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On this week's show we're featuring the reliably tremendous new alt-J record The Dream. They've always been a curiously captivating act, often leading records with quirky, indie-bop singles that tread a delicate hairline between fun and cringe for me, but whose full albums absolutely mesmerise me as their folk, prog, psych, chamber indie and hip-hop influences brew together and fit an moving emotional arc of grand compositions.
The Dream keeps this up, never sounding unlike them, but also expanding the sound in some notable ways. I've been playing it all week.
There's some other good stuff, of course: Nell Smith's collaboration of Nick Cave covers with The Flaming Lips has some gems, and Kae Tempest is back with a second track from their forthcoming The Line Is A Curve.
Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation.
Playlist
2′06″ I Raise You (The Price of Your Head) by Folly Group on Single (Technicolour) 🆕
5′50″ 2am by Foals on Single (Warner) 🆕
16′50″ Unknown Song by Milky Chance on Single (Muggelig) 🆕
20′57″ Fugazi by Babehoven on Sunk EP (Double Double Whammy) 🆕
25′22″ Dangerous by The Mysterines on Dangerous (Universal)
34′40″ Philadelphia by alt-J on The Dream (Infectious) ⭐️ 🆕
37′55″ Lucifer on the Sofa by Spoon on Lucifer on the Sofa (Matador) 🆕
42′54″ Transatlantique by Beirut on Artifacts (Pompeii) 🆕
52′37″ Say It by NewDad on Banshee (Fair Youth) 🆕
55′43″ Happier When You're Gone by alt-J on The Dream (Infectious) ⭐️ 🆕
59′36″ Red Right Hand (feat. The Flaming Lips) by Nell Smith on Where The Viaduct Looms (Bella Union)
73′27″ Chicago by alt-J on The Dream (Infectious) ⭐️ 🆕
77′10″ Adeline by alt-J on Relaxer (Infectious)
83′02″ The Gospel of John Hurt by alt-J on This Is All Yours (Infectious)
88′09″ The Only Thing by Maria BC on Hyaline (Father/Daughter)
98′44″ Protection From Evil by Ibibio Sound Machine on Single (Merge) 🆕
102′35″ Don't Forget You're Precious by Alabaster Deplume on GOLD (International Anthem)
106′14″ Salt Coast by Kae Tempest on The Line Is A Curve (Republic) 🆕
115′16″ The Ladder by Röyksopp on Single (Dog Triumph)
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By Ben WardOn this week's show we're featuring the reliably tremendous new alt-J record The Dream. They've always been a curiously captivating act, often leading records with quirky, indie-bop singles that tread a delicate hairline between fun and cringe for me, but whose full albums absolutely mesmerise me as their folk, prog, psych, chamber indie and hip-hop influences brew together and fit an moving emotional arc of grand compositions.
The Dream keeps this up, never sounding unlike them, but also expanding the sound in some notable ways. I've been playing it all week.
There's some other good stuff, of course: Nell Smith's collaboration of Nick Cave covers with The Flaming Lips has some gems, and Kae Tempest is back with a second track from their forthcoming The Line Is A Curve.
Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation.
Playlist
2′06″ I Raise You (The Price of Your Head) by Folly Group on Single (Technicolour) 🆕
5′50″ 2am by Foals on Single (Warner) 🆕
16′50″ Unknown Song by Milky Chance on Single (Muggelig) 🆕
20′57″ Fugazi by Babehoven on Sunk EP (Double Double Whammy) 🆕
25′22″ Dangerous by The Mysterines on Dangerous (Universal)
34′40″ Philadelphia by alt-J on The Dream (Infectious) ⭐️ 🆕
37′55″ Lucifer on the Sofa by Spoon on Lucifer on the Sofa (Matador) 🆕
42′54″ Transatlantique by Beirut on Artifacts (Pompeii) 🆕
52′37″ Say It by NewDad on Banshee (Fair Youth) 🆕
55′43″ Happier When You're Gone by alt-J on The Dream (Infectious) ⭐️ 🆕
59′36″ Red Right Hand (feat. The Flaming Lips) by Nell Smith on Where The Viaduct Looms (Bella Union)
73′27″ Chicago by alt-J on The Dream (Infectious) ⭐️ 🆕
77′10″ Adeline by alt-J on Relaxer (Infectious)
83′02″ The Gospel of John Hurt by alt-J on This Is All Yours (Infectious)
88′09″ The Only Thing by Maria BC on Hyaline (Father/Daughter)
98′44″ Protection From Evil by Ibibio Sound Machine on Single (Merge) 🆕
102′35″ Don't Forget You're Precious by Alabaster Deplume on GOLD (International Anthem)
106′14″ Salt Coast by Kae Tempest on The Line Is A Curve (Republic) 🆕
115′16″ The Ladder by Röyksopp on Single (Dog Triumph)
Check out the full archives on the website.