The poptastic stereo-sounds of splendid isolation!
The poptastic stereo-sounds of splendid isolation!
And so the good ship United Kingdom, after three bumpy years on the Seas of Brexit, finally sailed off into the Atlantic at the end of January. To mark this fateful departure from the bosom of European culture and connections, our London writer, Alexander Mayor, is sharing a Brexit-special episode of his podcast, ‘Rather Resplendent Records’.
The British always missed out on so many European pop music gems, record companies mostly presuming that the audience wouldn’t put up with foreign language lyrics. Perhaps those record company honchos were the wise ones all along? Jesus.
Whatever. Join Alex and his co-presenter Christopher Laird as their imaginary record shop welcomes you to a set of continental classiques from Belgium, Germany, Spain and beyond. Trigger warning: may contain traces of Demis Roussos.
