This week on No Magic, we feature a Grandaddy's The Sophtware Slump, as apparently shelter in place week 3 has become rather more subliminal than I might first have realised. However, it's one of my all time favourite albums, is celebrating 20 years this year, and it does community the trials and emotional strain of isolation and separation in a melancholy, beautiful way, entangled with Jason Lytle's hopeful and inspiring melodies. Lots of other new music this week, too!
I dream at night
Of going home someday
Somewhere so far away
So dream alright
I know it's going to take some time
I'm going home someday
Dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream…
Playlist
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House Music All Night Long by JARV IS... on House Music All Night Long (Rough Trade) - Break
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100% by Das Koolies on 100% (Strangetown) -
Knobheads of Quizshows by Half Man Half Biscuit on No One Cares About Your Creative Hub so Get Your Fuckin' Hedge Cut (Probe Plus) -
Fits by Do Nothing on Fits (Exact Truth) - Break
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He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot by Grandaddy on The Sophtware Slump (V2) -
Bonus Material by Jenny Hval on Bonus Material (Sacred Bones) -
Search for Life by Dirty Projectors on Windows Open (Domino) - Break
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Broken Household Appliance National Forest by Grandaddy on The Sophtware Slump (V2) -
Love's Not Enough by The Mysterines on Love's Not Enough (Pretty Face) -
Sludge by Squid on Sludge (Warp) - Break
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26/27 by IDLES on Welcome (S/R) -
No Suprise by The Slow Readers Club on The Joy of the Return (Modern Sky) -
The Drowners by Suede on Suede (Nude Records) -
Cold Water by Odd Morris on Cold Water (Self Released) - Break
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Miner at the Dial-A-View by Grandaddy on The Sophtware Slump (V2) -
Cabin Fever by Super Furry Animals on Lovekraft (BMG) - Break
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Phenom by Thao & the Get Down Stay Down on Phenom (Ribbon) -
Athlete by Why Bonnie on Athlete (Fat Possum) -
I've Got a ___ _____ Feeling by Galina Juritz on XN14X (NX-X) -
Champagne by Angus1 on Champagne (Guy Tarento) - Break
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Infinitey Gentle Blows - Aural Hallucination Mix by God Within on Crucial Introspection (Hardkiss)