Mueran Humanos ‘Miseress’ (ATP)
Buenos Aires to Berlin via Barcelona, the international duo incorporate Bacchic themes into their second offering
Yumi and The Weather
Lo-key seaside indietronica with dubby ripples
Foreground Set
Scandinavian funktronica at its finest
Japan, ‘Gentlemen Take Polaroids’, (Virgin Records)
Synth master Richard Barbieri remembers the heady days of 1980 and gives us the full skinny on Japan’s first single for Virgin Records
Connie Constance
Metropolitan mysticism and downtown dream pop
Chvrches ‘Every Open Eye’ (Virgin EMI/Goodbye)
Glaswegian trio’s second album finds them sounding bigger and better than ever
Nicolas Godin ‘Contrepoint’ (Because Music)
Debut solo release from ex-Air member is a sweet lesson on the classical and the contemporary
Hannah Peel ‘Rebox 2’ (My Own Pleasure)
A second collection of glorious covers from Our Lady of the Music Box
In This Mode
Old school knob twiddling from down under
Cocteau Twins ‘The Pink Opaque Tiny Dynamine/Echoes In A Shallow Bay’ (4AD)
We’re heading back three decades for these classic reissues from the Scottish spangle makers