Oliver Sim - Hideous Bastard (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl LP (Blood Red) and self-reliance

and self-reliance

perhaps like the rediscovered legacies of Vashti Bunyan or Karen Dalton

Whilst Fearn's beats and loops will pull you up into the urgency of Sleaford Mods they also allow you to run the gauntlet from deliberate clumsy dance-floor swaggers to full-on punk throwabouts with them

and while a deserved major retrospective has thus far eluded the band

often with their label mates including The Chills

Oliver Sim - Hideous Bastard (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl LP (Blood Red) and self-relianceThe debut solo album from Oliver Sim (vocalist and bassist of The xx), Hideous Bastard is a deeply self confessional journey of fear and shame inspired by the queer horror films he loves. Oliver is joined by Jamie xx, who produces Hideous Bastard with an elegant touch, and Jimmy Somerville (Bronski Beat Communards), an angel, who takes us to the heavens. Full of surreal pop sounds that escape into the ether and break free, Hideous Bastard is a bold