Showing posts with label Air In The Lungs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Air In The Lungs. Show all posts

Sunday, 2 June 2024

The Night After Last Night From Last Night From Glasgow

More from Last Night From Glasgow with another selection of new and old classics. Even with two volumes and twenty songs in total, there's tons of good music that I've had to skip over.

As well as the lovingly crafted sleeves, the majority of LNFG albums also come in a delightful array of coloured vinyl. Part of the joy of opening up the latest package is the reveal of what's inside: pink, blue, green, yellow, white, mottled, speckled, clear, classic black; placing the needle to hear the first seconds of the opening song is another tangible pleasure.

As a paid up member, you are also granted access to the LNFG Digital Vault, which goes back to 2016 and includes a mind-boggling amount of artists, albums, singles and one-offs. Two years in and I'm still working my way through the treasures. 
 
Some of the choices on these two volumes weren't included in my vinyl membership so to say that you get value for money is an understatement. And that's before you take into account membership discounts on other purchases and, if you can get there, access to LNFG artist gigs in Glasgow.

A final thank you to JC at The Vinyl Villain, whose frequent posts about LNFG artists caught my attention and convinced me to give it a try in the first place. No regrets!
 
1) Said Too Much (New Version): The Blow Monkeys (2023)
2) Give It Time (John Peel Session): Autumn 1904 (1984)
3) Nothing Left But This: Starless ft. Marie Claire Lee (2024)
4) Jack Data Dracula: Gareth Sager (2023)
5) Miniature Oceans: Xan Tyler (2023)
6) Grey Will Fade: Charlotte Hatherley (2004)
7) Long Time Coming: Air In The Lungs (2023)
8) Snow: Popup (2022)
9) The Barbery Bop: The Kingfishers (2023)
10) Apostle Spoons: The Blue Aeroplanes (2023)

2004: Grey Will Fade: 6
2022: Promise: 8
2023: Air In The Lungs: 7
2023: Culture Gun: 10
2023: Maelstrom In The Bare Garden: 4
2023: Reflections In A Silver Sound: 9
2023: Time Storm: Greatest Hits Vol. 2: 1
2024: Holding Up Half The Sky: 5
2024: Returning Home: 3
2024: Tales Of Innocence: 2

Volume Two (40:23) (KF) (Mega)

Monday, 14 August 2023

Deep Breath

One of my favourite albums this year so far - and new to me - is the self-titled debut from Air In The Lungs aka Deborah Arnott.
 
I've been a subscriber to Last Night From Glasgow since November 2022 and I realise I haven't posted much about the steady stream of rather lovely new vinyl I've received in that time by the likes of The Bluebells, Skids, Billy Reeves, Gareth Sager and Davey Woodward & The Winter Orphans.
 
Air In The Lungs (the album) is described as a dozen songs exploring "bereavement and nostalgia, covering subjects such as worker's rights, adversity and hope". Deborah recorded the songs with Pat McGarvey and Rich Kass and the album was produced by Paul Savage from The Delgados.
 
The videos I've selected here are for Sweet Is The Dream, song one of side two, and You Didn't Know, which opens the album. Great songs in their own right, though Air In The Lungs is one of those albums that deserves to be listened to, end-to-end in its entirety. Sonically and lyrically, It's an astonishing collection of songs.
 
I was completely ignorant of Deborah Arnott prior to this album but I've since been led back to Blueflint, which she formed with Claire Neilson in 2003. This is Deborah performing This Is A Story for BBC Radio Scotland's The Quay Sessions in 2015. Stirring stuff.
 
Air In The Lungs is available on vinyl and digital download from Last Night In Glasgow.