A live show from the Secret Alley tonight — which is always fun. We're featuring a new album from Leed's own Katie Harkin, her second solo record Honeymoon Suite is a pandemic lockdown recording (I suspect we'll be hearing a lot of those this year…) but really captured my attention, combining her established talents for jangly indie guitar melodies (that underpinned Sky Larkin) with electronic productions, and a really beautiful ambient track to end. What is it “they” say about “constraint breeds creativity”? I mean… that, I guess. Right before you slap “them” in the face for trying to put a silver lining on the fucking pandemic.
Also this week, I'm announcing that No Magic is heading toward a conclusion: With some long travel planned for August, the show is going to go back on hiatus in August. I've decided that after a 3½ run, the show has run its course. I'll be back with something else, no doubt, but not immediately committing to when. It's good to take a break. Fear not though, there're still a full month of shows to come through July, so we'll have some fun yet. Thank you for listening and supporting the show all this time so far though, it's been a lovely thing. More reflections and sentiment to come later.
Playlist
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One of These Days by Pink Floyd on Meddle (Capitol) -
Laguna Seca by Shearwater on The Great Awakening (Self Released) New -
Lucid by Cloth on Low Sun EP (Rock Action) New -
1 in 3 (I'm Fine) by Self Esteem on Prima Facie (Universal) New -
Angel Numbers by Hamish Hawk (Post Electric Artists) - Break
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Featured (Give Me) The Streets of Leeds by Harkin on Honeymoon Suite (Hand Mirror) New -
Wondrous Place by Drug Store Romeos (Fiction) New -
My Body Is A Cage by A Giant Dog on Neon Bible (Merge) -
Featured A New Day by Harkin on Honeymoon Suite (Hand Mirror) New -
Heat Lightning by Mitski on Laurel Hell (Dead Oceans) -
Anima by Gwenno (Heavenly) New -
Hangin' on for Dear Life by Nancy & The Mysterious Visions on Happy Oddities EP (B3SCI) - Break
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Wet Dream by Wet Leg on Wet Leg (Domino) -
Antibodies by Sky Larkin on The Golden Spike (Wichita) -
I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts by X on More Fun in the New World (Fat Possum) - Break
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List of Demands (Reparations) by Saul Williams on Saul Williams (FADER) -
Aggro Crag by The Koreatown Oddity on Aggro Crag EP (Stones Throw) New -
More Pressure (feat. Kevin Abstract) by Kae Tempest on The Line Is A Curve (Republic) - Break
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Spitting Off The Edge Of The World (feat. Perfume Genius) by Yeah Yeah Yeahs on Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian) New -
False Alarm by Diatom Deli on Time~Lapse Nature (Rving Intl) New - Break
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Deep In The Glowing Heart (Night Version) (ANNA Remix) by Jon Hopkins (Domino) New -
Featured Driving Down A Flight Of Stairs by Harkin on Honeymoon Suite (Hand Mirror) New