Designer
In 2019, Aldous Harding released an album so peculiar, so elegant, it seemed to arrive from a parallel universe. Designer is theatrical, delicate and totally unconcerned by trends.
Jamie Hutchinson
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Out of Season
In 2002, Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man released a record that is soft, strange and beautiful in its brokenness.
For Emma, Forever Ago
In 2007, Bon Iver locked himself in a Wisconsin cabin and came back with a ghost. A ghost that even now, sounds like a gorgeous secret.
The Head and the Heart
In 2011, The Head and the Heart released a record that felt like an open window. All sunlight, sorrow and second chances.
Carrie & Lowell
Carrie & Lowell (2015) is a record of childhood, absence and unhealed wounds. A beautiful exorcism in fingerpicked guitar and whispered vocals.
The Last Rotation of Earth
In 2023, BC Camplight released The Last Rotation of Earth - a breakup album carved from grief. Bitter, bruised and weirdly magnificent.
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