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Get excited: Two of them have drive-thrus.

The Nottingham band’s superb 2014 LP of whimsical psychedelic pop is our latest Reissue of the Week.

A shivering seabed of sound, haunted by barely there vocals and stitched together with lo-fi production – McElroy has made a beautiful early year listen

Since the rave era, electronic musicians including The Prodigy and Boards of Canada have reappropriated the instructional voices of 1970s public information films, which once kept a nation’s children in check.

Posted on Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 by Kalyn Corrigan Fascination with the occult has long been a fixation in the minds of many across the globe. Whether it be a perverse manifestation of the panic which sets in among all classes when the balance begins to shift toward greater individual freedom, an overdue opportunity to express guilt and sin under the guise of accusations against innocent victims, or just wanting to check out your astrology horoscope for the week, the idea of witches and witc...

Cosmorama Will Salmon , January 13th, 2021 09:03 New on Ghost Box, Portugals Beautify Junkyards release their fourth album, a rich and many-faceted thing, according to Will Salmon A cosmorama, in case you were wondering, is an exhibitionthat uses lights, mirrors and different perspectives to display images from far-flung parts of the world. In the case of Portuguese band Beautify Junkyards fourth album, it feels like an apt metaphor for a record that moves briskly between the different facets o...

Open share drawer Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit a bucolic cult classic from 1983, one that taps into a centuries-old tradition of pastoralism in British culture. The mid-’80s were a peculiar time for alternative music in the UK. Around 1983, the surging momentum of the post-punk era dissipated into a confused clutter of trends and revivals. People who’d begun their m...

If I had to use one word to describe the otherworldly music from Portugal’s Beautify Junkyards, it would be dreamy. I sometimes wonder if aliens have landed and added musical textures to the gorgeous sonic melange produced by this group headed up by keyboardist/vocalist/songwriter João Branco Kyron. Kyron is joined by Helena Espvall (formerly of Espers) on cello, flute and electric guitar, João Moreira on acoustic guitar and keyboards, Sergue Ra on bass and Antonio Watts on drums and ...