The High Llamas

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This week in Indie Basement: reviews of Super Furry Animals' 'Rings Around the World' 20th Anniversary reissue, plus new albums by SUUNS, Meatbodies, Julian Cope, P.E. (Pill + Eaters), Motorists, and more.

Listen to new songs by Normani/Cardi B, Kevin Abstract/$NOT/slowthai, Shenseea, Wiki, Sepultura, Girl K, Haim, F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm, The Cribs (Comet Gain cover), John Vanderslice, and more...

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from Woods, The Charlatans' Tim Burgess, Badly Drawn Boy, Hefner's Darren Hayman, and Marker Starling (featuring members of High Llamas & Stereolab).

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new records from Anna Meredith, Black Marble, Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas), and Mikal Cronin, plus S.F. twee-punks The Gonks.

Listen to new songs by DaBaby, Drahla, Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas), Dropdead, Nervus/Milk Teeth, A Giant Dog (Arcade Fire cover), Say Sue Me, Blue Hawaii, Hubert Lenoir/Kirin J. Callinan, and more.

Domenico Lancelotti's new album for Luaka Bob was co-produced by The High Llamas' Sean O'Hagan and is out now.

The High Llamas' lovely new album, Here Come the Rattling Trees, was released last week via Drag City. Like all their work: it's a pastoral stroll through provincial landscapes, orchestrated by harpsichords, nylon-stringed guitars, xylophones, and the signature harmonies and string/brass arrangements of main man Sean O'Hagan...

The High Llamas are back with Here Come the Rattling Trees, their first album in five years, which will be out January 22 via Drag City. Main man Sean O'Hagan (who was also in Microdisney and a satellite member of Stereolab) has always been a storyteller and this time around we've got a full-on concept album (they call it "a musical narrative"), which actually began life as a stage production that made its debut at the Montpelier Theatre pub in Peckham in June 2014, and also had a week-long run at the Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Garden, London...

Long-running Manchester band The Charlatans released their 12th album, Modern Nature, this week. It's their first album in five years and first since the death of drummer Jon Brookes who lost his battle with brain cancer in 2013...