. I'm very excited for album number 5 later this year.
Playlist
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Falling Thunder by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever on Sideways To New Italy (Sub Pop) - Break
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When I Was Wild by Maxïmo Park on The National Health (V2) -
The National Health by Maxïmo Park on The National Health (V2) -
Jiu Jits You by Panic Shack on Jiu Jits You (Brace Yourself Records) - Break
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Red Right Hand by Laura Marling, Antony Genn, Martin Slattery on Peaky Blinders (Very Clever Records) -
Hard Liquor by Thomas Dybdahl on Cabin Fever (Mute) -
I Don't Belong by Fontaines DC on A Hero's Death (Partisan) - Break
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Hips and Lips by Maxïmo Park on The National Health (V2) -
Grounds by IDLES on Ultra Mono (Partisan Records) -
No Flag by Elvis Costello on No Flag (Concord Records) - Break
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Indie Rokkers by Soccer Mommy on Soccer Mommy & Friends Singles Series, Vol. 3: Gentle Dom (Loma Vista) -
Miles Away by We Were Promised Jetpacks on Out of Interest (Big Scary Monsters) -
Wolf Among Men by Maxïmo Park on The National Health (V2) - Break
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Be Right Back, Moving House (feat. Paul Smith) by Ghostpoet on Shedding Skin (Pias America) - Break
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Peradam (feat. Anoushka Shankar, Tenzin Choegyal, Charlotte Gainsbourg) by Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith on Peradam (Bella Union) - Break
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The Undercurrents by Maxïmo Park on The National Health (V2) -
Kyoto by Phoebe Bridgers on Punisher (Dead Oceans) -
Save the Whale by JARV IS… on Beyond the Pale (Rough Trade) -
Carousels by Doves on Carousels — Singles (Virgin) - Break
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All Human Beings by Max Richter on Voices (Universal) -
Remedy, Surging Sea by Son Lux on Reincarnates (Leroy Lott Music) -
Swill by Jónsi on Shiver (Krunk)