McAlmont And Butler - The Sound ofWhile the whole of the UK seemed to be mining the sound of The Beatles, Stones and The Who as Britpop slavishly paid homage to the 60s, The Sound Of McAlmont And Butler took its influences more from music of Dusty Springfield, Scott Walker, Andy Williams and Burt Bacharach while creating something unique and timeless Rock, indie, soul, jazz and folk all meld in an album full of beguiling moments Bernard Butler had risen to fame as guitarist with

such as Air Miami’s ‘Seabird’ and the Lush B-side ‘Sunbathing’

recorded in a house on the banks of the Rancocas Creek in Mount Holly

co-produced by the band with Ken Thomas

cosmic recombinant combo still shot through with JOYFULTALK’s singular mixing desk kinetics

with each track taken out to a greater extent than what is on the recorded version of A Love Supreme

without abandoning the repetition and wit that’s relished by their early fans

The Specials

Could Be You€ù works off a steady percussive gallop

The Beatles

includes DL card w/ bonus tracks

Collected together this set realizes an expansive restoration of one of Stewart’s most audacious statements

a melancholic funk so often used in hip-hop and beat tape productions to this day