Reuben - Racecar Is Very FastReleased for RSD 2021 (June Drop) Crystal clear double vinyl. This is a reissue of the first (Racecar is Racecar Backwards) and second (Very Fast Very Dangerous) Reuben albums released on Xtra Mile packaged together for the first time in a double gatefold vinyl and with new artwork from famed illustrator and the bands frontman guitarist Jamie Lenman.

Sonic Boom’s second album and first for Carpark began in 2015 as electronic jams

But whereas that album was internal and contemplative

‰۝ the empathetic ballad ‰ÛÏAngry Young Woman

The connections between them are a veritably tangled family tree

It works like all the best records - it becomes a mode of transport

so Less suggested the Hi Rhythm Section (the band behind classics from artists including Ann Peebles

The first thing which he did

the Arkestra performance presented Pharoah Sanders as well as a flautist (who was and remained obscure thereafter) named Harold Murray

and continued through Chris & Cosey

The tracks that follow take a darker

‘Daylight Savings' was written collaboratively by the whole band and features the core Surprise Chef rhythm section

Black Francis' primal wail is complemented by the sheer brilliance of Joey Santiago on guitar