This week features a live, in-studio performance from Rusty Sunsets, whose EP Disambiguation Stationis available on Bandcamp now. Cara also shares some of the music that inspired the record, and stories of travel and change that led her through making the record over the past year and half.
Our record of the week is Tiny Changes,the celebrator tribute album to Frightened Rabbit's incredible The Midnight Organ Fight. A track-for-track presentation of the whole record, performed by artists who were close to the band, shared labels, toured together, and found inspiration and support in one another.
The record is intense, released now after a delay following the death of singer Scott Hutchison last year. With his music so vividly exploring the weight and struggle of mental health, in ways that directly tie to the tragedy, the record transcends being a mere memento to a beloved band, and opens up to shared experience the catharsis of recording and performing these songs in tribute, rather than despair.
Also, Tiny Changes is the name of the charity started by the band and Scott Hutchison's family, to raise awareness of and support young people's mental health issues. You can learn more about that at maketinychanges.co.uk.
Playlist
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Peaks and Troughs by We Were Promised Jetpacks on Unravelling (FatCat Records) -
Keep It All To Myself by The Twilight Sad on It Won't Be Like This All The Time (Rock Action) - Break
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Good Arms vs. Bad Arms by Fiskur on Tiny Changes (Canvasback) -
Here's to the Fourth Time! by Los Campesinos! on Sick Scenes (Wichita) -
Passerby by The Soft Cavalry on The Soft Cavalry (Bella Union) - Break
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Danian Age (After Chicxulub) by Rusty Sunsets on Disambiguation Station (Self Released) -
All We Want, Baby Is Everything by Handsome Furs on Face Control (Sub Pop) - Break
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Ocean Beach Love Song #2 & #3 by Rusty Sunsets on Transmutation, Delivered! and An Atlas of Exits by Turkey Mountain Sunset Band (Self Released) -
Traveller by The Weather Station on All Of It Was Mine (You've Changed Records) - Break
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Common Employment (Song For Rosalyn) by Rusty Sunsets on Disambiguation Station (Self Released) -
Keep Yourself Warm by Ben Gibbard on Tiny Changes (Canvasback) -
Wildfires by Essential Machine on Wildfires (Self Released) -
Head Rolls Off by Frightened Rabbit on The Midnight Organ Fight (FatCat Records) - Break
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Constantin Georg Alexander Winkler (Dandelion Heretics) by Rusty Sunsets on Disambiguation Station (Self Released) -
Lavender Burning by Half Waif on Lavender (Cascine) - Break
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Istanbul Fast Ferry Co. (Far From Ocean Beach) by Rusty Sunsets on Disambiguation Station (Self Released) -
Suck The Blood From My Wound by Ezra Furman on Transangelic Exodus (Bella Union) - Break
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So Here We Are by Bloc Party on Silent Alarm Live (Self Released)