25/18 - Just Lean Into The Crack

When the weather is at its worse, it's always a good idea to seek out long-time musical favourites and indulge in nostalgia. So here are five classics that I've lived with for decades now.

Sunset Rubdown - They Took A Vote And Said No

...as I'm posting this on the day that Teresa May got cold feet and cancelled tomorrow's vote, because she's an absolute embarrassment on every level. Corbyn for PM NOW!

Bright Eyes - Nothing Gets Crossed Out

On a particularly rainy and windy day out in North Clapham, I decided to revisit the magnum opus of teenage angst and misanthropy. This, its inertia-mapping crown jewel, can still lure me both in to, and then out of, self pity.

Pulp - I Spy

The best ever pop album about class politics.

It's more a case of haves against haven'ts

PJ Harvey - A Place Called Home

I think I could listen to this a hundred times in a row and the 1:20 falsetto "with love comes the day" would still give me tingles.

Björk - It's Not Up To You

What can you say? Absolute masterpiece. If you don't think this is a masterpiece, we are not kindred spirits. Wisdom, love, and exquisite craftmanship woven into a pick-me-up-composition for the ages. I love this album more than one or two of my limbs.

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