Johnny Butler - Meet Me In The Wayback FieldThe new album by Brooklyn saxophonist and composer Johnny Butler builds on the music and dance methodologies used by him on his previous critically acclaimed albums Thirteen Dances (recorded 2020) and The Sunbather (recorded 2021). Both were recorded for and with choreographers and dancers; and Meet me in the WayBack Field forms a triumphant and mesmerising third leg to this triptych. The big difference with this new album is that the music was

Buffalo Springfield

making each breath

Available on limited (300 copies in Europe only) transparent red vinyl

A feature-length documentary on the band is currently in the works

Many of the key City Pop players evolved from the Japanese New Music scene of the early ’70s

which is as vital as it is vulnerable

Just a Love Child and Baby's Gone

The essence of Tenniscoats is contained in "Baibaba Bimba": uplifting melody and playful musicianship

Fay Cooper - Closer Together

Collected here

whilst ‘The Gift’ sees the angelic vocals of Tiny Chapter (Waldo’s Gift) initiate a dizzying crescendo of swirling synthesisers and string arrangements

which pushes all the right buttons” Jonathan Galkin of DFA Records for NME // "a noise band with a bit of pop sensibility" Shamir // "Yvette are a noise-rock duo from Brooklyn who manage to turn drilling sounds and drones