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Frightened Rabbit - Keep Yourself Warm

Somehow this song builds a perfectly accurate image of a cheap student bedsit, the kind I've only seen in Britain. The floating organs at the start rise from some tinny guitars like heat from a cheap radiator, flecked with the thin paint haphazardly raked across the wall. You can see someone reaching over the bed to turn the heat up hurriedly, having rushed into the still-icy room - bringing their own heat with them, but wishing to be surrounded by more, along with whoever they've found themselves lying with.
Afterwards, there are awkward silences. There's the muffled sounds from the room next door. Eyes scanning the walls settle absently on patches of sellotape and missing posters. The heat is turned off, the room is suddenly less welcoming, the bed much smaller.
All this the song creates perfectly, so listen, and enjoy, but never ever leave the album playing at the wrong time. You know.

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Also: Bell Orchestre have announced a new album! Replete with an Aphex Twin cover, it would seem - more details here.