UKNY for October 31

While there's only a tiny handful of Halloween songs on tonight's "UKNY" at 11 p.m. — a few spirits of the past — there are plenty of sweet treats. Metronomy surprised everyone with a surprise EP, barely a month ago, and now they're back with a first single from a forthcoming seventh album, called Small World, that drops in February (yes, we're talking 2022 releases already).

Alfa Mist has a new EP out on November 17 called Two for Mistake — and he's also headed to the States for his first-ever tour next spring, including a stop at National Sawdust. London's joyful collective, Ibibio Sound Machine, has a fresh release too, a collaboration with Hot Chip.

Also in the mix? Welsh sextet Melin Meyln, New York's The Forms, London duo Dirty Nice, and the downtempo "Downtown" turn from Anya Taylor-Joy from the "Last Night in Soho" soundtrack.

Much more too on "UKNY," Sundays 11 p.m.-midnight on 90.7, streaming online, and available in the Weekend Archives after broadcast.

Songs played:

1. Kirsty MacColl, “Halloween,” Electric Landlady
2. Dirty Nice, “Paint Your Nails Blue,” Lobster
3. Melin Melyn, “Short Haired Lady,” single
4. Metronomy, “It’s Good to Be Back,” Small World
5. (NY-IE) The Forms, “Head Underwater,” single
6. Ibibio Sound Machine, “Electricity,” single
7. Alfa Mist, “Bumper Cars,” Two for Mistake EP
8. (UK-AR) Anya Taylor-Joy, “Downtown (downtempo),” Last Night in Soho soundtrack
9. Damon Albarn, “Tower of Montevideo,” The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
10. Massive Attack, “Blue Lines,” Blue Lines
11. The Wild Bunch, “The Look of Love,” single
12. Fairport Convention, “Tale in a Hard Time,” What We Did on Our Holidays
13. Rachel Chinouriri and Hak Baker, “November,” single