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Indiepop institution Fortuna POP! quit the scene last year amid much gnashing of teeth from discerning music fans, going out in a blaze of glory with five days of sold out London shows by artists spanning their twenty year tenure, before label owner Sean Price fled Brexit Britain for a new life in Tokyo, Japan. 

That would have been it for Fortuna POP!, were it not for the label’s Jukebox 45s Singles Club. With one final single still owed to subscribers, Price saw the opportunity to do something special for what would be the very last release on the label. Taking one of the label’s best-loved releases, Comet Gain’s classic 2001 single “You Can Hide Your Love Forever”, as his starting point, contributions were solicited from Fortuna POP! bands past and present for a Band Aid-style cover version.

Over twenty bands contributed, with the music recorded by a crack band featuring Amos Memon of Fanfarlo (drums), Emma Kupa of Mammoth Penguins (bass), Laura Kovic of Tigercats (keys) and Paul Rains of Allo Darlin’, Ben Phillipson of Comet Gain and Sam Ayres of Flowers (all guitar) at Soup Studios in London. Mikey Collins of Allo Darlin’ then recorded percussion at Big Jelly studios in Ramsgate, and The Victorian Horns aka Gary Olson (trumpet) and Kyle Forrester (sax) of The Ladybug Transistor put down their brass parts at Gary’s Marlborough Farms Studio in New York.

Vocals were recorded in various studios and kitchens around the world, with Amelia Fletcher of Tender Trap, Daniel Ellis of Martha, Lan McArdle and Owen Williams of Joanna Gruesome, Adam Todd of The Spook School, Bill Botting and Elizabeth Morris of Allo Darlin’, Jeff Greene and Dan Greene of The Butterflies Of Love, Lisa Horton and Iain Ross of Bearsuit, Katherine Whitaker of Evans The Death, Silvi Wersing from Chorusgirl, Helen King of Shrag, Rachel Kenedy of Flowers, Pete Dale of Milky Wimpshake, Darren Hayman, Pete Astor and Simon Love all contributing. Giles Barrett at Soup Studios then made sense of it all and mixed the track.

The result is a fantastic, uplifting indiepop anthem that’s sure to be lifting the lids off indie clubs around the world this summer and for many years to come. Oh, and there’s a B-side too, in which DC Feck of Thee Comet Gain International Psychedelic Pop Conspiracy may have had more than a hand. Enjoy.

You Can Hide Your Love Forever

Memories is the lead single on Favours debut LP "Made to Wait" due August 7th

Words by Alex Zen

Recorded / Engineered by Josh Korody at Candle 2019.

Mastered by Bryan Lowe 

Art work by Katia Engell

All songs by Favours

Memories -

Written and played by WYLDE.

Mixed, Mastered and Produced by Samuel J. Smith at Green Door Studio, Glasgow.

DESIRE

Taken from The Doctrine Of Infinite Kindness, out June 26.

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Landkeepers in disused lines 
Are drinking California wine
And new machines 
Wait in the wings. 

Inventions dressed as relief
The valley has become a thief
And now the dream
Is behind a screen.

I woke early to dial into some sacred frequency.
I woke early to dial into some sacred frequency.
I woke early to dial into some sacred frequency.
Before diving into the drudgery
You know I had to go
Before diving into the drudgery
You know I had to go.

Hypnotised by my routine
Curate my security
I dreamed so long (I've been dreaming so long)
That the world was gone.  (Where has the world gone?)

I woke early to dial into some sacred frequency.
I woke early to dial into some sacred frequency.
Before diving into the drudgery
You know I had to go
Before diving into the drudgery
You know I had to go.

Before diving into the drudgery 
Just hold on to the sides
Just hold on to my mind 
Where everything resides
There was violence on both sides
There was chaos in my mind.

I Woke Early To Dial In To Some Sacred Frequency

Still Phase

Magick Mountain's 1st official release (leading up to the debut album, Weird Feelings) brings a slice of sun-soaked Californian style fuzz to West Yorkshire. King Cobra lyrically encapsulates a story of a mythical snake, but plays on double meanings referring to emotions around fear, anxiety and our own inner demons.

LYRICS:
I wish I was a snake so I could taste the air
And everywhere you go you know I will chase you there
I'm feeding off your thoughts, I'm feeding on you fear
And when you close your eyes you know I will take you
I will take you
There

Life flickers in the eyes and then it's gone again
The shock of the surprise could leave somebody dead
You'll hear me in your thoughts, you'll feel me when I'm near
And when you close your eyes you know I will take you
I will take you
There

I wish I was a snake so I could taste the air
And everywhere you go you know I will chase you there
I'm feeding off your thoughts, I'm feeding on you fear
And when you close your eyes you know I will take you
I will take you
There

CREDITS:
Written and performed by Magick Mountain.
Magick Mountain are:
Lins Wilson (Guitar/vocals)
Tom Hudson (Bass/vocals)
Nestor Matthews (Drums)

Produced by Margo Broom, James Kenosha and Magick Mountain
Mixed by James Kenosha
Mastered by Katie Tavini

Artwork by Tom Hudson

King Cobra

And She Cried

Instruments played, sung, recorded & mixed by Jeff T. Smith at the Bungalow
More vocals by Alice Rowan

Cover art by Megan Miller at Clementine Studio
Mastered by Stu MacKillop at Rain City

Dedicated to Jeff Bezos, who through his own questionable behaviour has managed to increase his personal wealth by 76 billion US dollars in the first 5 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Released as part of Kingfisher Bluez 2020 Record Store Day compilation, Short Songs, Vol. 2.

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I Do

Who killed the world?


Photo by Veronica Varos

Adolescent Autumn / Radiation

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