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XXXVII

By Andre Perry | 1 November 2007

As the year comes to its bitter end, it lays her cool hands upon our brows. We unveil scarves and consider our retreat into the whisky-laden warmth of Winter Club. Romances ice over and we’re trapped, insulating and reflecting beneath the glassy finish. We wonder how nights will unfold when the days are as grim as the grey foggy hazes that envelop London’s streets. We pack up our pieces and descend into the drift. We rock out too loudly and fuck mirages out of desperation. There are moments of beauty and other times we look at ourselves unfulfilled. And sometimes there is peace: Just done the best you can, old chap, _you tell yourself in the mirror. _You’ve done well and such an old machine you are.

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[59:45]

1. Jonathan Fire*Eater: “Station Coffee”

  • (0:01 – 2:23)
  • from Wolf Songs For Lambs (Dreamworks; 1997)

2. The Natural History: “Princeton Junction”

  • (2:24 – 5:51)
  • from People That I Meet (Self-released; 2007)

3. The Hot Toddies: “Photosynthesis”

  • (5:52 – 8:05)
  • from Smell the Mitten (Asian Man Records; 2007)

4. Volunteer Pioneer (now Lady Genius): “Separate Planes”

  • (8:06 – 10:35)
  • from Volunteer Pioneer (Self-released; 2007)

5. 383s: “Untitled”

  • (10:36 – 13:28)
  • from a forthcoming, untitled 2008 album

*6. The Kingsbury Manx: “Ol’ Mountainsides”

  • (13:29 – 19:12)
  • from The Fast Rise and Fall of the South (Yep Roc; 2005)

7. The Field: “Silent”

  • (19:13 – 26:41)
  • from From Here We Go Sublime (Kompakt; 2007)

8. Cepia: “Hoarse”

  • (26:42 – 30:58)
  • from Natura Morta (Ghostly International; 2007)

9. Sally Shapiro: “I’ll Be by Your Side”

  • (30:59 – 36:17)
  • from Disco Romance (Diskokaine/Paper Bag; 2006)

*10. Loquat: “Swingset Chain”

  • (36:18 – 40:54)
  • from It’s Yours to Keep (Jackpine Social Club; 2004)

11. The Dirty Projectors: “Police Story”

  • (40:55 – 45:16)
  • from Rise Above (Dead Oceans; 2007)

12. The Velvet Teen: “Chimera Obscurant”

  • (45:17 – 57:46)
  • from Elysium (Slowdance; 2004)

13. Coconut Records: “This Old Machine”

  • (57:47 – 59:45)
  • from Nighttiming (Young Baby; 2007)