Forty Days: listen to the first in our regular new mix series now

A few months ago, the hard drive containing all of my digital music from the past 12 years or so broke down, forcing me to stop being lazy and start actually listening again.

The result is Forty Days – a series of mixes combining new purchases and recent rediscoveries, which will be uploaded every 40 days (a nod to Slowdive, obviously, and because it seemed slightly more achievable than once a month).

Here is the first one…

The full tracklisting is…

Rich Ruth – ‘Coming Down’ – General General/Plant Life (2019)
Chris Forsyth – ‘Tomorrow Might As Well Be Today’ – No Quarter (2019)
The Bangles – ‘Talking In My Sleep’ – Yep Roc (2018)
Pale Saints – ‘A Deep Sleep For Steven’ (Woodhouse Studio LP Demo) – 4AD (2020)
The Parachute Men – ‘Leeds Station’ – Fire (1989)
Hidden Cameras – ‘Dunes’ – Rough Trade (2003)
Magnetic Fields – ‘Take Ecstasy With Me’ – Feel Good All Over (1994)
BBG – ‘Some Kind Of Heaven’ (Heavenly) – Urban (1990)
Dream Frequency – ‘Love, Peace And Harmony’ (Original 12” Mix) – City Beat (1990)
Hypnotone – ‘God C.P.U’ – Creation (1991)
Craven Faults – ‘Hangingstones’ – The Leaf Label (2020)
Steve Hauschildt – ‘Reverse Culture Music’ – Ghostly International (2019)
Sunda Arc – ‘Collapse’ – Gondwana (2020)