UKNY for March 15

It's impossible to not be deeply concerned about the coronavirus storm swirling around us, but we hope that you're giving yourself a break from the news at times and escaping through music on WFUV.

Tonight's UKNY at 11 gives you the chance to safely travel Britain via new releases from London's Greentea Peng, Shepperton's Softer Still, Manchester's PINS, Newcastle's Lanterns on the Lake, and the Icelandic-UK trio, Dream Wife.

Elastica's brilliant, brash self-titled debut turned 25 yesterday, March 14, so I'll delve into that glorious (and influential) album, one of my desert island discs. My first major feature for Rolling Stone magazine was a profile of Elastica:  I followed Justine Frischmann, Donna Matthews, Annie Holland and Justin Welch for three freezing days in New York in the winter of '95; four sensitive, smart and funny musicians who never anticipated becoming Britpop sensations.

Also, an entire set to encourage you to breathe through this tempest of worry that we find ourselves navigating.

That's UKNY, Sundays 11 p.m.-midnight, on 90.7, also streaming online and available on demand in the Weekend Archives after broadcast.

Songs played:
1. Softer Still, “Strength to Strength,” High Culture EP
2. Gorillaz feat. Fatoumata Diawara, “Désolé,” Song Machine project
3. Greentea Peng, “Ghost Town,” single
4. Elastica, “Waking Up,” Elastica
5. Dream Wife, “Sports,” So When You Gonna …
6. Elastica, “Connection,” Elastica
7. PINS, “Hot Slick,” Hot Slick
8. Tame Impala, “Breathe Deeper,” The Slow Rush
9. Stealing Sheep, “Breathe,” Big Wows
10. Télépopmusik feat. Angela McCluskey, “Breathe,” Genetic World
11. Coldplay, “Don’t Panic,” Parachutes
12. Lanterns on the Lake, “Swimming Lessons,” Spook the Herd
13. Anna Calvi feat. Julia Holter, “Swimming Pool,” Hunted
14. Moses Boyd feat. Nonku Phiri, “Nommos Descent,” Dark Matter