UKNY For August 27
Softer Still (images courtesy of Label Fandango, PR)
The Surrey quartet Softer Still records the kind of luxurious dream pop that fits a late summer mood: wistful, languid, and achingly pretty. Tonight's UKNY at 11 explores a couple of new tracks from my emerging-band-crush Softer Still (guitarist and singer Grant Williams, bassist Ellie O'Shea, guitarist Alexander Williams and drummer Ollie Kitson) and a couple of their daydreaming predecessors too, like the Railway Children.
Also, new releases from High Wycombe's Only Sun, Sheffield-bred Slow Club and the raucous Teeside duo Mouses who play the Reading Festival tomorrow, August 28.
Missed the show? You can stream UKNY in the FUV Weekend Archives for two weeks after broadcast.
Songs played:
1. Softer Still, “Bliss,” single
2. The Railway Children, “Brighter,” Gentle Sound
3. Meilyr Jones, “Featured Artist,” 2013
4. Softer Still, “New Age,” single
5. The Cure, “High,” Wish
6. Only Sun, “Get Away,” single
7. Ultimate Painting, “Bills,” Dusk
8. (US Cut: New York) The Lemon Twigs, “These Words,” single
9. The Beatles, “She Said She Said,” Revolver
10. Slow Club, “Give Me Some Peace,” One Day All Of This Won’t Matter Anymore
11. Josienne Clark and Ben Walker, “Something Familiar,” Overnight
12. Anna Meredith, “Dowager,” Varmints
13. (Commonwealth Cut: Sydney, Australia) Sticky Fingers, “Outcast at Last,” Westway (The Glitter and The Slums)
14. Daughter, “No Care,” Not To Disappear
15. Mouses, “Green,” The Mouses Album
