Tall Stories & New Religions

2024 marks 40 years of Pete Astor making records, a suitable anniversary point at which to take stock and double back on songs that first appeared on records by Astor-fronted combos such as Creation Records trailblazers The Loft and The Weather Prophets and Matador recording artists The Wisdom of Harry, as well as selections from solo albums that appeared on labels such as Danceteria and Static Caravan. Astors motivation for TS&NR is manifold. Some songs are effectively re-examined in the way one might linger over a resonant picture from a box of old photographs - connecting with the essence of a younger self. Other songs are newly recast in wiser and more reflective hues, while others simply demanded exhumation from wilfully opaque, lo fi non-production. The songs chosen are not the obvious ones - theres no "Up the Hill and Down the Slope" or "Almost Prayed" here - but have been selected for more interesting, often esoteric, reasons.

1: Model Village
2: Ladies and Gentlemen
3: Chinese Cadillac
4: The Emperor, the Dealer and the Birthday Boy
5: She Comes from the Rain
6: Nancy True Knot
7: Caesar Boots
8: Head Over Heels
9: Marsh Blues
10: Emblem
11: Disney Queen
12: On Top Above the Driver

Number of Discs: 1

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