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Bush Stan: Born to battle 2025 [CD]

Saint Etienne’s new album, International, is their final album-length statement, after the group’s 35-year excursion through pop. A dreamlike drift with friends and collaborators, International features cameos from the higher echelons of pop - 80s chart heroes, electro, acid house and all points in-between, from Vince Clarke to Nick Heyward, Confidence Man to Erol Alkan, Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Doves and Xenomania, through to the lesser known, but equally exhilarating Bradfordians Augustin Bousfield and Flash Cassette (an artist described as “sitting somewhere between Funkadelic and a SEGA Mega Drive”). Saint Etienne are the 90s band who never left us, never imploded, and never adhered to clichéd excess. They are a testament to getting along, getting on with creating something new and, of course, getting away with it.

Christopher Lyn: Lyn Christopher (Rem) [Vinyl LP]

Råå gör en discoskiva på sitt eget högst egensinniga vis. Lite som om Barry Manilow, Donna Summer, Orbital och William Onyeabor skulle samarbeta i Klingklang studion. Skivan innehåller en fruktad svensk översättning på Rheingolds Dreiklangdimensionen från 1983 och David Boulter från Tindersticks som sätter sin legendariska text till My Sister i en dubbig kostym. På det hela taget en ganska oväntad skiva.

Carey Mariah: Here for It All [CD]

Ritter Josh: I believe in you my honeydew 2025 [CD]

RPWL: World through my eyes 2005 (20th anniv.) [Digipack / CD + Blu-ray Audio]