#499

Cerys Hafana - Angel (Tak:til)

Moving between instrumental and vocal cuts, Hafana builds hugely powerful swells of feeling and atmosphere, with their virtuosity on both harp and piano allowing a push beyond avant folk toward darkling, rain-washed minimalism and sharp-eyed jazz-not-jazz. Don't sleep. — Francis Gooding

#498

John McKay - Sixes and Sevens (Tiny Global)

Who could have predicted this? Sixes And Sevens consists of 11 unreleased tracks from ex-Siouxsie & The Banshees guitarist John McKay, whose post-Banshees musical output was previously thought to be a lone 7″ with short-lived group Zor Gabor. Its mere existence is noteworthy, as is the music itself. — Claire Biddles